The invention provides an alpha-
diimine ligand compound, an alpha-
diimine nickel catalyst and a preparation method and application of the alpha-
diimine ligand compound and the alpha-diimine
nickel catalyst, and belongs to the technical field of
organic synthesis. Wherein R1 is selected from
hydrogen, methoxyl or
tertiary butyl; r2 is selected from methyl, ethyl or
isopropyl; and R3 is selected from
hydrogen or methyl. The alpha-diimine
nickel catalyst prepared by adopting the alpha-diimine ligand compound can catalyze olefin to carry out homopolymerization reaction or copolymerization reaction, so that not only is excellent catalytic performance shown, but also a
polyolefin material obtained by catalyzing olefin
monomer homopolymerization reaction has excellent elastic
recovery performance; and the catalyst has certain application potential in
olefin polymerization industry.