Non-transition Metal To Carbon Atom Bond Compound Contains At Least Two Atoms Of Same Or Different Non-transition Metal Patents (Class 526/165)
  • Patent number: 7915367
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a branched polypropylene, said branched polypropylene having a branching index g? of less than 1.00, the process comprising the step of polymerizing propylene and optionally one or more other comonomers under non-supercritical conditions in a reaction vessel, wherein: c. the pressure during the polymerization of propylene and optionally one or more other comonomers in said reaction vessel is at least 45.4 bar; d. the temperature during the polymerization of propylene and optionally one or more other comonomers in said reaction vessel is below 90° C.; and c. the polymerization of propylene and optionally one or more other comonomers is conducted in said reaction vessel in the presence of a catalyst system having a surface area of not more than 350 m2/g, measured according to ISO 9277, and said catalyst system comprises a metallocene catalyst having zirconium as the transition metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Eberhard Ernst, Kimmo Hakala, Petri Lehmus
  • Patent number: 7915360
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new supported catalyst for olefin polymerization prepared by reacting a novel transition metal compound on a cocatalyst-supported support, in which the transition metal compound is coordinated with a monocyclopentadienyl ligand to which an amido-quinoline group is introduced, a method for preparing the same, and a method for preparing a polyolefin using the same. The transition metal catalyst compound used in the present invention is configured such that an amido group is linked in a cyclic form via a phenylene bridge. Thus, a pentagon ring structure of the transition metal compound is stably maintained, so that monomers easily approach the transition metal compound and the reactivity is also high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-Sik Hong, Ki-Soo Lee, Yong-Gyu Han, Heon-Yong Kwon, Jong-Sang Park, Joon-Hee Cho, Seon-Kyoung Kim, Choong-Hoon Lee, Eun-Jung Lee, Seung-Whan Jung, Ki-Su Ro
  • Patent number: 7910764
    Abstract: A polymethylaluminoxane preparation exhibiting excellent storage stability with a high yield is provided. A polymethylaluminoxane preparation is formed by thermal decomposition of an alkylaluminum compound having an aluminum-oxygen-carbon bond, the alkylaluminum compound being formed by a reaction between trimethylaluminum and an oxygen-containing organic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Tosoh Finechem Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Kaji, Kouji Toyota, Hideki Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 7902390
    Abstract: A composition useful for activating catalysts for olefin polymerization Is provided. The composition is derived from at least: carrier; treated organoaluminoxy compound: and ionic compound having at feast one active proton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Albemarle Corporation
    Inventors: Zhike Wang, Lubin Luo, Steven P. Diefenbach
  • Patent number: 7897707
    Abstract: A composition useful for activating catalysts for olefin polymerization is provided. The composition is derived from at least: carrier; organoaluminoxy compound; N,N-dimethylaniline and pentaflurophenol in amounts such that them are at least two equivalents of pentafluorophenol per equivalent of the N,N-dimethylaniline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Albemarle Corporation
    Inventors: Lubin Luo, Zhike Wang, Steven P. Diefenbach
  • Patent number: 7897709
    Abstract: A single-chain-end functionalized polyolefin and method of producing the same. The polyolefin is represented by the following general formula (I): P—X??(I) wherein X is a group containing at least one element selected from oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, phosphorus and halogens, P represents a polymer chain made mainly of an olefin composed only of carbon and hydrogen atoms, and X is bonded to a terminal of P, wherein the molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) obtained by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) is from 1.0 to 1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Haruyuki Makio, Terunori Fujita
  • Patent number: 7879960
    Abstract: A high molecular weight propylene polymer exhibiting high stereoregularity (isotactic) and high position selectivity can be effectively produced by polymerizing at least one monomer selected from propylene, ?-olefins and polyenes in the presence of a catalyst for olefin polymerization comprising: (A) a bridged metallocene compound represented by the General Formula [I] given in claims (diphenylmethylene(3-tert-butyl-5-ethyl-cyclopentadienyl)(fluorenyl)zirconium dichloride, etc.); and (B) one or more compound(s) selected from (b-1) an organoaluminumoxy compound (b-2) a compound which reacts with the bridged metallocene compound (A) to form an ion pair, and (b-3) an organoaluminum compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Munehito Funaya, Naritoshi Hirota, Mayumi Hiwara, Yasushi Tohi, Koji Kawai, Ryoji Mori, Masahiko Okamoto, Shigenobu Ikenaga, Hiromasa Marubayashi
  • Patent number: 7868107
    Abstract: A process for producing a cycloolefin addition polymer comprising addition-polymerizing a cycloolefin in the presence of a catalyst comprising a combination of a specific transition metal compound of Group 4 of the Periodic Table, with an organoaluminum oxy compound, and/or a compound capable of reacting with the Group 4 transition metal compound to form an ion pair. The specific group 4 transition metal compound preferably has a structure such that the group 4 transition metal is bonded to a cyclopentadienyl ring in an ?1 mode. The above-mentioned catalyst exhibits high activity for both of addition homopolymerization of a cycloolefin and addition copolymerization of a cycloolefin with an ?-olefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Zeon Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Nishii, Sigetaka Hayano, Yasuo Tsunogae
  • Patent number: 7868197
    Abstract: Halogen substituted metallocene compounds are described and comprise one or more monocyclic or polycyclic ligands that are pi-bonded to the metal atom and include at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to an sp2 carbon atom at a bondable ring position of the ligand, wherein the or at least one ligand has one or more ring heteroatoms in its cyclic structure. When combined with a suitable activator, these compounds show activity in the polymerization of olefins, such as ethylene and propylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Z. Voskoboynikov, Alexey N. Ryabov, Mikhail V. Nikulin, Alexander V. Lygin, Dmitry V. Uborsky, Catalina L. Coker, Jo Ann M. Canich
  • Patent number: 7851570
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that are useful as precatlysts in the polymerization of olefins such as ethylene and propylene. Other compounds are useful as intermediates in the production of such precatalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: The University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Omofolami Tesileem Ladipo, Richard Eaves, Alexey Zazybin, Sean Parkin
  • Patent number: 7851569
    Abstract: A rare earth metal complex represented by the formula (1): in which A represents a Group 14 element of the periodic table, Cp represents a group having a substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentadienyl anion moiety, Ln represents a Group 3 metal atom or a lanthanoid metal atom, R1 to R6 are the same or different, and represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms, a silyl group substituted with a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R7 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or an aralkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms, Xs represent a monoanionic ligand, Ys represent a neutral ligand, m represents an integer of 1 to 3, and n represents an integer of 0 to 3. The rare earth metal complex is useful as, for example, a catalyst for polymerization reaction of olefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Taichi Senda, Hidenori Hanaoka
  • Patent number: 7842638
    Abstract: A polymerisation catalyst comprising (1) a transition metal compound of Formula (A), and optionally (2) an activator, wherein Z is 5-membered heterocyclic containing carbon, nitrogen and at least one other selected from nitrogen, sulphur and oxygen, the remaining atoms in the ring being nitrogen and carbon; M is a metal from Group 3 to 11 or a lanthanide metal; E1 and E2 are divalent hydrocarbon, heterocyclic or heterosubstituted derivatives of these; D1 and D2 are donor atoms or groups; X is an anionic group, L is a neutral donor group; n=m=zero or 1; y and z are zero or integers so that X and L satisfy the valency/oxidation state of M, characterized in that the complex contains at least one polymerisable olefinic double bond which is present in, or substituent to, at least one of the atoms, groups or ligands represented by Z, E, D and L. The catalyst binds to the forming polymer providing product with good particle morphology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Ineos Europe Limited
    Inventors: Vernon Charles Gibson, Atanas Kostadinov Tomov, Grant Berent Jacobsen
  • Patent number: 7829645
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a polymer comprising monomeric units of ethylene, an ?-olefin and a vinyl norbornene applying as a catalyst system: a. a bridged or an group 4 metal containing an unbridged catalyst having a single cyclopentadienyl ligand and a mono substituted nitrogen ligand, wherein said catalyst is defined by the formula (I): b. an aluminoxane activating compound, c. 0-0.20 mol per mol of the catalyst of a further activating compound, wherein Y is a substituted carbon or nitrogen atom. The invention further relates to a polymer obtainable with the process of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Peter Windmuller, Gerardus Van Doremaele
  • Patent number: 7812104
    Abstract: In a process for producing a propylene-based olefin homopolymer or copolymer, a monomer composition comprising propylene is contacted with a polymerization catalyst system under homogeneous polymerization conditions (such as solution, supersolution or supercritical conditions), wherein the polymerization catalyst system includes an activator and a bridged bis-indenyl transition metal (group 4) compound substituted with a carbazole (unsubstituted or substituted) at the 4 position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Jo Ann M. Canich, Peijun Jiang, Gary L. Casty, Gabor Kiss, Alexander Z. Voskoboynikov
  • Patent number: 7807762
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst composition comprising a novel structure of a Group 4 transition metal compound, to a method for preparing the same, and to a method for preparing a polyolefin using the catalyst composition. The method for preparing a polyolefin according to the present invention can be used for preparing a polyolefin having a high molecular weight and high copolymerizability with a high activity even at a high polymerization temperature and for preparing a polyolefin having a double composition distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Choong-Hoon Lee, Eun-Jung Lee, Seung-Whan Jung, Jung-A Lee, Bo-Ram Lee, Bun-Yeoul Lee
  • Patent number: 7799880
    Abstract: A multistep process comprising the following steps: step a) polymerizing propylene and optionally one or more monomers selected from ethylene or alpha olefins of formula CH2?CHT1, wherein T1 is a C2-C10 alkyl radical in the presence of a catalyst system supported on an inert carrier, comprising: ii) one or more metallocene compounds of formula (I): ii) an alumoxane or a compound capable of forming an alkyl metallocene cation; and optionally iii) an organo aluminum compound; step b) contacting, under polymerization conditions, in a gas phase, propylene or ethylene with one or more alpha olefins of formula CH2?CHT, wherein T is hydrogen or a C1-C10 alkyl radical, and optionally a non-conjugated diene, in the presence of the polymer obtained in step a) and optionally in the presence of an additional organo aluminum compound; provided that an homopolymer is not produced; wherein: the compound of formula (I) is described in the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventor: Eleonora Ciaccia
  • Patent number: 7799722
    Abstract: A catalyst system solution obtainable by a process comprising the following steps: (a) contacting a solution of methylalumoxane in an aromatic solvent (solvent a) with a solution of one or more organo-aluminium in a solvent (solvent b), or a solution of one or more alumoxanes different from methylalumoxane in a solvent (solvent b); (b) when solvent b) is an aromatic solvent or if solvent b) has a boiling point lower than solvent a) add to the solution formed in step a) an alifatic solvent (solvent c) having a boiling point higher than solvent a) and solvent b); or (c) solubilizing a metallocene compound in the solution obtained in step a) or in step b); and (d) substantially removing solvent a) or solvent a) and solvent b) from the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Luigi Resconi, Gilberto Moscardi, Anna Fait
  • Patent number: 7781549
    Abstract: A slurry process for polymerizing ethylene is disclosed. The process comprises polymerizing ethylene in the presence of an ?-olefin and a catalyst comprising an activator and a supported bridged indeno[1,2-b]indolyl zirconium complex. The process produces polyethylene characterized by good incorporation of the ?-olefin and low long-chain branching. The process is capable of forming high-molecular-weight polyethylene and has good hydrogen sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Equistar Chemicals, LP
    Inventors: Sandor Nagy, Barbara M. Tsuie
  • Patent number: 7776978
    Abstract: A process for producing a 1-butene polymer comprising the step of polymerizing 1-butene in the presence of a catalyst system obtainable by contacting: b) at least a metallocene compound of formula (Ia) in the meso or meso-like form: wherein M is an atom of a transition metal p is an integer from 0 to 3, X, same or different, is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Maria Silvia Tonti, Luigi Resconi
  • Patent number: 7776974
    Abstract: A slurry process for polymerizing ethylene is disclosed. The process comprises polymerizing ethylene in a first reactor in the presence of hydrogen and a catalyst comprising an activator and a supported dimethylsilyl-bridged indeno[1,2-b]indolyl zirconium complex to produce an ethylene homopolymer, removing some of the unreacted hydrogen, and reacting the homopolymer slurry in a second reactor with ethylene and a C3-C10 ?-olefin to produce polyethylene. The polyethylene has weight-average molecular weight greater than 150,000, broad molecular weight distribution, low long-chain branching, and it provides pipes or molded articles with good environmental stress crack resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Equistar Chemicals, LP
    Inventors: Linda N. Winslow, Sebastian Joseph, Sandor Nagy, Natalia Nagy, Barbara M. Tsuie, Charles H. Gates
  • Patent number: 7763562
    Abstract: This invention relates to a transition metal compound represented by the formula: wherein M is a group 3, 4, 5 or 6 transition metal atom, or a lanthanide metal atom, or actinide metal atom; E is: 1) a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand that is bonded to Y through the four, five, six or seven position of the indenyl ring, or 2) a substituted or unsubstituted heteroindenyl ligand that is bonded to Y through the four, five or six position of the heteroindenyl ring, provided that the bonding position is not the same as the position of the ring heteroatom, or 3) a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand that is bonded to Y through the one, two, three, four, five, six, seven or eight position of the fluorenyl ring, or 4) a substituted or unsubstituted heterofluorenyl ligand that is bonded to Y through the one, two, three, four, five or six position of the heteroindenyl ring, provided that the bonding position is not the same as the position of the ring heteroatom; A is a substituted or unsubsti
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Z. Voskoboynikov, Vyatcheslav V. Izmer, Andrey F. Asachenko, Mikhail V. Nikulin, Alexey N. Ryabov, Artyom Y. Lebedev, Catalina L. Coker, Jo Ann M. Canich
  • Patent number: 7741419
    Abstract: A process for producing an olefin polymer is provided, in which ethylene and at least one kind or more of monomers selected from ?-olefins are polymerized by a high temperature solution polymerization in a temperature range between 120 and 300° C., in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst composed of a bridged metallocene compound represented by general formula [I] described below and at least one kind or more compounds (B) selected from (b-1) an organoaluminum oxy-compound, (b-2) a compound capable of forming an ion pair in a reaction with the bridged metallocene compound mentioned above, and (b-3) an organoaluminum compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Tohi, Kenji Sugimura, Toshiyuki Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 7741240
    Abstract: This invention relates to new transition metal catalyst compounds represented by the formula (I): where: M and M? are, independently, a group 8, 9, 10 or 11 transition metal, preferably Ni, Co, Pd, Cu or Fe; each R group is, independently, is, hydrogen, or a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, substituted silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, or substituted germylcarbyl substituents, and optionally, adjacent R groups may join together to form a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated, partially unsaturated, or aromatic cyclic or polycyclic substituent; R? is hydrogen, or a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, substituted silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, or substituted germylcarbyl substituents, and optionally, adjacent R groups may join together with R? to form a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated, partially unsaturated, or aromatic cyclic or polycyclic substituent; each X group is, independently, is, hydrogen, a hal
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Solan, Jeremie D. A. Pellettier
  • Patent number: 7737239
    Abstract: A propylene elastomer (PBER) comprising (a) 50 to 85 mol % of units derived from propylene, (b) 5 to 25 mol % of units derived from 1-butene and (c) 10 to 25 mol % of units derived from ethylene, and having a molar ratio of propylene content to ethylene content of from 89/11 to 70/30, and a modulus in tension (YM), as measured in accordance with JIS 6301, of not more than 40 Mpa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigenobu Ikenaga, Ryoji Mori
  • Patent number: 7728078
    Abstract: A polypropylene composition containing a propylene/1-butene random copolymer which contains 60 to 90 mol % of propylene units and 10 to 40 mol % of 1-butene units and has a triad isotacticity of not less than 85% and not more than 97.5%, a molecular weight distribution of from 1 to 3, an intrinsic viscosity of from 0.1 to 12 dl/g, a melting point of from 40 to 75° C. and a crystallization rate at 45° C. of 10 minutes or less, and satisfying the following relation, 146 exp (?0.022M)?Tm?125 exp (?0.032M), and an olefin catalyst for preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigenobu Ikenaga, Keiji Okada, Hiroshi Hoya, Norihide Inoue
  • Patent number: 7728086
    Abstract: A multistep process comprising the following steps: step a) polymerizing propylene and optionally one or more monomers selected from ethylene or alpha olefins of formula CH2?CHT1 wherein T1 is a C2-C10 alkyl radical in the presence of a catalyst system supported on an inert carrier, comprising: ii) one or more metallocene compounds of formula (I): ii) an alumoxane or a compound capable of forming an alkyl metallocene cation; and optionally iii) an organo aluminum compound; step b) contacting, under polymerization conditions, in a gas phase, propylene or ethylene with one or more alpha olefins of formula CH2?CHT, wherein T is hydrogen or a C1-C10 alkyl radical, and optionally a non-conjugated diene, in the presence of the polymer obtained in step a) and optionally in the presence of an additional organo aluminum compound; provided that an homopolymer is not produced; wherein: the compound of formula (I) is described in the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventor: Eleonora Ciaccia
  • Patent number: 7718563
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for producing an olefin polymerization catalyst, comprising an organometallic compound of a transition metal or of an actinide or lanthanide, in the form of solid catalyst particles, comprising forming a liquid/liquid emulsion system which comprises a solution of one or more catalyst components dispersed in a solvent immiscible therewith; and solidifying said dispersed phase to convert said droplets to solid particles comprising the catalyst and optionally recovering said particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Peter Denifl, Erik Van Praet, Michael Bartke, Marita Oksman, Marja Mustonen, Thomas Garoff, Kari Pesonen
  • Patent number: 7700699
    Abstract: This invention is directed to processes of making polymer in the presence of a fluorinated hydrocarbon and recovering the polymer. The processes provided enable polymerization processes to be practiced with minimal fouling in the reaction system, and allows for the recovery of the fluorinated hydrocarbon and other hydrocarbons such as hydrocarbons for re-use in the process or hydrocarbon by-products from the polymerization process. The invention is particularly beneficial in the production of propylene polymers and copolymes using bulky ligand metallocene-type catalyst systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Robert O. Hagerty, Randall B. Laird, Michael A. Risch, Pradeep P. Shirodkar, Peijun Jiang
  • Patent number: 7691956
    Abstract: This invention is directed to processes of making polymer in the presence of a hydrofluorocarbon or perfluorocarbon and recovering the polymer. The processes provided enable polymerization processes to be practiced with minimal fouling in the reaction system, and to the recovery of the hydrofluorocarbon and other hydrocarbons such as hydrocarbons for reuse in the process or hydrocarbon by-products from the polymerization process. The invention is particularly beneficial in the production of ethylene based polymers using bulky ligand metallocene-type catalyst systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Robert O. Hagerty, Chia S. Chee, Randall B. Laird, Michael A. Risch, Pradeep P. Shirodkar, Zerong Lin, Larry L. Iaccino
  • Patent number: 7674867
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a metal-organic compound, comprising at least one phosphinimine ligand, characterized in that the HA adduct of a phosphinimine ligand according to formula (1) is contacted with a metal-organic reagent of formula (2) in the presence of 1, respectively 2 equivalents of a base, wherein HA represents an acid, of which H represents its proton and A its conjugate base, with Y?N—H as formula (1), and Mv(L1)k(L2)l(L3)m(L4)nX as formula (2), and wherein Y is a substituted phosphorous atom, and M represents a group 4 or group 5 metal ion, V represents the valency of the metal ion, being 3, 4 or 5 L1, L2, L3, and L4 represent a ligand or a group 17 halogen atom on M and may be equal or different, k, l, m, n=0, 1, 2, 3, 4 with k+l+m+n+1=V, and X represents a group 17 halogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Edwin Ijpeij, Henricus Arts, Gerardus van Doremaele, Felix Beijer, Francis Van der Burgt, Martin Alexander Zuideveld
  • Patent number: 7671148
    Abstract: Process for producing a catalyst system, which comprises the following steps: A) provision of a mixture of at least two different organic transition metal compounds, at least one hydrolyzed organoaluminum compound and a solvent and impregnation of a dry porous support component with the mixture from step A), with the total volume of the mixture being from 0.6 to 1.5 times the total pore volume of the support component, and also catalyst systems obtainable in this way and their use for olefin polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Shahram Mihan, Harald Schmitz
  • Patent number: 7671226
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transition metal complex represented by the formula (I): wherein M represents a Group 4 transition metal; —Y— represents (a): —C(R1)(R20)-A-, (b): —C(R1)(R20)-A1(R30)—, (c): —C(R1)=A1-, or (d): —C(R1)=A1-A2-R30; A represents a Group 16 element and A1 and A2 each represents a Group 15 element; R1 to R9, R20, and R30 are the same or different and each represents an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, etc.; and X1 and X2 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an optionally substituted C1-10 alkyl group, etc., and an intermediate product thereof, and a catalyst for olefin polymerization which comprises said transition metal complex as a component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hidenori Hanaoka, Eiji Yoshikawa, Yuka Imamoto
  • Patent number: 7645715
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bis-arylaryloxy catalyst system for the production of ethylene homopolymers or copolymers with ?-olefins, which has high catalytic activity. More particularly, it relates to a transition metal catalyst comprising a group-IV transition metal as a central metal, a cyclopentadiene derivative around the central metal, and two aryloxide ligands substituted with aryl derivatives at the ortho-positions, the ligands not being bridged to each other, as well as a catalyst system comprising said catalyst and an aluminoxane co-catalyst or a boron compound co-catalyst, and a method for producing high-molecular-weight ethylene homopolymers or copolymers with ?-olefins using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: SK Energy Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung-Ahn Ok, Jong-sok Hahn, Dae Ho Shin, Sang-Ook Kang, Tae Eung Kim
  • Patent number: 7638584
    Abstract: A process for polymerizing ethylene is disclosed. The process comprises polymerizing ethylene in the presence of a catalyst system which comprises a bridged indenoindolyl transition metal complex on a support material, an alkylalumoxane, a titanium tetralkoxide, and a branched alkyl aluminum compound. The process provides polyethylenes with low density from ethylene alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Equistar Chemicals, LP
    Inventors: Sandor Nagy, Barbara M. Tsuie, Ronald J. Clemons
  • Patent number: 7619051
    Abstract: A 1-butene/ethylene copolymer having a content of ethylene derived units from 0.1% to 5% by weight in which an ethylene content in the polymer (C2) and a melting point of the polymer (Tm) meet the following relation: Tm<?0.3283C23+4.7184C22?22.454C2+114.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventor: Luigi Resconi
  • Patent number: 7612009
    Abstract: Metal complexes, catalyst compositions containing the metal complexes, and processes for making the metal complexes and the catalyst compositions are described for the manufacture of polymers from ethylenically unsaturated addition polymerizable monomers. The metal complexes have chemical structures corresponding to one of the following formulae: (Ia) (Ib) (VII) wherein MI. and MII. are metals; T is nitrogen or phosphorus; P is a carbon, nitrogen or phosphorus atom; groups R1, R2 and R3 may be linked to each other; Y is a divalent bridging group; X, X1, and X2 are anionic ligand groups with certain exceptions; D is a neutral Lewis base ligand; and s, o, k, i, ii, p, m, a, b, c, d, e, t, and y are numbers as further described in the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Sven K.-H. Thiele
  • Patent number: 7598200
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for preparing an heterogeniseded catalyst component comprising the steps of: a) providing a halogenated precursor component of formula (I) —X—[—CH2]—CH3 b) reacting the halogenated precursor with an ionic liquid precursor in a solvent to prepare an ionic liquid; IL+X? c) optionally, reacting the intermediate IL+X? with a salt C+A?, wherein C+ is a cation that can be selected from K+, Na+, NH4+, and A? is an anion that can be selected from PF6?, SbF6?, BF4?, (CF3—SO2)2N?CIO4—, CF3SO3?, NO3— or CF3CO2?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Total Petrochemicals Research Feluy
    Inventors: Olivier Lavastre, Fabien Bonnette, Abbas Razavi
  • Patent number: 7589042
    Abstract: Disclosed is an arylphenoxy catalyst system for producing an ethylene homopolymer or copolymers of ethylene and ?-olefins, and a method of producing an ethylene homopolymer or copolymers of ethylene and ?-olefins having a high molecular weight under a high temperature solution polymerization condition using the same. The catalyst system includes a group 4 arylphenoxy-based transition metal catalyst and an aluminoxane cocatalyst or a boron compound cocatalyst. In the transition metal catalyst, a cyclopentadienyl derivative and arylphenoxide as fixed ligands are located around the group 4 transition metal, arylphenoxide is substituted with at least one aryl derivative and is located at the ortho position thereof, and the ligands are not crosslinked to each other. The catalyst includes non-toxic raw materials, synthesis of the catalyst is economical, and thermal stability of the catalyst is excellent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: SK Corporation
    Inventors: Tae-Woo Woo, Myung-Ahn Ok, Jong-sok Hahn, Mal-Ou Lee, Sang-Ook Kang, Sung-bo Ko, Tae-Jin Kim, Sung Kun Kim
  • Patent number: 7579415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymerization process using improved metallocene catalyst systems. Specifically, the catalyst systems of the present invention relate to a metallocene compound having optimized metals loading and activator concentration, and demonstrate improved operability and productivity. In an exemplary embodiment, the improved metallocene catalyst system of the present invention comprises a metallocene catalyst compound activated by methylaluminoxane, and a support material, the methylaluminoxane being present in the range of from 3 to 9 mmole methylaluminoxane per gram of support material, and the metallocene being present in the range of from 0.01 to 1.0 mmole metallocene per gram of support material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Agapios K. Agapiou, David M. Glowczwski
  • Patent number: 7579423
    Abstract: A process for polymerizing 1-butene, optionally with up to 30% by mol of ethylene, propylene or an alpha olefin of formula CH2?CHT wherein T is a C3-C10, alkyl group, in the presence of a catalyst system obtainable by contacting a metallocene compound of formula (I) Wherein M is an atom of a transition metal; X, is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atoms or a hydrocarbon group; R1, R2, R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9 are hydrogen atoms or hydrocarbon groups; with the proviso that at least one of R6 or R7 is a C1-C20 alkyl group; R3 and R4 are C1-C20 alkyl groups; and an alumoxane and/or a compound capable of forming an alkyl metallocene cation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventor: Luigi Resconi
  • Patent number: 7550543
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing carbon nanotubes in a dispersed state. The method comprises a stage whereby polymerization is carried out from at least one so-called monomer of interest, in the presence of a catalytic system. The catalytic system comprises a cocatalyst/catalyst catalytic couple that is supported by a catalyst carrier, which corresponds to said carbon nanotubes. The invention also relates to composite materials obtained by said method, and to a catalytic system for implementing said method. The invention further relates to the use of the inventive method and products in the field of polymers, especially that of nanotechnologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: S.A. Nanocyl
    Inventors: Philippe Dubois, Michael Alexandre, Daniel Bonduel, Michael Mainil
  • Patent number: 7547751
    Abstract: The invention related to a process for the polymerization of at least one aliphatic C2-20 or aromatic C4-20 hydrocarbyl mono- or multiolefin in the presence of a catalyst and an aluminum comprising co-catalyst, wherein the catalyst comprises a composition of a metal-organic reagent, a spectator ligand and optionally at least one equivalent of a hydrocarbylating agent. The invention further relates to a polymer obtainable by the process of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Edwin IJpeij, Henricus Arts, Gerardus van Doremaele, Felix Beijer, Francis van der Burgt, Martin Zuideveld
  • Patent number: 7538174
    Abstract: An isotactic 1-butene copolymer having a content up to 30% by mol of at least one alpha-olefin of formula CH2?CHZ derived units, wherein Z is a C3-C20 hydrocarbon group, having the following features: isotactic pentads (mmmm) >90%; and a percentage of soluble fraction in diethylether (% SD) and a molar content of said alpha olefins (% O) in the polymer chain meeting the following relation: % SD>2.8% O+8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Luigi Resconi, Anteo Pelliconi, Enea Garagnani
  • Patent number: 7534848
    Abstract: A process comprising contacting 1-butene and one or more alpha-olefins under polymerization conditions in the presence of a catalyst system obtainable by contacting: (A) a metallocene compound of formula (I) wherein: M is an atom of a transition metal; p is an integer from 0 to 3; X, same or different, are hydrogen atoms, halogen atoms, or an hydrocarbon group; L is a divalent bridging group; R1 and R3 are hydrocarbon groups; R2 and R4 are hydrogen atoms or hydrocarbon groups; T1 and T2, equal to or different from each other are a moiety of formula (II), (III) or (IV): wherein: R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9, equal to or different from each other, are hydrogen or hydrocarbon groups; and (B) an alumoxane or a compound able to form an alkylmetallocene cation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Luigi Resconi, Anteo Pelliconi, Enea Garagnani
  • Patent number: 7524906
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a metal-organic compound, comprising at least one imine ligand, characterized in that an imine ligand according to formula 1, or the HA adduct thereof, wherein HA represents an acid, of which H represents its proton and A its conjugate base, is contacted with a metal-organic reagent of formula 2 in the presence of at least 1, respectively 2 equivalents of an inorganic or metal-organic base, wherein Y?N-R (formula 1), Y is selected from a substituted carbon, nitrogen or phosphorous atom, R represents a proton, a protic or an aprotic substituent, and the metal organic compound is: MV(L1)k(L2)l(L3)m(L4)nX (formula 2) wherein: M represents a group 4 or group 5 metal ion, V represents the valency of the metal ion, being 3, 4 or 5, L1, L2, L3, and L4 represent ligands on M and may be equal or different, X represents a group 17 halogen atom, and k, 1, m, n=0, 1, 2, 3, 4 with k+l+m+n+l=V.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Edwin IJpeij, Henricus Arts, Gerardus van Doremaele, Felix Beijer
  • Patent number: 7507688
    Abstract: Monocyclopentadienyl complexes in which the cyclopentadienyl system bears at least one unsubstituted, substituted or fused, 5-membered heteroaromatic ring system bound via a specific bridge, a catalyst system comprising at least one of the monocyclopentadienyl complexes, the use of the catalyst system for the polymerization or copolymerization of olefins and a process for preparing polyolefins by polymerization or copolymerization of olefins in the presence of the catalyst system and polymers obtainable in this way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Shahram Mihan, Ilya Nifant'ev, Cristina Nicoara, Markus Enders
  • Patent number: 7507782
    Abstract: Transition metal complexes with tridentate, nitrogen-containing, uncharged ligand systems, a catalyst system comprising at least one of the transition metal complexes, the use of the catalyst system for the polymerization or copolymerization of olefins and a process for preparing polyolefins by polymerization or copolymerization of olefins in the presence of the catalyst system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Shahram Mihan, Markus Enders, Olaf Fritz
  • Patent number: 7504354
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organometallic transition metal compounds of the formula (I), a catalyst composition comprising at least one of the organometallic transition metal compound and an olefin polymerization process in the presence of one of the catalyst composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Michael J. Elder, Robert L. Jones, John A. Ewen
  • Patent number: 7498287
    Abstract: A composition having the formula I where R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, C1 to C12 linear and branched alkyl, C3 to C12 cycloalkyl, aryl, C1 to C12 alkoxy, F, Cl, SO3, C1 to C12 perfluoroalkyl, and N(CH3)2, R3 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1 to C12 linear and branched alkyl, C3 to C12 cycloalkyl, aryl, and 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl, A is —C(R4)—, —(CH2)x—, —(CH2)xNH(CH2)x—, or —CY2CY2—, where R4 is a hydrocarbyl, halosubstituted hydrocarbyl, or alkoxy group of from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, x is an integer from 1 to 12, and Y is halogen, and X is halogen, triflate, acetate, trifluoroacetate, hydride, or tetrafluoroborate. When combined with an activating co-catalyst is useful polymerizing olefinic monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Smita Kacker, Enock Berluche, Robert T. Stibrany, Joseph A. Sissano, Lisa S. Baugh
  • Patent number: 7498390
    Abstract: A composition having the formula I where R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, C1 to C12 linear and branched alkyl, C3 to C12 cycloalkyl, aryl, C1 to C12 alkoxy, F, Cl, SO3, C1 to C12 perfluoroalkyl, and N(CH3)2, R3 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1 to C12 linear and branched alkyl, C3 to C12 cycloalkyl, aryl, and 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl, A is —C(R4)—, —(CH2)x—, —(CH2)xNH(CH2)x—, or —CY2CY2—, ps where R4 is a hydrocarbyl, halosubstituted hydrocarbyl, or alkoxy group of from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, x is an integer from 1 to 12, and Y is halogen, and X is halogen, triflate, acetate, trifluoroacetate, hydride, or tetrafluoroborate. When combined with an activating co-catalyst is useful in polymerizing olefinic monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Smita Kacker, Enock Berluche, Robert T. Stibrany, Joseph A. Sissano, Lisa S. Baugh