2509 results about "Cyclopentadiene" patented technology

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) type processes for producing metal containing thin films comprise feeding into a reaction space vapor phase pulses of metal containing cyclopentadienyl precursors as a metal source material. In preferred embodiments the metal containing cyclopentadienyl reactant comprises a metal atom that is not directly bonded to an oxygen or halide atom. In other embodiments the metal atom is bonded to a cyclopentadienyl compound and separately bonded to at least one ligand via a nitrogen atom. In still other embodiments the metal containing cyclopentadienyl compound comprises a nitrogen-bridged ligand.

This invention relates to a catalyst system for the production of polyolefins comprising:

(A) a Group IV B transition metal component represented by one of the two general formulae

wherein

(C₅H_5-y-xR_x) is a cylopentadienyl ring

(JR′_z-l-y) is a heteroatom ligand in which J is an element with a coordination number of three from Group V-A or an element with a coordination number of two rom Group VI-A of the Periodic Table of Elements,

each Q is independently, hydride, C₁—C₂₀ hydrocarbyl radicals, substituted hydrocarbyl radials wherein one or more hydrogen atoms is replaced by an electron withdrawing group, or C₁—C₂₀ hydrocarbyl-substituted metalloid radicals wherein the metalloid is selected from the group consisting of germanium and silicon, provided that Q is not a substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentadienyl ring, or both Q together may be an alkylidene, olefin, acetylene or a cyclometallated hydrocarbyl;

“y” is 0 or 1; when “y” is 1, T is a covalent bridging group containing a Group IV-A or V-A element;

L is a neutral Lewis base; and “w” is a number from 0 to 3;

(B) an activator compound comprising (1) a cation; and (2) a compatible noncoordinating anion.

This invention relates to a process to produce a polyalpha-olefin comprising: 1) contacting one or more alpha-olefin monomers having 3 to 24 carbon atoms with an unbridged substituted bis cyclopentadienyl transition metal compound having: 1) at least one non-isoolefin substitution on both cyclopentadientyl rings, or 2) at least two substitutions on at least one cyclopentadienyl ring, a non-coordinating anion activator, and optionally an alkyl-aluminum compound, where the molar ratio of transition metal compound to activator is 10:1 to 0.1:1, and if the alkyl aluminum compound is present then the molar ratio of alkyl aluminum compound to transition metal compound is 1:4 to 4000:1, under polymerization conditions wherein: i) hydrogen is present at a partial pressure of 0.1 to 50 psi, based upon the total pressure of the reactor or the concentration of the hydrogen is from 1 to 10,000 ppm or less by weight; ii) wherein the alpha-olefin monomer(s) having 3 to 24 carbon atoms are present at 10 volume % or more based upon the total volume of the catalyst/activator/alkylaluminum compound solutions, monomers, and any diluents or solvents present in the reaction; iii) the residence time of the reaction is at least 5 minutes; iv) the productivity of the process is at least 43,000 grams of total product per gram of transition metal compound; v) the process is continuous or semi-continuous, and vi) the temperature in the reaction zone does not rise by more than 10° C. during the reaction; and vii) ethylene is not present at more than 30 volume % of the monomers entering the reaction zone; and 2) obtaining a polyalpha-olefin (PAO), optionally hydrogenating the PAO, wherein the PAO comprises at least 50 mole % of a C3 to C24 alpha-olefin monomer, and wherein the PAO has a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 20 cSt or less.

Compositions including fibers, fillers, reinforcing agents or other property-enhancing agents added to a polymeric matrix formed from DCPD monomer or related compounds such as norbornene and norbornadiene are disclosed. The composition has a mechanically forgiving matrix due to the polymer with the inherent strength and other physical properties of the enhancement agent according to the invention. Enhancement agents according to the invention generally include inorganic, organic and metallic substances in a variety of forms.

This invention is a solution process for the preparation of high molecular weight ethylene copolymers comprising contacting olefin monomers, with a catalyst system at a polymerization temperature at or above about 80 DEG C. with a catalyst system comprising an unbridged Group 4 metal compound having a monocyclopentadienyl ligand, a phosphinimine ligand and at least one uninegative, activation reactive ligand. The process can be practiced at a reaction temperature of at least 80 DEG C. to obtain high number average molecular weight polymer.

This invention relates to a method for the selective hydrogenation of the unsaturated double bonds in the conjugated diene units of a homopolymer or copolymer in the presence of a novel homogeneous organotitanium-based catalyst. Also, the process of this invention can demonstrate a high yield of hydrogenation and hydrogenation reproducibility using a novel catalyst, so prepared from a mixture consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclopentadienyl titanium compound expressed by the following formula 1 and lithium hydride derived from a reaction of both alkyl lithium and hydrogen in solution. In particular, this invention also relates to a novel method for the selective hydrogenation of unsaturated double bonds in the conjugated diene units of a conjugated diene polymer or copolymer, so prepared via the reaction between a conjugated diene monomer and vinyl-substituted aromatic monomerwherein, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5, which may be same or different, are selected from hydrogen atoms and alkyl groups of 1~5 carbon atoms; X1, X2 and X3, which may be same or different, are selected from halogen atoms.

The metallocene compound according to the invention and the olefin polymerization catalyst containing the compound are intended to produce a catalyst capable of preparing an isotactic polymer with a high polymerization activity. The metallocene compound contains a substituted cyclopentadienyl group and a (substituted) fluorenyl group and has a structure wherein these groups are bridged by a hydrocarbon group or the like. The process for preparing a metallocene compound according to the invention is intended to selectively prepare a specific metallocene compound so as not to produce an isomer, and in this process an intermediate product is synthesized by a specific method. The process for preparing a polyolefin according to the invention is intended to prepare a polyolefin having excellent impact resistance and transparency, and this process comprises homopolymerizing an α-olefin of 3 to 8 carbon atoms or copolymerizing an olefin of 3 to 8 carbon atoms and another α-olefin in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst containing the above-mentioned metallocene compound.

Methods for preparing formaldehyde-free resorcinol resins are disclosed. The methods generally comprise reacting resorcinol first with dicyclopentadiene and then reacting that mixture with an olefinic compound. The resins produced by this method are also disclosed, as are rubber compositions utilizing the present resins. The resins are characterized as having a free resorcinol content of about 1 wt. % or less, and yielding a suitable softening point when used in rubber applications.

An alkylene and/or silylene bridged binuclear metallocene catalyst for styrene polymerization is represented by the following formula (I): where M1 and M2 are the same or different transition metal of Group IVb of the Periodic Table; Cp1 and Cp2 are the same or different cyclopentadienyl; alkyl, alkoxy, silyl or halogen substituted cyclopentadienyl; indenyl; alkyl, alkoxy, silyl or halogen substituted indenyl; fluorenyl; or alkyl, alkoxy, silyl or halogen substituted fluorenyl, which is capable of pi -electron, eta 5-bonding with M1 or M2; each of E1, E2 and E3, independently of one another, is a carbon atom or a silicon atom; m, p and q are integers of 0 to 15 and m+p+q>/=1; each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6, independently of one another, is a hydrogen, an alkyl, an aryl, an alkoxy or a halogen; X is a hydrogen, an alkyl, an alkoxy or a halogen; and n is 3. M1 and M2 may also be in cardin form by mixture of (I) with a compound which abstructs an X gray from each metal atom and substitution then with non-coordinating anions.

Catalyst compositions comprising a first metallocene compound, a second metallocene compound, an activator-support, and an organoaluminum compound are provided. An improved method for preparing cyclopentadienyl complexes used to produce polyolefins is also provided.

A process for preparing polyolefins having a monomer length of up to C10, which comprises first contacting: (1) a metallocene catalyst component for the preparation of a polyolefin which comprises an isotactic polyolefin or syndiotactic/isotactic block polyolefin having a monomer length of up to C10, the component having the general formula:wherein Cp is a cyclopentadienyl ring substituted with at least one substituent of R1R2 and/or R3; Cp' is a substituted fluorenyl ring with substituents R1' and R2'; R'' is a structural bridge imparting stereorigidity to the component; R1 is a substituent on the cyclopentadienyl ring which is distal to the bridge; R2 is a substituent on the cyclopentadienyl ring which is proximal to the bridge and positioned either non-vicinal or vicinal to the distal substituent; R3 is a substituent on the cyclopentadienyl ring which is proximal to the bridge; R1' and R2' are each independently substituent groups on the fluorenyl ring; M is a Group IVB transition metal or vanadium; and each Q is hydrocarbyl, and (2) an aluminum- or boron-containing co-catalyst capable of activating the catalyst component. Second, contacting the activated catalyst with at least one olefin in a reaction zone under polymerization conditions to form an isotactic polyolefin or a syndiotactic/isotactic block polyolefin.

This invention relates to catalyst compositions, methods, and polymers encompassing a Group 4 metallocene with bridging θ⁵-cyclopentadienyl-type ligands, in combination with a cocatalyst and an activator-support. The compositions and methods disclosed herein provide ethylene polymers with low levels of long chain branching.

The present invention is directed to a method of making a ligand which can be used to form an ansa-metallocene. Further, the present invention is directed to a method of making the ansa-metallocene. In both methods the process steps employed to form the ligand are conducted in the presence of tetrahydrofuran, a substituted tetrahydrofuran, tetrahydropyran, a substituted tetrahydropyran or ethylene glycol dimethyl ether.

Metal source containing precursor liquid solutions for chemical vapor deposition processes, including atomic layer deposition, for fabricating conformal metal-containing films on substrates are described. More specifically, the metal source precursor liquid solutions are comprised of (i) at least one metal complex selected from β-diketonates, β-ketoiminates, β-diiminates, alkyl metal, metal carbonyl, alkyl metal carbonyl, aryl metal, aryl metal carbonyl, cyclopentadienyl metal, cyclopentadienyl metal isonitrile, cyclopentadienyl metal nitrile, cyclopentadienyl metal carbonyl, metal alkoxide, metal ether alkoxide, and metal amides wherein the ligand can be monodentate, bidentate and multidentate coordinating to the metal atom and the metal is selected from group 2 to 14 elements, and (ii) a solvent selected from organic amides including linear amides and cyclic amides for such metal source containing precursors.

The invention is a polymerization process for ethylene copolymers having a density less than 0.915 comprising contacting ethylene, one or more alpha-olefin monomer, and optionally one or more diene monomer, with a catalyst composition comprising the reaction product of at least one organometallic Group 4 metallocene compound derived from a bridged, fused-ring ligand containing biscyclopentadienyl hafnocene, said bridge being a substituted or unsubstituted carbon or silicon atom connecting the biscyclopentadienyl ligands, and a salt of a Group 13 element anionic complex having halogenated aromatic ligands in an essentially tetrahedral structure wherein the aromatic groups are polycyclic fused or pendant aromatic rings. The process is particularly suitable for the preparation of high comonomer content and high molecular weight ethylene-alpha-olefin plastomers and ethylene-propylene or ethylene-propylene-diene monomer elastomers.

The invention relates to a catalyst system for the selective trimerisation of olefins, which system is based on a titanium complex of formula (Cp-B(R)nAr)TiR<1>3, wherein: Cp is a cyclopentadienyl type ligand, optionally substituted, B is a bridging group, based on a single atom selected from the groups 13 to 16 inclusive of the Periodic System, Ar is a aromatic group, optionally substituted, R is, independently, hydrogen, or a hydrocarbon residue, optionally being substituted and optionally containing heteroatoms, or groups R and B are joined together to form a ring, n is an integer equal to the (valency of B minus 2), and R<1 >is a mono-anionic group, and further comprises an activator. The present catalyst system obviates the use of toxic chromium compounds.