WO2006065843A2 - Halogen substituted metallocene compounds for olefin polymerization - Google Patents

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WO2006065843A2
WO2006065843A2 PCT/US2005/045138 US2005045138W WO2006065843A2 WO 2006065843 A2 WO2006065843 A2 WO 2006065843A2 US 2005045138 W US2005045138 W US 2005045138W WO 2006065843 A2 WO2006065843 A2 WO 2006065843A2
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Vyatcheslav V. Izmer
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Alexey N. Ryabov
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  • This invention relates to halogen substituted metallocene compounds and their use in catalyst systems for olefin polymerization.
  • a high weight average molecular weight when accompanied by a narrow molecular weight distribution, provides a polyolefin with high strength properties.
  • Traditional Ziegler-Natta catalysts systems comprise a transition metal compound co-catalyzed by an aluminum alkyl and are typically capable of producing polyolefins having a high molecular weight, but with a broad molecular weight distribution.
  • metallocene catalyst systems wherein the transition metal compound has one or more cyclopentadienyl, indenyl or fluorenyl ring ligands (typically two).
  • Metallocene catalyst systems when activated with cocatalysts, such as alumoxane, are effective to polymerize monomers to polyolefins having not only a high weight average molecular weight but also a narrow molecular weight distribution.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 5,936,053 describes certain metallocene compounds said to be useful for producing high molecular weight propylene polymers. These metallocenes have a specific hydrocarbon substituent at the 2 position and an unsubstituted aryl substituent at the 4 position, on each indenyl group of the metallocene compound.
  • Indenyl rings are of course composed of a benzene ring fused to a cyclopentadienyl ring and typically, in metallocenes containing bridged indenyl groups, the bridging group is connected to the cyclopentadienyl portion, and particularly at the 3-position, of each indenyl ring.
  • a metallocene compound comprising a transition metal bound to at least one substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand that is bridged by a heteroatom substituent in the four, five, six or seven position of the indenyl ligand, to a monoanionic ligand that is also bound to the transition metal.
  • a heteroatom substituent in the four, five, six or seven position of the indenyl ligand
  • halogen substituents on metallocene compounds for example, U.S. Patent No.
  • 3,678,088 discloses polychlorinated metallocenes having formulae C 5 H 5- m Cl m MC 5 H 5 and (C 5 H 5-n Cl n ) 2 M wherein M is iron, ruthenium or osmium, m is an integer from 3 to 5, inclusive and n is an integer from 2 to 5, inclusive. There is no disclosure of the polychlorinated metallocenes being used as olefin polymerization catalysts.
  • chlorinated metallocenes including (CpCl) 2 TiCl 2 ,
  • Fluorinated bisindenyl metallocenes particularly bis(4,7- difluoroindenyl) zirconium dichloride and bis(4,7-difluoroindenyl)zirconium dibenzyl, and their use in olefin polymerization are discussed in Organometallics, 1990, 9, 3098.
  • 2002/0193535 discloses a process for polymerizing propylene in the presence of a Group 3-5 transition metal catalyst having two indenoindolyl ligands, wherein the term "indenoindole” is defined to mean an organic compound that has both indole and indene rings in which the five-membered rings from each are fused.
  • the indenoindole rings can be substituted with a variety of moieties, including halogen, and specifically disclosed and exemplified is bis(2-chloro-5-phenyl-5,10-dihydroindeno[l,2-b]- indolyl)zirconium dichloride [0015] US Patent Nos.
  • 5,504,232, 5,763,542 and 6,087,292 disclose olefin polymerization catalysts based on bridged halogen substituted indenyls of Groups 4-6, such as Zr and Hf. Particularly exemplified are rac- dimethylsilanediylbis(5(6)-fluoroindenyl) zirconium dichloride (F mixed in 5 and
  • JP1999-080183A discloses halogenated substituents on racemic carbon bridged bis-indenyl Group 4 transition metal complexes. The application focuses on the use of these complexes as pre-catalysts for the copolymerization of vinyl aromatic monomers (styrene).
  • the only complexes exemplified are isopropylidene-bis(5- or 6-fluoroindenyl) zirconium bisdimethylamide, isopropylidene-bis(5- or 6-fluoroindenyl) zirconium dichloride, isopropylidene- bis(5-chloroindenyl) zirconium bisdimethylamide, and isopropylidene-bis(5- chloroindenyl) zirconium dichloride.
  • the application gives preference to F > Cl > Br.
  • JP1995-216011A discloses olefin polymerization catalysts comprising bridged bis-indenyl Group 4-6 transition metal complexes, having halogen substituents either in the 2 or the 7 position on the indene ring.
  • the only complexes exemplified are bridged bis-indenyl complexes having a fluoro- or chloro- substituent at the 7 position and a hydrocarbyl or substituted hydrocarbyl substituent at the 4 position.
  • the bridging groups are connected to the indenyl rings at 1 -position.
  • the invention resides in a metallocene compound comprising a transition metal, a first substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand pi- bonded to the transition metal, a second monoanionic ligand bonded to the transition metal, and a divalent bridging group bonded to the indenyl ligand and said second monoanionic ligand, wherein said bridging group is connected to the four, five, six or seven position of the indenyl ligand, and wherein at least one of one of the first and second ligands comprises at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp 2 carbon atom at a bondable ring position of said ligand.
  • said second monoanionic ligand is a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic arene ligand that is pi-bonded to the transition metal.
  • the invention resides in a metallocene compound comprising a transition metal, a first substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand pi-bonded to the transition metal, a second monoanionic ligand bonded to the transition metal, and a divalent bridging group bonded to the fluorenyl ligand and said second monoanionic ligand, wherein said bridging group is connected to the one, two, three, four, five, six, seven or eight position of the fluorenyl ligand, and wherein at least one of one of the first and second ligands comprises at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp 2 carbon atom at a bondable ring position of said ligand.
  • said second monoanionic ligand is a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic arene ligand that is pi-bonded to the transition metal.
  • the invention resides in a metallocene compound represented by the formula (1):
  • M is a Group 3, 4, 5 or 6 transition metal atom, or a lanthanide metal atom, or actinide metal atom, and preferably is a Group 4 transition metal selected from titanium, zirconium and hafnium;
  • E is a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic arene ligand pi-bonded to M;
  • A is a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic arene ligand pi- bonded to M;
  • At least one of A and E has at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp 2 carbon atom at a bondable ring position of the associated ligand;
  • Y is bonded to any single bondable ring position of A and to any single bondable ring position of an aromatic six-membered ring of E, and is a bridging group containing a Group 13, 14, 15, or 16 element;
  • each X is a univalent anionic ligand, or two X are joined and bound to the metal atom to form a metallocycle ring, or two X are joined to form a chelating ligand, a diene ligand, or an alkylidene ligand.
  • E is a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand and Y is connected to the four, five, six or seven position of the indenyl ligand.
  • said at least one halogen substituent is a chloro, bromo or iodo substituent, and more preferably is a chloro or bromo substituent.
  • the invention resides in an olefin polymerization catalyst system comprising (a) a metallocene compound as described herein and (b) an activator.
  • the invention resides in an olefin polymerization process comprising contacting at least one olefin with the olefin polymerization catalyst system described herein.
  • Figure 1 is a representation of the molecular structure of the sulfido-6 ⁇ (77 5 -4-bromo-2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride of Example 1.
  • Me is methyl
  • Et is ethyl
  • Bu is butyl
  • t-Bu and 1 Bu are tertiary butyl
  • Pr is propyl
  • iPr and 1 Pr are isopropyl
  • Cy is cyclohexyl
  • hydrocarbyl radical hydrocarbyl
  • hydrocarbyl group hydrocarbyl radical
  • hydrocarbyl radical is defined to be a radical, which contains hydrogen atoms and up to 100 carbon atoms and which may be linear, branched, or cyclic, and when cyclic, aromatic or non-aromatic.
  • Halocarbyl radicals are radicals in which one or more hydrocarbyl hydrogen atoms have been substituted with at least one halogen (e.g. F, Cl, Br, I) or halogen-containing group (e.g. CF 3 ).
  • halogen e.g. F, Cl, Br, I
  • halogen-containing group e.g. CF 3
  • Silylcarbyl radicals are groups in which the silyl functionality is bonded directly to the indicated atom or atoms.
  • Germylcarbyl radicals are groups in which the germyl functionality is bonded directly to the indicated atom or atoms.
  • Examples include GeH 3 , GeH 2 R*, GeHR* 2 , GeR* 3 , GeH 2 (OR*), GeH(OR*) 2 , Ge(OR*) 3 , GeH 2 (NR* 2 ), GeH(NR* 2 ) 2 , Ge(NR* 2 ) 3 , and the like where R* is independently a hydrocarbyl or halocarbyl radical and two or more R* may join together to form a substituted or unsubstituted saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic cyclic or polycyclic ring structure.
  • Polar radicals, functional groups, or polar groups are groups in which a heteroatom functionality is bonded directly to the indicated atom or atoms. They include heteroatoms of Groups 1-17 of the periodic table either alone or connected to other elements by covalent or other interactions such as ionic, van der Waals forces, or hydrogen bonding.
  • Examples of functional groups include carboxylic acid, acid halide, carboxylic ester, carboxylic salt, carboxylic anhydride, aldehyde and their chalcogen (Group 14) analogues, alcohol and phenol, ether, peroxide and hydroperoxide, carboxylic amide, hydrazide and imide, amidine and other nitrogen analogues of amides, nitrile, amine and imine, azo, nitro, other nitrogen compounds, sulfur acids, selenium acids, thiols, sulfides, sulfoxides, sulfones, sulfonates, phosphines, phosphates, other phosphorus compounds, silanes, boranes, borates, alanes, aluminates.
  • chalcogen Group 14
  • Functional groups may also be taken broadly to include organic polymer supports or inorganic support material such as alumina, and silica.
  • Preferred examples of polar groups include NR* 2 , OR*, SeR*, TeR*, PR* 2 , AsR* 2 , SbR* 2 , SR*, BR* 2 , SnR* 3 , PbR* 3 and the like where R* is independently a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl or substituted halocarbyl radical as defined above and two R* may join together to form a substituted or unsubstituted saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic cyclic or polycyclic ring structure.
  • SO 3 Me meylate
  • SO 3 (4-tosyl) tosylate
  • SO 3 CF 3 triflate
  • SO 3 (n-C 4 F 9 ) nonaflate
  • the hydrocarbyl radical is independently selected from methyl, ethyl, ethenyl and isomers of propyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, nonyl, decyl, undecyl, dodecyl, tridecyl, tetradecyl, pentadecyl, hexadecyl, heptadecyl, octadecyl, nonadecyl, eicosyl, heneicosyl, docosyl, tricosyl, tetracosyl, pentacosyl, hexacosyl, heptacosyl, octacosyl, nonacosyl, triacontyl, propenyl, butenyl, pentenyl, hexenyl, heptenyl, octenyl, nonenyl,
  • examples include phenyl, methylphenyl, dimethylphenyl, ethylphenyl, diethylphenyl, propylphenyl, dipropylphenyl, benzyl, methylbenzyl, naphthyl, anthracenyl, cyclopentyl, cyclopentenyl, cyclohexyl, cyclohexenyl, methylcyclohexyl, cycloheptyl, cycloheptenyl, norbornyl, norbornenyl, adamantyl and the like.
  • Alkyl, alkenyl and alkynyl radicals listed include all isomers including where appropriate cyclic isomers, for example, butyl includes «-butyl, 2- methylpropyl, 1-methylpropyl, tert-butyl, and cyclobutyl (and analogous substituted cyclopropyls); pentyl includes n-pentyl, cyclopentyl, 1-methylbutyl, 2- methylbutyl, 3-methylbutyl, 1-ethylpropyl, and neopentyl (and analogous substituted cyclobutyls and cyclopropyls); butenyl includes E and Z forms of 1- butenyl, 2-butenyl, 3-butenyl, 1 -methyl- 1-propenyl, l-methyl-2-propenyl, 2- methyl
  • Cyclic compound having substitutions include all isomer forms, for example, methylphenyl would include ortho-methylphenyl, meta- methylphenyl and para-methylphenyl; dimethylphenyl would include 2,3- dimethylphenyl, 2,4-dimethylphenyl, 2,5-dimethylphenyl, 2,6-diphenylmethyl, 3,4-dimethylphenyl, and 3,5-dimethylphenyl.
  • cyclopentadienyl indenyl
  • fluorenyl cyclopentanaphthyl
  • cyclopentanaphthyl also termed benzindenyl
  • indenyl can be considered a cyclopentadienyl with a fused benzene ring.
  • fluorenyl can be considered a cyclopentadienyl with two phenyl rings fused onto the cyclopentadienyl ring.
  • heterocyclopenta[b]naphthyl cyclopenta[a]naphthyl [0042] A similar numbering and nomenclature scheme is used for heterocyclopentadienyls, heterophenyls, heteropentalenyls, heterocyclopentapentalenyls, heteroindenyls, heterofluorenyls, heterocyclopentanaphthyls, heterocyclopentaindenyls, heterobenzocyclopentaindenyls, and the like, as illustrated below. Each structure is drawn and named as an anion.
  • heterocyclopentadienyls include:
  • heterocyclopentadienyls include
  • hydrocarbyl is a "hydrocarbyl radical" as previously defined.
  • heterophenyls include:
  • heterophenyls include 1- dihydrocarbylaminoboratabenzene, 4-dihydrocarbylamino- 1 ,4- phosphaboratabenzene, 2-dihydrocarbylamino- 1 ,2-azaboratabenzene, 1 - hydrocarbyloxyboratabenzene, 4-hydrocarbyloxy- 1 ,4-phosphaboratabenzene, 2- hydrocarbyloxy-l,2-azaboratabenzene, 1-hydrocarbylboratabenzene, A- hydrocarbyl- 1 ,4-phosphaboratabenzene, and 2-hydrocarbyl- 1 ,2-azaboratabenzene, where hydrocarbyl is a "hydrocarbyl radical" as previously defined.
  • heteropentalenyls include:
  • heteropentalenyls include cyclopenta[ ⁇ ] selenophenyl, cyclopenta[c] selenophenyl, cyclopenta[6]tellurophenyl, cyclopenta[c]tellurophenyl, 1- hydrocarbylcyclopenta[&] arsolyl, 2-hydrocarbylcyclopenta[c]arsolyl, 1 - hydrocarbylcyclopenta[Z?]stibolyl, 2-hydrocarbylcyclopenta[c] stibolyl, 1 - hydrocarbylcyclopenta[&]pyrrolyl, 2-hydrocarbylcyclopenta[c]pyrrolyl, 1 - hydrocarbylcyclopenta[ ⁇ ]phospholyl, and 2-hydrocarbylcyclopenta[c]phospholyl, where hydrocarbyl is a "hydrocarbyl radical" as previously defined.
  • Non-limiting examples of heterocylopentapentalenyls include the following, where Z and Q independently represent the heteroatoms O, S, Se, or Te, or heteroatom groups, NR**, PR**, AsR**, or SbR** where R** is hydrogen, or a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, or germylcarbyl substituent.
  • heteroindenyls include:
  • heteroindenyls include cyclopenta[ ⁇ ]arsinyl, cyclopenta[c]arsinyl, cyclopenta[6]stibinyl, cyclopenta[c]stibinyl, 3-dihydrocarbylamino-l,3-benzothiaborollide, 2- dihydrocarbylamino-1 ,2-benzothiaborollide, 3-hydrocarbyloxy-l ,3- benzothiaborollide, 2-hydrocarbyloxy-l,2-benzothiaborollide, 3-hydrocarbyl-l,3- benzothiaborollide, and 2-hydrocarbyl-l,2-benzothiaborollide, where hydrocarbyl is a "hydrocarbyl radical" as previously defined.
  • heterofluorenyls include: indeno[ 1 ,2-c]pyridyl indeno [ 1 ,2-c]phosphinyl
  • heterocyclopentanaphthyls include:
  • heterocyclopentanaphthyls include cyclopenta[g]phosphmolyl, cyclopentafgjisophosphmolyl, cyclopenta[g]arsinolyl, and cyclopenta[g]isoarsinolyl.
  • heterocyclopentaindenyls include:
  • heterocyclopentaindenyls include
  • heterobenzocyclopentaindenyls include 5-hydrocarbylindeno[l,2- ⁇ ]indolyl and 5-hydrocarbylindeno[2,l- ⁇ jindolyl, where hydrocarbyl is a "hydrocarbyl radical" as previously defined.
  • arene ligand is used herein to mean an unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbyl ligand that can consist of one ring, or two or more fused or catenated rings.
  • the term "monocyclic ligand” is intended to mean any substituted or unsubstituted C 5 to C 1O o monoanionic aromatic five-membered or six-membered single ring structure composed of ring carbon atoms, either alone or in combination with one or more ring heteroatoms.
  • the term “monocyclic arene ligand” is used herein to mean a substituted or unsubstituted monoanionic C 5 to C 1O0 hydrocarbyl ligand that contains an aromatic five- membered single hydrocarbyl ring structure (also referred to as a cyclopentadienyl ring).
  • polycyclic ligand is intended to mean any substituted or unsubstituted C 5 to C 103 monoanionic partially unsaturated or aromatic multiple fused ring structure containing at least one aromatic five- membered ring structure, said ligand composed of ring carbon atoms, either alone or in combination with one or more ring heteroatoms.
  • polycyclic arenyl ligand is used herein to mean a substituted or unsubstituted monoanionic C 8 to C 103 hydrocarbyl ligand that contains an aromatic five- membered hydrocarbyl ring (also referred to as a cyclopentadienyl ring) that is fused to one or two partially unsaturated, or aromatic hydrocarbyl ring structures which may be fused to additional saturated, partially unsaturated, or aromatic hydrocarbyl rings.
  • Monocyclic ligands include substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclopentadienyls, heterophenyls and cyclopentadienyls.
  • Monocyclic arenyl ligands include substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentadienyls.
  • Polycyclic ligands include substituted or unsubstituted, partially unsaturated or aromatic heteroindenyls, heteropentalenyls, heterocyclopentapentalenyls, heterofluorenyls, heterocyclopentanaphthyls, heterocyclopentaindenyls, heterobenzocyclopentaindenyls, indenyls, fluorenyls, and cyclopentanaphthyls.
  • Polycyclic arenyl ligands include substituted or unsubstituted, partially unsaturated or aromatic indenyls, fluorenyls, and cyclopentanaphthyls.
  • Non-limiting examples of polycyclic arene ligands named also as monoanionic ligands, include indenyl, 4,5-dihydroindenyl, 4,7-dihydroindenyl, 4,5,6,7-tetrahydroindenyl, fluorenyl, 1,2-dihydrotetrahydrofluorenyl, 1,4- dihydrotetrahydrofluorenyl, 3, 4-dihydrotetrahydro fluorenyl, 1.
  • a "ring carbon atom” is a carbon atom that is part of a cyclic ring structure. By this definition, an indenyl fragment has nine ring carbon atoms.
  • the monocyclic and polycyclic arene ligands described herein generally contain only ring carbon atoms, it is within the scope of the invention to replace one of more of the ring carbon atoms with a heteroatom, such as a boron atom, a Group 14 atom that is not carbon, a Group 15 atom, or a Group 16 atom.
  • Preferred heteroatoms include boron, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur.
  • a "bondable ring position” is a ring position that is capable of bearing a substituent or bridging substituent.
  • cyclopenta[b]thienyl has five bondable ring positions (at the carbon atoms) and one non-bondable ring position (the sulfur atom); cyclopenta[ ⁇ ]pyrrolyl has six bondable ring positions (at the carbon atoms and at the nitrogen atom).
  • homopolyrnerization would produce a polymer made from one monomer. For example, homopolymerization of propylene would produce homopolypropylene. Homopolymerization of ethylene would produce homopolyethylene.
  • ethylene copolymers include polymers of ethylene with ⁇ -olefms, cyclic olefins and diolefms, vinylaromatic olefins, ⁇ -olefmic diolefins, substituted ⁇ -olefms, and/or acetylenically unsaturated monomers.
  • Non-limiting examples of ⁇ -olefms include ethylene, propylene, 1- butene, 1-pentene, 1-hexene, 1-heptene, 1-octene, 1-nonene, 1-decene, 1-undecene 1-dodecene, 1-tridecene, 1-tetradecene, 1-pentadecene, 1-hexadecene, 1- heptadecene, 1-octadecene, 1-nonadecene, 1-eicosene, 1-heneicosene, 1-docosene, 1-tricosene, 1-tetracosene, 1-pentacosene, 1-hexacosene, 1-heptacosene, 1- octacosene, 1-nonacosene, 1-triacontene, 4-methyl-l-pentene, 3-methyl-l- pentene, 5 -methyl
  • Non-limiting examples of cyclic olefins and diolefins include cyclobutene, cyclopentene, cyclohexene, cycloheptene, cyclooctene, cyclononene, cyclodecene, norbornene, 4-methylnorbornene, 2-methylcyclopentene, A- methylcyclopentene, vinylcyclohexane, norbornadiene, dicyclopentadiene, 5- ethylidene-2 -norbornene, vinylcyclohexene, 5-vinyl-2 -norbornene, 1,3- divinylcyclopentane, 1 ,2-divinylcyclohexane, 1,3-divinylcyclohexane, 1,4- divinylcyclohexane, l ⁇ -divinylcyclooctane, l-allyl-4-vinylcyclohexane, 1,
  • Non-limiting examples of ⁇ -olef ⁇ nic dienes include 1,4-hexadiene,
  • 1,5-hexadiene 1,5-heptadiene, 1,6-heptadiene, 6-methyl-l,6-heptadiene, 1,7- octadiene, 7-methyl-l,7-octadiene, 1,9-decadiene, 1,11-dodecene, 1,13- tetradecene and 9-methyl- 1,9-decadiene.
  • Substituted ⁇ -olefins include those containing at least one non-carbon Group 13 to 17 atom bound to a carbon atom of the substituted ⁇ -olefm where such substitution if silicon may be adjacent to the double bond or terminal to the double bond, or anywhere in between, and where inclusion of non-carbon and non-silicon atoms such as for example B, O, S, Se, Te, N, P, Ge, Sn, Pb, As, F, Cl, Br, or I, are contemplated, where such non-carbon or non-silicon moieties are sufficiently far removed from the double bond so as not to interfere with the coordination polymerization reaction with the catalyst and so to retain the generally hydrocarbyl characteristic.
  • the number of carbon atoms, or the number of carbon and silicon atoms, separating the double bond and the non-carbon or non-silicon moiety is preferably 6 or greater, e.g. 7, or 8, or 9, or 10, or 11, or 12, or 13, or 14 or more.
  • the number of such carbon atoms, or carbon and silicon atoms is counted from immediately adjacent to the double bond to immediately adjacent to the non- carbon or non-silicon moiety. Examples include 8,8,8-trifluoro-l-octene, 8- methoxyoct-1-ene, 8-methylsulfanyloct-l-ene, 8-dimethylaminooct-l-ene, or combinations thereof.
  • Such monomers permit the preparation of both functional-group containing copolymers capable of subsequent derivatization, and of functional macromers which may be used as graft and block type polymeric segments.
  • Copolymerization can also incorporate ⁇ -olefmic macromonomers of up to 2000 mer units.
  • oligomer refers to compositions having 2-75 mer units and the term polymer refers to compositions having 76 or more mer units.
  • a mer is defined as a unit of an oligomer or polymer that originally corresponded to the monomer(s) used in the oligomerization or polymerization reaction.
  • the mer of polyethylene would be ethylene.
  • catalyst system is defined to mean a catalyst precursor/activator pair.
  • catalyst system means the unactivated catalyst (precatalyst) together with an activator and, optionally, a co-activator.
  • activator When it is used to describe such a pair after activation, it means the activated catalyst and the activator or other charge- balancing moiety.
  • the transition metal compound may be neutral as in a precatalyst, or a charged species with a counter ion as in an activated catalyst system.
  • Catalyst precursor is also often referred to as precatalyst, catalyst, catalyst compound, catalyst precursor, transition metal compound or transition metal complex. These words are used interchangeably.
  • Activator and cocatalyst are also used interchangeably.
  • a scavenger is a compound that is typically added to facilitate oligomerization or polymerization by scavenging impurities. Some scavengers may also act as activators and may be referred to as co-activators.
  • a co-activator that is not a scavenger, may also be used in conjunction with an activator in order to form an active catalyst.
  • a co-activator can be pre-mixed with the transition metal compound to form an alkylated transition metal compound, also referred to as an alkylated invention compound.
  • NCA Noncoordinating anion
  • An NCA coordinates weakly enough that a neutral Lewis base, such as an olefmically or acetylenically unsaturated monomer can displace it from the catalyst center.
  • Suitable metals include, but are not limited to, aluminum, gold, and platinum.
  • Suitable metalloids include, but are not limited to, boron, aluminum, phosphorus, and silicon.
  • a stoichiometric activator can be either neutral or ionic.
  • the terms ionic activator, and stoichiometric ionic activator can be used interchangeably.
  • neutral stoichiometric activator, and Lewis acid activator can be used interchangeably.
  • the present invention provides a series of halogen substituted bridged metallocene compounds wherein the bridging group is connected to an aromatic six-membered ring of a polycyclic arene ligand pi-bonded to a transition metal. When combined with a suitable activator, these compounds show activity in the polymerization of olefins, such as ethylene and propylene.
  • the invention provides a metallocene compound comprising a transition metal, a first substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand pi-bonded to the transition metal, a second monoanionic ligand bonded to the transition metal, and a divalent bridging group bonded to the indenyl ligand and said second monoanionic ligand, wherein said bridging group is connected to the four, five, six or seven position of the indenyl ligand, and wherein at least one of one of the first and second ligands comprises at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp 2 carbon atom at a bondable position of said ligand.
  • the invention provides a metallocene compound comprising a transition metal, a first substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand pi-bonded to the transition metal, a second monoanionic ligand bonded to the transition metal, and a divalent bridging group bonded to the fluorenyl ligand and said second monoanionic ligand, wherein said bridging group is connected to the one, two, three, four, five, six, seven or eight position of the fluorenyl ligand, and wherein at least one of one of the first and second ligands comprises at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp 2 carbon atom at a bondable position of said ligand.
  • the transition metal employed in the first and second embodiments is from Group 3, 4, 5 or 6 of the Periodic Table of Elements, or a lanthanide metal or an actinide metal.
  • the transition metal is a Group 4 transition metal selected from titanium, zirconium and hafnium.
  • the divalent bridging group in the first and second embodiments is S, O, NR', PR', CR 2 , or SiR 2 wherein R comprises a hydrogen, or a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, substituted silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, or substituted germylcarbyl substituent, and, optionally, two or more adjacent R may join to form a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic, cyclic or polycyclic substituent.
  • the at least one halogen substituent is a chloro, bromo or iodo substituent, and more preferably is a chloro or bromo substituent.
  • the second monoanionic ligand employed in each of the first and second embodiments is a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic ligand, more preferably a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic arene ligand, pi-bonded to the transition metal.
  • the second monoanionic ligand can be a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand or a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand and can be the same as the first ligand.
  • the second monoanionic ligand can be a ligand of the formula TR" t - 2 where T is heteroatom with a coordination number of three from Group 15 or with a coordination number of two from Group 16 of the Periodic Table of Elements; R" is selected from a C 3 -C 100 substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic ring structure substituent that is partially unsaturated, unsaturated or aromatic; or a C 2 -C 10O substituted or unsubstituted, unsaturated or partially unsaturated, linear or branched alicyclic hydrocarbyl substituent; or a C 1 - C 100 substituted or unsubstituted saturated hydrocarbyl radical; and t is the coordination number of the heteroatom T so that "t-2" indicates the number of R" substituents bonded to T.
  • R" is a C 3 -C 100 substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic ring structure substituent that is partially unsaturated, unsaturated or aromatic
  • R" include all isomers of cycloalkenes, and all isomers of hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, halogen, or polar group substituted cycloalkanes including: cyclopropenyl, cyclobutenyl, cyclopentenyl, cyclohexenyl, cycloheptenyl, cyclooctenyl, cyclononenyl, cyclodecenyl, cycloundecenyl, cyclododecenyl, cyclotridecenyl, cyclotetradecenyl, cyclopentadecen
  • R" a C 2 -C 100 substituted, unsaturated or partially unsaturated, linear or branched alicyclic hydrocarbyl substituent
  • R" include all isomers of alkenes and all isomers of hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, halogen, or polar group substituted alkenes including: ethenyl, propenyl, butenyl, pentenyl, hexenyl, heptenyl, octenyl, nonenyl, decenyl, undecenyl, dodecenyl, tridecenyl, tetradecenyl, pentadecenyl, hexadecenyl, heptadecenyl, octadecenyl, nonadecenyl,
  • R" is a C 1 -C 10O substituted or unsubstituted saturated hydrocarbyl radical
  • non-limiting examples of R" include methyl, ethyl, and all isomers of propyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, nonyl, decyl, undecyl, dodecyl, tridecyl, tetradecyl, pentadecyl, hexadecyl, heptadecyl, octadecyl, nonadecyl, eicosyl, heneicosyl, docosyl, tricosyl, tetracosyl, pentacosyl, hexacosyl, heptacosyl, octacosyl, nonacosyl, and triacontyl; cyclopropyl, and all isomers of cyclobutyl,
  • R" is selected from methyl, ethyl, all propyl isomers, all butyl isomers, phenyl, benzyl, phenethyl, 1-adamantyl, cyclododecyl, cyclohexyl and norbornyl.
  • the invention provides a metallocene compound represented by the formula (1):
  • M is a Group 3, 4, 5 or 6 transition metal atom, or a lanthanide metal atom, or actinide metal atom, and preferably is a Group 4 transition metal selected from titanium, zirconium and hafi ⁇ ium;
  • E is a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic arene ligand pi-bonded to M;
  • A is a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic arene ligand pi- bonded to M;
  • At least one of A and E has at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp 2 carbon atom at a bondable ring postion of the associated ligand;
  • Y is bonded to any single bondable ring position of A and to any single bondable ring position of an aromatic six-membered ring of E, and is a bridging group containing a Group 13, 14, 15, or 16 element;
  • each X is a univalent anionic ligand, or two X are joined and bound to the metal atom to form a metallocycle ring, or two X are joined to form a chelating ligand, a diene ligand, or an alkylidene ligand.
  • E is a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand and
  • Y is connected to the four, five, six or seven position of the indenyl ligand.
  • A is also a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand.
  • E is a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand and Y is connected to the one, two, three, four, five, six, seven or eight position of the fluorenyl ligand.
  • A is also a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand.
  • Y is a bridging group containing boron or a Group
  • the or each halogen substituent is a chloro, bromo or iodo substituent, and more preferably is a chloro or bromo substituent.
  • the invention provides a metallocene compound represented by the formula (2):
  • M is a group 3, 4, 5 or 6 transition metal atom, or a lanthanide metal atom, or actinide metal atom, preferably a Group 4 transition metal atom selected from titanium, zirconium or hafnium;
  • R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , and R 9 are, independently, hydrogen, or a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halogen, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, substituted silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, substituted germylcarbyl, or other heteroatom substituents wherein the heteroatom is boron, a Group 14 atom that is not carbon, a Group 15 atom, or a Group 16 atom, preferably boron, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, or sulfur, and adjacent R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , and R 9 may be joined together to form a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated, partially unsaturated, or aromatic cyclic or polycyclic substituent; Y is bonded to the indicated ring system and
  • A is a substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentadienyl ligand, a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand, or a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand, and
  • each X is a univalent anionic ligand, or two X are joined and bound to the metal atom to form a metallocycle ring, or two X are joined to form a chelating ligand, a diene ligand, or an alkylidene ligand;
  • R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , and R 9 is a halogen substituent or A includes at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp carbon atom at a bondable ring position of the ligand.
  • Y is a bridging group containing boron or a Group
  • the at least one halogen substituent is a chloro, bromo or iodo substituent, and more preferably is a chloro or bromo substituent.
  • Examples of metallocene compounds according to the present invention include:
  • the first method involves a transmetallation reaction between a metal halide (MX n ) and either a salt or non-transition metal derivative of the ligand HE-Y-AH.
  • Preferable metal halides include TiCl 4 , TiCl 3 , ZrCl 4 , ZrBr 4 , ZrI 4 , HfCl 4 , LnCl 3 , LnBr 3 , LnI 3 (where Ln is Sc, Y, La, or lanthanide group metal), VCl 3 , NbCl 5 , TaCl 5 , CrCl 3 , MoCl 5 , WCl 6 , and the like.
  • Preferable salts (M' J p salts) of halo-substituted monocyclic or polycyclic arenes include Li, Na, K 5 Tl, and Mg salts, and the like.
  • Preferable non-transition metal derivatives of halo-substituted monocyclic or polycyclic arenes include Si and Sn derivatives, and the like (Q derivatives). Two general examples of this first synthetic method are shown below.
  • the second general procedure involves metallation of the compounds of the following general formula HE-Y-AH by the respective transition metal derivatives, as shown below.
  • halogenated metallocene compounds of the invention are useful as catalyst precursors and, when activated with conventional activators, such as methyl alumoxane, form active catalysts for the polymerization or oligomerization of olefins.
  • Activators that may be used include alumoxanes such as methyl alumoxane, modified methyl alumoxane, ethyl alumoxane, zs ⁇ -butyl alumoxane and the like; Lewis acid activators include triphenyl boron, tris-perfluorophenyl boron, tris-perfluorophenyl aluminum and the like; Ionic activators include dimethylanilinium tetrakis perfluorophenyl borate, triphenyl carbonium tetrakis perfluorophenyl borate, dimethylanilinium tetrakis perfluorophenyl aluminate, and the like.
  • a co-activator is a compound capable of alkylating the transition metal complex, such that when used in combination with an activator, an active catalyst is formed.
  • Co-activators include alumoxanes such as methyl alumoxane, modified alumoxanes such as modified methyl alumoxane, and aluminum alkyls such as trimethyl aluminum, tri-isobutyl aluminum, triethyl aluminum, and tri-isopropyl aluminum.
  • Co-activators are typically only used in combination with Lewis acid activators and ionic activators when the pre-catalyst is not a dihydrocarbyl or dihydride complex.
  • the alumoxane component useful as an activator typically is an oligomeric aluminum compound represented by the general formula (R x -Al-O) n , which is a cyclic compound, or R x (R x -Al-O) n AlR x 2 , which is a linear compound.
  • R x is independently a C 1 -C 20 alkyl radical, for example, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, isomers thereof, and the like, and "n" is an integer from 1-50. Most preferably, R x is methyl and "n" is at least 4.
  • Methyl alumoxane and modified methyl alumoxanes are most preferred.
  • the catalyst- precursor-to-activator molar ratio is from about 1:3000 to 10:1; alternatively, 1:2000 to 10:1; alternatively 1:1000 to 10:1; alternatively, 1:500 to 1:1; alternatively 1:300 to 1:1; alternatively 1:200 to 1:1; alternatively 1:100 to 1:1; alternatively 1:50 to 1:1; alternatively 1:10 to 1:1.
  • the activator is an alumoxane (modified or unmodified)
  • some embodiments select the maximum amount of activator at a 5000-fold molar excess over the catalyst precursor (per metal catalytic site).
  • the preferred minimum activator to catalyst precursor ratio is 1:1 molar ratio.
  • Ionic activators at times used in combination with a co-activator may be used in the practice of this invention.
  • discrete ionic activators such as [Me 2 PhNH][B(C 6 Fs) 4 ], [Ph 3 C] [B(C 6 F 5 ) 4 ], [Me 2 PhNH][B((C 6 H 3 -3,5-(CF 3 ) 2 )) 4 ], [Ph 3 C] [B((C 6 H 3 -3,5-(CF 3 ) 2 )) 4 ], [NH 4 ][B(C 6 Hs) 4 ] or Lewis acidic activators such as B(C 6 Fs) 3 or B(C 6 Hs) 3 can be used.
  • Preferred co-activators when used, are alumoxanes such as methyl alumoxane, modified alumoxanes such as modified methyl alumoxane, and aluminum alkyls such as tri-isobutyl aluminum, and trimethyl aluminum.
  • an ionizing or stoichiometric activator such as tri (n-butyl) ammonium tetrakis (pentafluorophenyl) borate, a trisperfluorophenyl boron metalloid precursor or a trisperfluoronaphthyl boron metalloid precursor, polyhalogenated heteroborane anions (WO 98/43983), boric acid (U.S. Patent No. 5,942,459) or combination thereof.
  • Examples of neutral stoichiometric activators include tri-substituted boron, tellurium, aluminum, gallium and indium or mixtures thereof.
  • the three substituent groups are each independently selected from alkyls, alkenyls, halogen, substituted alkyls, aryls, arylhalides, alkoxy and halides.
  • the three groups are independently selected from halogen, mono or multicyclic (including halosubstituted) aryls, alkyls, and alkenyl compounds and mixtures thereof, preferred are alkenyl groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, alkyl groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, alkoxy groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and aryl groups having 3 to 20 carbon atoms (including substituted aryls). More preferably, the three groups are alkyls having 1 to 4 carbon groups, phenyl, naphthyl or mixtures thereof. Even more preferably, the three groups are halogenated, preferably fluorinated, aryl groups. Most preferably, the neutral stoichiometric activator is trisperfluorophenyl boron or trisperfluoronaphthyl boron.
  • Ionic stoichiometric activator compounds may contain an active proton, or some other cation associated with, but not coordinated to, or only loosely coordinated to, the remaining ion of the ionizing compound.
  • Such compounds and the like are described in European publications EP-A-O 570 982, EP-A-O 520 732, EP-A-O 495 375, EP-Bl-O 500 944, EP-A-O 277 003 and EP-A- 0 277 004, and U.S. Patent Nos. 5,153,157, 5,198,401, 5,066,741, 5,206,197, 5,241,025, 5,384,299 and 5,502,124 and U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 08/285,380, filed August 3, 1994, all of which are herein fully incorporated by reference.
  • Ionic catalysts can be prepared by reacting a transition metal compound with an activator, such as B(C 6 Fe) 3 , which upon reaction with the hydrolyzable ligand (X') of the transition metal compound forms an anion, such as ([B(C 6 Fs) 3 (X')] " ), which stabilizes the cationic transition metal species generated by the reaction.
  • the catalysts can be, and preferably are, prepared with activator components which are ionic compounds or compositions. However preparation of activators utilizing neutral compounds is also contemplated by this invention.
  • Compounds useful as an activator component in the preparation of the ionic catalyst systems used in the process of this invention comprise a cation, which is preferably a Bronsted acid capable of donating a proton, and a compatible non-coordinating anion which anion is relatively large (bulky), capable of stabilizing the active catalyst species which is formed when the two compounds are combined and said anion will be sufficiently labile to be displaced by olefinic diolefinic and acetylenically unsaturated substrates or other neutral Lewis bases such as ethers, nitriles and the like.
  • a cation which is preferably a Bronsted acid capable of donating a proton
  • a compatible non-coordinating anion which anion is relatively large (bulky)
  • anionic coordination complexes comprising a plurality of lipophilic radicals covalently coordinated to and shielding a central charge- bearing metal or metalloid core
  • anions comprising a plurality of boron atoms such as carboranes, metallacarboranes and boranes.
  • the stoichiometric activators include a cation and an anion component, and may be represented by the following formula:
  • a ⁇ is a non-coordinating anion having the charge d- d is an integer from 1 to 3.
  • the cation component, (L**-H)a + may include Bronsted acids such as protons or protonated Lewis bases or reducible Lewis acids capable of protonating or abstracting a moiety, such as an alkyl or aryl, from the precatalyst after alkylation.
  • the activating cation (L**-H) d + may be a Bronsted acid, capable of donating a proton to the alkylated transition metal catalytic precursor resulting in a transition metal cation, including ammoniums, oxoniums, phosphoniums, silyliums, and mixtures thereof, preferably ammoniums of methylamine, aniline, dimethylamine, diethylamine, N-methylaniline, diphenylamine, trimethylamine, triethylamine, N,N-dimethylaniline, methyldiphenylamine, pyridine, p-bromo N,N-dimethylaniline, p-nitro-N,N-dimethylaniline, phosphoniums from triethylphosphine, , triphenylphosphine, and diphenylphosphine, oxomiuns from ethers such as dimethyl ether, diethyl ether, te
  • the activating cation (L**-H)d + may also be a moiety such as silver, tropylium, carbeniums, ferroceniums and mixtures, preferably carboniums and ferroceniums; most preferably triphenyl carbonium.
  • each Q is a fluorinated hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably each Q is a fluorinated aryl group, and most preferably each Q is a pentafluoryl aryl group.
  • suitable A d ⁇ also include diboron compounds as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,447,895, which is fully incorporated herein by reference.
  • boron compounds which may be used as an activating cocatalyst in combination with a co-activator in the preparation of the improved catalysts of this invention are tri-substituted ammonium salts such as: trimethylammonium tetraphenylborate, triethylammonium tetraphenylborate, tripropylammonium tetraphenylborate, tri(n-butyl)ammonium tetraphenylborate, tri(tert-butyl)ammoniurn tetraphenylborate, N,N-dimethylanilinium tetraphenylborate, N,N-diethylanilinium tetraphenylborate, N,N-dimethyl-(2,4,6-trimethylanilinium) tetraphenylborate, trimethylammonium tetrakis(pentafluoroplienyl)
  • N,N-dimethyl-(2,4,6-trimethylanilinium) tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate trimethylammonium tetrakis-(2,3,4,6-tetrafluorophenyl) borate, triethylammonium tetrakis-(2,3 ,4,6-tetrafluorophenyl)borate, tripropylammonium tetrakis-(2,3,4,6-tetrafluoropb.enyl)borate, tri(H-butyl)ammonium tetrakis-(2,3 ,4,6-tetrafluorophenyl)borate, dimethyl(tert-butyl)arnmonium tetrakis-(2,3,4,6-tetrafluorophenyl)borate,
  • N,N-dimethyl-(2,4,6-trimethylanilinium) tetrakis(perfluoronaplithyl)borate trimethylammonium tetrakis(perfluorobiphenyl)borate, triethylammonium tetrakis(perfluorobiphenyl)borate, tripropylammonium tetrakis(perfluorobiphenyl)borate, tri(7z-butyl)ammomum tetrakis(perfluorobiphenyl)borate, tetrakis(periluorobiphenyl)borate,
  • the ionic stoichiometric activator (L**-H)a + (A 0' ) is
  • the activator is trispentafiuorophenylborane.
  • invention catalyst precursors can also be activated with cocatalysts or activators that comprise non-coordinating anions containing metalloid-free cyclopentadienide ions. These are described in U.S. Patent Publication
  • non-coordinating anion means an anion that does not coordinate to the catalyst metal cation or that does coordinate to the metal cation, but only weakly.
  • An NCA coordinates weakly enough that a neutral Lewis base, such as an olefinically or acetylenically unsaturated monomer can displace it from the catalyst center.
  • “Compatible” non-coordinating anions are those which are not degraded to neutrality when the initially formed complex decomposes. Further, the anion will not transfer an anionic substituent or fragment to the cation so as to cause it to form a neutral transition metal compound and a neutral byproduct from the anion.
  • Non-coordinating anions useful in accordance with this invention are those that are compatible, stabilize the transition metal complex cation in the sense of balancing its ionic charge at +1, yet retain sufficient lability to permit displacement by an ethylenically or acetylenically unsaturated monomer during polymerization.
  • These types of cocatalysts sometimes use scavengers such as but not limited to tri- ⁇ o-butyl aluminum, tri-n-octyl aluminum, tri- «-hexyl aluminum, triethylaluminum or trimethylaluminum.
  • invention process also can employ cocatalyst compounds or activator compounds that are initially neutral Lewis acids but form a cationic metal complex and a noncoordinating anion, or a zwitterionic complex upon reaction with the alkylated transition metal compounds.
  • the alkylated invention compound is formed from the reaction of the catalyst pre-cursor and the co- activator.
  • tris(pentafiuorophenyl) boron or aluminum act to abstract a hydrocarbyl ligand to yield an invention cationic transition metal complex and stabilizing noncoordinating anion, see EP-A-O 427 697 and EP-A-O 520 732 for illustrations of analogous Group-4 metallocene compounds.
  • EP-A-O 495 375 See U.S. Patents 5,624,878; 5,486,632; and 5,527,929.
  • the catalyst-precursor-to- activator molar ratio may be any ratio. Combinations of the described activator compounds may also be used for activation.
  • the catalyst- precursor-to-activator molar ratio is from 1:10 to 1:1; 1:10 to 10:1; 1:10 to 2:1; 1:10 to 3:1; 1:10 to 5:1; 1:2 to 1.2:1; 1:2 to 10:1; 1:2 to 2:1; 1:2 to 3:1; 1:2 to 5:1; 1:3 to 1.2:1; 1:3 to 10:1; 1:3 to 2:1; 1:3 to 3:1; 1:3 to 5:1; 1:5 to 1:1; 1:5 to 10:1; 1:5 to 2:1; 1:5 to 3:1; 1:5 to 5:1; 1:1 to 1:1.2.
  • the catalyst-precursor-to-co- activator molar ratio is from 1:100 to 100:1; 1:75 to 75:1; 1:50 to 50:1; 1:25 to 25:1; 1:15 to 15:1; 1:10 to 10:1; 1:5 to 5:1, 1:2 to 2:1; 1:100 to 1:1; 1:75 to 1:1; 1:50 to 1:1; 1:25 to 1:1; 1:15 to 1:1; 1:10 to 1:1; 1:5 to 1:1; 1:2 to 1:1; I:10 to 2:l.
  • Preferred activators and activator/co-activator combinations include methylalumoxane, modified methylalumoxane, mixtures of methylalumoxane with dimethylanilinium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate or tris(pentafluorophenyl)boron, and mixtures of trimethyl aluminum with dimethylanilinium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate or tris(pentafluorophenyl)boron.
  • scavenging compounds are used with stoichiometric activators.
  • Typical aluminum or boron alkyl components useful as scavengers are represented by the general formula R X JZ 2 where J is aluminum or boron, R x is as previously defined above, and each Z is independently R x or a different univalent anionic ligand such as halogen (Cl, Br, I), alkoxide (OR X ) and the like.
  • Most preferred aluminum alkyls include triethylaluminum, diethylaluminum chloride, tri- ⁇ o-butylaluminum, tri- «-octylaluminum, tri-n- hexylaluminum, trimethylaluminum and the like.
  • Preferred boron alkyls include triethylboron.
  • Scavenging compounds may also be alumoxanes and modified alumoxanes including methylalumoxane and modified methylalumoxane.
  • the metallocene compounds of the invention can also be used in mixed catalyst systems where, for example, the invention catalyst is used in conjunction with a "second catalyst" in the same reactor or in a series of reactors and where the invention catalyst produces oligomers, macromers, or polymers with olefmic end-groups, and the "second catalyst” incorporates these oligomers, macromers, or polymers into a polymer backbone as a copolymer with other monomers, such as ethylene, propylene, butene, and other C2 to C20 olefins.
  • the invention catalyst is used in conjunction with a "second catalyst” in the same reactor or in a series of reactors and where the invention catalyst produces oligomers, macromers, or polymers with olefmic end-groups, and the "second catalyst” incorporates these oligomers, macromers, or polymers into a polymer backbone as a copolymer with other monomers, such as ethylene, propylene, butene, and other C2
  • the invention catalyst can be used in conjunction with a second catalyst in the same reactor or in a series of reactors where the second catalyst produces oligomers, macromers, or polymers with olefmic end-groups, and the invention catalyst incorporates these oligomers, macromers, or polymers into a polymer backbone as a copolymer with other monomers, such as ethylene, propylene, butene, and other C2 to C20 olefins.
  • the "second catalyst" can be of the same family as the invention catalyst, or can be from a completely different catalyst family.
  • the invention catalyst can be used in conjunction with a "second catalyst” in the same reactor or in a series of reactors where the invention catalyst and the "second catalyst” produces mixtures or blends of polymers.
  • Suitable additional olefin polymerization catalysts for use as the "second catalyst” in a mixed catalyst system include any of the compositions well known in the art to catalyze the olefin to polyolefin reaction.
  • the "second catalyst” can include any Group 4-6 metallocene compound, such as the bridged and unbridged compounds containing one or two cyclopentadienyl- containing ligands. Typical catalysts and their precursors are well known in the art. Suitable description appears in the patent literature, for example U. S. Patent Nos 4,871,705, 4,937,299, and 5,324,800, EP-A-0418044, EP-A-0591756, WO- A-92/00333 and WO-A-94/01471.
  • Non-cyclopentadienyl, Group 4 or 5 precursor compounds are activable to stable, discrete cationic complexes include those containing bulky, chelating, diamide ligands, such as described in U. S. Patent 5,318,935 and "Conformationally Rigid Diamide Complexes: Synthesis and Structure of Tantalum (III) Alkyne Derivatives", D. H. McConville, et al, Organometallics 1995, 14, 3154-3156. U.S.
  • Patent 5,318,935 describes bridged and unbridged, bis-amido catalyst compounds of Group 4 metals capable of ce-olefins polymerization.
  • Bridged bis(arylamido) Group 4 compounds for olefin polymerization are described by D. H. McConville, et al., in Organometallics 1995, 14, 5478-5480.
  • D. H. McConville, et al Macromolecules 1996, 29, 5241-5243, describe bridged bis(arylamido) Group 4 compounds that are polymerization catalysts for 1-hexene.
  • Cationic Group-3- or Lanthanide olefin polymerization complexes are disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 6,403,773.
  • Mixed catalyst systems can also use transition metal catalyst precursors that have a 2+ oxidation state as the additional olefin polymerization catalyst.
  • Typical Ni 2+ and Pd 2+ complexes are diimines, see “New Pd(II)- and Ni(II)- Based Catalysts for Polymerization of Ethylene and ⁇ -Olefins", M. Brookhart, et al, L Am. Chern. Soc. 1995, 117, 6414-6415, WO 96/23010 and WO 97/02298. See additionally the related bis(imino) Group 8 and 9 organometallic compounds described by V. C. Gibson and others in "Novel olefin polymerization catalysts based on iron and cobalt", Chem. Commun., 849-850, 1998.
  • the catalyst compounds of this invention may be placed on a support.
  • the catalyst precursor is preferably dissolved in a suitable solvent and then the resultant solution is applied to or mixed with the support.
  • uniform supported catalyst means that the catalyst precursor, the activator and or the activated catalyst approach uniform distribution upon the support's accessible surface area, including the interior pore surfaces of porous supports. Some embodiments of supported catalysts prefer uniform supported catalysts; other embodiments show no such preference.
  • Supported catalyst systems may be prepared by any method effective to support other coordination catalyst systems, effective meaning that the catalyst so prepared can be used for oligomerizing or polymerizing olefin in a heterogenous process.
  • the catalyst precursor, activator, co-activator if needed, suitable solvent, and support may be added in any order or simultaneously.
  • the activator dissolved in an appropriate solvent such as toluene may be stirred with the support material for 1 minute to 10 hours.
  • the total solution volume may be greater than the pore volume of the support, but some embodiments limit the total solution volume below that needed to form a gel or slurry (about 90% to 400 %, preferably about 100-200% of the pore volume).
  • the mixture is optionally heated from 30-200 °C during this time.
  • the catalyst precursor may be added to this mixture as a solid, if a suitable solvent is employed in the previous step, or as a solution.
  • this mixture can be filtered, and the resulting solid mixed with a catalyst precursor solution.
  • the mixture may be vacuum dried and mixed with a catalyst precursor solution.
  • the resulting catalyst mixture is then stirred for 1 minute to 10 hours, and the catalyst is either filtered from the solution and vacuum dried or evaporation alone removes the solvent.
  • the catalyst precursor and activator may be combined in solvent to form a solution. Then the support is added, and the mixture is stirred for 1 minute to 10 hours.
  • the total solution volume may be greater than the pore volume of the support, but some embodiments limit the total solution volume below that needed to form a gel or slurry (about 90% to 400 %, preferably about 100-200% of the pore volume).
  • the residual solvent is removed under vacuum, typically at ambient temperature and over 10-16 hours. But greater or lesser times and temperatures are possible.
  • the catalyst precursor may also be supported absent the activator; in that case, the activator (and co-activator if needed) is added to a slurry process's liquid phase.
  • a solution of catalyst precursor may be mixed with a support material for a period of about 1 minute to 10 hours.
  • the resulting precatalyst mixture may be filtered from the solution and dried under vacuum, or evaporation alone removes the solvent.
  • the total, catalyst-precursor-solution volume may be greater than the support's pore volume, but some embodiments limit the total solution volume below that needed to form a gel or slurry (about 90% to 400 %, preferably about 100-200% of the pore volume).
  • two or more different catalyst precursors may be placed on the same support using any of the support methods disclosed above.
  • two or more activators or an activator and co-activator may be placed on the same support.
  • Suitable solid particle supports are typically comprised of polymeric or refractory oxide materials, each being preferably porous. Any support material that has an average particle size greater than 10 ⁇ m is suitable for use in this invention.
  • a porous support material such as for example, talc, inorganic oxides, inorganic chlorides, for example magnesium chloride and resinous support materials such as polystyrene, polyolefin or polymeric compounds or any other organic support material and the like.
  • Some embodiments select inorganic oxide materials as the support material including Group-2, -3, -4, -5, -13, or -14 metal or metalloid oxides.
  • the catalyst support materials select to include silica, alumina, silica-alumina, and their mixtures.
  • Other inorganic oxides may serve either alone or in combination with the silica, alumina, or silica-alumina. These are magnesia, titania, zirconia, and the like.
  • Lewis acidic materials such as montmorillonite and similar clays may also serve as a support. In this case, the support can optionally double as the activator component. But additional activator may also be used.
  • the support material may be pretreated by any number of methods. For example, inorganic oxides may be calcined, chemically treated with dehydroxylating agents such as aluminum alkyls and the like, or both.
  • polymeric carriers will also be suitable in accordance with the invention, see for example the descriptions in WO 95/15815 and U.S. patent 5,427,991.
  • the methods disclosed may be used with the catalyst complexes, activators or catalyst systems of this invention to adsorb or absorb them on the polymeric supports, particularly if made up of porous particles, or may be chemically bound through functional groups bound to or in the polymer chains.
  • the catalyst supports used herein suitably have a surface area of from 10-700 m 2 /g, a pore volume of 0.1-4.0 cc/g and an average particle size of 10-500 ⁇ m. Some embodiments select a surface area of 50-500 m 2 /g, a pore volume of 0.5-3.5 cc/g, or an average particle size of 20-200 ⁇ m. Other embodiments select a surface area of 100-400 m 2 /g, a pore volume of 0.8-3.0 cc/g, and an average particle size of 30-100 ⁇ m. Catalyst supports typically have a pore size of 10- 1000 Angstroms, alternatively 50-500 Angstroms, or 75-350 Angstroms.
  • the catalyst precursors of the invention are generally deposited on a support at a loading level of 10-100 micromoles of catalyst precursor per gram of solid support; alternately 20-80 micromoles of catalyst precursor per gram of solid support; or 40-60 micromoles of catalyst precursor per gram of support. But greater or lesser values may be used provided that the total amount of solid catalyst precursor does not exceed the support's pore volume.
  • the halogenated metallocene compounds of the invention can be used to polymerize or oligomerize any unsaturated monomer or monomers.
  • Preferred monomers include C 2 to C 100 olefins, preferably C 2 to C 60 olefins, preferably C 2 to C 40 olefins preferably C 2 to C 20 olefins, preferably C 2 to C 12 olefins, hi some embodiments preferred monomers include linear, branched or cyclic alplia-olefins, preferably C 2 to C 1O o alpha-olefins, preferably C 2 to C 60 alpha-olefms, preferably C 2 to C 40 alpha-olefms preferably C 2 to C 20 alpha-olefms, preferably C 2 to C 12 alpha-olefins.
  • Preferred olefin monomers may be one or more of ethylene, propylene, butene, pentene, hexene, heptene, octene, nonene, decene, dodecene, 4-methylpentene-l, 3- methylpentene-1, 3,5,5-trimethylhexene-l, and 5-ethylnonene-l.
  • the polymer produced herein is a copolymer of one or more linear or branched C 3 to C 30 prochiral alpha-olefins or C 5 to C 30 ring containing olefins or combinations thereof capable of being polymerized by either stereospecific and non-stereospecific catalysts.
  • Prochiral refers to monomers that favor the formation of isotactic or syndiotactic polymer when polymerized using stereospecific catalyst(s).
  • Preferred monomers may also include aromatic-group-containing monomers containing up to 30 carbon atoms.
  • Suitable aromatic-group-containing monomers comprise at least one aromatic structure, preferably from one to three, more preferably a phenyl, indenyl, fluorenyl, or naphthyl moiety.
  • the aromatic- group-containing monomer further comprises at least one polymerizable double bond such that after polymerization, the aromatic structure will be pendant from the polymer backbone.
  • the aromatic-group containing monomer may further be substituted with one or more hydrocarbyl groups including but not limited to C 1 to C 10 alkyl groups. Additionally two adjacent substitutions may be joined to form a ring structure.
  • Preferred aromatic-group-containing monomers contain at least one aromatic structure appended to a polymerizable olefinic moiety.
  • Particularly preferred aromatic monomers include styrene, alpha-methylstyrene, para- alkylstyrenes, vinyltoluenes, vinylnaphthalene, allyl benzene, and indene, especially styrene, para-methylstyrene, 4-phenyl-l-butene and allyl benzene.
  • Non aromatic cyclic group containing monomers can also be polymerized or oligomerized with the catalyst systems of the invention. These monomers can contain up to 30 carbon atoms.
  • Suitable non-aromatic cyclic group containing monomers preferably have at least one polymerizable olefinic group that is either pendant on the cyclic structure or is part of the cyclic structure.
  • the cyclic structure may also be further substituted by one or more hydrocarbyl groups such as, but not limited to, C 1 to C 10 alkyl groups.
  • Preferred non-aromatic cyclic group containing monomers include vinylcyclohexane, vinylcyclohexene, cyclopentadiene, cyclopentene, 4-methylcyclopentene, cyclohexene, 4- methylcyclohexene, cyclobutene, vinyladamantane, norbornene, 5- methylnorbornene, 5-ethylnorbornene, 5-propylnorbornene, 5-butylylnorbornene, 5-pentylnorbornene, 5-hexylnorbornene, 5-heptylnorbornene, 5-octylnorbornene, 5-nonylnorbornene, 5-decylnorbornene, 5-phenylnorbornene, vinylnorbornene, ethylidene norbornene, 5,6-dimethylnorbornene, 5,6-dibutylnorbornene and the
  • Preferred diolefin monomers useful in this invention include any hydrocarbon structure, preferably C 4 to C 30 , having at least two unsaturated bonds, wherein at least one, typically two, of the unsaturated bonds are readily incorporated into a polymer by either a stereospecific or a non-stereospecific catalyst(s). It is further preferred that the diolefin monomers be selected from alpha-omega-diene monomers (i.e. di-vinyl monomers). More preferably, the diolefin monomers are linear di-vinyl monomers, most preferably those containing from 4 to 30 carbon atoms.
  • Examples of preferred dienes include butadiene, pentadiene, hexadiene, heptadiene, octadiene, nonadiene, decadiene, undecadiene, dodecadiene, tridecadiene, tetradecadiene, pentadecadiene, hexadecadiene, heptadecadiene, octadecadiene, nonadecadiene, icosadiene, heneicosadiene, docosadiene, tricosadiene, tetracosadiene, pentacosadiene, hexacosadiene, heptacosadiene, octacosadiene, nonacosadiene, triacontadiene, particularly preferred dienes include 1,6-heptadiene, 1,7-octadiene, 1,8-nonadiene, 1,9- decadiene
  • Preferred cyclic dienes include cyclopentadiene, vinylnorbornene, norbornadiene, ethylidene norbornene, divinylbenzene, dicyclopentadiene or higher ring containing diolefms with or without substituents at various ring positions.
  • Non-limiting examples of preferred polar unsaturated monomers useful in this invention include nitro substituted monomers including 6-nitro-l-hexene; amine substituted monomers including N-methylallylamine, N- allylcyclopentylamine, and N-allyl-hexylamine; ketone substituted monomers including methyl vinyl ketone, ethyl vinyl ketone, and 5-hexen-2-one; aldehyde substituted monomers including acrolein, 2,2-dimethyl-4-pentenal, undecylenic aldehyde, and 2,4-dimethyl-2,6-heptadienal; alcohol substituted monomers including allyl alcohol, 7-octen-l-ol, 7-octene-l,2-diol, 10-undecen-l-ol, 10- undecene-l,2-diol, 2-methyl-3-buten-l-ol; acetal, epoxide and or ether substitute
  • oligomers include oligomers of any C 2 to C 20 olefins, preferably C 2 to C 12 alpha-olefins, most preferably oligomers comprising ethylene, propylene and or butene are prepared.
  • a preferred feedstock for the oligomerization process is the alpha- olefm, ethylene. But other alpha-olefins, including but not limited to propylene and 1 -butene, may also be used alone or combined with ethylene.
  • Preferred alpha-olefins include any C 2 to C 40 alpha-olefin, preferably any C 2 to C 20 alpha- olefin, preferably any C 2 to C 12 alpha-olefin, preferably ethylene, propylene, and butene, most preferably ethylene.
  • Dienes may be used in the processes described herein, preferably alpha-omega-dienes are used alone or in combination with mono-alpha olefins. [00149] In a preferred embodiment the process described herein may be used to produce homopolymers or copolymers.
  • a copolymer may comprise two, three, four or more different monomer units.
  • Preferred polymers produced herein include homopolymers or copolymers of any of the above monomers.
  • the polymer is a homopolymer of any C 2 to C 12 alpha-olefm.
  • the polymer is a homopolymer of ethylene or a homopolymer of propylene, hi another embodiment the polymer is a copolymer comprising ethylene and one or more of any of the monomers listed above, hi another embodiment the polymer is a copolymer comprising propylene and one or more of any of the monomers listed above.
  • the homopolymers or copolymers described additionally comprise one or more diolefm comonomers, preferably one or more C 4 to C 40 diolefms.
  • the polymer produced herein is a copolymer of ethylene and one or more C 3 to C 20 linear, branched or cyclic monomers, preferably one or more C 3 to C 12 linear, branched or cyclic alpha- olefins.
  • the polymer produced herein is a copolymer of ethylene and one or more of propylene, butene, pentene, hexene, heptene, octene, nonene, decene, dodecene, 4-methylpentene-l, 3-methylpentene-l, 3,5,5-trimethylhexene- 1, cyclopentene, 4-methylcyclopentene, cyclohexene, and 4-methylcyclohexene.
  • the polymer produced herein is a copolymer of propylene and one or more C 2 or C 4 to C 20 linear, branched or cyclic monomers, preferably one or more C 2 or C 4 to C 12 linear, branched or cyclic alpha-olefins.
  • the polymer produced herein is a copolymer of propylene and one or more of ethylene, butene, pentene, hexene, heptene, octene, nonene, decene, dodecene, 4-methylpentene-l, 3-methylpentene-l, and 3,5,5- trimethylhexene- 1.
  • the polymer produced herein is a homopolymer of norbornene or a copolymer of norbornene and a substituted norbornene, including polar functionalized norbornenes.
  • the copolymers described herein comprise at least 50 mole% of a first monomer and up to 50 mole% of other monomers.
  • the polymer comprises:
  • the first monomer (a) comprises one or more of any C 3 to C 8 linear branched or cyclic alpha-olefms, including propylene, butene, (and all isomers thereof), pentene (and all isomers thereof), hexene (and all isomers thereof), heptene (and all isomers thereof), and octene (and all isomers thereof).
  • Preferred monomers include propylene, 1 -butene, 1 -hexene, 1 -octene, cyclopentene, cyclohexene, cyclooctene, hexadiene, cyclohexadiene and the like.
  • the comonomer (b) comprises one or more of any C 2 to C 40 linear, branched or cyclic alpha-olefms (provided ethylene, if present, is present at 5 mole% or less), including ethylene, propylene, butene, pentene, hexene, heptene, and octene, nonene, decene, undecene, dodecene, hexadecene, butadiene, hexadiene, heptadiene, pentadiene, octadiene, nonadiene, decadiene, dodecadiene, styrene, 3,5,5-trimethylhexene-l, 3-methylpentene-l, 4- methylpentene-1, cyclopentadiene, and cyclohexene.
  • C 2 to C 40 linear, branched or cyclic alpha-olefms provided ethylene, if present
  • the termonomer (c) comprises one or more of any C 2 to C 40 linear, branched or cyclic alpha-olefins, (provided ethylene, if present, is present at 5 mole% or less), including ethylene, propylene, butene, pentene, hexene, heptene, and octene, nonene, decene, undecene, dodecene, hexadecene, butadiene, hexadiene, heptadiene, pentadiene, octadiene, nonadiene, decadiene, dodecadiene, styrene, 3,5,5-trimethylhexene-l, 3-methylpentene-l, 4- methylpentene-1, cyclopentadiene, and cyclohexene.
  • the monomers described above further comprise one or more dienes at up to 10 weight%, preferably at 0.00001 to 1.0 weight%, preferably 0.002 to 0.5 weight%, even more preferably 0.003 to 0.2 weight%, based upon the total weight of the composition.
  • 500 ppm or less of diene is added to the polymerization, preferably 400 ppm or less, preferably or 300 ppm or less.
  • at least 50 ppm of diene is added to the polymerization, or 100 ppm or more, or 150 ppm or more.
  • Invention catalyst complexes are useful in polymerizing unsaturated monomers conventionally known to undergo metallocene-catalyzed polymerization such as solution, slurry, gas-phase, and high-pressure polymerization. Typically one or more transition metal compounds, one or more activators, and one or more monomers are contacted to produce polymer. These catalysts may be supported and as such will be particularly useful in the known, fixed-bed, moving-bed, fluid-bed, slurry, solution, or bulk operating modes conducted in single, series, or parallel reactors.
  • One or more reactors in series or in parallel may be used in the present invention.
  • the transition metal compound, activator and when required, co- activator may be delivered as a solution or slurry, either separately to the reactor, activated in-line just prior to the reactor, or preactivated and pumped as an activated solution or slurry to the reactor.
  • Polymerizations are carried out in either single reactor operation, in which monomer, comonomers, catalyst/activator/co- activator, optional scavenger, and optional modifiers are added continuously to a single reactor or in series reactor operation, in which the above components are added to each of two or more reactors connected in series.
  • the catalyst components can be added to the first reactor in the series.
  • the catalyst component may also be added to both reactors, with one component being added to first reaction and another component to other reactors.
  • the precatalyst is activated in the reactor in the presence of olefin.
  • Ethylene-alpha-olefin including ethylene-cyclic olefin and ethylene- alpha -olefin-diolefin
  • elastomers of high molecular weight and low crystallinity can be prepared utilizing the catalysts of the invention under traditional solution processes or by introducing ethylene gas into a slurry utilizing the alpha-olefin or cyclic olefin or mixture thereof with other monomers, polymerizable and not, as a polymerization diluent in which the catalyst suspension is suspended.
  • Typical ethylene pressures will be between 10 and 1000 psig (69-6895 kPa) and the polymerization diluent temperature will typically be between -10 and 160°C.
  • the process can be carried out in a stirred tank reactor or a tubular reactor, or more than one reactor operated in series or in parallel. See the disclosure of U.S. Patent No. 5,001,205 for general process conditions. All documents are incorporated by reference for description of polymerization processes, ionic activators and useful scavenging compounds.
  • the invention catalyst compositions can be used individually or can be mixed with other known polymerization catalysts to prepare polymer blends. Monomer and catalyst selection allows polymer blend preparation under conditions analogous to those using individual catalysts. Polymers having increased MWD for improved processing and other traditional benefits available from polymers made with mixed catalyst systems can thus be achieved.
  • the complete catalyst system will additionally comprise one or more scavenging compounds.
  • scavenging compound means a compound that removes polar impurities from the reaction environment. These impurities adversely affect catalyst activity and stability.
  • purifying steps are usually used before introducing reaction components to a reaction vessel. But such steps will rarely allow polymerization without using some scavenging compounds. Normally, the polymerization process will still use at least small amounts of scavenging compounds.
  • the scavenging compound will be an organometallic compound such as the Group-13 organometallic compounds of U.S. Patents 5,153,157, 5,241,025 and WO-A-91/09882, WO-A-94/03506, WO-A-93/14132, and that of WO 95/07941.
  • organometallic compounds include triethyl aluminum, triethyl borane, t ⁇ -iso-bvAyl aluminum, methyl alumoxane, zso-butyl alumoxane, and tri-n-octyl aluminum.
  • scavenging compounds having bulky or C 6 -C 2O linear hydrocarbyl substituents connected to the metal or metalloid center usually minimize adverse interaction with the active catalyst.
  • examples include triethylaluminum, but more preferably, bulky compounds such as tri-zs ⁇ -butyl aluminum, tri-zso-phenyl aluminum, and long-chain linear alkyl-substituted aluminum compounds, such as tri-n-hexyl aluminum, tri-n-octyl aluminum, or tri- n-dodecyl aluminum.
  • alumoxane is used as the activator, any excess over that needed for activation will scavenge impurities and additional scavenging compounds may be unnecessary.
  • the polymers capable of production in accordance the invention can range from about 0.85 to about 0.95, preferably from 0.87 to 0.93, more preferably 0.89 to 0.920.
  • Polymer molecular weights can range from about 3000 Mn to about 2,000,000 Mn or greater.
  • Molecular weight distributions can range from about 1.1 to about 50.0, with molecular weight distributions from 1.2 to about 5.0 being more typical.
  • Pigments, antioxidants and other additives, as is known in the art, may be added to the polymer.
  • a gaseous stream containing one or more monomers is continuously cycled through a fluidized bed in the presence of a catalyst under reactive conditions.
  • the gaseous stream is withdrawn from the fluidized bed and recycled back into the reactor.
  • polymer product is withdrawn from the reactor and fresh monomer is added to replace the polymerized monomer.
  • the reactor pressure in a gas phase process may vary from about 10 psig (69 kPa) to about 500 psig (3448 kPa), preferably from about 100 psig (690 kPa) to about 500 psig (3448 kPa), preferably in the range of from about 200 psig (1379 kPa) to about 400 psig (2759 kPa), more preferably in the range of from about 250 psig (1724 kPa) to about 350 psig (2414 kPa).
  • the reactor temperature in the gas phase process may vary from about 30 0 C to about 120°C, preferably from about 60 °C to about 115 °C, more preferably in the range of from about 70 0 C to 110 0 C, and most preferably in the range of from about 70 °C to about 95°C. In another embodiment when high density polyethylene is desired then the reactor temperature is typically between 70 and 105 0 C.
  • the productivity of the catalyst or catalyst system in a gas phase system is influenced by the partial pressure of the main monomer.
  • the preferred mole percent of the main monomer, ethylene or propylene, preferably ethylene, is from about 25 to 90 mole percent and the comonomer partial pressure is in the range of from about 138 kPa to about 517 kPa, preferably about 517 kPa to about 2069 kPa, which are typical conditions in a gas phase polymerization process. Also in some systems the presence of comonomer can increase productivity.
  • the reactor utilized in the present invention is capable of producing more than 500 lbs of polymer per hour (227 Kg/hr) to about 200,000 lbs/hr (90,900 Kg/hr) or higher, preferably greater than 1000 lbs/hr (455 Kg/hr), more preferably greater than 10,000 lbs/hr (4540 Kg/hr), even more preferably greater than 25,000 lbs/hr (11,300 Kg/hr), still more preferably greater than 35,000 lbs/hr (15,900 Kg/hr), still even more preferably greater than 50,000 lbs/hr (22,700 Kg/hr) and preferably greater than 65,000 lbs/hr (29,000 Kg/hr) to greater than 100,000 lbs/hr (45,500 Kg/hr), and most preferably over 100,000 lbs/hr ( 45,500 Kg/hr).
  • a slurry polymerization process generally operates between 1 to about 50 atmosphere pressure range (15 psig to 735 psig, 103 kPa to 5068 kPa) or even greater and temperatures in the range of 0 °C to about 120 0 C.
  • a suspension of solid, particulate polymer is formed in a liquid polymerization diluent medium to which monomer and comonomers along with catalyst are added.
  • the suspension including diluent is intermittently or continuously removed from the reactor where the volatile components are separated from the polymer and recycled, optionally after a distillation, to the reactor.
  • the liquid diluent employed in the polymerization medium is typically an alkane having from 3 to 7 carbon atoms, preferably a branched alkane.
  • the medium employed should be liquid under the conditions of polymerization and relatively inert. When a propane medium is used the process should be operated above the reaction diluent critical temperature and pressure. Preferably, a hexane or an isobutane medium is employed.
  • a preferred polymerization technique of the invention is referred to as a particle form polymerization, or a slurry process where the temperature is kept below the temperature at which the polymer goes into solution.
  • a particle form polymerization or a slurry process where the temperature is kept below the temperature at which the polymer goes into solution.
  • the preferred temperature in the particle form process is within the range of about 85 °C to about 110 0 C.
  • Two preferred polymerization methods for the slurry process are those employing a loop reactor and those utilizing a plurality of stirred reactors in series, parallel, or combinations thereof.
  • Non- limiting examples of slurry processes include continuous loop or stirred tank processes. Also, other examples of slurry processes are described in U.S.
  • the slurry process is carried out continuously in a loop reactor.
  • the catalyst as a slurry in isobutane or as a dry free flowing powder, is injected regularly to the reactor loop, which is itself filled with circulating slurry of growing polymer particles in a diluent of isobutane containing monomer and comonomer.
  • Hydrogen optionally, may be added as a molecular weight control.
  • the reactor is maintained at a pressure of 3620 kPa to 4309 kPa and at a temperature in the range of about 60 °C to about 104 0 C depending on the desired polymer melting characteristics.
  • Reaction heat is removed through the loop wall since much of the reactor is in the form of a double-jacketed pipe.
  • the slurry is allowed to exit the reactor at regular intervals or continuously to a heated low pressure flash vessel, rotary dryer and a nitrogen purge column in sequence for removal of the isobutane diluent and all unreacted monomer and comonomers.
  • the resulting hydrocarbon free powder is then compounded for use in various applications.
  • the reactor used in the slurry process of the invention is capable of and the process of the invention is producing greater than 2000 lbs of polymer per hour (907 Kg/hr), more preferably greater than 5000 lbs/hr (2268 Kg/hr), and most preferably greater than 10,000 lbs/hr (4540 Kg/hr).
  • the slurry reactor used in the process of the invention is producing greater than 15,000 lbs of polymer per hour (6804 Kg/hr), preferably greater than 25,000 lbs/hr (11,340 Kg/hr) to about 100,000 lbs/hr (45,500 Kg/hr).
  • the total reactor pressure is in the range of from 400 psig (2758 kPa) to 800 psig (5516 kPa), preferably 450 psig (3103 kPa) to about 700 psig (4827 kPa), more preferably 500 psig (3448 kPa) to about 650 psig (4482 kPa), most preferably from about 525 psig (3620 kPa) to 625 psig (4309 kPa).
  • the concentration of predominant monomer in the reactor liquid medium is in the range of from about 1 to 10 weight percent, preferably from about 2 to about 7 weight percent, more preferably from about 2.5 to about 6 weight percent, most preferably from about 3 to about 6 weight percent.
  • Another process of the invention is where the process, preferably a slurry or gas phase process is operated in the absence of or essentially free of any scavengers, such as triethylaluminum, trimethylaluminum, tri-z ' so-butylaluminum and tri-w-hexylaluminum and diethyl aluminum chloride, dibutyl zinc and the like.
  • any scavengers such as triethylaluminum, trimethylaluminum, tri-z ' so-butylaluminum and tri-w-hexylaluminum and diethyl aluminum chloride, dibutyl zinc and the like.
  • scavengers such as triethylaluminum, trimethylaluminum, tri-z ' so-butylaluminum and tri-w-hexylaluminum and diethyl aluminum chloride, dibutyl zinc and the like.
  • Typical scavengers include trimethyl aluminum, tri-wo-butyl aluminum and an excess of alumoxane or modified alumoxane.
  • hydrogen or other chain termination agent such as phenylsilane are added to the slurry polymerization.
  • the catalysts described herein can be used advantageously in homogeneous solution processes. Generally this involves polymerization in a continuous reactor in which the polymer formed and the starting monomer and catalyst materials supplied, are agitated to reduce or avoid concentration gradients. Suitable processes operate above the melting point of the polymers at high pressures, from 1 to 3000 bar (10-30,000 MPa), in which the monomer acts as diluent or in solution polymerization using a solvent.
  • Temperature control in the reactor is obtained by balancing the heat of polymerization and with reactor cooling by reactor jackets or cooling coils to cool the contents of the reactor, auto refrigeration, pre-chilled feeds, vaporization of liquid medium (diluent, monomers or solvent) or combinations of all three. Adiabatic reactors with pre-chilled feeds may also be used.
  • the reactor temperature depends on the catalyst used. In general, the reactor temperature preferably can vary between about 0°C and about 16O 0 C, more preferably from about 10°C to about 14O 0 C, and most preferably from about 40 0 C to about 120 0 C. In series operation, the second reactor temperature is preferably higher than the first reactor temperature.
  • the pressure can vary from about 1 mm Hg to 2500 bar (25,000 MPa), preferably from 0.1 bar to 1600 bar (1-16,000 MPa), most preferably from 1.0 to 500 bar (10-5000 MPa).
  • Each of these processes may also be employed in single reactor, parallel or series reactor configurations.
  • the liquid processes comprise contacting olefin monomers with the above described catalyst system in a suitable diluent or solvent and allowing said monomers to react for a sufficient time to produce the desired polymers.
  • Hydrocarbon solvents are suitable, both aliphatic and aromatic. Alkanes, such as hexane, pentane, isopentane, and octane, are preferred.
  • the process can be carried out in a continuous stirred tank reactor, batch reactor, or plug flow reactor, or more than one reactor operated in series or parallel. These reactors may have or may not have internal cooling and the monomer feed may or may not be refrigerated. See the general disclosure of U.S. Patent No. 5,001,205 for general process conditions. See also, international application WO 96/33227 and WO 97/22639.
  • the temperature of the medium within which the polymerization reaction occurs is at least 120 0 C and preferably above 140°C and may range to 350 0 C, but below the decomposition temperature of said polymer product, typically from 31O 0 C to 325 0 C.
  • the polymerization is completed at a temperature within the range of 130°C to 230°C.
  • the polymerization is completed at a pressure above 200 bar (20 MPa), and generally at a pressure within the range of 500 bar (50 MPa) to 3500 bar (350 MPa).
  • the polymerization is completed at a pressure within the range from 800 bar (80 MPa) to 2500 bar (250 MPa).
  • the temperature within which the polymerization reaction occurs is at least 80°C and typically ranges from 80°C to 250°C, preferably from 100°C to 220°C, and should for a given polymer in the reactor, be above the melting point of said polymer so as to maintain the fluidity of the polymer-rich phase.
  • the pressure can be varied between 100 and 1000 bar for ethylene homopolymers and from 30 bar (3 MPa) to 1000 bar (100 MPa), especially 50 bar (5 MPa) to 500 bar (50 MPa) for processes producing ethylene copolymers containing C 3 to C 10 olefins and optionally other copolymerizable olefins.
  • the polymer product can be recovered by processes well known in the art. Any excess reactants may be flashed off from the polymer and the polymer obtained extruded into water and cut into pellets or other suitable comminuted shapes.
  • Any excess reactants may be flashed off from the polymer and the polymer obtained extruded into water and cut into pellets or other suitable comminuted shapes.
  • this invention relates to:
  • a metallocene compound comprising a transition metal, a first substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand pi-bonded to the transition metal, a second monoanionic ligand bonded to the transition metal, and a divalent bridging group bonded to the indenyl ligand and said second monoanionic ligand, wherein said bridging group is connected to the four, five, six or seven position of the indenyl ligand, and wherein at least one of one of the first and second ligands comprises at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp 2 carbon atom at a bondable ring position of said ligand.
  • a metallocene compound comprising a transition metal, a first substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand pi-bonded to the transition metal, a second monoanionic ligand bonded to the transition metal, and a divalent bridging group bonded to the fluorenyl ligand and said second monoanionic ligand, wherein said bridging group is connected to the one, two, three, four, five, six, seven or eight position of the fluorenyl ligand, and wherein at least one of one of the first and second ligands comprises at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp carbon atom at a bondable ring position of said ligand.
  • M is a Group 3, 4, 5 or 6 transition metal atom, or a lanthanide metal atom, or actinide metal atom;
  • E is a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic arene ligand pi-bonded to M;
  • A is a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic arene ligand pi- bonded to M, at least one of A and E has at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp 2 carbon atom at a bondable ring position of the associated ligand;
  • Y is bonded to any single bondable ring position of A and to any single bondable ring position of an aromatic six-membered ring of E, and is a bridging group containing a Group 13, 14, 15, or 16 element; and each X is a univalent anionic ligand, or two X are joined and bound to the metal atom to form a metallocycle ring, or two X are joined to form a chelating ligand, a diene ligand, or an alkylidene ligand.
  • M is a group 3, 4, 5 or 6 transition metal atom, or a lanthanide metal atom, or actinide metal atom;
  • R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , and R 9 are, independently, hydrogen, or a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halogen, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, substituted silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, substituted germylcarbyl, or other heteroatom substituents wherein the heteroatom is boron, a Group 14 atom that is not carbon, a Group 15 atom, or a Group 16 atom, preferably boron, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, or sulfur, and adjacent R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 ,
  • R 8 , and R 9 may be joined together to form a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated, partially unsaturated, or aromatic cyclic or polycyclic substituent;
  • Y is bonded to the indicated ring system and to any single bondable ring position of A, and is abridging group containing a Group 13, 14, 15, or 16 element;
  • A is a substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentadienyl ligand, a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand, or a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand, and each X is a univalent anionic ligand, or two X are joined and bound to the metal atom to form a metallocycle ring, or two X are joined to form a chelating ligand, a diene ligand, or an alkylidene ligand; provided that at least one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , and R 9 is a halogen substituent or A includes at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp 2 carbon atom at a bondable ring position of the ligand.
  • transition metal is a Group 4 transition metal selected from titanium, zirconium and hafnium.
  • 4,4 ' -sulfido- ⁇ is( 77 5 -7-bromo-2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride
  • a catalyst system comprising the metallocene compound of any preceeding paragraph 1 to 18 and an activator.
  • a process for polymerizing olefins comprising contacting the catalyst system of paragraph 18 with at least one olefin. 20. The process of paragraph 18 wherein said at least one olefin comprises ethylene and/or propylene.
  • Hydrocarbon solvents such as toluene (Merck) and hexanes (Merck) were typically distilled over CaH 2 , and were stored over Na/K alloy under an inert atmosphere; prior to use, the solvents were distilled from the Na/K alloy.
  • Dimethylether (DME, Acros) was purified by distillation over Na benzophenone ketyl.
  • Methylene chloride (Merck) (and CCl 2 D 2 for NMR measurements, Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc.) was distilled and stored over CaH 2 under an inert atmosphere; prior to use, the solvent was distilled from the CaH 2 .
  • Sodium metal (Merck) was used as received. Chloroform-c?
  • Analytical and semi-preparative liquid chromatography was performed using Waters Delta 600 HPLC system including 996 Photodiode Array Detector, Nova-Pack C18 or HR Silica (6OA, 6 ⁇ m, 3.9 and 19 x 300 mm) and Symmetry Cl 8 (5 ⁇ m, 4.6 x 250 mm) columns.
  • MPHPLC was performed using MPHPLC glass columns and fittings (Ace Glass), PD5130 pump drive equipped with Jl gear-well pump head (Heidolph), 996 Photodiode Array Detector and Fraction Collector II (Waters).
  • 1 H and 13 C spectra were recorded with a Brucker DPX-300 for 1-10% solutions in deuterated solvents. Chemical shifts for 1 H and 13 C were measured relatively to TMS.
  • C, H microanalyses were done using CHN-O-Rapid analyzer (Heracus).
  • the resulting mixture was warmed to 7O 0 C, stirred for 30 min at this temperature, and, then, cooled to room temperature.
  • the product was extracted with 3 x 200 ml of methyl-tert-butyl ether. The combined extract was dried over
  • this mixture was refluxed for 4 h and, then, cooled to room temperature.
  • a solution of 52.1 g of KOH in 140 ml of water was added and the resulting mixture was refluxed for 3 h to saponificate the ester formed. Ethanol and water were distilled off. To the residue, 200 ml of water and, then, 12 M HCl (to pH 1) were added. The substituted methylmalonic acid precipitated, was separated, washed with 3 x 100 ml of cold water and dried overnight on a watch glass.
  • Transition metal compound (TMC) solutions were typically prepared using toluene (ExxonMobil Chemical - anhydrous, stored under N 2 ) (98%). Unless otherwise mentioned, TMC solutions are 0.2 mmol/L for C 2 and C 2 ZC 8 (co)polymerizations, and 0.6 mmol/L for C 3 and C 3 /C 2 (co)polymerizations.
  • Solvents, polymerization grade toluene and hexanes were supplied by ExxonMobil Chemical Co. and thoroughly dried and degassed prior to use.
  • 1-octene (98%) was purchased from Aldrich Chemical Company and dried by stirring over NaK overnight followed by filtration through basic alumina (Aldrich Chemical Company, Brockman Basic 1).
  • Polymerization grade ethylene was used and further purified by passing it through a series of columns: 500 cc Oxyclear cylinder from Labclear (Oakland, CA) followed by a 500 cc column packed with dried 3A mole sieves purchased from Aldrich Chemical Company, and a 500 cc column packed with dried 5A mole sieves purchased from Aldrich Chemical Company.
  • Polymerization grade propylene was used without further purification.
  • MAO methylalumoxane, 10 wt% in toluene
  • Micromoles of MAO reported in the experimental section are based on the micromoles of aluminum in MAO.
  • the formula weight of MAO is 58.0 grams/mole.
  • TiBAl triisobutylaluminum, NEAT
  • the autoclaves were prepared by purging with dry nitrogen at 11O 0 C or 115°C for 5 hours and then at 25 0 C for 5 hours.
  • the transition metal compound (TMC, 0.02 ⁇ mol) was added via syringe with the reactor at process conditions, hi cases where some MAO (0.4 ⁇ mol of Al) or TIBAL (0.08 ⁇ mol, 5 mmol/L in toluene) was also precontacted with the TMC, the MAO or TIBAL was added to the TMC first and then the resulting solution was added to the reactor at process conditions. Amounts of reagents not specified above are given in Tables 1 and 3. Ethylene was allowed to enter (through the use of computer controlled solenoid valves) the autoclaves during polymerization to maintain reactor gauge pressure (+/- 2 psig). Reactor temperature was monitored and typically maintained within +/- 1°C.
  • Polymerizations were halted by addition of approximately 50 psi O2/Ar (5 mole% 02) gas mixture to the autoclaves for approximately 30 seconds.
  • the polymerizations were quenched after a predetermined cumulative amount of ethylene had been added or for a maximum of 20 minutes polymerization time.
  • the final conversion (in psi) of ethylene added/consumed is reported in the Tables 1 and 3, in addition to the quench time for each run.
  • the reactors were cooled and vented. The polymer was isolated after the solvent was removed in- vacuo. Yields reported include total weight of polymer and residual catalyst. Catalyst activity is reported as grams of polymer per mmol transition metal compound per atmosphere ethylene per hour of reaction time (g/mmol # hr*atrn).
  • the reactor was prepared as described above, then heated to 40°C and then purged with propylene gas at atmospheric pressure. Hexanes, MAO, and liquid propylene (1.066 mL, unless indicated otherwise in Table 5) were added via syringe. The reactor was then heated to process temperature (70°C) while stirring at 800 RPM. The TMC was added via syringe with the reactor at process conditions. Amounts of reagents not specified above are given in Table 5. Reactor temperature was monitored and typically maintained within +/- 1°C. Polymerizations were halted by addition of approximately 50 psi 02/Ar (5 mole% O 2 ) gas mixture to the autoclaves for approximately 30 seconds.
  • the polymerizations were quenched based on a predetermined pressure loss of approximately 5 psi. The actual quench time is reported in Table 5 for each run.
  • the reactors were cooled and vented. The polymer was isolated after the solvent was removed in-vacuo. Yields reported include total weight of polymer and residual catalyst. Catalyst activity is reported as grams of polymer per mmol transition metal compound per hour of reaction time (g/mmol » hr).
  • the reactor was prepared as described above, and then purged with ethylene. Reactors were heated to 40°C and ethylene was then added to the reactor to a target pressure of 10 psig (single addition), followed by the addition of hexanes, MAO, and then liquid propylene (1.066 mL). All additions were made via syringe. The reactor was then heated to process temperature (70 0 C) while stirring at 800 RPM. The TMC was added via syringe with the reactor at process conditions. Amounts of reagents not specified above are given in Table 6. Reactor temperature was monitored and typically maintained within +/- 1°C.
  • Polymerizations were halted by addition of approximately 50 psi 02/Ar (5 mole% O 2 ) gas mixture to the autoclaves for approximately 30 seconds. The polymerizations were quenched based on a predetermined pressure loss of approximately 5 psi. The actual quench time is reported in Table 6 for each run. The reactors were cooled and vented. The polymer was isolated after the solvent was removed in-vacuo. Yields reported include total weight of polymer and residual catalyst. Catalyst activity is reported as grams of polymer per mmol transition metal compound per hour of reaction time (g/mmol » hr). Polymer characterization:
  • polymer sample solutions were prepared by dissolving polymer in 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene (TCB, 99+% purity from Sigma- Aldrich) containing 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol (BHT, 99% from Aldrich) at 160°C in a shaker oven for approximately 3 hours.
  • the typical concentration of polymer in solution is between 0.4 to 0.9 mg/mL with a BHT concentration of 1.25 mg BHT/mL of TCB. Samples are cooled to 135°C for testing.
  • PDI polydispersity
  • Thermal analysis was measured on a Symyx Technologies SAMMS instrument that measures polymer melt temperatures via the 3 ⁇ technique.
  • the analysis first employs a rapid-scan protocol that heats each cell from 27°C to 200 0 C in ⁇ 35 seconds and then rapidly cools the sample to room temperature. This complete procedure takes approximately 60 seconds per cell and is used to minimize each sample's thermal history.
  • the second step involves running a high- resolution scan protocol to measure the second melt of the sample. The protocol heats each cell from 27 0 C to 200°C in ⁇ 3 minutes and then rapidly cools the sample to room temperature.
  • the high-resolution scan takes approximately three times the amount of time to complete as the rapid-scan protocol. If multiple melting peaks are present, Epoch® Software reports the largest amplitude peak.
  • the wt.% copolymer is determined via measurement of the methyl deformation band at -1375 cm "1 .
  • the peak height of this band is normalized by the combination and overtone band at -4321 cm '1 , which corrects for path length differences.
  • the normalized peak height is correlated to individual calibration curves from 1 H NMR data to predict the wt.% copolymer content within a concentration range of -2 to 35 wt.% for octene. Typically, R 2 correlations of 0.98 or greater are achieved. These numbers are reported in Table 4 under the heading Octene wt%).
  • the wt.% ethylene is determined via measurement of the methylene rocking band (-770 cm '1 to 700 cm “1 ). The peak area of this band is normalized by sum of the band areas of the combination and overtone bands in the 4500 cm “1 to 4000 cm “1 range. The normalized band area is then correlated to a calibration curved from 13 C NMR data to predict the wt.% ethylene within a concentration range of ⁇ 5 to 40 wt.%. Typically, R 2 correlations of 0.98 or greater are achieved. These numbers are reported in Table 7 under the heading, Ethylene (wt%).
  • a Micromoles refers to the micromoles of Al in MAO.
  • an additional 8 equivalents (relative to the TMC) of TiBAl was premixed with the indicated TMC and the complex formed was heated for 20 min using a hot plate set at 80 °C.
  • a Micromoles refers to the micromoles of Al in MAO.
  • an additional 20 equivalents (relative to the TMC) of MAO was premixed with the indicated TMC.
  • an additional 20 equivalents (relative to the TMC) of MAO was premixed with the indicated TMC and the complex formed was heated for 20 min using a hot plate set at 80 °C.
  • an additional 8 equivalents (relative to the TMC) of TiBAl was premixed with the indicated TMC and the complex formed was heated for 20 min using a hot plate set at 80 0 C. 6
  • the metallocene was significantly insoluble. How much catalyst, if any, was added to the reactor is, therefore, unknown.
  • a Micromoles refers to the micromoles of Al in MAO.
  • a Micromoles refers to the micromoles of Al in MAO.

Abstract

A metallocene compound comprising a transition metal, a first substituted or unsubstituted indenyl or fluorenyl ligand pi-bonded to the transition metal, a second monoanionic ligand bonded to the transition metal, and a divalent bridging group bonded to the indenyl ligand and said second monoanionic ligand, wherein said bridging group is connected to the four, five, six or seven position of the indenyl ligand or to the one, two, three, four, five, six, seven or eight position of the fluorenyl ligand, and wherein at least one of one of the first and second ligands comprises at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp2 carbon atom at a bondable ring position of the ligand.

Description

HALOGEN SUBSTITUTED METALLOCENE COMPOUNDS FOR OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION
Cross Reference to Related Applications
[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent
Application No. 60/636,662, filed on December 16, 2004.
Field
[0002] This invention relates to halogen substituted metallocene compounds and their use in catalyst systems for olefin polymerization.
Background
[0003] Various processes and catalysts exist for the homopolymerization or copolymerization of olefins. For many applications, it is desirable for a polyolefin to have a high weight average molecular weight while having a relatively narrow molecular weight distribution. A high weight average molecular weight, when accompanied by a narrow molecular weight distribution, provides a polyolefin with high strength properties.
[0004] Traditional Ziegler-Natta catalysts systems comprise a transition metal compound co-catalyzed by an aluminum alkyl and are typically capable of producing polyolefins having a high molecular weight, but with a broad molecular weight distribution.
[0005] More recently metallocene catalyst systems have been developed wherein the transition metal compound has one or more cyclopentadienyl, indenyl or fluorenyl ring ligands (typically two). Metallocene catalyst systems, when activated with cocatalysts, such as alumoxane, are effective to polymerize monomers to polyolefins having not only a high weight average molecular weight but also a narrow molecular weight distribution.
[0006] Particular focus has been directed to metallocenes containing substituted, bridged indenyl rings, since these materials are particularly effective in producing isotactic propylene polymers having high isotacticity and narrow molecular weight distribution. Considerable effort has been made toward obtaining metallocene produced propylene polymers having ever-higher molecular weight and melting point, while maintaining suitable catalyst activity. Researchers currently believe that there is a direct relationship between the way in which a metallocene is substituted, and the molecular structure of the resulting polymer. For the substituted, bridged indenyl type metallocenes, it is believed that the type and arrangement of substituents on the indenyl groups, as well as the type of bridge connecting the indenyl groups, determines such polymer attributes as molecular weight and melting point. Unfortunately, it is impossible at this time to accurately correlate specific substitution patterns with specific polymer attributes, though minor trends may be identified, from time to time. [0007] For example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,840,644 describes certain metallocenes containing aryl-substituted indenyl derivatives as ligands, which are said to provide propylene polymers having high isotacticity, narrow molecular weight distribution and very high molecular weight.
[0008] Likewise, U.S. Pat. No. 5,936,053 describes certain metallocene compounds said to be useful for producing high molecular weight propylene polymers. These metallocenes have a specific hydrocarbon substituent at the 2 position and an unsubstituted aryl substituent at the 4 position, on each indenyl group of the metallocene compound.
[0009] Indenyl rings are of course composed of a benzene ring fused to a cyclopentadienyl ring and typically, in metallocenes containing bridged indenyl groups, the bridging group is connected to the cyclopentadienyl portion, and particularly at the 3-position, of each indenyl ring. In our U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/636,662, filed on December 16, 2004, there is, however, described a metallocene compound comprising a transition metal bound to at least one substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand that is bridged by a heteroatom substituent in the four, five, six or seven position of the indenyl ligand, to a monoanionic ligand that is also bound to the transition metal. [0010] In addition to hydrocarbon substituents, it is also known to include halogen substituents on metallocene compounds. For example, U.S. Patent No. 3,678,088 discloses polychlorinated metallocenes having formulae C5H5- mClmMC5H5 and (C5H5-nCln)2M wherein M is iron, ruthenium or osmium, m is an integer from 3 to 5, inclusive and n is an integer from 2 to 5, inclusive. There is no disclosure of the polychlorinated metallocenes being used as olefin polymerization catalysts.
[0011] Similarly, chlorinated metallocenes including (CpCl)2TiCl2,
(CpCl)(Cp)TiCl2, (CpCl)2TiClMe, and (CpCl)(Cp)TiClMe are disclosed in J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1988, 110, 2406; J. Organometallic Chem. 1988, 358, 161; Organometallics 1985, 4, 688 and Electrochimica Acta, 1995, 40, 473. [0012] Fluorinated bisindenyl metallocenes, particularly bis(4,7- difluoroindenyl) zirconium dichloride and bis(4,7-difluoroindenyl)zirconium dibenzyl, and their use in olefin polymerization are discussed in Organometallics, 1990, 9, 3098.
[0013] Brominated fluorenylcyclopentadienyl metallocenes, particularly
(2,7-dibromofluorenyl)(cyclopentadienyl)zirconium dichloride, (2,7- dibromofluorenyl) (cyclopentadienyl)zirconium dimethyl and (2- bromofluorenyl)(cyclopentadienyl) zirconium dichloride, and their use in olefin polymerization are discussed in J. Organometallic Chem., 1995, 501, 101. [0014] U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2002/0193535 discloses a process for polymerizing propylene in the presence of a Group 3-5 transition metal catalyst having two indenoindolyl ligands, wherein the term "indenoindole" is defined to mean an organic compound that has both indole and indene rings in which the five-membered rings from each are fused. The indenoindole rings can be substituted with a variety of moieties, including halogen, and specifically disclosed and exemplified is bis(2-chloro-5-phenyl-5,10-dihydroindeno[l,2-b]- indolyl)zirconium dichloride [0015] US Patent Nos. 5,504,232, 5,763,542 and 6,087,292 disclose olefin polymerization catalysts based on bridged halogen substituted indenyls of Groups 4-6, such as Zr and Hf. Particularly exemplified are rac- dimethylsilanediylbis(5(6)-fluoroindenyl) zirconium dichloride (F mixed in 5 and
6 positions), rac-dimethylsilanediylbis(5-chloroindenyl)zirconium dichloride, rac- dimethylsilanediyl bis(4(7)-fluoroindenyl) zirconium dichloride (F mixed in 4 and
7 positions), and rac-dimethylsilanediylbis(5,6-dichloroindenyl)zirconium dichloride. The bridging groups are connected to the indenyl rings at 1 -position. [0016] JP1999-080183A discloses halogenated substituents on racemic carbon bridged bis-indenyl Group 4 transition metal complexes. The application focuses on the use of these complexes as pre-catalysts for the copolymerization of vinyl aromatic monomers (styrene). The only complexes exemplified are isopropylidene-bis(5- or 6-fluoroindenyl) zirconium bisdimethylamide, isopropylidene-bis(5- or 6-fluoroindenyl) zirconium dichloride, isopropylidene- bis(5-chloroindenyl) zirconium bisdimethylamide, and isopropylidene-bis(5- chloroindenyl) zirconium dichloride. The application gives preference to F > Cl > Br.
[0017] JP1995-216011A discloses olefin polymerization catalysts comprising bridged bis-indenyl Group 4-6 transition metal complexes, having halogen substituents either in the 2 or the 7 position on the indene ring. However, the only complexes exemplified are bridged bis-indenyl complexes having a fluoro- or chloro- substituent at the 7 position and a hydrocarbyl or substituted hydrocarbyl substituent at the 4 position.
[0018] U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2004/0260107, published
December 23, 2004, discloses a large number of bridged indenyl substituted cyclopentadienyl complexes of Group 3 to 6 metals and indicates that the complexes are useful as olefin polymerization catalysts. Among the complexes specifically disclosed, but not synthesized, are dimethylsilanediyl(2-methyl-4- phenyl-7-chloroindenyl)(2-isopropyl-4-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, dimethylsilanediyl(2-methyl-4-phenyl-7-bromoindenyl)(2-isopropyl-4- phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, dimethylsilanediyl (2-methyl-4-(l-naphthyl)- 7-chloroindenyl)(2-isopropyl-4-(l -naphthyl)indenyl) zirconium dichloride, dimethylsilanediyl(2-methyl-4-(l -naphthyl)-7-bromoindenyl) (2-isopropyl-4-(l - naphthyl)indenyl)zirconium dichloride, dimethylsilanediyl(2-methyl-4-(p-t- butylphenyl)-7-chloroindenyl)(2-isopropyl-4-(p-t-butylphenyl)indenyl) zirconium dichloride and dimethylsilanediyl(2-methyl-4-(p-t-butylphenyl)-7- bromoindenyl)(2-isopropyl-4-(p-t-butylphenyl)indenyl)zirconium dichloride. Again, the bridging groups are connected to the indenyl rings at 1 -position. [0019] Since the effects of various substituents and bridging groups on the polymerization properties of metallocene catalysts is still largely an empirical matter; there is a continued interest in synthesizing and testing new metallocene structures.
Summary
[0020] hi one aspect, the invention resides in a metallocene compound comprising a transition metal, a first substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand pi- bonded to the transition metal, a second monoanionic ligand bonded to the transition metal, and a divalent bridging group bonded to the indenyl ligand and said second monoanionic ligand, wherein said bridging group is connected to the four, five, six or seven position of the indenyl ligand, and wherein at least one of one of the first and second ligands comprises at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp2 carbon atom at a bondable ring position of said ligand. [0021] Preferably, said second monoanionic ligand is a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic arene ligand that is pi-bonded to the transition metal.
[0022] hi a further aspect, the invention resides in a metallocene compound comprising a transition metal, a first substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand pi-bonded to the transition metal, a second monoanionic ligand bonded to the transition metal, and a divalent bridging group bonded to the fluorenyl ligand and said second monoanionic ligand, wherein said bridging group is connected to the one, two, three, four, five, six, seven or eight position of the fluorenyl ligand, and wherein at least one of one of the first and second ligands comprises at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp2 carbon atom at a bondable ring position of said ligand. [0023] Preferably, said second monoanionic ligand is a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic arene ligand that is pi-bonded to the transition metal.
[0024] In yet a further aspect, the invention resides in a metallocene compound represented by the formula (1):
Figure imgf000008_0001
wherein
M is a Group 3, 4, 5 or 6 transition metal atom, or a lanthanide metal atom, or actinide metal atom, and preferably is a Group 4 transition metal selected from titanium, zirconium and hafnium;
E is a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic arene ligand pi-bonded to M;
A is a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic arene ligand pi- bonded to M;
at least one of A and E has at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp2 carbon atom at a bondable ring position of the associated ligand;
Y is bonded to any single bondable ring position of A and to any single bondable ring position of an aromatic six-membered ring of E, and is a bridging group containing a Group 13, 14, 15, or 16 element; and
each X is a univalent anionic ligand, or two X are joined and bound to the metal atom to form a metallocycle ring, or two X are joined to form a chelating ligand, a diene ligand, or an alkylidene ligand. [0025] In one embodiment, E is a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand and Y is connected to the four, five, six or seven position of the indenyl ligand.
[0026] Preferably, said at least one halogen substituent is a chloro, bromo or iodo substituent, and more preferably is a chloro or bromo substituent.
[0027] In yet another aspect, the invention resides in an olefin polymerization catalyst system comprising (a) a metallocene compound as described herein and (b) an activator.
[0028] In still yet a further aspect, the invention resides in an olefin polymerization process comprising contacting at least one olefin with the olefin polymerization catalyst system described herein.
Description of the Drawings
[0029] Figure 1 is a representation of the molecular structure of the sulfido-6^(775-4-bromo-2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride of Example 1.
Definitions
[0030] As used herein, the numbering scheme for the Periodic Table
Groups is the new notation as set out in CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING NEWS,
63(5), 27 (1985). However, For purposes of this invention and the claims thereto the use of the capital letter Y in a formula herein is NOT meant to indicate yttrium.
[0031] As used herein, Me is methyl, Et is ethyl, Bu is butyl, t-Bu and 1Bu are tertiary butyl, Pr is propyl, iPr and 1Pr are isopropyl, Cy is cyclohexyl, THF
(thf) is tetrahydrofuran, and Ph is phenyl.
[0032] The terms "hydrocarbyl radical," "hydrocarbyl" and "hydrocarbyl group" are used interchangeably throughout this document. Likewise the terms
"group", "radical", and "substituent" are also used interchangeably in this document. For purposes of this disclosure, "hydrocarbyl radical" is defined to be a radical, which contains hydrogen atoms and up to 100 carbon atoms and which may be linear, branched, or cyclic, and when cyclic, aromatic or non-aromatic. [0033] Substituted hydrocarbyl radicals are radicals in which at least one hydrogen atom has been substituted with at least one functional group such as NR*2, OR*, SeR*, TeR*, PR*2, AsR*2, SbR*2, SR*, BR*2, SiR*3, GeR*3, SnR*3, PbR*3 and the like or where at least one non-hydrocarbon atom or group has been inserted within the hydrocarbyl radical, such as -O-, -S-, -Se-, -Te-, -N(R*)-, =N-, -P(R*)-, =P-, -As(R*)-, =As-, -Sb(R*)-, =Sb-, -B(R*)-, =B-, -Si(R*)2-, -Ge(R*)2-, -Sn(R*)2-, -Pb(R*)2- and the like, where R* is independently a hydrocarbyl or halocarbyl radical, and two or more R* may join together to form a substituted or unsubstituted saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic cyclic or polycyclic ring structure.
[0034] Halocarbyl radicals are radicals in which one or more hydrocarbyl hydrogen atoms have been substituted with at least one halogen (e.g. F, Cl, Br, I) or halogen-containing group (e.g. CF3).
[0035] Substituted halocarbyl radicals are radicals in which at least one halocarbyl hydrogen or halogen atom has been substituted with at least one functional group such as NR*2, OR*, SeR*, TeR*, PR*2, AsR*2, SbR*2, SR*, BR*2, SiR*3, GeR*3, SnR*3, PbR*3 and the like or where at least one non-carbon atom or group has been inserted within the halocarbyl radical such as -O-, -S-, - Se-, -Te-, -N(R*)-, =N-, -P(R*)-, =P-, -As(R*)-, =As-, -Sb(R*)-, =Sb-, -B(R*)-, =B-, -Si(R*)2-, -Ge(R*)2-, -Sn(R*)2-, -Pb(R*)2- and the like, where R* is independently a hydrocarbyl or halocarbyl radical provided that at least one halogen atom remains on the original halocarbyl radical. Additionally, two or more R* may join together to form a substituted or unsubstituted saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic cyclic or polycyclic ring structure. [0036] Silylcarbyl radicals (also called silylcarbyls) are groups in which the silyl functionality is bonded directly to the indicated atom or atoms. Examples include SiH3, SiH2R*, SiHR*2, SiR*3, SiH2(OR*), SiH(OR*)2, Si(OR*)3, SiH2(NR*2), SiH(NR*2)2, Si(NR*2)3, and the like where R* is independently a , hydrocarbyl or halocarbyl radical and two or more R* may join together to form a substituted or unsubstituted saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic cyclic or polycyclic ring structure. [0037] Germylcarbyl radicals (also called germylcarbyls) are groups in which the germyl functionality is bonded directly to the indicated atom or atoms. Examples include GeH3, GeH2R*, GeHR*2, GeR*3, GeH2(OR*), GeH(OR*)2, Ge(OR*)3, GeH2(NR*2), GeH(NR*2)2, Ge(NR*2)3, and the like where R* is independently a hydrocarbyl or halocarbyl radical and two or more R* may join together to form a substituted or unsubstituted saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic cyclic or polycyclic ring structure.
[0038] Polar radicals, functional groups, or polar groups are groups in which a heteroatom functionality is bonded directly to the indicated atom or atoms. They include heteroatoms of Groups 1-17 of the periodic table either alone or connected to other elements by covalent or other interactions such as ionic, van der Waals forces, or hydrogen bonding. Examples of functional groups include carboxylic acid, acid halide, carboxylic ester, carboxylic salt, carboxylic anhydride, aldehyde and their chalcogen (Group 14) analogues, alcohol and phenol, ether, peroxide and hydroperoxide, carboxylic amide, hydrazide and imide, amidine and other nitrogen analogues of amides, nitrile, amine and imine, azo, nitro, other nitrogen compounds, sulfur acids, selenium acids, thiols, sulfides, sulfoxides, sulfones, sulfonates, phosphines, phosphates, other phosphorus compounds, silanes, boranes, borates, alanes, aluminates. Functional groups may also be taken broadly to include organic polymer supports or inorganic support material such as alumina, and silica. Preferred examples of polar groups include NR*2, OR*, SeR*, TeR*, PR*2, AsR*2, SbR*2, SR*, BR*2, SnR*3, PbR*3 and the like where R* is independently a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl or substituted halocarbyl radical as defined above and two R* may join together to form a substituted or unsubstituted saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic cyclic or polycyclic ring structure. Also preferred are sulfonate radicals, S(=O)2OR*, where R* is defined as above. Examples include SO3Me (mesylate), SO3(4-tosyl) (tosylate), SO3CF3 (triflate), SO3(n-C4F9) (nonaflate) and the like. [0039] In using the terms "substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentadienyl ligand", "substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand", "substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand", "substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentanaphthyl ligand", "substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentanpentalenyl ligand", "substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic arenyl ligand", or "substituted unsubstituted polycyclic arenyl ligand", "substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic ligand", or "substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic ligand", the substitution to the aforementioned ligand is on a bondable ring position, and each occurrence is selected from hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, a halogen radical, or a polar group. [0040] hi some embodiments, the hydrocarbyl radical is independently selected from methyl, ethyl, ethenyl and isomers of propyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, nonyl, decyl, undecyl, dodecyl, tridecyl, tetradecyl, pentadecyl, hexadecyl, heptadecyl, octadecyl, nonadecyl, eicosyl, heneicosyl, docosyl, tricosyl, tetracosyl, pentacosyl, hexacosyl, heptacosyl, octacosyl, nonacosyl, triacontyl, propenyl, butenyl, pentenyl, hexenyl, heptenyl, octenyl, nonenyl, decenyl, undecenyl, dodecenyl, tridecenyl, tetradecenyl, pentadecenyl, hexadecenyl, heptadecenyl, octadecenyl, nonadecenyl, eicosenyl, heneicosenyl, docosenyl, tricosenyl, tetracosenyl, pentacosenyl, hexacosenyl, heptacosenyl, octacosenyl, nonacosenyl, triacontenyl, propynyl, butynyl, pentynyl, hexynyl, heptynyl, octynyl, nonynyl, decynyl, undecynyl, dodecynyl, tridecynyl, tetradecynyl, pentadecynyl, hexadecynyl, heptadecynyl, octadecynyl, nonadecynyl, eicosynyl, heneicosynyl, docosynyl, tricosynyl, tetracosynyl, pentacosynyl, hexacosynyl, heptacosynyl, octacosynyl, nonacosynyl, triacontynyl, butadienyl, pentadienyl, hexadienyl, heptadienyl, octadienyl, nonadienyl, and decadienyl. Also included are isomers of saturated, partially unsaturated and aromatic cyclic and polycyclic structures wherein the radical may additionally be subjected to the types of substitutions described above. Examples include phenyl, methylphenyl, dimethylphenyl, ethylphenyl, diethylphenyl, propylphenyl, dipropylphenyl, benzyl, methylbenzyl, naphthyl, anthracenyl, cyclopentyl, cyclopentenyl, cyclohexyl, cyclohexenyl, methylcyclohexyl, cycloheptyl, cycloheptenyl, norbornyl, norbornenyl, adamantyl and the like. For this disclosure, when a radical is listed, it indicates that radical type and all other radicals formed when that radical type is subjected to the substitutions defined above. Alkyl, alkenyl and alkynyl radicals listed include all isomers including where appropriate cyclic isomers, for example, butyl includes «-butyl, 2- methylpropyl, 1-methylpropyl, tert-butyl, and cyclobutyl (and analogous substituted cyclopropyls); pentyl includes n-pentyl, cyclopentyl, 1-methylbutyl, 2- methylbutyl, 3-methylbutyl, 1-ethylpropyl, and neopentyl (and analogous substituted cyclobutyls and cyclopropyls); butenyl includes E and Z forms of 1- butenyl, 2-butenyl, 3-butenyl, 1 -methyl- 1-propenyl, l-methyl-2-propenyl, 2- methyl-1-propenyl and 2-methyl-2-propenyl (and cyclobutenyls and cyclopropenyls). Cyclic compound having substitutions include all isomer forms, for example, methylphenyl would include ortho-methylphenyl, meta- methylphenyl and para-methylphenyl; dimethylphenyl would include 2,3- dimethylphenyl, 2,4-dimethylphenyl, 2,5-dimethylphenyl, 2,6-diphenylmethyl, 3,4-dimethylphenyl, and 3,5-dimethylphenyl.
[0041] For nomenclature purposes, the following numbering schemes are used for cyclopentadienyl, indenyl, fluorenyl, and cyclopentanaphthyl (also termed benzindenyl). It should be noted that indenyl can be considered a cyclopentadienyl with a fused benzene ring. Analogously, fluorenyl can be considered a cyclopentadienyl with two phenyl rings fused onto the cyclopentadienyl ring. Each structure below is drawn and named as an anion.
Figure imgf000013_0001
Cyclopentadienyl
Figure imgf000013_0002
cyclopenta[b]naphthyl cyclopenta[a]naphthyl [0042] A similar numbering and nomenclature scheme is used for heterocyclopentadienyls, heterophenyls, heteropentalenyls, heterocyclopentapentalenyls, heteroindenyls, heterofluorenyls, heterocyclopentanaphthyls, heterocyclopentaindenyls, heterobenzocyclopentaindenyls, and the like, as illustrated below. Each structure is drawn and named as an anion. [0043] Non-limiting examples of heterocyclopentadienyls include:
Figure imgf000014_0001
3 -dimethylamino- 2-dimethylamino- 2-dimethylamino- 1,3-azaborollide 1,2-oxaborollide 1 ,2-thiaborollide
Figure imgf000014_0002
azacyclopentadienyl phosphacyclopentadienyl arsacyclopentadienyl
Figure imgf000014_0003
stibacyclopentadienyl boracyclopentadienyl
[0044] Further non-limiting examples of heterocyclopentadienyls include
1,3-diazacyclopentadienyl, 1,3-diphosphacyclopentadienyl, 1,3- diarsacyclopentadienyl, 1 ,3-distibacyclopentadienyl, 1 ,3-diboracyclopentadienyl,
1 ,3-azaphosphacyclopentadienyl, 1 ,3-azaarsacylcopentadienyl, 1,3- azastibacyclopentadienyl, 1 ,3-azaboracyclopentadienyl, 1,3- arsaphosphacyclopentadienyl, 1 ,3-arsastibacyclopentadienyl, 1,3- arsaboracyclopentadienyl, 1,3-boraphosphacyclopentadienyl, 1,3- borastibacylcopentadienyl, 1,3-phosphastibacyclopentadienyl, 1,2- diazacyclopentadienyl, 1 ,2-diphosphacyclopentadienyl, 1,2- diarsacyclopentadienyl, 1 ,2-distibacyclopentadienyl, 1 ,2-diboracyclopentadienyl, 1 ,2-azaphosphacyclopentadienyl, 1 ,2-azaarsacylcopentadienyl, 1 ,2- azastibacyclopentadienyl, 1,2-azaboracyclopentadienyl, 1,2- arsaphosphacyclopentadienyl, 1 ,2-arsastibacyclopentadienyl, 1 ,2- arsaboracyclopentadienyl, 1 ,2-boraphosphacyclopentadienyl, 1 ,2- borastibacylcopentadienyl, 1 ,2-phosphastibacyclopentadienyl, 3- dihydrocarbylamino-l,3-azaborollide, 2-dihydrocarbylamino-l,2-oxaborollide, 2- dihydrocarbylamino- 1 ,2-thiaborollide, 3-hydrocarbyloxy- 1 ,3-azaborollide, 2- hydrocarbyloxy-l,2-oxaborollide, 2-hydrocarbyloxy-l,2-thiaborollide, 3- hydrocarbyl-l,3-azaborollide, 2-hydrocarbyl-l,2-oxaborollide, and 2-hydrocarbyl-
1,2-thiaborollide, where hydrocarbyl is a "hydrocarbyl radical" as previously defined.
[0045] Non-limiting examples of heterophenyls include:
Figure imgf000015_0001
1 -dimethylamino- 4-dimethylamino- 2-dimethylamino- boratabenzene 1 ,4-phosphaboratabenzene 1 ,2-azaboratabenzene
[0046] Further non-limiting examples of heterophenyls include 1- dihydrocarbylaminoboratabenzene, 4-dihydrocarbylamino- 1 ,4- phosphaboratabenzene, 2-dihydrocarbylamino- 1 ,2-azaboratabenzene, 1 - hydrocarbyloxyboratabenzene, 4-hydrocarbyloxy- 1 ,4-phosphaboratabenzene, 2- hydrocarbyloxy-l,2-azaboratabenzene, 1-hydrocarbylboratabenzene, A- hydrocarbyl- 1 ,4-phosphaboratabenzene, and 2-hydrocarbyl- 1 ,2-azaboratabenzene, where hydrocarbyl is a "hydrocarbyl radical" as previously defined.
[0047] Non-limiting examples of heteropentalenyls include:
Figure imgf000015_0002
1 -methylcyclopenta[&] 2-methylcyclopenta[c] cyclopenta[ό]thienyl pyrrolyl pyrrolyl
Figure imgf000016_0001
1 -methylcyclopenta[b] 2-methylcyclopenta[c] phospholyl phospholyl
[0048] Further non-limiting examples of heteropentalenyls include cyclopenta[δ] selenophenyl, cyclopenta[c] selenophenyl, cyclopenta[6]tellurophenyl, cyclopenta[c]tellurophenyl, 1- hydrocarbylcyclopenta[&] arsolyl, 2-hydrocarbylcyclopenta[c]arsolyl, 1 - hydrocarbylcyclopenta[Z?]stibolyl, 2-hydrocarbylcyclopenta[c] stibolyl, 1 - hydrocarbylcyclopenta[&]pyrrolyl, 2-hydrocarbylcyclopenta[c]pyrrolyl, 1 - hydrocarbylcyclopenta[δ]phospholyl, and 2-hydrocarbylcyclopenta[c]phospholyl, where hydrocarbyl is a "hydrocarbyl radical" as previously defined. [0049] Non-limiting examples of heterocylopentapentalenyls include the following, where Z and Q independently represent the heteroatoms O, S, Se, or Te, or heteroatom groups, NR**, PR**, AsR**, or SbR** where R** is hydrogen, or a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, or germylcarbyl substituent.
Figure imgf000016_0002
Figure imgf000017_0001
[0050] Non-limiting examples of heteroindenyls include:
Figure imgf000017_0002
3 -dimethylamino- 2-dimethylamino-
Figure imgf000017_0003
1 ,3-benzothiaborollide 1 ,2-benzothiaborollide
Figure imgf000017_0004
cyclopenta[Z>]pyridyl cyclopenta[c]pyridyl cyclopenta[c]phosphinyl
Figure imgf000017_0005
cyclopenta[b]phosphinyl
[0051] Further non-limiting examples of heteroindenyls include cyclopenta[έ]arsinyl, cyclopenta[c]arsinyl, cyclopenta[6]stibinyl, cyclopenta[c]stibinyl, 3-dihydrocarbylamino-l,3-benzothiaborollide, 2- dihydrocarbylamino-1 ,2-benzothiaborollide, 3-hydrocarbyloxy-l ,3- benzothiaborollide, 2-hydrocarbyloxy-l,2-benzothiaborollide, 3-hydrocarbyl-l,3- benzothiaborollide, and 2-hydrocarbyl-l,2-benzothiaborollide, where hydrocarbyl is a "hydrocarbyl radical" as previously defined. [0052] Non-limiting examples of heterofluorenyls include:
Figure imgf000018_0001
indeno[ 1 ,2-c]pyridyl indeno [ 1 ,2-c]phosphinyl
[0053] Non-limiting examples of heterocyclopentanaphthyls include:
Figure imgf000018_0002
cyclopenta[g-]quinolyl cyclopenta[g]isoquinolyl
[0054] Further non-limiting examples of heterocyclopentanaphthyls include cyclopenta[g]phosphmolyl, cyclopentafgjisophosphmolyl, cyclopenta[g]arsinolyl, and cyclopenta[g]isoarsinolyl. [0055] Non-limiting examples of heterocyclopentaindenyls include:
Figure imgf000018_0003
2-methylcyclopenta[/]isoindolyl indeno[5,6-δ]furyl
Figure imgf000018_0004
indeno[5,6-cT|[l,3]dioxolyl
Figure imgf000018_0006
Figure imgf000018_0005
indeno[l ,2-ό]furyl 1 -methylcyclopental/lindolyl indeno[2, 1 -bjthienyl
Figure imgf000019_0001
cyclopenta[δ] [ 1 Jbenzothienyl indeno [ 1 ,2-6]thienyl indeno [ 1 ,2-c]thienyl
Figure imgf000019_0002
4-methylcyclopenta[b]indolyl
[0056] Further non-limiting examples of heterocyclopentaindenyls include
1 -hydrocarbylcydopenta^phosphindoryl, 2- hydrocarbylcyclopenta[/]isophosphindolyl, l-hydrocarbylcyclopenta[/]arsmdolyl, 2-hydrocarbylcyclopenta[/]isoarsindolyl, indeno[5,6-6]selenophenyl, indeno[5,6- bjtellurophenyl, indeno[5,6-c]selenophenyl, indeno[5,6-c]tellurophenyl, 2- hydrocarbylcyclopenta[/]isoindolyl, and l-hydrocarbylcyclopenta[/]mdolyl, where hydrocarbyl is a "hydrocarbyl radical" as previously defined. [0057] Non-limiting examples of heterobenzocyclopentaindenyls include:
Figure imgf000019_0003
5-methylindeno [ 1 ,2-b]indolyl 5-methylindeno[2, 1 -b]indolyl
Figure imgf000019_0004
indeno[ 1 ,2-b] [ 1 Jbenzothienyl indeno [2, 1 -b] [ 1 ]benzothienyl [0058] Further non-limiting examples of heterobenzocyclopentaindenyls include 5-hydrocarbylindeno[l,2-δ]indolyl and 5-hydrocarbylindeno[2,l- δjindolyl, where hydrocarbyl is a "hydrocarbyl radical" as previously defined. [0059] The term "arene" ligand is used herein to mean an unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbyl ligand that can consist of one ring, or two or more fused or catenated rings.
[0060] As used herein, the term "monocyclic ligand" is intended to mean any substituted or unsubstituted C5 to C1Oo monoanionic aromatic five-membered or six-membered single ring structure composed of ring carbon atoms, either alone or in combination with one or more ring heteroatoms. In contrast, the term "monocyclic arene ligand" is used herein to mean a substituted or unsubstituted monoanionic C5 to C1O0 hydrocarbyl ligand that contains an aromatic five- membered single hydrocarbyl ring structure (also referred to as a cyclopentadienyl ring).
[0061] As used herein, the term "polycyclic ligand" is intended to mean any substituted or unsubstituted C5 to C103 monoanionic partially unsaturated or aromatic multiple fused ring structure containing at least one aromatic five- membered ring structure, said ligand composed of ring carbon atoms, either alone or in combination with one or more ring heteroatoms. In contrast, the term "polycyclic arenyl ligand" is used herein to mean a substituted or unsubstituted monoanionic C8 to C103 hydrocarbyl ligand that contains an aromatic five- membered hydrocarbyl ring (also referred to as a cyclopentadienyl ring) that is fused to one or two partially unsaturated, or aromatic hydrocarbyl ring structures which may be fused to additional saturated, partially unsaturated, or aromatic hydrocarbyl rings.
[0062] Monocyclic ligands include substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclopentadienyls, heterophenyls and cyclopentadienyls. Monocyclic arenyl ligands include substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentadienyls. Polycyclic ligands include substituted or unsubstituted, partially unsaturated or aromatic heteroindenyls, heteropentalenyls, heterocyclopentapentalenyls, heterofluorenyls, heterocyclopentanaphthyls, heterocyclopentaindenyls, heterobenzocyclopentaindenyls, indenyls, fluorenyls, and cyclopentanaphthyls. Polycyclic arenyl ligands include substituted or unsubstituted, partially unsaturated or aromatic indenyls, fluorenyls, and cyclopentanaphthyls. [0063] Non-limiting examples of polycyclic arene ligands, named also as monoanionic ligands, include indenyl, 4,5-dihydroindenyl, 4,7-dihydroindenyl, 4,5,6,7-tetrahydroindenyl, fluorenyl, 1,2-dihydrotetrahydrofluorenyl, 1,4- dihydrotetrahydrofluorenyl, 3, 4-dihydrotetrahydro fluorenyl, 1. ,2,3,4- tetrahydrofluorenyl, 1 ,2,5,6-tetrahydro fluorenyl, 1 ,2,7,8-tetrahydrofluorenyl, 3,4,5,6-tetrahydrofluorenyl, 1 ,4,5,8-tetrahydrofluorenyl, 1 ,2,3,4,5,6,7,8- octahydrofluorenyl, cyclopenta[£]naphthyl, 4,4a-dihydrocyclopenta[6]naphthyl, 556-dihydrocyclopenta[&]naphthyl, 5,8-dihydrocyclopenta[b]naphthyl, 4,9- dihydrocyclopenta[έ]naphthyl, 4,4a,5,6-tetrahydrocyclopenta[b]naphthyl, 4,5,8,9- tetrahydrocyclopenta[6]naphthyl, 4,4a,7,8~tetrahydrocyclopenta[δ]naphthyl,
4,4a,8a,9-tetrahydrocyclopenta[δ]naphthyl, 5,6,7,8- tetrahydrocyclopenta[δ]naphthyl, 4,4a,5,8-tetrahydrocyclopenta[&]naphthyl,
4,5,6,9-tetrahydrocyclopenta[δ]naphthyl, 4,6,7,8- tetrahydrocyclopenta[&]naphthyl, 4,6,7,9-tetrahydrocyclopenta[6]naphthyl,
4,4a,5,9-tetrahydrocyclopenta[δ]naphthyl, 4,4a,5,6,7,8- hexahydrocyclopenta[5]naphthyl, 4,4a,5,6,8a,9-hexahydrocyclopenta[έ]naphthyl, 4,4a,5,8,8a,9-hexahydrocyclopenta[b]naplithyl, 4,5,6,7,8,9- hexahydrocyclopenta[δ]naphthyl, 4,4a,5,6,7,9-hexahydrocyclopenta[έ]naphthyl, 4,4a,5,6,7,8,8a,9-octahydrocyclopenta[&]naphthyl, cyclopenta[α]naphthyl, 4,5- dihydrocyclopenta[α]naphthyl, 6,7-dihydrocyclopenta[α]naphthyl, 8,9- dihydrocyclopenta[«]naphthyl, 5a,9a-dihydrocyclopenta[α]naphthyl, 6,9- dihydrocyclopenta[«]naphthyl, 7,9a-dihydrocyclopenta[α]naρhthyl, 4,9a- diliydrocyclopenta[α]naphthyl, 5a,8-dihydrocyclopenta[α]naphthyl, 4,5,5a,9a- tetrahydrocyclopenta[α]naphthyl, 4,5,6,7-tetrahydrocyclopenta[α]naphthyl,
4,5,8,9-tetrahydrocyclopenta[α]naphthyl, 5a,6,7,9a- tetrahydrocyclopenta[α]naphtliyl, 6,7,8,9-tetrahydrocyclopenta[α]naphthyl,
5a,8,9,9a-tetrahydrocyclopenta[α]naphthyl, 4,5,7,9a- tetrahydrocyclopenta[fl]naphtliyl, 5a,6,7,9a-tetrahydrocyclopenta[α]naphtriyl, 7,8,9,9a-tetrahydrocyclopenta[α]naphthyl, 4,6,7,9a- tetrahydrocyclopenta[α]naphtliyl, 4,8,9,9a-tetrahydrocyclopenta[«]naphthyl, 4,5,6,9-tetrahydrocyclopenta[α]naphthyl, 4,5,5a,8- tetrahydrocyclopenta[α]naphthyl, 5a,6,7,8-tetrahydrocyclopenta[α]naphthyl,
5a,6,9,9a-tetrahydrocyclopenta[α]naphthyl, 5a,6,7,8,9,9a- hexahydrocyclopenta[β]naphthyl, 4,6,7,8,9,9a-hexahydrocyclopenta[α]naphthyl, 4,5,7,8,9,9a-hexahydrocyclopenta[>]naphthyl, 4,5,5a,8,9,9a- hexahydrocyclopenta[α]naphthyl, 4,5,5a,6,9,9a-hexahydrocyclopenta[α]naphthyl, 4,5,5a,6,7,9a-hexahydrocyclopenta[«]naphthyl, 4,5,5a,6,7,8- hexahydrocyclopenta[fl]naphthyl, 4,5,6,7,8,9-hexahydrocyclopenta[«]naphthyl, 4,5,5a,6,7,8,9,9a-hexahydrocyclopenta[α]naphthyl, 4,5,5a,6,7,8,9,9a- octahydrocyclopenta[α]naphthyl, 5,6-trimethyleneindenyl, 4,5- trimethyleneindenyl, 5,6-pentamethyleneindenyl, 4,5-pentamethyleneindenyl, 5,6- hexamethyleneindenyl, 4,5-hexamethyleneindenyl, 5,6-heptamethyleneindenyl, 4,5-heptamethyleneindenyl, 5,6-octamethyleneindenyl, 4,5-octamethylenemdenyl, 5,6-nonamethyleneindenyl, 4,5-nonamethyleneindenyl, 5,6- decamethyleneindenyl, 4,5-decamethyleneindenyl, 5,6-undecamethyleneindenyl, 4,5-undecamethyleneindenyl, 5,6-dodecamethyleneindenyl, 4,5- dodecamethyleneindenyl, 5,6-tridecamethyleneindenyl, 4,5- tridecamethyleneindenyl, 5,6-tetradecamethyleneindenyl, 4,5- tetradecamethyleneindenyl, 5,6-pentadecamethyleneindenyl, 4,5- pentadecamethyleneindenyl, 5,6-hexadecamethyleneindenyl, 4,5- hexadecamethyleneindenyl, 5,6-heptadecamethyleneindenyl, 4,5- heptadecamethyleneindenyl, 5,6-octadecamethyleneindenyl, 4,5- octadecamethyleneindenyl, 5,6-nonadecamethyleneindenyl, 4,5- nonadecamethyleneindenyl, 5,6-eicosamethyleneindenyl, 4,5- eicosamethyleneindenyl, (6Z,8Z, iOZ)-cycloocta[e]indenyl, (5Z, 72,9Z)- cycloocta[/]indenyl, (5E, 7Z,PE,77Z,73E)-cyclododeca[flindenyl,
(6E, 8Z, 1 OE, 12Z, 74E)-cyclododeca[e]indenyl, benz[α]fluorenyl, benz[ό]fluorenyl, benz[c]fluorenyl, naphth[2,3-α]fluorenyl, naphth[2,3-b]fluorenyl, naphth[2,3- cjfluorenyl, naphth[l,2-α]fluorenyl, naphth[l,2-ό]fluorenyl, naphth[l,2- c]fluorenyl, 2,3-tetxamethylenefluorenyl, 1,2-tetramethylenefluorenyl, 3,4- tetramethylenefluorenyl, 2,3-trimethylenefluorenyl, 1 ,2-trimethylenefluorenyl, 3,4-trimethylenefluorenyl, 2,3-pentamethylenefluorenyl, 1,2- pentamethylenefluorenyl, 3,4-pentamethylenefluorenyl, 2,3- hexamethylenefluorenyl, 1,2-hexamethylenefluorenyl, 3,4- hexamethylenefluorenyl, 2,3-heptamethylenefluorenyl, 1,2- heptamethylenefluorenyl, 3,4-heptamethylenefluorenyl, 2,3- octamethylenefluorenyl, 1 ,2-octamethylenefluorenyl, 3,4-octamethylenefluorenyl, 2,3-nonamethylenefluorenyl, 1,2-nonamethylenefluorenyl, 3,4- nonamethylenefluorenyl, 2,3-decamethylenefluorenyl, 1,2- decamethylenefluorenyl, 3,4-decamethylenefluorenyl, 2,3- undecamethylenefluorenyl, 1,2-undecamethylenefluorenyl, 3,4- undecamethylenefluorenyl, 2,3-dodecamethylenefluorenyl, 1,2- dodecamethylenefluorenyl, 3,4-dodecamethylenefluorenyl, 2,3-tetramethylene- 6,7-tetramethylenefluorenyl, l,2-tetxamethylene-7,8-tetramethylenefluorenyl, 3,4- tetramethylene-5,6-tetramethylenefluorenyl, tø-benz[2,3;6,7]fiuorenyl, bis- benz[2,3;5,6]fluorenyl, tø-benz[l,2;7,8]fluorenyl, tø-benz[l,2;5,6]fluorenyl, bis- benz[l,2;6,7]fluorenyl, Z?^-benz[l,2;7,8]fluorenyl, and &/s-benz[3,4;5,6]fluorenyl, [0064] Partially hydrogenated polycyclic arene ligands retain the numbering scheme of the parent polycyclic arene ligand, namely the numbering schemes defined for indenyl, fluorenyl, cyclopenta[δ]naphthyl, and cyclopenta[α]naphthyl ligands.
[0065] A "ring carbon atom" is a carbon atom that is part of a cyclic ring structure. By this definition, an indenyl fragment has nine ring carbon atoms. Whereas the monocyclic and polycyclic arene ligands described herein generally contain only ring carbon atoms, it is within the scope of the invention to replace one of more of the ring carbon atoms with a heteroatom, such as a boron atom, a Group 14 atom that is not carbon, a Group 15 atom, or a Group 16 atom. Preferred heteroatoms include boron, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur. [0066] A "bondable ring position" is a ring position that is capable of bearing a substituent or bridging substituent. For example, cyclopenta[b]thienyl has five bondable ring positions (at the carbon atoms) and one non-bondable ring position (the sulfur atom); cyclopenta[δ]pyrrolyl has six bondable ring positions (at the carbon atoms and at the nitrogen atom). [0067] In the context of this document, "homopolyrnerization" would produce a polymer made from one monomer. For example, homopolymerization of propylene would produce homopolypropylene. Homopolymerization of ethylene would produce homopolyethylene. Likewise, "copolymerization" would produce polymers with more than one monomer type. For example, ethylene copolymers include polymers of ethylene with α-olefms, cyclic olefins and diolefms, vinylaromatic olefins, α-olefmic diolefins, substituted α-olefms, and/or acetylenically unsaturated monomers.
[0068] Non-limiting examples of α-olefms include ethylene, propylene, 1- butene, 1-pentene, 1-hexene, 1-heptene, 1-octene, 1-nonene, 1-decene, 1-undecene 1-dodecene, 1-tridecene, 1-tetradecene, 1-pentadecene, 1-hexadecene, 1- heptadecene, 1-octadecene, 1-nonadecene, 1-eicosene, 1-heneicosene, 1-docosene, 1-tricosene, 1-tetracosene, 1-pentacosene, 1-hexacosene, 1-heptacosene, 1- octacosene, 1-nonacosene, 1-triacontene, 4-methyl-l-pentene, 3-methyl-l- pentene, 5 -methyl- 1-nonene, 3,5,5-trimethyl-l-hexene, vinylcyclohexane, and vinylnorbornane.
[0069] Non-limiting examples of cyclic olefins and diolefins include cyclobutene, cyclopentene, cyclohexene, cycloheptene, cyclooctene, cyclononene, cyclodecene, norbornene, 4-methylnorbornene, 2-methylcyclopentene, A- methylcyclopentene, vinylcyclohexane, norbornadiene, dicyclopentadiene, 5- ethylidene-2 -norbornene, vinylcyclohexene, 5-vinyl-2 -norbornene, 1,3- divinylcyclopentane, 1 ,2-divinylcyclohexane, 1,3-divinylcyclohexane, 1,4- divinylcyclohexane, l^-divinylcyclooctane, l-allyl-4-vinylcyclohexane, 1,4- diallylcyclohexane, l-allyl-5-vinylcyclooctane, and 1,5-diallylcyclooctane. [0070] Non-limiting examples of vinylaromatic olefins include styrene,
/>αra-methylstyrene, ^αrø-t-butylstyrene, vinylnaphthylene, vinyltoluene, and divinylbenzene.
[0071] Non-limiting examples of α-olefϊnic dienes include 1,4-hexadiene,
1,5-hexadiene, 1,5-heptadiene, 1,6-heptadiene, 6-methyl-l,6-heptadiene, 1,7- octadiene, 7-methyl-l,7-octadiene, 1,9-decadiene, 1,11-dodecene, 1,13- tetradecene and 9-methyl- 1,9-decadiene. [0072] Substituted α-olefins (also called functional group containing α- olefms) include those containing at least one non-carbon Group 13 to 17 atom bound to a carbon atom of the substituted α-olefm where such substitution if silicon may be adjacent to the double bond or terminal to the double bond, or anywhere in between, and where inclusion of non-carbon and non-silicon atoms such as for example B, O, S, Se, Te, N, P, Ge, Sn, Pb, As, F, Cl, Br, or I, are contemplated, where such non-carbon or non-silicon moieties are sufficiently far removed from the double bond so as not to interfere with the coordination polymerization reaction with the catalyst and so to retain the generally hydrocarbyl characteristic. By sufficiently far removed from the double bond we intend that the number of carbon atoms, or the number of carbon and silicon atoms, separating the double bond and the non-carbon or non-silicon moiety is preferably 6 or greater, e.g. 7, or 8, or 9, or 10, or 11, or 12, or 13, or 14 or more. The number of such carbon atoms, or carbon and silicon atoms, is counted from immediately adjacent to the double bond to immediately adjacent to the non- carbon or non-silicon moiety. Examples include 8,8,8-trifluoro-l-octene, 8- methoxyoct-1-ene, 8-methylsulfanyloct-l-ene, 8-dimethylaminooct-l-ene, or combinations thereof. The use of functional group-containing α-olefins where the functional group is closer to the double bond is also within the scope of embodiments of the invention when such olefins may be incorporated in the same manner as are their α-olefm analogs. See, "Metallocene Catalysts and Borane Reagents in The Block/Graft Reactions of Polyolefms", T.C. Chung, et al, Polym. Mater. Sd. Eng., v. 73, p. 463 (1995), and the masked α-olefm monomers of US 5,153,282. Such monomers permit the preparation of both functional-group containing copolymers capable of subsequent derivatization, and of functional macromers which may be used as graft and block type polymeric segments. Copolymerization can also incorporate α-olefmic macromonomers of up to 2000 mer units.
[0073] For purposes of this disclosure, the term oligomer refers to compositions having 2-75 mer units and the term polymer refers to compositions having 76 or more mer units. A mer is defined as a unit of an oligomer or polymer that originally corresponded to the monomer(s) used in the oligomerization or polymerization reaction. For example, the mer of polyethylene would be ethylene.
[0074] The term "catalyst system" is defined to mean a catalyst precursor/activator pair. When "catalyst system" is used to describe such a pair before activation, it means the unactivated catalyst (precatalyst) together with an activator and, optionally, a co-activator. When it is used to describe such a pair after activation, it means the activated catalyst and the activator or other charge- balancing moiety.
[0075] The transition metal compound may be neutral as in a precatalyst, or a charged species with a counter ion as in an activated catalyst system. [0076] Catalyst precursor is also often referred to as precatalyst, catalyst, catalyst compound, catalyst precursor, transition metal compound or transition metal complex. These words are used interchangeably. Activator and cocatalyst are also used interchangeably. A scavenger is a compound that is typically added to facilitate oligomerization or polymerization by scavenging impurities. Some scavengers may also act as activators and may be referred to as co-activators. A co-activator, that is not a scavenger, may also be used in conjunction with an activator in order to form an active catalyst. In some embodiments a co-activator can be pre-mixed with the transition metal compound to form an alkylated transition metal compound, also referred to as an alkylated invention compound. [0077] Noncoordinating anion (NCA) is defined to mean an anion either that does not coordinate to the catalyst metal cation or that does coordinate to the metal cation, but only weakly. An NCA coordinates weakly enough that a neutral Lewis base, such as an olefmically or acetylenically unsaturated monomer can displace it from the catalyst center. Any metal or metalloid that can form a compatible, weakly coordinating complex may be used or contained in the noncoordinating anion. Suitable metals include, but are not limited to, aluminum, gold, and platinum. Suitable metalloids include, but are not limited to, boron, aluminum, phosphorus, and silicon.
[0078] A stoichiometric activator can be either neutral or ionic. The terms ionic activator, and stoichiometric ionic activator can be used interchangeably. Likewise, the terms neutral stoichiometric activator, and Lewis acid activator can be used interchangeably.
Detailed Description of the Embodiments
[0079] The present invention provides a series of halogen substituted bridged metallocene compounds wherein the bridging group is connected to an aromatic six-membered ring of a polycyclic arene ligand pi-bonded to a transition metal. When combined with a suitable activator, these compounds show activity in the polymerization of olefins, such as ethylene and propylene. [0080] hi a first embodiment, the invention provides a metallocene compound comprising a transition metal, a first substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand pi-bonded to the transition metal, a second monoanionic ligand bonded to the transition metal, and a divalent bridging group bonded to the indenyl ligand and said second monoanionic ligand, wherein said bridging group is connected to the four, five, six or seven position of the indenyl ligand, and wherein at least one of one of the first and second ligands comprises at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp2 carbon atom at a bondable position of said ligand.
[0081] hi a second embodiment, the invention provides a metallocene compound comprising a transition metal, a first substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand pi-bonded to the transition metal, a second monoanionic ligand bonded to the transition metal, and a divalent bridging group bonded to the fluorenyl ligand and said second monoanionic ligand, wherein said bridging group is connected to the one, two, three, four, five, six, seven or eight position of the fluorenyl ligand, and wherein at least one of one of the first and second ligands comprises at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp2 carbon atom at a bondable position of said ligand.
[0082] Conveniently, the transition metal employed in the first and second embodiments is from Group 3, 4, 5 or 6 of the Periodic Table of Elements, or a lanthanide metal or an actinide metal. Preferably, the transition metal is a Group 4 transition metal selected from titanium, zirconium and hafnium. [0083] Conveniently, the divalent bridging group in the first and second embodiments is S, O, NR', PR', CR2, or SiR2 wherein R comprises a hydrogen, or a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, substituted silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, or substituted germylcarbyl substituent, and, optionally, two or more adjacent R may join to form a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic, cyclic or polycyclic substituent.
[0084] Preferably, the at least one halogen substituent is a chloro, bromo or iodo substituent, and more preferably is a chloro or bromo substituent. [0085] Preferably, the second monoanionic ligand employed in each of the first and second embodiments is a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic ligand, more preferably a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic arene ligand, pi-bonded to the transition metal. For example, the second monoanionic ligand can be a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand or a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand and can be the same as the first ligand.
[0086] Alternatively, the second monoanionic ligand can be a ligand of the formula TR"t-2 where T is heteroatom with a coordination number of three from Group 15 or with a coordination number of two from Group 16 of the Periodic Table of Elements; R" is selected from a C3-C100 substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic ring structure substituent that is partially unsaturated, unsaturated or aromatic; or a C2-C10O substituted or unsubstituted, unsaturated or partially unsaturated, linear or branched alicyclic hydrocarbyl substituent; or a C1- C100 substituted or unsubstituted saturated hydrocarbyl radical; and t is the coordination number of the heteroatom T so that "t-2" indicates the number of R" substituents bonded to T.
[0087] When R" is a C3-C100 substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic ring structure substituent that is partially unsaturated, unsaturated or aromatic, non-limiting examples of R" include all isomers of cycloalkenes, and all isomers of hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, halogen, or polar group substituted cycloalkanes including: cyclopropenyl, cyclobutenyl, cyclopentenyl, cyclohexenyl, cycloheptenyl, cyclooctenyl, cyclononenyl, cyclodecenyl, cycloundecenyl, cyclododecenyl, cyclotridecenyl, cyclotetradecenyl, cyclopentadecenyl, cyclohexadecenyl, cycloheptadecenyl, cyclooctadecenyl, cyclononadecenyl, cycloeicosenyl, cycloheneicosenyl, cyclodocosenyl, cyclotricosenyl, cyclotetracosenyl, cyclopentacosenyl, cyclohexacosenyl, cycloheptacosenyl, cyclooctacosenyl, cyclononacosenyl, cyclotriacontenyl, cyclobutadienyl, cyclopentadienyl, cyclohexadienyl, cycloheptadienyl, cyclooctadienyl, cyclononadienyl, cyclodecadienyl, cycloundecadienyl, cyclododecadienyl, cyclotridecadienyl, cyclotetradecadienyl, cyclopentadecadienyl, cyclohexadecadienyl, cycloheptadecadienyl, cyclooctadecadienyl, cyclononadecadienyl, cycloeicosadienyl, cycloheneicosadienyl, cyclodocosadienyl, cyclotricosadienyl, cyclotetracosadienyl, cyclopentacosadienyl, cyclohexacosadienyl, cycloheptacosadienyl, cyclooctacosadienyl, cyclononacosadienyl, cyclotriacontadienyl, cyclohexatrienyl, cycloheptatrienyl, cyclooctatrienyl, cyclononatrienyl, cyclodecatrienyl, cycloundecatrienyl, cyclododecatrienyl, cyclotridecatrienyl, cyclotetradecatrienyl, cyclopentadecatrienyl, cyclohexadecatrienyl, cycloheptadecatrienyl, cyclooctadecatrienyl, cyclononadecatrienyl, cycloeicosatrienyl, cycloheneicosatrienyl, cyclodocosatrienyl, cyclotricosatrienyl, cyclotetracosatrienyl, cyclopentacosatrienyl, cyclohexacosatrienyl, cycloheptacosatrienyl, cyclooctacosatrienyl, cyclononacosatrienyl, cyclotriacontatrienyl, cyclooctatetrenyl, cyclononatetrenyl, cyclodecatetrenyl, cycloundecatetrenyl, cyclododecatetrenyl, cyclotridecatetrenyl, cyclotetradecatetrenyl, cyclopentadecatetrenyl, cyclohexadecatetrenyl, cycloheptadecatetrenyl, cyclooctadecatetrenyl, cyclononadecatetrenyl, cycloeicosatetrenyl, cycloheneicosatetrenyl, cyclodocosatetrenyl, cyclotricosatetrenyl, cyclotetracosatetrenyl, cyclopentacosatetrenyl, cyclohexacosatetrenyl, cycloheptacosatetrenyl, cyclooctacosatetrenyl, cyclononacosatetrenyl, cyclotriacontatetrenyl, cyclodecapentaenyl, cycloundecapentaenyl, cyclododecapentaenyl, cyclotridecapentaenyl, cyclotetradecapentaenyl, cyclopentadecapentaenyl, cyclohexadecapentaenyl, cycloheptadecapentaenyl, cyclooctadecapentaenyl, cyclononadecapentaenyl, cycloeicosapentaenyl, cycloheneicosapentaenyl, cyclodocosapentaenyl, cyclotricosapentaenyl, cyclotetracosapentaenyl, cyclopentacosapentaenyl, cyclohexacosapentaenyl, cycloheptacosapentaenyl, cyclooctacosapentaenyl, cyclononacosapentaenyl, cyclotriacontapentaenyl, cyclododecahexaenyl, cyclotridecahexaenyl, cyclotetradecahexaenyl, cyclopentadecahexaenyl, cyclohexadecahexaenyl, cycloheptadecahexaenyl, cyclooctadecahexaenyl, cyclononadecahexaenyl, cycloeicosahexaenyl, cycloheneicosahexaenyl, cyclodocosahexaenyl, cyclotricosahexaenyl, cyclotetracosahexaenyl, cyclopentacosahexaenyl, cyclohexacosahexaenyl, cycloheptacosahexaenyl, cyclooctacosahexaenyl, cyclononacosahexaenyl, cyclotriacontahexaenyl, cyclotetradecaheptaenyl, cyclopentadecaheptaenyl, cycloliexadecaheptaenyl, cycloheptadecaheptaenyl, cyclooctadecaheptaenyl, cyclononadecaheptaenyl, cycloeicosaheptaenyl, cyclolieneicosaheptaenyl, cyclodocosaheptaenyl, cyclotricosaheptaenyl, cyclotetracosaheptaenyl, cyclopentacosaheptaenyl, cyclohexacosaheptaenyl, cycloheptacosaheptaenyl, cyclooctacosaheptaenyl, cyclononacosaheptaenyl, cyclotriacontaheptaenyl, cyclohexadecaoctaenyl, cycloheptadecaoctaenyl, cyclooctadecaoctaenyl, cyclononadecaoctaenyl, cycloeicosaoctaenyl, cycloheneicosaoctaenyl, cyclodocosaoctaenyl, cyclotricosaoctaenyl, cyclotetracosaoctaenyl, cyclopentacosaoctaenyl, cyclohexacosaoctaenyl, cycloheptacosaoctaenyl, cyclooctacosaoctaenyl, cyclononacosaoctaenyl, cyclotriacontaoctaenyl, cyclooctadecanonaenyl, cyclononadecanonaenyl, cycloeicosanonaenyl, cycloheneicosanonaenyl, cyclodocosanonaenyl, cyclotricosanonaenyl, cyclotetracosanonaenyl, cyclopentacosanonaenyl, cyclohexacosanonaenyl, cycloheptacosanonaenyl, cyclooctacosanonaenyl, cyclononacosanonaenyl, cyclotriacontanonaenyl, cycloeicosadecaenyl, cycloheneicosadecaenyl, cyclodocosadecaenyl, cyclotricosadecaenyl, cyclotetracosadecaenyl, cyclopentacosadecaenyl, cyclohexacosadecaenyl, cycloheptacosadecaenyl, cyclooctacosadecaenyl, cyclononacosadecaenyl, cyclotriacontadecaenyl, cyclodocosaundecaenyl, cyclotricosaundecaenyl, cyclotetracosaundecaenyl, cyclopentacosaundecaenyl, cyclohexacosaundecaenyl, cycloheptacosaundecaenyl, cyclooctacosaundecaenyl, cyclononacosaundecaenyl, cyclotriacontaundecaenyl, cyclotetracosadodecaenyl, cyclopentacosadodecaenyl, cyclohexacosadodecaenyl, cycloheptacosadodecaenyl, cyclooctacosadodecaenyl, cyclononacosadodecaenyl, cyclotriacontadodecaenyl, cyclohexacosatridecaenyl, cycloheptacosatridecaenyl, cyclooctacosatridecaenyl, cyclononacosatridecaenyl, cyclotriacontatridecaenyl, cyclooctacosatetradecaenyl, cyclononacosatetradecaenyl, cyclotriacontatetradecaenyl, cyclotriacontapentadecaenyl, and the like; all isomers of polycyclic alkenes, and all isomers of hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, halogen, or polar substituted polycyclic alkenes including: norbornenyl, norbornadienyl spiro[4.5]decenyl, spiro[5.7]tridecenyl, and the like; phenyl, and all isomers of hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, halogen, or polar substituted phenyl including: methylphenyl, dimethylphenyl, trimethylphenyl, tetramethylphenyl, ethylphenyl, diethylphenyl, triethylphenyl, tetraethylphenyl, propylphenyl, dipropylphenyl, tripropylphenyl, tetrapropylphenyl, butylphenyl, dibutylphenyl, tributylphenyl, tetrabutylphenyl, hexylphenyl, dihexylphenyl, trihexylphenyl, tetrahexylphenyl, dimethylethylphenyl, dimethylpropylphenyl, dimethylbutylphenyl, dimethylpentylphenyl, dimethylhexylphenyl, diethylmethylphenyl, diethylpropylphenyl, diethylbutylphenyl, diethylpentylphenyl, diethylhexylphenyl, dipropylmethylphenyl, dipropylethylphenyl, dipropylbutylphenyl, dipropylpentylphenyl, dipropylhexylphenyl, dibutylmethylphenyl, dibutylethylphenyl, dibutylpropylphenyl, dibutylpentylphenyl, dibutylhexylphenyl, methylethylphenyl, methylpropylphenyl, methylbutylphenyl, methylpentylphenyl, methylhexylphenyl, ethylpropylphenyl, ethylbutylphenyl, ethylpentylphenyl, ethylhexylphenyl, propylbutylphenyl, propylpentylphenyl, propylhexylphenyl, butylpentylphenyl, butylhexylphenyl, methoxyphenyl, ethoxyphenyl, propoxyphenyl, butoxyphenyl, pentoxyphenyl, hexoxyphenyl, dimethoxyphenyl, phenoxyphenyl, methyhnethoxyphenyl, dimethylaminophenyl, dipropylaminophenyl, bis(dimethylamino)phenyl, methyl(dimethylamino)phenyl, trimethylsilylphenyl, trimethylgermylphenyl, trifluoromethylphenyl, bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl, trifluoromethoxyphenyl and the like; benzyl, and all isomers of hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, halogen, or polar substituted benzyl including: methylbenzyl, dimethylbenzyl, trimethylbenzyl, tetramethylbenzyl, ethylbenzyl, diethylbenzyl, triethylbenzyl, tetraethylbenzyl, propylbenzyl, dipropylbenzyl, tripropylbenzyl, tetrapropylbenzyl, butylbenzyl, dibutylbenzyl, tributylbenzyl, tetrabutylbenzyl, hexylbenzyl, dihexylbenzyl, trihexylbenzyl, tetrahexylbenzyl, dimethylethylbenzyl, dimethylpropylbenzyl, dimethylbutylbenzyl, dimethylpentylbenzyl, dimethylhexylbenzyl, diethylmethylbenzyl, diethylpropylbenzyl, diethylbutylbenzyl, diethylpentylbenzyl, diethylhexylbenzyl, dipropylmethylbenzyl, dipropylethylbenzyl, dipropylbutylbenzyl, dipropylpentylbenzyl, dipropylhexylbenzyl, dibutylmethylbenzyl, dibutylethylbenzyl, dibutylpropylbenzyl, dibutylpentylbenzyl, dibutylhexylbenzyl, methylethylbenzyl, methylpropylbenzyl, methylbutylbenzyl, methylpentylbenzyl, methylhexylbenzyl, ethylpropylbenzyl, ethylbutylbenzyl, ethylpentylbenzyl, ethylhexylbenzyl, propylbutylbenzyl, propylpentylbenzyl, propylhexylbenzyl, butylpentylbenzyl, butylhexylbenzyl, methoxybenzyl, ethoxybenzyl, propoxybenzyl, butoxybenzyl, pentoxybenzyl, hexoxybenzyl, dimethoxybenzyl, phenoxybenzyl, methylmethoxybenzyl, dimethylaminobenzyl, dipropylaminobenzyl, bis(dimethylamino)benzyl, methyl(dimethylamino)benzyl, trifluoromethylbenzyl, bis(trifluoromethylbenzyl), trifluoromethyoxybenzyl, trimethylsilylbenzyl, bis(trimethylsilyl)benzyl, trimethylgermylbenzyl and the like; all isomers of polycyclic areneyls, and all isomers of hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, halogen, or polar substituted polycyclic areneyls including: aceanthrylenyl, acenaphthylene, acephenanthrylenyl, anthracenyl, azulenyl, biphenylenyl, chrysenyl, coronenyl, fluoranthenyl, fluorenyl, heptacenyl, heptalenyl, heptaphenyl, hexacenyl, hexaphenyl, αs-indacenyl, s-indecenyl, indenyl, naphthalenyl, ovalenyl, pentacenyl, pentalenyl, pentaphenyl, perylenyl, phenalenyl, phenanthrenyl, picenyl, pleiadenyl, pyranthrenyl, pyrenyl, rubicenyl, naphthacenyl, tetraphenylenyl, trinaphthylenyl, triphenylenyl, hexahelicenyl, dibenza[α,/z]anthracenyl, indanyl, cholanthrenyl, aceanthrenyl, acephenanthrenyl, 1 ,2,3 ,4-tetrahydronaphthalenyl, 5 ,6-didehydroazulenyl, 1 ,4-dihydronaphthalenyl, 5iJ-cyclobut[e]indenyl, cyclohepta[/A:]phenanthrenyl, benz[e] acephenanthrylenyl, octalenyl, pentalene[l,6-crf]pentalenyl, cyclobut[c]indenyl, cyclopenta[/]phenanthrene, naphtha[2,l,8-cde]azulene, fullerenyl and the like; all isomers of substituted ring assemblies, and all isomers of hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, halogen, or polar substituted ring assemblies including: biphenyl, terphenyl, binaphthyl, binorbornenyl, phenyl-terphenyl, phenyl-naphthyl, phenyl- anthracenyl, phenyl-phenanthrenyl, bianthracenyl, biphenanthrenyl, and the like; all isomers of bridged monocyclic and polycyclic arenyls, and all isomers of hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, halogen, or polar substituted bridged monocyclic and polycyclic arenyls including: 1,1-diphenylmethano, 1,2-diphenylethano, 1,2- diphenyletheno, 1,2-dinaphthylethano, 1,2-dinaphthyletheno, 1,1- dinaphthylmethano, 1,1-dianthracenylmethano, 1,2-dianthracenylethano, 1,2- dianthracenyletheno and the like; all isomers of heterocycles, and all isomers of hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, halogen, or polar substituted heterocycles including: acridarsinyl, acridinyl, acridophosphinyl, lH-acrindorinyl, anthrazinyl, anthyridinyl, arsanthridinyl, arsindolyl, arsindolizinyl, arsinolinyl, arsinolizinyl, benzofuranyl, carbazolyl, β-carbolinyl, chromenyl, thiochromenyl, cinnolinyl, furanyl, imidazolyl, indazolyl, indolyl, indolizinyl, isoarsindolyl, isoarsinolinyl, isobenzofuranyl, isochromenyl, isothiochromenyl, isoindolyl, isophosphindolyl, isophosphinolinyl, isoquinolinyl, isothiazolyl, isoxazolyl, naphthyridinyl, oxazolyl, perimidinyl, phenanthrazinyl, phenanthridinyl, phenanthrolinyl, phenazinyl, phosphanthridinyl, phosphindolyl, phosphindolizinyl, phosphinolizinyl, phthalazinyl, pteridinyl, phthaloperinyl, purinyl, pyranyl, thiopyranal, pyrazinyl, pyrazolyl, pyridazinyl, pyridinyl, pyrindinyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrrolyl, pyrrolizinyl, quinazolinyl, quindolinyl, lH-quinindolinyl, quinolinyl, quinolizinyl, quinoxalinyl, selenophenyl, thebenidinyl, thiazolyl, thiophenyl, triphenodioxazinyl, triphenodithiazinyl, xanthenyl, chromanyl, thiochromanyl, indolinyl, isochromanyl, isothiochromanyl, isoindolinyl, bipyridyl, pyrido[2,l,6- Je]quinolizinyl and the like.
[0088] When R" a C2-C100 substituted, unsaturated or partially unsaturated, linear or branched alicyclic hydrocarbyl substituent, non-limiting examples of R" include all isomers of alkenes and all isomers of hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, halogen, or polar group substituted alkenes including: ethenyl, propenyl, butenyl, pentenyl, hexenyl, heptenyl, octenyl, nonenyl, decenyl, undecenyl, dodecenyl, tridecenyl, tetradecenyl, pentadecenyl, hexadecenyl, heptadecenyl, octadecenyl, nonadecenyl, eicosenyl, heneicosenyl, docosenyl, tricosenyl, tetracosenyl, pentacosenyl, hexacosenyl, heptacosenyl, octacosenyl, nonacosenyl, triacontenyl, butadienyl, pentadienyl, hexadienyl, heptadienyl, octadienyl, nonadienyl, decadienyl, undecadienyl, dodecadienyl, tridecadienyl, tetradecadienyl, pentadecadienyl, hexadecadienyl, heptadecadienyl, octadecadienyl, nonadecadienyl, eicosadienyl, heneicosadienyl, docosadienyl, tricosadienyl, tetracosadienyl, pentacosadienyl, hexacosadienyl, heptacosadienyl, octacosadienyl, nonacosadienyl, triacontadienyl, hexatrienyl, heptatrienyl, octatrienyl, nonatrienyl, decatrienyl, undecatrienyl, dodecatrienyl, tridecatrienyl, tetradecatrienyl, pentadecatrienyl, hexadecatrienyl, heptadecatrienyl, octadecatrienyl, nonadecatrienyl, eicosatrienyl, heneicosatrienyl, docosatrienyl, tricosatrienyl, tetracosatrienyl, pentacosatrienyl, hexacosatrienyl, heptacosatrienyl, octacosatrienyl, nonacosatrienyl, triacontatrienyl, octatetrenyl, nonatetrenyl, decatetrenyl, undecatetrenyl, dodecatetrenyl, tridecatetrenyl, tetradecatetrenyl, pentadecatetrenyl, hexadecatetrenyl, heptadecatetrenyl, octadecatetrenyl, nonadecatetrenyl, eicosatetrenyl, heneicosatetrenyl, docosatetrenyl, tricosatetrenyl, tetracosatetrenyl, pentacosatetrenyl, hexacosatetrenyl, heptacosatetrenyl, octacosatetrenyl, nonacosatetrenyl, triacontatetrenyl, decapentaenyl, undecapentaenyl, dodecapentaenyl, tridecapentaenyl, tetradecapentaenyl, pentadecapentaenyl, hexadecapentaenyl, heptadecapentaenyl, octadecapentaenyl, nonadecapentaenyl, eicosapentaenyl, heneicosapentaenyl, docosapentaenyl, tricosapentaenyl, tetracosapentaenyl, pentacosapentaenyl, hexacosapentaenyl, heptacosapentaenyl, octacosapentaenyl, nonacosapentaenyl, triacontapentaenyl, dodecahexaenyl, tridecahexaenyl, tetradecahexaenyl, pentadecahexaenyl, hexadecahexaenyl, heptadecahexaenyl, octadecahexaenyl, nonadecahexaenyl, eicosahexaenyl, heneicosahexaenyl, docosahexaenyl, tricosahexaenyl, tetracosahexaenyl, pentacosahexaenyl, hexacosahexaenyl, heptacosahexaenyl, octacosahexaenyl, nonacosahexaenyl, triacontahexaenyl, tetradecaheptaenyl, pentadecaheptaenyl, hexadecaheptaenyl, heptadecaheptaenyl, octadecaheptaenyl, nonadecaheptaenyl, eicosaheptaenyl, heneicosaheptaenyl, docosaheptaenyl, tricosaheptaenyl, tetracosaheptaenyl, pentacosaheptaenyl, hexacosaheptaenyl, heptacosaheptaenyl, octacosaheptaenyl, nonacosaheptaenyl, triacontaheptaenyl, hexadecaoctaenyl, heptadecaoctaenyl, octadecaoctaenyl, nonadecaoctaenyl, eicosaoctaenyl, heneicosaoctaenyl, docosaoctaenyl, tricosaoctaenyl, tetracosaoctaenyl, pentacosaoctaenyl, hexacosaoctaenyl, heptacosaoctaenyl, octacosaoctaenyl, nonacosaoctaenyl, triacontaoctaenyl, octadecanonaenyl, nonadecanonaenyl, eicosanonaenyl, heneicosanonaenyl, docosanonaenyl, tricosanonaenyl, tetracosanonaenyl, pentacosanonaenyl, hexacosanonaenyl, heptacosanonaenyl, octacosanonaenyl, nonacosanonaenyl, triacontanonaenyl, eicosadecaenyl, heneicosadecaenyl, docosadecaenyl, tricosadecaenyl, tetracosadecaenyl, pentacosadecaenyl, hexacosadecaenyl, heptacosadecaenyl, octacosadecaenyl, nonacosadecaenyl, triacontadecaenyl, docosaundecaenyl, tricosaundecaenyl, tetracosaundecaenyl, pentacosaundecaenyl, hexacosaundecaenyl, heptacosaundecaenyl, octacosaundecaenyl, nonacosaundecaenyl, triacontaundecaenyl, tetracosadodecaenyl, pentacosadodecaenyl, hexacosadodecaenyl, heptacosadodecaenyl, octacosadodecaenyl, nonacosadodecaenyl, triacontadodecaenyl, hexacosatridecaenyl, heptacosatridecaenyl, octacosatridecaenyl, nonacosatridecaenyl, triacontatridecaenyl, octacosatetradecaenyl, nonacosatetradecaenyl, triacontatetradecaenyl, triacontapentadecaenyl, cyclopentylidene, cyclohexylidene, cycloheptylidene, cyclooctylidene, cyclononylidene, cyclodecylidene, cycloundecylidene, cyclododecylidene,and the like.
[0089] When R" is a C1-C10O substituted or unsubstituted saturated hydrocarbyl radical, non-limiting examples of R" include methyl, ethyl, and all isomers of propyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, nonyl, decyl, undecyl, dodecyl, tridecyl, tetradecyl, pentadecyl, hexadecyl, heptadecyl, octadecyl, nonadecyl, eicosyl, heneicosyl, docosyl, tricosyl, tetracosyl, pentacosyl, hexacosyl, heptacosyl, octacosyl, nonacosyl, and triacontyl; cyclopropyl, and all isomers of cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cycloheptyl, cyclooctyl, cyclononyl, cyclodecyl, cycloundecyl, cyclododecyl, cyclotridecyl, cyclotetradecyl, cyclopentadecyl, cyclohexadecyl, cycloheptadecyl, cyclooctadecyl, cyclononadecyl, cycloeicosyl, cycloheneicosyl, cyclodocosyl, cyclotricosyl, cyclotetracosyl, cyclopentacosyl, cyclohexacosyl, cycloheptacosyl, cyclooctacosyl, cyclononacosyl, and cyclotriacontyl; all isomers of norbornyl, adamantyl, cubanyl, prismanyl, and spiro[4,5]decanyl; pefluoromethyl, perfluoroethyl, and all isomers of perfluoropropyl, perfluorobutyl, perfluoropentyl, perfluorohexyl, perfluoroheptyl, perfluorooctyl, perfluorononyl, perfluorodecyl, perfluoroundecyl, perfluorododecyl, perfluorotridecyl, perfluorotetradecyl, perfluoropentadecyl, perfluorohexadecyl, perfluoroheptadecyl, perfluorooctadecyl, perfluorononadecyl, perfluoroeicosyl, perfluoroheneicosyl, perfluorodocosyl, perfluorotricosyl, perfluorotetracosyl, perfluoropentacosyl, perfluorohexacosyl, perfluoroheptacosyl, perfluorooctacosyl, perfluorononacosyl, and perfluorotriacontyl; fluoromethyl, and all isomers of fluoroethyl, fluoropropyl, fluorobutyl, fluoropentyl, fluorohexyl, fluoroheptyl, fluorooctyl, fluorononyl, fluorodecyl, perfluoroundecyl, fluorododecyl, fluorotridecyl, fluorotetradecyl, fluoropentadecyl, fluorohexadecyl, fluoroheptadecyl, fluorooctadecyl, fluorononadecyl, fluoroeicosyl, fluoroheneicosyl, fluorodocosyl, fluorotricosyl, fluorotetracosyl, fluoropentacosyl, fluorohexacosyl, fluoroheptacosyl, fluorooctacosyl, fluorononacosyl, and fluorotriacontyl; methoxymethyl, ethoxymethyl, and all isomers of methoxyethyl, methoxypropyl, methoxybutyl, methoxypentyl, methoxyhexyl, methoxyheptyl, methoxyoctyl, methoxynonyl, methoxydecyl, methoxyundecyl, methoxydodecyl, methoxytridecyl, methoxytetradecyl, methoxypentadecyl, methoxyhexadecyl, methoxyheptadecyl, methoxyoctadecyl, methoxynonadecyl, methoxyeicosyl, methoxyheneicosyl, methoxydocosyl, methoxytricosyl, methoxytetracosyl, methoxypentacosyl. methoxyhexacosyl, methoxyheptacosyl, methoxyoctacosyl, methoxynonacosyl, methoxytriacontyl, ethoxyethyl, ethoxypropyl, ethoxybutyl, ethoxypentyl, ethoxyhexyl, ethoxyheptyl, ethoxyoctyl, ethoxynonyl, ethoxydecyl, ethoxyundecyl, ethoxydodecyl, ethoxytridecyl, ethoxytetradecyl, ethoxypentadecyl, ethoxyhexadecyl, ethoxyheptadecyl, ethoxyoctadecyl, ethoxynonadecyl, ethoxyeicosyl, ethoxyheneicosyl, ethoxydocosyl, ethoxytricosyl, ethoxytetracosyl, ethoxypentacosyl, ethoxyhexacosyl, ethoxyheptacosyl, ethoxyoctacosyl, ethoxynonacosyl, ethoxytriacontyl, propoxymethyl, propoxyethyl, propoxypropyl, propoxybutyl, propoxypentyl, propoxyhexyl, propoxyheptyl, propoxyoctyl, propoxynonyl, propoxydecyl, propoxyundecyl, propoxydodecyl, propoxytridecyl, propoxytetradecyl, propoxypentadecyl, propoxyhexadecyl, propoxyheptadecyl, propoxyoctadecyl, propoxynonadecyl, propoxyeicosyl, propoxyheneicosyl, propoxydocosyl, propoxytricosyl, propoxytetracosyl, propoxypentacosyl, propoxyhexacosyl, propoxyheptacosyl, propoxyoctacosyl, propoxynonacosyl, propoxytriacontyl, butoxymethyl, butoxyethyl, butoxypropyl, butoxybutyl, butoxypentyl, butoxyhexyl, butoxyheptyl, butoxyoctyl, butoxynonyl, butoxydecyl, butoxyundecyl, butoxydodecyl, butoxytridecyl, butoxytetradecyl, butoxypentadecyl, butoxyhexadecyl, butoxyheptadecyl, butoxyoctadecyl, butoxynonadecyl, butoxyeicosyl, butoxyheneicosyl, butoxydocosyl, butoxytricosyl, butoxytetracosyl, butoxypentacosyl, butoxyhexacosyl, butoxyheptacosyl, butoxyoctacosyl, butoxynonacosyl, and butoxytriacontyl; dimethylaminomethyl, and all isomers of dimethylaminoethyl, dimethylaminopropyl, dimethylaminobutyl, dimethylaminopentyl, dimethylaminohexyl, dimethylaminoheptyl, dimethylaminooctyl, dimethylaminononyl, dimethylaminodecyl, dimethylaminoundecyl, dimethylaminododecyl, dimethylaminotridecyl, dimethylaminotetradecyl, dimethylaminopentadecyl, dimethylaminohexadecyl, dimethylaminoheptadecyl, dimethylaminooctadecyl, dimethylaminononadecyl, dimethylaminoeicosyl, dimethylaminoheneicosyl, dimethylaminodocosyl, dimethylaminotricosyl, dimethylaminotetracosyl, dimethylaminopentacosyl, dimethylaminohexacosyl, dimethylaminoheptacosyl, dimethylaminooctacosyl, dimethylaminononacosyl, and dimethylaminotriacontyl; trimethylsilylmethyl, and all isomers of trimethylsilylethyl, trimethylsilylpropyl, trimethylsilylbutyl, trimethylsilylpentyl, trimethylsilylhexyl, trimethylsilylheptyl, trimethylsilyloctyl, trimethylsilylnonyl, trimethylsilyldecyl, trimethylsilylundecyl, trimethylsilyldodecyl, trimethylsilyltridecyl, trimethylsilyltetradecyl, trimethylsilylpentadecyl, trimethylsilylhexadecyl, trimethylsilylheptadecyl, trimethylsilyloctadecyl, trimethylsilylnonadecyl, trimethylsilyleicosyl, trimethylsilylheneicosyl, trimethylsilyldocosyl, trimethylsilyltricosyl, triniethylsilyltetracosyl, trimethylsilylpentacosyl, trimethylsilylhexacosyl, trimethylsilylheptacosyl, trimethylsilyloctacosyl, trimethylsilylnonacosyl, and trimethylsilyltriacontyl; trimethylgermylmethyl, and all isomers of trimethylgermylethyl, trimethylgermylpropyl, trimethylgermylbutyl, trimethylgermylpentyl, trimethylgermylhexyl, trimethylgermylheptyl, trimethylgermyloctyl, trimethylgermylnonyl, trimethylgermyldecyl, trimethylgermylundecyl, trimethylgermyldodecyl, triraethylgermyltridecyl, trimethylgermyltetradecyl, trimethylgermylpentadecyl, trimethylgermylhexadecyl, trimethylgermylheptadecyl, trimethylgermyloctadecyl, trimethylgermylnonadecyl, trimethylgermyleicosyl, trimethylgermylheneicosyl, trimethylgermyldocosyl, trimethylgermyltricosyl, trimethylgermyltetracosyl, trimethylgermylpentacosyl, trimethylgermylhexacosyl, trimethylgermylheptacosyl, trimethylgermyloctacosyl, trimethylgermylnonacosyl, and trimethylgermyltriacontyl
[0090] Preferably, R" is selected from methyl, ethyl, all propyl isomers, all butyl isomers, phenyl, benzyl, phenethyl, 1-adamantyl, cyclododecyl, cyclohexyl and norbornyl.
[0091] hi a third embodiment, the invention provides a metallocene compound represented by the formula (1):
Figure imgf000038_0001
wherein
M is a Group 3, 4, 5 or 6 transition metal atom, or a lanthanide metal atom, or actinide metal atom, and preferably is a Group 4 transition metal selected from titanium, zirconium and hafiαium;
E is a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic arene ligand pi-bonded to M;
A is a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic arene ligand pi- bonded to M;
at least one of A and E has at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp2 carbon atom at a bondable ring postion of the associated ligand;
Y is bonded to any single bondable ring position of A and to any single bondable ring position of an aromatic six-membered ring of E, and is a bridging group containing a Group 13, 14, 15, or 16 element; and
each X is a univalent anionic ligand, or two X are joined and bound to the metal atom to form a metallocycle ring, or two X are joined to form a chelating ligand, a diene ligand, or an alkylidene ligand. [0092] Conveniently, E is a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand and
Y is connected to the four, five, six or seven position of the indenyl ligand. Conveniently, A is also a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand.
[0093] Alternatively, E is a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand and Y is connected to the one, two, three, four, five, six, seven or eight position of the fluorenyl ligand. Conveniently, A is also a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand.
[0094] Conveniently, Y is a bridging group containing boron or a Group
14, 15 or 16 element. Examples of suitable bridging groups include S, O, NR', PR', AsR', SbR', O-O, S-S, R'N-NR', RT-PR', O-S, 0-NR', O-PR', S-NR', S- PR', P(=S)R', R'N-PR', R'2C, R'2Si, R'2Ge, R'2CCR'2, R'2CCR'2CR'2, R'2CCR'2CR'2CR'2, R5C=CR', R'C=CR'CR'2, R'2CCR'=CR'CR'2, R'C=CR'CR'=CR', R'C=CR'CR'2CR'2, R'2CSiR'2, R'2SiSiR'2, R'2CSiR'2CR'2, R'2SiCR'2SiR'2, R'C=CR'SiR'2, R'2CGeR'2, R'2GeGeR'2, R'2CGeR'2CR'2, R'2GeCR'2GeR'2, R'2SiGeR'2, R'C=CR'GeR'2, R'B, R'2C-BR', R'2C-BR'- CR'2, R'2C-O-CR'2, R'2CR'2C-O-CR'2CR'2, R'2C-O-CR'2CR'2, R'2C-O- CR'=CR\ R'2C-S-CR'2, R'2CR'2C-S-CR'2CR'2, R'2C-S-CR'2CR'2, R'2C-S- CR'=CR', R'2C-Se-CR'2, R'2CR'2C-Se-CR'2CR'2, R'2C-Se-CR'2CR'2, R'2C- Se-CR'=CR', R'2C-N=CR', R'2C-NR'-CR'2, R'2C-NR'-CR'2CR'2, R'2C-NR'- CR'=CR\ R'2CR'2C-NR'-CR'2CR'2, R'2C-P=CR', and R'2C-PR'-CR'2 where R' is hydrogen or a C1-C20 containing hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl or germylcarbyl substituent and optionally two or more adjacent R' may join to form a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic, cyclic or polycyclic substituent. Preferred examples for the bridging group Y include S, O, NPh, PPh, P(=S)Ph, NMe, PMe, NEt, PEt, NPr, PPr, NBu, PBu, N-Ph-p-Me, P-Ph-p-Me, CH2, CH2CH2, CH(CH3)2, SiMe2, SiPh2, SiMePh, Si(CH2)3, and SiCCH2)4. [0095] Preferably, the or each halogen substituent is a chloro, bromo or iodo substituent, and more preferably is a chloro or bromo substituent. [0096] In a fourth embodiment, the invention provides a metallocene compound represented by the formula (2):
Figure imgf000040_0001
or formula (3):
Figure imgf000041_0001
or formula (4):
Figure imgf000041_0002
or formula (5):
Figure imgf000042_0001
or formula (6):
Figure imgf000042_0002
or formula (7):
Figure imgf000043_0001
wherein
M is a group 3, 4, 5 or 6 transition metal atom, or a lanthanide metal atom, or actinide metal atom, preferably a Group 4 transition metal atom selected from titanium, zirconium or hafnium;
R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are, independently, hydrogen, or a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halogen, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, substituted silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, substituted germylcarbyl, or other heteroatom substituents wherein the heteroatom is boron, a Group 14 atom that is not carbon, a Group 15 atom, or a Group 16 atom, preferably boron, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, or sulfur, and adjacent R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 may be joined together to form a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated, partially unsaturated, or aromatic cyclic or polycyclic substituent; Y is bonded to the indicated ring system and to any single bondable ring position of A, and is abridging group containing a Group 13, 14, 15, or 16 element;
A is a substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentadienyl ligand, a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand, or a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand, and
each X is a univalent anionic ligand, or two X are joined and bound to the metal atom to form a metallocycle ring, or two X are joined to form a chelating ligand, a diene ligand, or an alkylidene ligand;
provided that at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 is a halogen substituent or A includes at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp carbon atom at a bondable ring position of the ligand.
[0097] Conveniently, Y is a bridging group containing boron or a Group
14, 15 or 16 element. Examples of suitable bridging groups include S, O, NR', PR', AsR', SbR', 0-0, S-S, R'N-NR', RT-PR', O-S, 0-NR', O-PR', S-NR', S- PR', P(=S)R', R'N-PR', R'2C, R'2Si, R'2Ge, R'2CCR'2, R'2CCR'2CR'2, R'2CCR'2CR'2CR'2, R5C=CR', R'C=CR'CR'2, R'2CCR'=CR'CR'2, R'C=CR'CR'=CR', R'C=CR'CR'2CR'2, R'2CSiR'2, R'2SiSiR'2, R'2CSiR'2CR'2, R'2SiCR'2SiR'2, R'C=CR'SiR'2, R'2CGeR'2, R'2GeGeR'2, R'2CGeR'2CR'2, R'2GeCR'2GeR'2, R'2SiGeR'2, R'C=CR'GeR'2, R5B, R'2C-BR', R'2C-BR'- CR5 2, R'2C-O-CR'2, R'2CR'2C-O-CR5 2CR'2, R'2C-O-CR'2CR'2, R'2C-O- CR'=CR', R'2C-S-CR'2, R'2CR'2C-S-CR'2CR5 2, R'2C-S-CR'2CR'2, R'2C-S- CR'=CR', R'2C-Se-CR'2, R'2CR'2C-Se-CR'2CR'2, R'2C-Se-CR'2CR'2, R'2C- Se-CR'=CR', R'2C-N=CR', R'2C-NR'-CR'2, R'2C-NR'-CR'2CR'2, R'2C-NR'- CR'=CR', R'2CR'2C-NR'-CR'2CR'2, R'2C-P=CR', and R'2C-PR'-CR'2 where R' is hydrogen or a C1-C2O containing hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl or germylcarbyl substituent and optionally two or more adjacent R' may join to form a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic, cyclic or polycyclic substituent. Preferred examples for the bridging group Y include S, O, NPh, PPh, P(=S)Ph, NMe, PMe, NEt, PEt, NPr, PPr, NBu, PBu, N-Ph-p-Me, P-Ph-p-Me, CH2, CH2CH2, CH(CHs)2, SiMe2, SiPh2, SiMePh, Si(CH2)3, and Si(CH2)4. [0098] The at least one halogen substituent is a chloro, bromo or iodo substituent, and more preferably is a chloro or bromo substituent. [0099] Examples of metallocene compounds according to the present invention include:
4,4'-oxadiyl-bis(7-bromo-l -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,4'-oxadiyl-bis(7-chloro- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,4'-oxadiyl-bis(7-iodo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-chloro- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-iodo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis(6-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis(5-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis(3 -bromoindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis(2-bromoindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis( 1 -bromoindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dibromide, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium difluoride, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium diiodide, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dihydride, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)dimethylzirconium, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)dimethoxyzirconium, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)bis(dimethylamino)zirconium, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)( 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-(7-chloro- 1 -phenylindenyl)(l -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-(7-iodo- 1 -phenylindenyl)(l -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-(6-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)(l -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-(5 -bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)(l -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-(3-bromoindenyl)(l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindenyl)(l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-(l-bromoindenyl)(l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)( 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dibromide, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)( 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium difluoride, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)( 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium diiodide, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)( 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dihydride, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)( 1 -phenylindenyl)dimethylzirconium, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)(l -phenylindenyl)dimethoxyzirconium, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)( 1 -phenylindenyl)bis(dimethylamino) zirconium, sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-l-phenylinden-4-yl)(2,3,4,5-tetramethylcyclopentadienyl) zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromo- 1 -phenylinden-4-yl)(cyclopentadienyl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromo- 1 -phenylinden-4-yl)(3 -methylcyclopentadienyl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromo- 1 -phenylinden-4-yl)(3 -tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromo- 1 -phenylinden-4-yl)(3 -trimethylsilylcyclop entadienyl) zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-l-phenylinden-4-yl)(3-phenylcyclopentadienyl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-l-phenylinden-4-yl)(3-[4-bromophenyl]cyclopentadienyl) zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(inden-4-yl)(3-[4-bromophenyl]cyclopentadienyl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoinden-4-yl)(fluoren- 1 -yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(inden-4-yl)(4-bromofluoren- 1 -yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoinden-4-yl)(fluoren-2-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoinden-4-yl)(fluoren-3-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoinden-4-yl)(fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(inden-4-yl)(l -bromofluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(inden-4-yl)(2-bromofluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, 4, 1 '-sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindenyl)(indenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,2'-sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindenyl) (indenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,1 '-sulfandiyl-(indenyl)(2-bromoindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4, 1 '-sulfandiyl-(indenyl)(2-chloromdenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4, 1 '-sulfandiyl-(indenyl)(2-iodoindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4, 1 '-sulfandiyl-(indenyl)(4-bromoindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4, 1 '-sulfandiyl-(indenyl)(4-chloroindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4, 1 '-sulfandiyl-(indenyl)(4-iodoindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4, 1 '-sulfandiyl-(indenyl)(2-[4-bromophenyl]indenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4, 1 '-sulfandiyl-(indenyl)(2-[4-chlorophenyl]indenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4, 1 '-sulfandiyl-(mdenyl)(2-[4-iodophenyl]indenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-phenylphosphindiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-phenylphosphindiyl-bis(7-chloro- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-phenylphosphindiyl-bis(7-iodo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-(4-bromophenyl)phosphindiyl-bis(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, phenylphosphindiyl-(7-bromo-l-phenylinden-4-yl)(cyclopentadienyl)zirconium dichloride, phenylphosphindiyl-(7-bromo-l-phenylinden-4-yl)(3-methylcyclopentadienyl) zirconium dichloride, phenylphosphindiyl-(7-bromo-l-phenylinden-4-yl)(3-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl) zirconium dichloride, phenylphosphindiyl-(7-bromo- 1 -phenylinden-4-yl)(3 - trimethylsilylcyclopentadieny^zirconium dichloride, phenylphosphindiyl-(7-bromo-l-phenylinden-4-yl)(3-phenylcyclopentadienyl) zirconium dichloride, phenylphosphindiyl-(7-bromo- 1 -phenylinden-4-yl)(3 - [4-bromophenyl] cyclopentadieny^zirconium dichloride, phenylphosphindiyl-(inden-4-yl)(3-[4-bromophenyl]cyclopentadienyl)zirconium dichloride,
4, 1 '-phenylphosphindiyl-(7-bromoindenyl)(indenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,2'-phenylphosphindiyl-(7-bromoindenyl)(indenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4, 1 '-phenylphosphindiyl-(indenyl)(2-bromoindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4, 1 '-phenylphosphindiyl-(indenyl)(2-chloroindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4, 1 '-phenylphospMndiyl-(indenyl)(2-iodoindenyl)zircormirn dichloride,
4, 1 '-phenylphosphindiyl-(mdenyl)(4-bromoindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4, 1 '-phenylphosphindiyl-(mdenyl)(4-chloroindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4, 1 '-phenylphosphindiyl-(indenyl)(4-iodoindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,r-phenylphosphindiyl-(indenyl)(2-[4-bromophenyl]indenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,r-phenylphosphindiyl-(indenyl)(2-[4-chlorophenyl]indenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4, 1 '-phenylphosphindiyl-(indenyl)(2-[4-iodophenyl]mdenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-phenylphosphindiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dibromide,
4,4'-phenylphosphindiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium difluoride,
4,4'-phenylphosphindiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium diiodide,
4,41-phenylphosphindiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dihydride,
4,4'-phenylphosphindiyl-bis(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)dimethylzirconium,
4,4'-phenylphosphindiyl-bis(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)dimethoxyzirconium,
4,4'-phenylphosphindiyl-bis(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)bis(dimethylamino) zirconium,
4,4'-(4-bromophenyl)phosphindiyl-bis(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-(4-chlorophenyl)phosphindiyl-bis(7-chloro-l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-(4-fluorophenyl)phosphindiyl-bis(7-iodo-l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-(4-iodophenyl)phosphindiyl-bis(7-fluoro-l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo-2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromoindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromofluorenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo-2,6-dimethylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo-6-ethyl-2-methylmdenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo-5-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo-5-phenyl-2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo-2-methyl-6-o-tolylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis[7-bromo-2-methyl-6-(5-methylthien-2-yl)indenyl]zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis[7-bromo-2-methyl-6-(5-methylfur-2-yl)indenyl]zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis[7-bromo-2-metliyl-2-(2-benzotbienyl)indenyl]zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis[7-bromo-2-methyl-2-(2-benzofuryl)indenyl]zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis[7-bromo-2-methyl-2-(4-fluorophenyl)indenyl]zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-sulfandiyl-bis[7-bromo-2-methyl-2-(3- trifluoromethylphenyl)indenyl]zirconimn dichloride,
4,4'-methylazandiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-methylazandiyl-bis(7-chloro- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-methylazandiyl-bis(7-iodo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-phenylazandiyl-bis(7-chloro- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-phenylazandiyl-bis(7-iodo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-(thien-2-yl)azandiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-(5-chlorothien-2-yl)azandiyl-bis(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-(pyrid-2-yl)azandiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-(4-bromopyrid-2-yl)azandiyl-bis(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-(benzothien-3-yl)azandiyl-bis(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
5,5' -oxadiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
5,5' -oxadiyl-bis(7-chloro- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
5,5'-oxadiyl-bis(7-iodo-l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
5,5 ' -sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 5,5'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-chloro-l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
5,5' -sulfandiyl-bis(7-iodo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
5,5' -sulfandiyl-bis(6-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
5,5' -sulfandiyl-bis(5 -bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
5,5 '-sulfandiyl-bis(3-bromoindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
5,5 '-sulfandiyl-bis(2-bromoindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
5,5' -sulfandiyl-bis( 1 -bromoindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
5,5' -sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dibromide,
5,5' -sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium difluoride,
5,5' -sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium diiodide,
5,5'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dihydride,
5 ,5 '-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)dimethylzirconium,
5,5'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)dimethoxyzirconium,
5,5'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)bis(dimethylamino)zirconium,
5, 5'-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)(l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
5,5 '-sulfandiyl-(7-chloro- 1 -phenylindenyl)( 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
5,5 '-sulfandiy l-(7-iodo- 1 -phenylindenyl)(l -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
5,5 '-sulfandiyl-(6-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)( 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
5,5 '-sulfandiyl-(5-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)(l -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
5,5'-sulfandiyl-(3-bromomdenyl)(l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
5,5'-sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindenyl)(l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
5 , 5 '-sulfandiyl-( 1 -bromoindenyl)( 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
5,5 '-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)( 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dibromide,
5,5 '-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)(l -phenylindenyl)zirconium difluoride,
5,5' -sulfandiyl-(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)( 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium diiodide,
5,5'-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)(l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dihydride,
5,5'-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)(l-phenylindenyl)dimethylzirconium,
5,5' -sulfandiyl-(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)( 1 -phenylindenyl)dimethoxyzirconium,
5,5'-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)(l-phenylindenyl)bis(dimethylamino) zirconium,
4,5 ' -oxadiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,5 '-oxadiyl-bis(7-chloro- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,5'-oxadiyl-bis(7-iodo-l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,5'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,5 ' -sulfandiyl-bis(7-chloro- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,5 ' -sulfandiyl-bis(7-iodo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,5'-sulfandiyl-bis(6-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,5'-sulfandiyl-bis(5-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,5 '-sulfandiyl-bis(3-bromoindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,5 '-sulfandiyl-bis(2-bromoindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,5'-sulfandiyl-bis(l-bromomdenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,5 '-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dibromide,
4,5 ' -sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium difluoride,
4,5'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)zirconium diiodide,
4,5 '-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium dihydride,
4,5'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)dimethylzirconium,
4,5'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)dimethoxyzirconium,
4,5'-sulfandiyl-bis(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)bis(dimethylamino)zirconium,
4,5'-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)(l-phenylindenyl)zkconium dichloride,
4,5'-sulfandiyl-(7-chloro-l-phenylindenyl)(l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,5'-sulfandiyl-(7-iodo-l-phenylindenyl)(l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,5'-sulfandiyl-(6-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)(l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,5'-sulfandiyl-(5-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)(l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,5'-sulfandiyl-(3-bromoindenyl)(l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,5 '-sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindenyl)(l -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,5 '-sulfandiyl-(l -bromoindenyl)(l -phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,5'-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-l-phenylmdenyl)(l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dibromide,
4,5'-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)(l-phenylindenyl)zirconium difluoride,
4,5 '-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo- 1 -phenylindenyl)( 1 -phenylindenyl)zirconium diiodide,
4,5'-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)(l-phenylindenyl)zirconium dihydride,
4,5'-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)(l-phenylkιdenyl)dimethylzirconiuni,
4,5'-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)(l-phenylindenyl)dimethoxyzirconium, 4,5'-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-l-phenylindenyl)(l-phenylindenyl)bis(dimethylamino) zirconium,
4,4'-sulfandiyl-(2-[5-bromonaphth-l-yl]indenyl)(indenyl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-2-methylinden-4-yl)(2-bromo-5-methylcyclopenta[έ]thien-3- yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-2-methylinden-4-yl)(5-methylcyclopenta[δ]thien-3- yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-methylmden-4-yl)(2-bromo-5-methylcyclopenta[b]thien-3- yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-2-methyilnden-4-yl)(3-chlorocyclopenta[c]thien-l- yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-2-methylinden-4-yl)(cyclopenta[b] [ 1 Jbenzothien- 1 - yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-2-methylmden-4-yl)(5-methylcyclopenta[έ]fur-3- yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-2-methylinden-4-yl)(l,5-dimethylcyclopenta[έ]pyrrol-3- yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-2-methylinden-4-yl)(l,5-dimethylcyclopenta[b]phosphol-3- yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-2-methylinden-4-yl)(5-bromo-4-methylcyclopenta[έ]indol-l- yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-2-methylinden-4-yl)(cyclopenta[b]pyrid-4-yl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-2-methylindenyl)(l-dimethylamino-l-boratabenzene) zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-2-methylindenyl)(3-dimethylamino-l,3- benzothiaborollide)zirconium dichloride,
4,3 '-sulfandiyl-(7-bromo-2-methylindenyl)(2-dimethylamino- 1 ,2- thiaborollide)zirconium dichloride,
4,4 ' -sulfandiyl-bz.s'(7-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-c]pyridyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4 ' -sulfandiyl-δz5'(3 -bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-c]pyridyl)zirconium dichloride,
6,6'-sulfandiyl-bw(7-bromoindeno[l,2-c]pyridyl)zirconium dichloride, ,6' -sulfandiyl-έzs(3 -bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-c]pyridyl)zirconium dichloride, ,9'-sulfandiyl-6z5(7-bromoindeno[l,2-c]pyridyl)zirconium dichloride ,9'-sulfandiyl-&w(3-bromoindeno[l,2-c]pyridyl)zirconium dichloride, ,6'-sulfandiyl-όz5(7-bromoindeno[l,2-c]pyridyl)zirconium dichloride, ,6'-sulfandiyl-δz5(3-bromoindeno[l,2-c]pyridyl)zirconmm dichloride, ,9'-sulfandiyl-6z5(7-bromoindeno[l,2-c]pyridyl)zirconium dichloride, ,9'-sulfandiyl-δ/5(3-bromomdeno[l,2-c]pyridyl)zirconium dichloride, ,9'-sulfandiyl-&?5(7-bromoindeno[l,2-c]pyridyl)zirconium dichloride, ,9'-sulfandiyl-έw(3-bromoindeno[l,2-c]pyridyl)zirconium dichloride, ,4'-sulfandiyl-6z5(7-bromoindeno[l,2-c]phosphinyl)zirconium dichloride, ,5' -sulfandiyl-ό/5(2-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-b] thienyl)zirconium dichloride, , 5 '-sulfandiyl-δz5(6-bromoindeno[l,2-b]thienyl)zirconium dichloride ,8'-sulfandiyl-bz5(2-bromoindeno[l,2-b]thienyl)zirconium dichloride, ,8'-sulfandiyl-δz.s'(6-bromoindeno[l,2-b]thienyl)zirconium dichloride, ,5'-sulfandiyl-bw(2-bromoindeno[l,2-&]thienyl)zirconium dichloride, ,5 '-sulfandiyl-tø(6-bromoindeno[l ,2-&]thienyl)zirconium dichloride, ,8' -sulfandiyl-bz5(2-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-b] thienyl)zirconium dichloride, ,8' -sulfandiyl-bz5(6-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-Z?]thienyl)zirconium dichloride, ,8' -sulfandiyl-Z»z5(2-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-b] thienyl)zirconium dichloride, ,8' -sulfandiyl-έw(6-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-b] thienyl)zirconium dichloride ,4'-sulfandiyl-6z5(2-bromoindeno[2, 1 -&]thienyl)zirconium dichloride, ,4'-sulfandiyl-όz5(6-bromoindeno[2, 1 -έ]thienyl)zirconium dichloride, ,7'-sulfandiyl-δz5(2-bromoindeno[2,l-δ]thienyl)zirconium dichloride, ,7'-sulfandiyl-&z,s(6-bromoindeno[2,l-b]thienyl)zirconium dichloride, ,4'-sulfandiyl-όz5r(2-bromoindeno[2,l-δ]thienyl)zirconium dichloride, ,4'-sulfandiyl-&z5(6-bromoindeno[2,l-δ]thienyl)zirconium dichloride, ,7'-sulfandiyl-&z5(2-bromoindeno[2,l-ό]thienyl)zirconium dichloride, ,7'-sulfandiyl-bz5i(6-bromoindeno[2,l-έ]thienyl)zirconium dichloride, ,7'-sulfandiyl-Z)Z5(2-bromoindeno[2,l-&]thienyl)zirconium dichloride, ,7'-sulfandiyl-Z>z5(6-bromoindeno[2,l-6]thienyl)zirconium dichloride, ,7 ' -sulfandiyl-δz5(3 -bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-c]thienyl)zirconium dichloride, ,7'-sulfandiyl-όz5(6-bromoindeno[l,2-c]thienyl)zirconium dichloride, 1,7' -sulfandiyl-6 is(3 -bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-c] thienyl)zirconium dichloride,
1,7' -sulfandiyl-6w(6-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-c]thienyl)zirconium dichloride,
3 ,7 ' -sulfandiyl-Z?z,s(l -bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-c]thienyl)zirconium dichloride,
3,7'-sulfandiyl-6z5(6-bromoindeno[l,2-c]thienyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,7 ' -sulfanόiyl-bis(3 -bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-c] thienyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,7'-sulfandiyl-&/5(6-bromoindeno[l,2-c]thienyl)zirconium dichloride,
5,5' -sulfandiyl-ό w(2-bromomdeno [ 1 ,2-b] furyl)zirconium dichloride,
5,5' -sulfandiyl-6zs(6-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-b] furyl)zirconium dichloride,
8,8' -sulfandiyl-&z5(2-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-b] ruryl)zirconium dichloride,
8,8' -sulfandiyl-tø(6-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-b] furyl)zirconium dichloride,
3,5' -sulfandiyl-όzs(2-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-b] furyl)zirconium dichloride,
3,5' -sulfandiyl-όώCβ-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-b] furyl)zirconium dichloride,
3 , 8 ' -sulfandiyl-δzs(2-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-b] ruryl)zirconium dichloride,
3,8' -sulfandiyl-tø(6-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-b] furyl)zirconium dichloride,
5,8' -sulfandiyl-έz5(2-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-b] furyl)zirconium dichloride,
5,8' -sulfandiyl-δzs(6-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-b] ruryl)zirconium dichloride,
6,6'-sulfandiyl-έz5(2-bromo-5-methylindeno[l,2-έ]indolyl)zirconium dichloride,
6,6'-sulfandiyl-άώ(8-bromo-5-methylindeno[l,2-&]indolyl)zirconium dichloride,
9,9'-sulfandiyl-&z5'(2-bromo-5-methylindeno[l,2-&]mdolyl)zirconium dichloride,
9,9'-sulfandiyl-&z" 1s'(8-bromo-5-methylindeno[l,2-&]indolyl)zirconium dichloride,
6,9'-sulfandiyl-&z5(2-bromo-5-methylindeno[ 1 ,2-Z?]indolyl)zirconium dichloride,
6,9'-sulfandiyl-&z5(8-bromo-5-methylindeno[l,2-έ]indolyl)zirconium dichloride,
7,7'-sulfandiyl-δw(8-bromo-5-methylindeno[2,l-b]indolyl)zirconmm dichloride,
7,7'-sulfandiyl-όz>s:(3-bromo-5-methylindeno[2,l-b]indolyl)zirconium dichloride,
10, 10'-sulfandiyl-δzs(8-bromo-5-methylindeno[2, 1 -ό]indolyl)zirconium dichloride,
10,10' -sulfandiyl-tøQ -bromo-5 -methylindeno [2, 1 -b] indolyl)zirconium dichloride,
7,10' -sulfandiyl-έ w(8-bromo-5 -methylindeno [2, 1 -b] indolyl)zirconium dichloride,
7,10' -sulfandiyl-όz5'(3 -bromo-5 -methylindeno [2, 1 -b] indolyl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromo-5-methylcyclopenta[δ]thien-3-yl)(fluoren-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromo-5-methylcyclopenta[b]thien-3-yl)(fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(3-chlorocyclopenta[c]thien-l-yl)(inden-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(3-chlorocyclopenta[c]thien-l-yl)(fluoren-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(3-chlorocyclopenta[c]thien- 1 -yl)(fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno[l,2-c]pyrid-4-yl)(cyclopentadienyl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno[l,2-c]pyrid-4-yl)(inden-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno[l,2-c]pyrid-4-yl)(inden-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno[ 1 ,2-c]pyrid-4-yl)(fluoren-9-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-c]pyrid-4-yl)(fluoren- 1 -yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-c]pyrid-4-yl)(fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-c]pyrid-6-yl)(cyclopentadienyl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno[ 1 ,2-c]pyrid-6-yl)(inden- 1 -yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno[l,2-c]pyrid-6-yl)(inden-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno[l,2-c]pyrid-6-yl)(fluoren-9-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno[l,2-c]pyrid-6-yl)(fluoren-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-c]pyrid-6-yl)(fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-c]pyrid-9-yl)(cyclopentadienyl)zirconium dichloride sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno[l,2-c]pyrid-9-yl)(inden-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno[ 1 ,2-c]pyrid-9-yl)(inden-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno[ 1 ,2-c]pyrid-9-yl)(fluoren-9-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-c]pyrid-9-yl)(fluoren- 1 -yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno[l,2-c]pyrid-9-yl)(fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno[l,2-c]phosphin-4-yl)(cyclopentadienyl)zirconium dichloride sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno[l,2-c]phosphin-4-yl)(inden-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno[ 1 ,2-c]phosphin-4-yl)(inden-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-c]phosphin-4-yl)(fluoren-9-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno[l,2-c]phosphin-4-yl)(fluoren-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(7-bromoindeno[l,2-c]phosphin-4-yl)(fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[ 1 ,2-b]thien-3-yl)(inden-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-b]thien-3-yl)(fluoren- 1 -yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[l,2-b]thien-3-yl)(fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[l,2-b]thien-5-yl)(cyclopentadienyl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-b]thien-5-yl)(inden- 1 -yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[ 1 ,2-b]thien-5-yl)(inden-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[l,2-b]thien-5-yl)(fluoren-9-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[l,2-b]thien-5-yl)(fluoren-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[l,2-b]thien-5-yl)(fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[2,l-b]thien-3-yl)(inden-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[2,l-b]thien-3-yl)(fluoren-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[2,l-b]thien-3-yl)(fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[2,l-b]thien-4-yl)(cyclopentadienyl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[2,l-b]thien-4-yl)(inden-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno [2, 1 -b]thien-4-yl)(inden-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bronioindeno[2,l-b]thien-4-yl)(£luoren-9-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[2,l-b]thien-4-yl)(fluoren-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[2,l-b]thien-4-yl)(fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[2,l-b]thien-7-yl)(cyclopentadienyl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno [2, 1 -b]thien-7-yl)(inden- 1 -yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[2,l-b]thien-7-yl)(inden-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[2,l-b]thien-7-yl)(fluoren-9-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[2,l-b]thien-7-yl)(fluoren-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno [2, 1 -b]thien-7-yl)(fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromo-5-methylcyclopenta[b]thien-3-yl)(inden-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromo-5-methylcyclopenta[b]thien-3-yl)(fluoren-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromo-5-methylcyclopenta[b]thien-3-yl)(fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(l-bromoindeno[l,2-c]thien-3-yl)(inden-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(l-bromoindeno[l,2-c]thien-3-yl)(fluoren-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(l -bromoindeno[ 1 ,2-c]thien-3-yl)(fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(3-bromoindeno[ 1 ,2-c]thien-4-yl)(inden-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(3-bromoindeno[l,2-c]thien-4-yl)(fluoren-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(3-bromoindeno[l,2-c]thien-4-yl)(fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(3-bromoindeno[l,2-c]thien-7-yl)(cyclopentadienyl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(3-bromoindeno[l,2-c]thien-7-yl)(inden-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(3-bromoindeno[l,2-c]thien-7-yl)(inden-4-yl)zircoiiium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(3-bromoindeno[ 1 ,2-c]thien-7-yl)(fluoren-9-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(3-bromoindeno[l,2-c]thien-7-yl)(fluoren-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(3-bromoindeno[l,2-c]thien-7-yl)(fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[l,2-b]fur-3-yl)(inden-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[l,2-b]fur-3-yl)(fluoren-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[l,2-b]fur-3-yl)(fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[l,2-b]fur-5-yl)(cyclopentadienyl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[l,2-b]fur-5-yl)(inden-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[l,2-b]fur-5-yl)(inden-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[l,2-b]fur-5-yl)(fluoren-9-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-b] fur-5 -yl) (fluoren- 1 -yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno [ 1 ,2-b] fur-5 -yl) (fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoirideno[l,2-b]fur-8-yl)(cyclopentadienyl)zirconiurn dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[ 1 ,2-b]fur-8-yl)(inden- 1 -yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[l,2-b]fur-8-yl)(inden-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[ 1 ,2-b]fur-8-yl)(fluoren-9-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[l,2-b]fur-8-yl)(fluoren-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromoindeno[l,2-b]fur-8-yl)(fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromo-5-methylindeno[l,2-b]indol-6-yl)(cyclopentadienyl) zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromo-5-methylindeno[l,2-b]indol-6-yl)(inden-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromo-5-methylindeno[l,2-b]indol-6-yl)(inden-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromo-5-methylindeno[l,2-b]indol-6-yl)(fluoren-9-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromo-5-methylindeno[ 1 ,2-b]indol-6-yl)(fluoren- 1 -yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromo-5-methylindeno[l,2-b]indol-6-yl)(fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromo-5-methylindeno[l,2-b]indol-9-yl)(cyclopentadienyl) zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromo-5-methylindeno[l,2-b]indol-9-yl)(inden-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromo-5-methylindeno[l,2-b]indol-9-yl)(mden-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromo-5-methylindeno[l,2-b]indol-9-yl)(fluoren-9-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromo-5-methylindeno[l,2-b]indol-9-yl)(fluoren-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromo-5-methylindeno[l,2-b]indol-9-yl)(fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(8-bromo-5-methylindeno[2,l-b]indol-7-yl)(cyclopentadienyl) zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(8-bromo-5-methylindeno[2,l-b]indol-7-yl)(inden-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(8-bromo-5-methylindeno[2,l-b]indol-7-yl)(inden-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(8-bromo-5 -methylindeno [2, 1 -b]indol-7-yl)(fluoren-9-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(8-bromo-5-methylindeno [2,1 -b]indol-7-yl)(fluoren- 1 -yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(8-bromo-5 -methylindeno [2, 1 -b]indol-7-yl)(fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(8-bromo-5-methylindeno[2,l-b]indol-10-yl)(inden-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(8-bromo-5-methylindeno[2,l-b]indol-10-yl)(fluoren-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(8-bromo-5-methylindeno[2,l-b]indol-10-yl)(fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromo-5-methylcyclopenta[b]thien-3-yl)(inden-4-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromo-5-methylcyclopenta[b]thien-3-yl)(fluoren-l-yl)zirconium dichloride, sulfandiyl-(2-bromo-5-methylcyclopenta[b]thien-3-yl)(fluoren-4-yl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-sulfandiyl-(2-[2-chlorobenzothien-4-yl]indenyl)(indenyl)zirconium dichloride, and the hafnium and titanium analogs of the examples above.
Halogenated Metallocene Synthesis
[00100] There are two general synthetic methods for the preparation of metal complexes of formula (1). The first method involves a transmetallation reaction between a metal halide (MXn) and either a salt or non-transition metal derivative of the ligand HE-Y-AH. Preferable metal halides include TiCl4, TiCl3, ZrCl4, ZrBr4, ZrI4, HfCl4, LnCl3, LnBr3, LnI3 (where Ln is Sc, Y, La, or lanthanide group metal), VCl3, NbCl5, TaCl5, CrCl3, MoCl5, WCl6, and the like. Preferable salts (M' Jp salts) of halo-substituted monocyclic or polycyclic arenes include Li, Na, K5 Tl, and Mg salts, and the like. Preferable non-transition metal derivatives of halo-substituted monocyclic or polycyclic arenes include Si and Sn derivatives, and the like (Q derivatives). Two general examples of this first synthetic method are shown below.
Figure imgf000060_0001
R'mQ-E-Y-A-QR'm + MXn
Figure imgf000060_0002
The following two representative examples further illustrate this method.
Figure imgf000060_0003
The second general procedure involves metallation of the compounds of the following general formula HE-Y-AH by the respective transition metal derivatives, as shown below.
Figure imgf000061_0001
The following representative example illustrates this method.
Figure imgf000061_0002
Activators and Catalyst Activation
[00101] The halogenated metallocene compounds of the invention are useful as catalyst precursors and, when activated with conventional activators, such as methyl alumoxane, form active catalysts for the polymerization or oligomerization of olefins. Activators that may be used include alumoxanes such as methyl alumoxane, modified methyl alumoxane, ethyl alumoxane, zsø-butyl alumoxane and the like; Lewis acid activators include triphenyl boron, tris-perfluorophenyl boron, tris-perfluorophenyl aluminum and the like; Ionic activators include dimethylanilinium tetrakis perfluorophenyl borate, triphenyl carbonium tetrakis perfluorophenyl borate, dimethylanilinium tetrakis perfluorophenyl aluminate, and the like.
[00102] A co-activator is a compound capable of alkylating the transition metal complex, such that when used in combination with an activator, an active catalyst is formed. Co-activators include alumoxanes such as methyl alumoxane, modified alumoxanes such as modified methyl alumoxane, and aluminum alkyls such as trimethyl aluminum, tri-isobutyl aluminum, triethyl aluminum, and tri-isopropyl aluminum. Co-activators are typically only used in combination with Lewis acid activators and ionic activators when the pre-catalyst is not a dihydrocarbyl or dihydride complex.
[00103] The alumoxane component useful as an activator typically is an oligomeric aluminum compound represented by the general formula (Rx-Al-O)n, which is a cyclic compound, or Rx (Rx-Al-O)nAlRx 2, which is a linear compound. In the general alumoxane formula, Rx is independently a C1-C20 alkyl radical, for example, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, isomers thereof, and the like, and "n" is an integer from 1-50. Most preferably, Rx is methyl and "n" is at least 4. Methyl alumoxane and modified methyl alumoxanes are most preferred. For further descriptions see, EP 0 279 586, EP 0 594218, EP 0 561 476, WO94/10180 and US Pat. Nos. 4,665,208, 4,874,734, 4,908,463, 4,924,018, 4,952,540, 4,968,827, 5,041,584, 5,091,352, 5,103,031, 5,157,137, 5,204,419, 5,206,199, 5,235,081, 5,248,801, 5,329,032, 5,391,793, and 5,416,229. [00104] When an alumoxane or modified alumoxane is used, the catalyst- precursor-to-activator molar ratio is from about 1:3000 to 10:1; alternatively, 1:2000 to 10:1; alternatively 1:1000 to 10:1; alternatively, 1:500 to 1:1; alternatively 1:300 to 1:1; alternatively 1:200 to 1:1; alternatively 1:100 to 1:1; alternatively 1:50 to 1:1; alternatively 1:10 to 1:1. When the activator is an alumoxane (modified or unmodified), some embodiments select the maximum amount of activator at a 5000-fold molar excess over the catalyst precursor (per metal catalytic site). The preferred minimum activator to catalyst precursor ratio is 1:1 molar ratio.
[00105] Ionic activators (at times used in combination with a co-activator) may be used in the practice of this invention. Preferably, discrete ionic activators such as [Me2PhNH][B(C6Fs)4], [Ph3C] [B(C6F5)4], [Me2PhNH][B((C6H3-3,5-(CF3)2))4], [Ph3C] [B((C6H3-3,5-(CF3)2))4], [NH4][B(C6Hs)4] or Lewis acidic activators such as B(C6Fs)3 or B(C6Hs)3 can be used. Preferred co-activators, when used, are alumoxanes such as methyl alumoxane, modified alumoxanes such as modified methyl alumoxane, and aluminum alkyls such as tri-isobutyl aluminum, and trimethyl aluminum.
[00106] It is within the scope of this invention to use an ionizing or stoichiometric activator, neutral or ionic, such as tri (n-butyl) ammonium tetrakis (pentafluorophenyl) borate, a trisperfluorophenyl boron metalloid precursor or a trisperfluoronaphthyl boron metalloid precursor, polyhalogenated heteroborane anions (WO 98/43983), boric acid (U.S. Patent No. 5,942,459) or combination thereof.
[00107] Examples of neutral stoichiometric activators include tri-substituted boron, tellurium, aluminum, gallium and indium or mixtures thereof. The three substituent groups are each independently selected from alkyls, alkenyls, halogen, substituted alkyls, aryls, arylhalides, alkoxy and halides. Preferably, the three groups are independently selected from halogen, mono or multicyclic (including halosubstituted) aryls, alkyls, and alkenyl compounds and mixtures thereof, preferred are alkenyl groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, alkyl groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, alkoxy groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and aryl groups having 3 to 20 carbon atoms (including substituted aryls). More preferably, the three groups are alkyls having 1 to 4 carbon groups, phenyl, naphthyl or mixtures thereof. Even more preferably, the three groups are halogenated, preferably fluorinated, aryl groups. Most preferably, the neutral stoichiometric activator is trisperfluorophenyl boron or trisperfluoronaphthyl boron.
[00108] Ionic stoichiometric activator compounds may contain an active proton, or some other cation associated with, but not coordinated to, or only loosely coordinated to, the remaining ion of the ionizing compound. Such compounds and the like are described in European publications EP-A-O 570 982, EP-A-O 520 732, EP-A-O 495 375, EP-Bl-O 500 944, EP-A-O 277 003 and EP-A- 0 277 004, and U.S. Patent Nos. 5,153,157, 5,198,401, 5,066,741, 5,206,197, 5,241,025, 5,384,299 and 5,502,124 and U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 08/285,380, filed August 3, 1994, all of which are herein fully incorporated by reference.
[00109] Ionic catalysts can be prepared by reacting a transition metal compound with an activator, such as B(C6Fe)3, which upon reaction with the hydrolyzable ligand (X') of the transition metal compound forms an anion, such as ([B(C6Fs)3(X')]"), which stabilizes the cationic transition metal species generated by the reaction. The catalysts can be, and preferably are, prepared with activator components which are ionic compounds or compositions. However preparation of activators utilizing neutral compounds is also contemplated by this invention.
[00110] Compounds useful as an activator component in the preparation of the ionic catalyst systems used in the process of this invention comprise a cation, which is preferably a Bronsted acid capable of donating a proton, and a compatible non-coordinating anion which anion is relatively large (bulky), capable of stabilizing the active catalyst species which is formed when the two compounds are combined and said anion will be sufficiently labile to be displaced by olefinic diolefinic and acetylenically unsaturated substrates or other neutral Lewis bases such as ethers, nitriles and the like. Two classes of compatible non- coordinating anions have been disclosed in EPA 277,003 and EPA 277,004 published 1988: 1) anionic coordination complexes comprising a plurality of lipophilic radicals covalently coordinated to and shielding a central charge- bearing metal or metalloid core, and 2) anions comprising a plurality of boron atoms such as carboranes, metallacarboranes and boranes.
[00111] In a preferred embodiment, the stoichiometric activators include a cation and an anion component, and may be represented by the following formula:
(L**-H)d + (Aά~) wherein L** is an neutral Lewis base; H is hydrogen; (L**-H)+is a Bronsted acid
Aά~ is a non-coordinating anion having the charge d- d is an integer from 1 to 3.
[00112] The cation component, (L**-H)a+ may include Bronsted acids such as protons or protonated Lewis bases or reducible Lewis acids capable of protonating or abstracting a moiety, such as an alkyl or aryl, from the precatalyst after alkylation.
[00113] The activating cation (L**-H)d + may be a Bronsted acid, capable of donating a proton to the alkylated transition metal catalytic precursor resulting in a transition metal cation, including ammoniums, oxoniums, phosphoniums, silyliums, and mixtures thereof, preferably ammoniums of methylamine, aniline, dimethylamine, diethylamine, N-methylaniline, diphenylamine, trimethylamine, triethylamine, N,N-dimethylaniline, methyldiphenylamine, pyridine, p-bromo N,N-dimethylaniline, p-nitro-N,N-dimethylaniline, phosphoniums from triethylphosphine, , triphenylphosphine, and diphenylphosphine, oxomiuns from ethers such as dimethyl ether, diethyl ether, tetrahydrofuran and dioxane, sulfoniums from thioethers, such as diethyl thioethers and tetrahydrothiophene, and mixtures thereof. The activating cation (L**-H)d+ may also be a moiety such as silver, tropylium, carbeniums, ferroceniums and mixtures, preferably carboniums and ferroceniums; most preferably triphenyl carbonium. [00114] The anion component Aά~ include those having the formula [ikr+Q,,]d" wherein k is an integer from 1 to 3; n is an integer from 2-6; n - k = d; M is an element selected from Group 13 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, preferably boron or aluminum, and Q is independently a hydride, bridged or unbridged dialkylamido, halide, alkoxide, aryloxide, hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, and halosubstiruted-hydrocarbyl radicals, said Q having up to 20 carbon atoms with the proviso that in not more than one occurrence is Q a halide. Preferably, each Q is a fluorinated hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably each Q is a fluorinated aryl group, and most preferably each Q is a pentafluoryl aryl group. Examples of suitable Ad~ also include diboron compounds as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,447,895, which is fully incorporated herein by reference.
[00115] Illustrative, but not limiting examples of boron compounds which may be used as an activating cocatalyst in combination with a co-activator in the preparation of the improved catalysts of this invention are tri-substituted ammonium salts such as: trimethylammonium tetraphenylborate, triethylammonium tetraphenylborate, tripropylammonium tetraphenylborate, tri(n-butyl)ammonium tetraphenylborate, tri(tert-butyl)ammoniurn tetraphenylborate, N,N-dimethylanilinium tetraphenylborate, N,N-diethylanilinium tetraphenylborate, N,N-dimethyl-(2,4,6-trimethylanilinium) tetraphenylborate, trimethylammonium tetrakis(pentafluoroplienyl)borate, triethylammonium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, tripropylammonium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, tri(n-butyl)aninionium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, tri^ec-buty^ammonium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate,
N,N-dimethylanilinium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate,
N,N-diethylanilinium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate,
N,N-dimethyl-(2,4,6-trimethylanilinium) tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, trimethylammonium tetrakis-(2,3,4,6-tetrafluorophenyl) borate, triethylammonium tetrakis-(2,3 ,4,6-tetrafluorophenyl)borate, tripropylammonium tetrakis-(2,3,4,6-tetrafluoropb.enyl)borate, tri(H-butyl)ammonium tetrakis-(2,3 ,4,6-tetrafluorophenyl)borate, dimethyl(tert-butyl)arnmonium tetrakis-(2,3,4,6-tetrafluorophenyl)borate,
N,N-dimetb.ylanilmium tetrakis-(2,3,4,6-tetrafluorophenyl)borate,
N,N-diethylanilinium tetrakis-(2,3,4,6-tetrafluorophenyl)borate,
N,N-dimethyl-(2,4,6-trimethylanilmium)tetrakis-(2,3,4,6- tetrafluorophenyl)borate,
Mmethylammonium tetrakis(perfluoronaphthyl)borate, triethylammonium tetrakis(perfluoronaphthyl)borate, tripropylammonium tetrakis(perfluoronaphtliyl)borate, tri(?z-butyl)ammonium tetrakis(perfluoronaphthyl)borate,
M(tert-butyl)arnmonium tetrakis(perfluoronaphtb.yl)borate,
N,N-dimethylanilinium tetrakis(ρerfluoronaphthyl)borate,
N,N-diethylanilim'um tetrakis(perfluoronaphthyl)borate,
N,N-dimethyl-(2,4,6-trimethylanilinium) tetrakis(perfluoronaplithyl)borate, trimethylammonium tetrakis(perfluorobiphenyl)borate, triethylammonium tetrakis(perfluorobiphenyl)borate, tripropylammonium tetrakis(perfluorobiphenyl)borate, tri(7z-butyl)ammomum tetrakis(perfluorobiphenyl)borate,
Figure imgf000066_0001
tetrakis(periluorobiphenyl)borate,
N,N-dimethylanilinium tetrakis(perfluorobiphenyl)borate,
N,N-diethylanilinium tetrakis(perfluorobiphenyl)borate, N,N-dimethyl-(2,4,6-trimethylanilinium) tetrakis(perfluorobiplienyl)borate, trimethylammonium tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate, triethylammonium tetrakis(3 ,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate, tripropylammonium tetrakis(3 ,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate, tri(«-butyl)anτmonium tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate, tri(te^butyl)ainmoniuin tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoroniethyl)phenyl)borate,
N,N-dimethylanilinium tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate,
N,N-diethylanilinium tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)plienyl)borate,
N,N-dimethyl-(2,4,6-trimethylanilinium)tetrakis(3,5- bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate, and dialkyl ammonium salts such as: di-(zsø-propyl)ammonium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, and dicyclohexylammonium tetrakisCpentafluoroplieny^borate; and other salts such as: tri(o-tolyl)phosphonium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, tri(2,6-dimethylphenyl)phosphonium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, tropillium tetraphenylborate, triphenylcarbenium tetraphenylborate, triphenylphosphonium tetraphenylborate, triethylsilylium tetraphenylborate, benzene(diazonium)tetraphenylborate, tropillium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, triphenylcarbemum tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, triphenylphosphonium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, triethylsilylium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, benzene(diazonium) tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate, tropillium tetrakis-(2,3,4,6-tetrafluorophenyl)borate, triphenylcarbenium tetrakis-(2,3,4,6-tetrafluorophenyl)borate, triphenylphosphonium tetrakis-(2,3 ,4,6-tetrafluorophenyl)borate, triethylsilylium tetrakis-(2,3,4,6-tetrafluorophenyl)borate, benzene(diazonium) tetrakis-(2,3 ,4,6-tetrafluorophenyl)borate, tropillium tetrakis(perfluoronaphthyl)borate, triphenylcarbernum tefrakis(periluoronaphthyl)borate, triphenylphosphonium tetrakis(perfluoronaphthyl)borate, triethylsilylium tetrakis(p erfluoronaphthyl)borate, benzene(diazonium) tetrakis(perfluoronaphthyl)borate, tropillium tetrakis(perfluorobiplienyl)borate, triphenylcarbenium tetrakis(perfluorobiphenyl)borate, triphenylphosphonium tetrakis(perfluorobiphenyl)borate, triethylsilylium tetrakis(perfluorobiphenyl)borate, benzene(diazonium) tetrakis(perfluorobiphenyl)borate, tropillium tetrakis(3 ,5 -bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate, triphenylcarbenium tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate, triphenylphosphonium tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate, triethylsilylium tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate, and benzene(diazonium) tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate.
[00116] Most preferably, the ionic stoichiometric activator (L**-H)a+ (A0') is
N,N-dimethylanilinium tetrakis(perfluorophenyl)borate,
N,N-dimethylanilinium tetrakis(perfluoronaphthyl)borate,
N,N-dimethylanilinium tetrakis(perfluorobiphenyl)borate,
N,N-dimethylanilinium tetrakis(3 ,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate, triphenylcarbenium tetrakis(perfluoronaphthyl)borate, triphenylcarbenium tetrakis(perfluorobiphenyl)borate, triphenylcarbenium tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate, or triphenylcarbenium tetra(perfluorophenyl)borate.
[00117] In a preferred embodiment, the activator is trispentafiuorophenylborane.
[00118] Invention catalyst precursors can also be activated with cocatalysts or activators that comprise non-coordinating anions containing metalloid-free cyclopentadienide ions. These are described in U.S. Patent Publication
2002/0058765 Al, published on 16 May 2002, and for the instant invention, require the addition of a co-activator to the catalyst pre-cursor.
[00119] The term "non-coordinating anion" (NCA) means an anion that does not coordinate to the catalyst metal cation or that does coordinate to the metal cation, but only weakly. An NCA coordinates weakly enough that a neutral Lewis base, such as an olefinically or acetylenically unsaturated monomer can displace it from the catalyst center. "Compatible" non-coordinating anions are those which are not degraded to neutrality when the initially formed complex decomposes. Further, the anion will not transfer an anionic substituent or fragment to the cation so as to cause it to form a neutral transition metal compound and a neutral byproduct from the anion. Non-coordinating anions useful in accordance with this invention are those that are compatible, stabilize the transition metal complex cation in the sense of balancing its ionic charge at +1, yet retain sufficient lability to permit displacement by an ethylenically or acetylenically unsaturated monomer during polymerization. These types of cocatalysts sometimes use scavengers such as but not limited to tri-ώo-butyl aluminum, tri-n-octyl aluminum, tri-«-hexyl aluminum, triethylaluminum or trimethylaluminum.
[00120] Invention process also can employ cocatalyst compounds or activator compounds that are initially neutral Lewis acids but form a cationic metal complex and a noncoordinating anion, or a zwitterionic complex upon reaction with the alkylated transition metal compounds. The alkylated invention compound is formed from the reaction of the catalyst pre-cursor and the co- activator. For example, tris(pentafiuorophenyl) boron or aluminum act to abstract a hydrocarbyl ligand to yield an invention cationic transition metal complex and stabilizing noncoordinating anion, see EP-A-O 427 697 and EP-A-O 520 732 for illustrations of analogous Group-4 metallocene compounds. Also, see the methods and compounds of EP-A-O 495 375. For formation of zwitterionic complexes using analogous Group 4 compounds, see U.S. Patents 5,624,878; 5,486,632; and 5,527,929.
[00121] Additional neutral Lewis-acids are known in the art and are suitable for abstracting formal anionic ligands. See in particular the review article by E. Y.-X. Chen and TJ. Marks, "Cocatalysts for Metal-Catalyzed Olefin Polymerization: Activators, Activation Processes, and Structure-Activity Relationships", Chem. Rev., 100, 1391-1434 (2000).
[00122] When the cations of noncoordinating anion precursors are Bronsted acids such as protons or protonated Lewis bases (excluding water), or reducible Lewis acids such as ferroceniuni or silver cations, or alkali or alkaline earth metal cations such as those of sodium, magnesium or lithium, the catalyst-precursor-to- activator molar ratio may be any ratio. Combinations of the described activator compounds may also be used for activation.
[00123] When an ionic or neutral stoichiometric activator is used, the catalyst- precursor-to-activator molar ratio is from 1:10 to 1:1; 1:10 to 10:1; 1:10 to 2:1; 1:10 to 3:1; 1:10 to 5:1; 1:2 to 1.2:1; 1:2 to 10:1; 1:2 to 2:1; 1:2 to 3:1; 1:2 to 5:1; 1:3 to 1.2:1; 1:3 to 10:1; 1:3 to 2:1; 1:3 to 3:1; 1:3 to 5:1; 1:5 to 1:1; 1:5 to 10:1; 1:5 to 2:1; 1:5 to 3:1; 1:5 to 5:1; 1:1 to 1:1.2. The catalyst-precursor-to-co- activator molar ratio is from 1:100 to 100:1; 1:75 to 75:1; 1:50 to 50:1; 1:25 to 25:1; 1:15 to 15:1; 1:10 to 10:1; 1:5 to 5:1, 1:2 to 2:1; 1:100 to 1:1; 1:75 to 1:1; 1:50 to 1:1; 1:25 to 1:1; 1:15 to 1:1; 1:10 to 1:1; 1:5 to 1:1; 1:2 to 1:1; I:10 to 2:l. [00124] Preferred activators and activator/co-activator combinations include methylalumoxane, modified methylalumoxane, mixtures of methylalumoxane with dimethylanilinium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate or tris(pentafluorophenyl)boron, and mixtures of trimethyl aluminum with dimethylanilinium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate or tris(pentafluorophenyl)boron.
[00125] In some embodiments, scavenging compounds are used with stoichiometric activators. Typical aluminum or boron alkyl components useful as scavengers are represented by the general formula RXJZ2 where J is aluminum or boron, Rx is as previously defined above, and each Z is independently Rx or a different univalent anionic ligand such as halogen (Cl, Br, I), alkoxide (ORX) and the like. Most preferred aluminum alkyls include triethylaluminum, diethylaluminum chloride, tri-ωo-butylaluminum, tri-«-octylaluminum, tri-n- hexylaluminum, trimethylaluminum and the like. Preferred boron alkyls include triethylboron. Scavenging compounds may also be alumoxanes and modified alumoxanes including methylalumoxane and modified methylalumoxane.
Mixed Catalysts
[00126] The metallocene compounds of the invention can also be used in mixed catalyst systems where, for example, the invention catalyst is used in conjunction with a "second catalyst" in the same reactor or in a series of reactors and where the invention catalyst produces oligomers, macromers, or polymers with olefmic end-groups, and the "second catalyst" incorporates these oligomers, macromers, or polymers into a polymer backbone as a copolymer with other monomers, such as ethylene, propylene, butene, and other C2 to C20 olefins. Alternatively, the invention catalyst can be used in conjunction with a second catalyst in the same reactor or in a series of reactors where the second catalyst produces oligomers, macromers, or polymers with olefmic end-groups, and the invention catalyst incorporates these oligomers, macromers, or polymers into a polymer backbone as a copolymer with other monomers, such as ethylene, propylene, butene, and other C2 to C20 olefins. The "second catalyst" can be of the same family as the invention catalyst, or can be from a completely different catalyst family. Likewise, the invention catalyst can be used in conjunction with a "second catalyst" in the same reactor or in a series of reactors where the invention catalyst and the "second catalyst" produces mixtures or blends of polymers. [00127] Suitable additional olefin polymerization catalysts for use as the "second catalyst" in a mixed catalyst system include any of the compositions well known in the art to catalyze the olefin to polyolefin reaction. For example, the "second catalyst" can include any Group 4-6 metallocene compound, such as the bridged and unbridged compounds containing one or two cyclopentadienyl- containing ligands. Typical catalysts and their precursors are well known in the art. Suitable description appears in the patent literature, for example U. S. Patent Nos 4,871,705, 4,937,299, and 5,324,800, EP-A-0418044, EP-A-0591756, WO- A-92/00333 and WO-A-94/01471.
[00128] Mixed catalyst systems can also use non-cyclopentadienyl, Group 4 or 5 precursor compounds as the additional olefin polymerization catalyst. Non- cyclopentadienyl, Group 4 or 5 precursor compounds are activable to stable, discrete cationic complexes include those containing bulky, chelating, diamide ligands, such as described in U. S. Patent 5,318,935 and "Conformationally Rigid Diamide Complexes: Synthesis and Structure of Tantalum (III) Alkyne Derivatives", D. H. McConville, et al, Organometallics 1995, 14, 3154-3156. U.S. Patent 5,318,935 describes bridged and unbridged, bis-amido catalyst compounds of Group 4 metals capable of ce-olefins polymerization. Bridged bis(arylamido) Group 4 compounds for olefin polymerization are described by D. H. McConville, et al., in Organometallics 1995, 14, 5478-5480. In addition, D. H. McConville, et al, Macromolecules 1996, 29, 5241-5243, describe bridged bis(arylamido) Group 4 compounds that are polymerization catalysts for 1-hexene. Cationic Group-3- or Lanthanide olefin polymerization complexes are disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 6,403,773.
[00129] Mixed catalyst systems can also use transition metal catalyst precursors that have a 2+ oxidation state as the additional olefin polymerization catalyst. Typical Ni2+ and Pd2+ complexes are diimines, see "New Pd(II)- and Ni(II)- Based Catalysts for Polymerization of Ethylene and α-Olefins", M. Brookhart, et al, L Am. Chern. Soc. 1995, 117, 6414-6415, WO 96/23010 and WO 97/02298. See additionally the related bis(imino) Group 8 and 9 organometallic compounds described by V. C. Gibson and others in "Novel olefin polymerization catalysts based on iron and cobalt", Chem. Commun., 849-850, 1998.
[00130] For a review of other potential catalysts used in combination or series with the invention catalysts, see S. D. Ittel and L. K. Johnson, Chem. Rev. 2000, 1000, 1169 and V. C. Gibson and S. K. Spitzmesser, Chem. Rev. 2003, 103, 283.
Supported Catalysts
[00131] The catalyst compounds of this invention may be placed on a support. To prepare uniform supported catalysts, the catalyst precursor is preferably dissolved in a suitable solvent and then the resultant solution is applied to or mixed with the support. The term "uniform supported catalyst" means that the catalyst precursor, the activator and or the activated catalyst approach uniform distribution upon the support's accessible surface area, including the interior pore surfaces of porous supports. Some embodiments of supported catalysts prefer uniform supported catalysts; other embodiments show no such preference. [00132] Supported catalyst systems may be prepared by any method effective to support other coordination catalyst systems, effective meaning that the catalyst so prepared can be used for oligomerizing or polymerizing olefin in a heterogenous process. The catalyst precursor, activator, co-activator if needed, suitable solvent, and support may be added in any order or simultaneously. [00133] By one method, the activator, dissolved in an appropriate solvent such as toluene may be stirred with the support material for 1 minute to 10 hours. The total solution volume may be greater than the pore volume of the support, but some embodiments limit the total solution volume below that needed to form a gel or slurry (about 90% to 400 %, preferably about 100-200% of the pore volume). The mixture is optionally heated from 30-200 °C during this time. The catalyst precursor may be added to this mixture as a solid, if a suitable solvent is employed in the previous step, or as a solution. Or alternatively, this mixture can be filtered, and the resulting solid mixed with a catalyst precursor solution. Similarly, the mixture may be vacuum dried and mixed with a catalyst precursor solution. The resulting catalyst mixture is then stirred for 1 minute to 10 hours, and the catalyst is either filtered from the solution and vacuum dried or evaporation alone removes the solvent.
[00134] Alternatively, the catalyst precursor and activator may be combined in solvent to form a solution. Then the support is added, and the mixture is stirred for 1 minute to 10 hours. The total solution volume may be greater than the pore volume of the support, but some embodiments limit the total solution volume below that needed to form a gel or slurry (about 90% to 400 %, preferably about 100-200% of the pore volume). After stirring, the residual solvent is removed under vacuum, typically at ambient temperature and over 10-16 hours. But greater or lesser times and temperatures are possible.
[00135] The catalyst precursor may also be supported absent the activator; in that case, the activator (and co-activator if needed) is added to a slurry process's liquid phase. For example, a solution of catalyst precursor may be mixed with a support material for a period of about 1 minute to 10 hours. The resulting precatalyst mixture may be filtered from the solution and dried under vacuum, or evaporation alone removes the solvent. The total, catalyst-precursor-solution volume may be greater than the support's pore volume, but some embodiments limit the total solution volume below that needed to form a gel or slurry (about 90% to 400 %, preferably about 100-200% of the pore volume). [00136] Additionally, two or more different catalyst precursors may be placed on the same support using any of the support methods disclosed above. Likewise, two or more activators or an activator and co-activator may be placed on the same support.
[00137] Suitable solid particle supports are typically comprised of polymeric or refractory oxide materials, each being preferably porous. Any support material that has an average particle size greater than 10 μm is suitable for use in this invention. Various embodiments select a porous support material, such as for example, talc, inorganic oxides, inorganic chlorides, for example magnesium chloride and resinous support materials such as polystyrene, polyolefin or polymeric compounds or any other organic support material and the like. Some embodiments select inorganic oxide materials as the support material including Group-2, -3, -4, -5, -13, or -14 metal or metalloid oxides. Some embodiments select the catalyst support materials to include silica, alumina, silica-alumina, and their mixtures. Other inorganic oxides may serve either alone or in combination with the silica, alumina, or silica-alumina. These are magnesia, titania, zirconia, and the like. Lewis acidic materials such as montmorillonite and similar clays may also serve as a support. In this case, the support can optionally double as the activator component. But additional activator may also be used. [00138] The support material may be pretreated by any number of methods. For example, inorganic oxides may be calcined, chemically treated with dehydroxylating agents such as aluminum alkyls and the like, or both. [00139] As stated above, polymeric carriers will also be suitable in accordance with the invention, see for example the descriptions in WO 95/15815 and U.S. patent 5,427,991. The methods disclosed may be used with the catalyst complexes, activators or catalyst systems of this invention to adsorb or absorb them on the polymeric supports, particularly if made up of porous particles, or may be chemically bound through functional groups bound to or in the polymer chains.
[00140] The catalyst supports used herein suitably have a surface area of from 10-700 m2/g, a pore volume of 0.1-4.0 cc/g and an average particle size of 10-500 μm. Some embodiments select a surface area of 50-500 m2/g, a pore volume of 0.5-3.5 cc/g, or an average particle size of 20-200 μm. Other embodiments select a surface area of 100-400 m2/g, a pore volume of 0.8-3.0 cc/g, and an average particle size of 30-100 μm. Catalyst supports typically have a pore size of 10- 1000 Angstroms, alternatively 50-500 Angstroms, or 75-350 Angstroms. [00141] The catalyst precursors of the invention are generally deposited on a support at a loading level of 10-100 micromoles of catalyst precursor per gram of solid support; alternately 20-80 micromoles of catalyst precursor per gram of solid support; or 40-60 micromoles of catalyst precursor per gram of support. But greater or lesser values may be used provided that the total amount of solid catalyst precursor does not exceed the support's pore volume.
Monomers
[00142] When activated with a conventional activator, the halogenated metallocene compounds of the invention can be used to polymerize or oligomerize any unsaturated monomer or monomers. Preferred monomers include C2 to C100 olefins, preferably C2 to C60 olefins, preferably C2 to C40 olefins preferably C2 to C20 olefins, preferably C2 to C12 olefins, hi some embodiments preferred monomers include linear, branched or cyclic alplia-olefins, preferably C2 to C1Oo alpha-olefins, preferably C2 to C60 alpha-olefms, preferably C2 to C40 alpha-olefms preferably C2 to C20 alpha-olefms, preferably C2 to C12 alpha-olefins. Preferred olefin monomers may be one or more of ethylene, propylene, butene, pentene, hexene, heptene, octene, nonene, decene, dodecene, 4-methylpentene-l, 3- methylpentene-1, 3,5,5-trimethylhexene-l, and 5-ethylnonene-l. [00143] In another embodiment the polymer produced herein is a copolymer of one or more linear or branched C3 to C30 prochiral alpha-olefins or C5 to C30 ring containing olefins or combinations thereof capable of being polymerized by either stereospecific and non-stereospecific catalysts. Prochiral, as used herein, refers to monomers that favor the formation of isotactic or syndiotactic polymer when polymerized using stereospecific catalyst(s).
[00144] Preferred monomers may also include aromatic-group-containing monomers containing up to 30 carbon atoms. Suitable aromatic-group-containing monomers comprise at least one aromatic structure, preferably from one to three, more preferably a phenyl, indenyl, fluorenyl, or naphthyl moiety. The aromatic- group-containing monomer further comprises at least one polymerizable double bond such that after polymerization, the aromatic structure will be pendant from the polymer backbone. The aromatic-group containing monomer may further be substituted with one or more hydrocarbyl groups including but not limited to C1 to C10 alkyl groups. Additionally two adjacent substitutions may be joined to form a ring structure. Preferred aromatic-group-containing monomers contain at least one aromatic structure appended to a polymerizable olefinic moiety. Particularly preferred aromatic monomers include styrene, alpha-methylstyrene, para- alkylstyrenes, vinyltoluenes, vinylnaphthalene, allyl benzene, and indene, especially styrene, para-methylstyrene, 4-phenyl-l-butene and allyl benzene. [00145] Non aromatic cyclic group containing monomers can also be polymerized or oligomerized with the catalyst systems of the invention. These monomers can contain up to 30 carbon atoms. Suitable non-aromatic cyclic group containing monomers preferably have at least one polymerizable olefinic group that is either pendant on the cyclic structure or is part of the cyclic structure. The cyclic structure may also be further substituted by one or more hydrocarbyl groups such as, but not limited to, C1 to C10 alkyl groups. Preferred non-aromatic cyclic group containing monomers include vinylcyclohexane, vinylcyclohexene, cyclopentadiene, cyclopentene, 4-methylcyclopentene, cyclohexene, 4- methylcyclohexene, cyclobutene, vinyladamantane, norbornene, 5- methylnorbornene, 5-ethylnorbornene, 5-propylnorbornene, 5-butylylnorbornene, 5-pentylnorbornene, 5-hexylnorbornene, 5-heptylnorbornene, 5-octylnorbornene, 5-nonylnorbornene, 5-decylnorbornene, 5-phenylnorbornene, vinylnorbornene, ethylidene norbornene, 5,6-dimethylnorbornene, 5,6-dibutylnorbornene and the like.
[00146] Preferred diolefin monomers useful in this invention include any hydrocarbon structure, preferably C4 to C30, having at least two unsaturated bonds, wherein at least one, typically two, of the unsaturated bonds are readily incorporated into a polymer by either a stereospecific or a non-stereospecific catalyst(s). It is further preferred that the diolefin monomers be selected from alpha-omega-diene monomers (i.e. di-vinyl monomers). More preferably, the diolefin monomers are linear di-vinyl monomers, most preferably those containing from 4 to 30 carbon atoms. Examples of preferred dienes include butadiene, pentadiene, hexadiene, heptadiene, octadiene, nonadiene, decadiene, undecadiene, dodecadiene, tridecadiene, tetradecadiene, pentadecadiene, hexadecadiene, heptadecadiene, octadecadiene, nonadecadiene, icosadiene, heneicosadiene, docosadiene, tricosadiene, tetracosadiene, pentacosadiene, hexacosadiene, heptacosadiene, octacosadiene, nonacosadiene, triacontadiene, particularly preferred dienes include 1,6-heptadiene, 1,7-octadiene, 1,8-nonadiene, 1,9- decadiene, 1,10-undecadiene, 1,11 -dodecadiene, 1,12-tridecadiene, 1,13- tetradecadiene, and low molecular weight polybutadienes (Mw less than 1000 g/mol). Preferred cyclic dienes include cyclopentadiene, vinylnorbornene, norbornadiene, ethylidene norbornene, divinylbenzene, dicyclopentadiene or higher ring containing diolefms with or without substituents at various ring positions.
[00147] Non-limiting examples of preferred polar unsaturated monomers useful in this invention include nitro substituted monomers including 6-nitro-l-hexene; amine substituted monomers including N-methylallylamine, N- allylcyclopentylamine, and N-allyl-hexylamine; ketone substituted monomers including methyl vinyl ketone, ethyl vinyl ketone, and 5-hexen-2-one; aldehyde substituted monomers including acrolein, 2,2-dimethyl-4-pentenal, undecylenic aldehyde, and 2,4-dimethyl-2,6-heptadienal; alcohol substituted monomers including allyl alcohol, 7-octen-l-ol, 7-octene-l,2-diol, 10-undecen-l-ol, 10- undecene-l,2-diol, 2-methyl-3-buten-l-ol; acetal, epoxide and or ether substituted monomers including 4-hex-5-enyl-2,2-dimethyl-[l,3]dioxolane, 2,2- dimethyl-4- non-8-enyl-[l,3]dioxolane, acrolein dimethyl acetal, butadiene monoxide, 1,2- epoxy-7-octene, l,2-epoxy-9-decene, l,2-epoxy-5-hexene, 2-methyl-2- vinyloxirane, allyl glycidyl ether, 2,5-dihydrofuran, 2-cyclopenten-l-one ethylene ketal, 11-methoxyundec-l-ene, and 8-methoxyoct-l-ene; sulfur containing monomers including allyl disulfide; acid and ester substituted monomers including acrylic acid, vinylacetic acid, 4-pentenoic acid, 2,2-dimethyl-4- pentenoic acid, 6-heptenoic acid, trans-2,4-pentadienoic acid, 2,6-heptadienoic acid, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, tert-butyl acrylate, n-butyl acrylate, methacrylic acid, methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, tert-butyl methacrylate, «-butyl methacrylate, hydroxypropyl acrylate, acetic acid oct-7-enyl ester, non-8-enoic acid methyl ester, acetic acid undec-10-enyl ester, dodec-11- enoic acid methyl ester, propionic acid undec-10-enyl ester, dodec-11-enoic acid ethyl ester, and nonylphenoxypolyetheroxy acrylate; siloxy containing monomers including trimethyloct-7-enyloxy silane, and trimethylundec-10-enyloxy silane, polar functionalized norbornene monomers including 5-norbornene-2-carbonitrile, 5-norbornene-2-carboxaldehyde, 5-norbornene-2-carboxylic acid, cis-5- norbornene-endo-2,3-dicarboxylic acid, 5-norbornene-2,2,-dimethanol, cis-5- norbornene-endo-2,3-dicarboxylic anhydride, 5-norbornene-2-endo-3-endo- dimethanol, 5-norbornene-2-endo-3-exo-dimethanol, 5-norbornene-2 -methanol, 5- norbornene-2-ol, 5-norbornene-2-yl acetate, l-[2-(5-norbornene-2-yl)ethyl]- 3,5,7,9,ll,13,15-heptacyclopentylpentacyclo[9.5.1.13'9.l5'15.l7>13]octasiloxane, 2- benzoyl-5-norbornene, 2-acetyl-5-norbornene, 7-syn methoxymethyl-5- norbornen-2-one, 5-norbornen-2-ol, and 5-norbornen-2-yloxy-trimethylsilane, and partially fluorinated monomers including nonafluoro-1-hexene, allyl-1,1,2,2,- tetrafluoroethyl ether, 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoro-non-8-enoic acid ethyl ester, 1,1,2,2- tetrafluoro-2-(l , 1 ,2,2-tetrafluoro-oct-7-enyloxy)-ethanesulfonyl fluoride, acrylic acid 2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-pentadecafluoro-octyl ester, and 1,1,2,2- tetrafluoro-2-(l, 1,2,2,3 ,3,4,4-octafluoro-dec-9-enyloxy)-ethanesulfonyl fluoride. [00148] In an embodiment herein, the process described herein is used to produce an oligomer of any of the monomers listed above. Preferred oligomers include oligomers of any C2 to C20 olefins, preferably C2 to C12 alpha-olefins, most preferably oligomers comprising ethylene, propylene and or butene are prepared. A preferred feedstock for the oligomerization process is the alpha- olefm, ethylene. But other alpha-olefins, including but not limited to propylene and 1 -butene, may also be used alone or combined with ethylene. Preferred alpha-olefins include any C2 to C40 alpha-olefin, preferably any C2 to C20 alpha- olefin, preferably any C2 to C12 alpha-olefin, preferably ethylene, propylene, and butene, most preferably ethylene. Dienes may be used in the processes described herein, preferably alpha-omega-dienes are used alone or in combination with mono-alpha olefins. [00149] In a preferred embodiment the process described herein may be used to produce homopolymers or copolymers. (For the purposes of this invention and the claims thereto a copolymer may comprise two, three, four or more different monomer units.) Preferred polymers produced herein include homopolymers or copolymers of any of the above monomers. In a preferred embodiment the polymer is a homopolymer of any C2 to C12 alpha-olefm. Preferably the polymer is a homopolymer of ethylene or a homopolymer of propylene, hi another embodiment the polymer is a copolymer comprising ethylene and one or more of any of the monomers listed above, hi another embodiment the polymer is a copolymer comprising propylene and one or more of any of the monomers listed above. In another preferred embodiment the homopolymers or copolymers described, additionally comprise one or more diolefm comonomers, preferably one or more C4 to C40 diolefms.
[00150] hi another preferred embodiment the polymer produced herein is a copolymer of ethylene and one or more C3 to C20 linear, branched or cyclic monomers, preferably one or more C3 to C12 linear, branched or cyclic alpha- olefins. Preferably the polymer produced herein is a copolymer of ethylene and one or more of propylene, butene, pentene, hexene, heptene, octene, nonene, decene, dodecene, 4-methylpentene-l, 3-methylpentene-l, 3,5,5-trimethylhexene- 1, cyclopentene, 4-methylcyclopentene, cyclohexene, and 4-methylcyclohexene. [00151] In another preferred embodiment the polymer produced herein is a copolymer of propylene and one or more C2 or C4 to C20 linear, branched or cyclic monomers, preferably one or more C2 or C4 to C12 linear, branched or cyclic alpha-olefins. Preferably the polymer produced herein is a copolymer of propylene and one or more of ethylene, butene, pentene, hexene, heptene, octene, nonene, decene, dodecene, 4-methylpentene-l, 3-methylpentene-l, and 3,5,5- trimethylhexene- 1.
[00152] In a preferred embodiment, the polymer produced herein is a homopolymer of norbornene or a copolymer of norbornene and a substituted norbornene, including polar functionalized norbornenes.
[00153] In a preferred embodiment the copolymers described herein comprise at least 50 mole% of a first monomer and up to 50 mole% of other monomers. [00154] In another embodiment, the polymer comprises:
(a) a first monomer present at from 40 to 95 mole%, preferably 50 to 90 mole%, preferably 60 to 80 mole %, and
(b) a comonomer present at from 5 to 60 mole%, preferably 10 to 40 mole%, more preferably 20 to 40 mole%, and
(c) a termonomer present at from 0 to 10 mole%, more preferably from 0.5 to 5 mole%, more preferably 1 to 3 mole%.
[00155] In a preferred embodiment the first monomer (a) comprises one or more of any C3 to C8 linear branched or cyclic alpha-olefms, including propylene, butene, (and all isomers thereof), pentene (and all isomers thereof), hexene (and all isomers thereof), heptene (and all isomers thereof), and octene (and all isomers thereof). Preferred monomers include propylene, 1 -butene, 1 -hexene, 1 -octene, cyclopentene, cyclohexene, cyclooctene, hexadiene, cyclohexadiene and the like. [00156] In a preferred embodiment the comonomer (b) comprises one or more of any C2 to C40 linear, branched or cyclic alpha-olefms (provided ethylene, if present, is present at 5 mole% or less), including ethylene, propylene, butene, pentene, hexene, heptene, and octene, nonene, decene, undecene, dodecene, hexadecene, butadiene, hexadiene, heptadiene, pentadiene, octadiene, nonadiene, decadiene, dodecadiene, styrene, 3,5,5-trimethylhexene-l, 3-methylpentene-l, 4- methylpentene-1, cyclopentadiene, and cyclohexene.
[00157] In a preferred embodiment the termonomer (c) comprises one or more of any C2 to C40 linear, branched or cyclic alpha-olefins, (provided ethylene, if present, is present at 5 mole% or less), including ethylene, propylene, butene, pentene, hexene, heptene, and octene, nonene, decene, undecene, dodecene, hexadecene, butadiene, hexadiene, heptadiene, pentadiene, octadiene, nonadiene, decadiene, dodecadiene, styrene, 3,5,5-trimethylhexene-l, 3-methylpentene-l, 4- methylpentene-1, cyclopentadiene, and cyclohexene.
[00158] In a preferred embodiment the monomers described above further comprise one or more dienes at up to 10 weight%, preferably at 0.00001 to 1.0 weight%, preferably 0.002 to 0.5 weight%, even more preferably 0.003 to 0.2 weight%, based upon the total weight of the composition. In some embodiments 500 ppm or less of diene is added to the polymerization, preferably 400 ppm or less, preferably or 300 ppm or less. In other embodiments at least 50 ppm of diene is added to the polymerization, or 100 ppm or more, or 150 ppm or more.
Polymerization Processes
[00159] Invention catalyst complexes are useful in polymerizing unsaturated monomers conventionally known to undergo metallocene-catalyzed polymerization such as solution, slurry, gas-phase, and high-pressure polymerization. Typically one or more transition metal compounds, one or more activators, and one or more monomers are contacted to produce polymer. These catalysts may be supported and as such will be particularly useful in the known, fixed-bed, moving-bed, fluid-bed, slurry, solution, or bulk operating modes conducted in single, series, or parallel reactors.
[00160] One or more reactors in series or in parallel may be used in the present invention. The transition metal compound, activator and when required, co- activator, may be delivered as a solution or slurry, either separately to the reactor, activated in-line just prior to the reactor, or preactivated and pumped as an activated solution or slurry to the reactor. Polymerizations are carried out in either single reactor operation, in which monomer, comonomers, catalyst/activator/co- activator, optional scavenger, and optional modifiers are added continuously to a single reactor or in series reactor operation, in which the above components are added to each of two or more reactors connected in series. The catalyst components can be added to the first reactor in the series. The catalyst component may also be added to both reactors, with one component being added to first reaction and another component to other reactors. In one preferred embodiment, the precatalyst is activated in the reactor in the presence of olefin. [00161] Ethylene-alpha-olefin (including ethylene-cyclic olefin and ethylene- alpha -olefin-diolefin) elastomers of high molecular weight and low crystallinity can be prepared utilizing the catalysts of the invention under traditional solution processes or by introducing ethylene gas into a slurry utilizing the alpha-olefin or cyclic olefin or mixture thereof with other monomers, polymerizable and not, as a polymerization diluent in which the catalyst suspension is suspended. Typical ethylene pressures will be between 10 and 1000 psig (69-6895 kPa) and the polymerization diluent temperature will typically be between -10 and 160°C. The process can be carried out in a stirred tank reactor or a tubular reactor, or more than one reactor operated in series or in parallel. See the disclosure of U.S. Patent No. 5,001,205 for general process conditions. All documents are incorporated by reference for description of polymerization processes, ionic activators and useful scavenging compounds.
[00162] The invention catalyst compositions can be used individually or can be mixed with other known polymerization catalysts to prepare polymer blends. Monomer and catalyst selection allows polymer blend preparation under conditions analogous to those using individual catalysts. Polymers having increased MWD for improved processing and other traditional benefits available from polymers made with mixed catalyst systems can thus be achieved. [00163] Generally, when using invention catalysts, particularly when they are immobilized on a support, the complete catalyst system will additionally comprise one or more scavenging compounds. Here, the term scavenging compound means a compound that removes polar impurities from the reaction environment. These impurities adversely affect catalyst activity and stability. Typically, purifying steps are usually used before introducing reaction components to a reaction vessel. But such steps will rarely allow polymerization without using some scavenging compounds. Normally, the polymerization process will still use at least small amounts of scavenging compounds.
[00164] Typically, the scavenging compound will be an organometallic compound such as the Group-13 organometallic compounds of U.S. Patents 5,153,157, 5,241,025 and WO-A-91/09882, WO-A-94/03506, WO-A-93/14132, and that of WO 95/07941. Exemplary compounds include triethyl aluminum, triethyl borane, tή-iso-bvAyl aluminum, methyl alumoxane, zso-butyl alumoxane, and tri-n-octyl aluminum. Those scavenging compounds having bulky or C6-C2O linear hydrocarbyl substituents connected to the metal or metalloid center usually minimize adverse interaction with the active catalyst. Examples include triethylaluminum, but more preferably, bulky compounds such as tri-zsø-butyl aluminum, tri-zso-phenyl aluminum, and long-chain linear alkyl-substituted aluminum compounds, such as tri-n-hexyl aluminum, tri-n-octyl aluminum, or tri- n-dodecyl aluminum. When alumoxane is used as the activator, any excess over that needed for activation will scavenge impurities and additional scavenging compounds may be unnecessary. Alumoxanes also may be added in scavenging quantities with other activators, e.g., methylalumoxane, [Me2HNPh]+[B(pfp)4]' or B(pfp)3 (perfluorophenyl = pfp = C6F5).
[00165] In terms of polymer density, the polymers capable of production in accordance the invention, can range from about 0.85 to about 0.95, preferably from 0.87 to 0.93, more preferably 0.89 to 0.920. Polymer molecular weights can range from about 3000 Mn to about 2,000,000 Mn or greater. Molecular weight distributions can range from about 1.1 to about 50.0, with molecular weight distributions from 1.2 to about 5.0 being more typical. Pigments, antioxidants and other additives, as is known in the art, may be added to the polymer.
Gas phase polymerization
[00166] Generally, in a fluidized gas bed process used for producing polymers, a gaseous stream containing one or more monomers is continuously cycled through a fluidized bed in the presence of a catalyst under reactive conditions. The gaseous stream is withdrawn from the fluidized bed and recycled back into the reactor. Simultaneously, polymer product is withdrawn from the reactor and fresh monomer is added to replace the polymerized monomer. (See for example U.S. Patent Nos. 4,543,399, 4,588,790, 5,028,670, 5,317,036, 5,352,749, 5,405,922, 5,436,304, 5,453,471, 5,462,999, 5,616,661 and 5,668,228 all of which are fully incorporated herein by reference.).
[00167] The reactor pressure in a gas phase process may vary from about 10 psig (69 kPa) to about 500 psig (3448 kPa), preferably from about 100 psig (690 kPa) to about 500 psig (3448 kPa), preferably in the range of from about 200 psig (1379 kPa) to about 400 psig (2759 kPa), more preferably in the range of from about 250 psig (1724 kPa) to about 350 psig (2414 kPa).
[00168] The reactor temperature in the gas phase process may vary from about 30 0C to about 120°C, preferably from about 60 °C to about 115 °C, more preferably in the range of from about 70 0C to 110 0C, and most preferably in the range of from about 70 °C to about 95°C. In another embodiment when high density polyethylene is desired then the reactor temperature is typically between 70 and 105 0C.
[00169] The productivity of the catalyst or catalyst system in a gas phase system is influenced by the partial pressure of the main monomer. The preferred mole percent of the main monomer, ethylene or propylene, preferably ethylene, is from about 25 to 90 mole percent and the comonomer partial pressure is in the range of from about 138 kPa to about 517 kPa, preferably about 517 kPa to about 2069 kPa, which are typical conditions in a gas phase polymerization process. Also in some systems the presence of comonomer can increase productivity. [00170] In a preferred embodiment, the reactor utilized in the present invention is capable of producing more than 500 lbs of polymer per hour (227 Kg/hr) to about 200,000 lbs/hr (90,900 Kg/hr) or higher, preferably greater than 1000 lbs/hr (455 Kg/hr), more preferably greater than 10,000 lbs/hr (4540 Kg/hr), even more preferably greater than 25,000 lbs/hr (11,300 Kg/hr), still more preferably greater than 35,000 lbs/hr (15,900 Kg/hr), still even more preferably greater than 50,000 lbs/hr (22,700 Kg/hr) and preferably greater than 65,000 lbs/hr (29,000 Kg/hr) to greater than 100,000 lbs/hr (45,500 Kg/hr), and most preferably over 100,000 lbs/hr ( 45,500 Kg/hr).
[00171] Other gas phase processes contemplated by the process of the invention include those described in U.S. Patent Nos. 5,627,242, 5,665,818 and 5,677,375, and European publications EP-A-0794 200, EP-A-O 802 202 and EP- B-634 421 all of which are herein fully incorporated by reference. [00172] hi another preferred embodiment the catalyst system in is liquid form and is introduced into the gas phase reactor into a resin particle lean zone. For information on how to introduce a liquid catalyst system into a fluidized bed polymerization into a particle lean zone, please see US 5,693,727, which is incorporated by reference herein.
Slurry phase polymerization
[00173] A slurry polymerization process generally operates between 1 to about 50 atmosphere pressure range (15 psig to 735 psig, 103 kPa to 5068 kPa) or even greater and temperatures in the range of 0 °C to about 120 0C. hi a slurry polymerization, a suspension of solid, particulate polymer is formed in a liquid polymerization diluent medium to which monomer and comonomers along with catalyst are added. The suspension including diluent is intermittently or continuously removed from the reactor where the volatile components are separated from the polymer and recycled, optionally after a distillation, to the reactor. The liquid diluent employed in the polymerization medium is typically an alkane having from 3 to 7 carbon atoms, preferably a branched alkane. The medium employed should be liquid under the conditions of polymerization and relatively inert. When a propane medium is used the process should be operated above the reaction diluent critical temperature and pressure. Preferably, a hexane or an isobutane medium is employed.
[00174] In one embodiment, a preferred polymerization technique of the invention is referred to as a particle form polymerization, or a slurry process where the temperature is kept below the temperature at which the polymer goes into solution. Such technique is well known in the art, and described in for instance U.S. Patent No. 3,248,179 which is fully incorporated herein by reference. The preferred temperature in the particle form process is within the range of about 85 °C to about 110 0C. Two preferred polymerization methods for the slurry process are those employing a loop reactor and those utilizing a plurality of stirred reactors in series, parallel, or combinations thereof. Non- limiting examples of slurry processes include continuous loop or stirred tank processes. Also, other examples of slurry processes are described in U.S. Patent No. 4,613,484, which is herein fully incorporated by reference. [00175] In another embodiment, the slurry process is carried out continuously in a loop reactor. The catalyst, as a slurry in isobutane or as a dry free flowing powder, is injected regularly to the reactor loop, which is itself filled with circulating slurry of growing polymer particles in a diluent of isobutane containing monomer and comonomer. Hydrogen, optionally, may be added as a molecular weight control. The reactor is maintained at a pressure of 3620 kPa to 4309 kPa and at a temperature in the range of about 60 °C to about 104 0C depending on the desired polymer melting characteristics. Reaction heat is removed through the loop wall since much of the reactor is in the form of a double-jacketed pipe. The slurry is allowed to exit the reactor at regular intervals or continuously to a heated low pressure flash vessel, rotary dryer and a nitrogen purge column in sequence for removal of the isobutane diluent and all unreacted monomer and comonomers. The resulting hydrocarbon free powder is then compounded for use in various applications.
[00176] In another embodiment, the reactor used in the slurry process of the invention is capable of and the process of the invention is producing greater than 2000 lbs of polymer per hour (907 Kg/hr), more preferably greater than 5000 lbs/hr (2268 Kg/hr), and most preferably greater than 10,000 lbs/hr (4540 Kg/hr). In another embodiment the slurry reactor used in the process of the invention is producing greater than 15,000 lbs of polymer per hour (6804 Kg/hr), preferably greater than 25,000 lbs/hr (11,340 Kg/hr) to about 100,000 lbs/hr (45,500 Kg/hr). [00177] In another embodiment in the slurry process of the invention the total reactor pressure is in the range of from 400 psig (2758 kPa) to 800 psig (5516 kPa), preferably 450 psig (3103 kPa) to about 700 psig (4827 kPa), more preferably 500 psig (3448 kPa) to about 650 psig (4482 kPa), most preferably from about 525 psig (3620 kPa) to 625 psig (4309 kPa).
[00178] In yet another embodiment in the slurry process of the invention the concentration of predominant monomer in the reactor liquid medium is in the range of from about 1 to 10 weight percent, preferably from about 2 to about 7 weight percent, more preferably from about 2.5 to about 6 weight percent, most preferably from about 3 to about 6 weight percent.
[00179] Another process of the invention is where the process, preferably a slurry or gas phase process is operated in the absence of or essentially free of any scavengers, such as triethylaluminum, trimethylaluminum, tri-z'so-butylaluminum and tri-w-hexylaluminum and diethyl aluminum chloride, dibutyl zinc and the like. This process is described in PCT publication WO 96/08520 and U.S. Patent No. 5,712,352, which are herein fully incorporated by reference. [00180] In another embodiment the process is run with scavengers. Typical scavengers include trimethyl aluminum, tri-wo-butyl aluminum and an excess of alumoxane or modified alumoxane. [00181] In a preferred embodiment, hydrogen or other chain termination agent (such as phenylsilane) are added to the slurry polymerization.
Homogeneous., bulk or solution phase polymerization
[00182] The catalysts described herein can be used advantageously in homogeneous solution processes. Generally this involves polymerization in a continuous reactor in which the polymer formed and the starting monomer and catalyst materials supplied, are agitated to reduce or avoid concentration gradients. Suitable processes operate above the melting point of the polymers at high pressures, from 1 to 3000 bar (10-30,000 MPa), in which the monomer acts as diluent or in solution polymerization using a solvent.
[00183] Temperature control in the reactor is obtained by balancing the heat of polymerization and with reactor cooling by reactor jackets or cooling coils to cool the contents of the reactor, auto refrigeration, pre-chilled feeds, vaporization of liquid medium (diluent, monomers or solvent) or combinations of all three. Adiabatic reactors with pre-chilled feeds may also be used. The reactor temperature depends on the catalyst used. In general, the reactor temperature preferably can vary between about 0°C and about 16O0C, more preferably from about 10°C to about 14O0C, and most preferably from about 400C to about 1200C. In series operation, the second reactor temperature is preferably higher than the first reactor temperature. In parallel reactor operation, the temperatures of the two reactors are independent. The pressure can vary from about 1 mm Hg to 2500 bar (25,000 MPa), preferably from 0.1 bar to 1600 bar (1-16,000 MPa), most preferably from 1.0 to 500 bar (10-5000 MPa).
[00184] Each of these processes may also be employed in single reactor, parallel or series reactor configurations. The liquid processes comprise contacting olefin monomers with the above described catalyst system in a suitable diluent or solvent and allowing said monomers to react for a sufficient time to produce the desired polymers. Hydrocarbon solvents are suitable, both aliphatic and aromatic. Alkanes, such as hexane, pentane, isopentane, and octane, are preferred. [00185] The process can be carried out in a continuous stirred tank reactor, batch reactor, or plug flow reactor, or more than one reactor operated in series or parallel. These reactors may have or may not have internal cooling and the monomer feed may or may not be refrigerated. See the general disclosure of U.S. Patent No. 5,001,205 for general process conditions. See also, international application WO 96/33227 and WO 97/22639.
Medium and High Pressure Polymerizations
[00186] In the high pressure process for the polymerization of ethylene alone or in combination with C3 to C10 alpha-olefϊns and optionally other copolymerizable olefins, the temperature of the medium within which the polymerization reaction occurs is at least 1200C and preferably above 140°C and may range to 3500C, but below the decomposition temperature of said polymer product, typically from 31O0C to 3250C. Preferably, the polymerization is completed at a temperature within the range of 130°C to 230°C. The polymerization is completed at a pressure above 200 bar (20 MPa), and generally at a pressure within the range of 500 bar (50 MPa) to 3500 bar (350 MPa). Preferably, the polymerization is completed at a pressure within the range from 800 bar (80 MPa) to 2500 bar (250 MPa).
[00187] For a medium pressure process, the temperature within which the polymerization reaction occurs is at least 80°C and typically ranges from 80°C to 250°C, preferably from 100°C to 220°C, and should for a given polymer in the reactor, be above the melting point of said polymer so as to maintain the fluidity of the polymer-rich phase. The pressure can be varied between 100 and 1000 bar for ethylene homopolymers and from 30 bar (3 MPa) to 1000 bar (100 MPa), especially 50 bar (5 MPa) to 500 bar (50 MPa) for processes producing ethylene copolymers containing C3 to C10 olefins and optionally other copolymerizable olefins.
[00188] After polymerization and deactivation of the catalyst, the polymer product can be recovered by processes well known in the art. Any excess reactants may be flashed off from the polymer and the polymer obtained extruded into water and cut into pellets or other suitable comminuted shapes. For general process conditions, see the general disclosure of U.S. patents 5,084,534, 5,408,017, 6,127,497, 6,255,410, which are incorporated herein by reference. In another embodiment, this invention relates to:
1. A metallocene compound comprising a transition metal, a first substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand pi-bonded to the transition metal, a second monoanionic ligand bonded to the transition metal, and a divalent bridging group bonded to the indenyl ligand and said second monoanionic ligand, wherein said bridging group is connected to the four, five, six or seven position of the indenyl ligand, and wherein at least one of one of the first and second ligands comprises at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp2 carbon atom at a bondable ring position of said ligand.
2. A metallocene compound comprising a transition metal, a first substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand pi-bonded to the transition metal, a second monoanionic ligand bonded to the transition metal, and a divalent bridging group bonded to the fluorenyl ligand and said second monoanionic ligand, wherein said bridging group is connected to the one, two, three, four, five, six, seven or eight position of the fluorenyl ligand, and wherein at least one of one of the first and second ligands comprises at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp carbon atom at a bondable ring position of said ligand.
3. The metallocene compound of paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 wherein said second monoanionic ligand is a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic ligand that is pi-bonded to the transition metal.
4. The metallocene compound of any preceding paragraph 1, 2, or 3 wherein said second monoanionic ligand is a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic arene ligand that is pi-bonded to the transition metal.
5. The metallocene compound of any preceding paragraph 1 to 4 wherein said second monoanionic ligand is an indenyl or a fluorenyl ligand.
6. The metallocene compound of any preceding paragraph 1 to 5 wherein the transition metal is from a Group 3, 4, 5 or 6 of the Periodic Table of Elements, or a lanthanide metal or an actinide metal.
7. A metallocene compound represented by the formula (1):
Figure imgf000090_0001
wherein
M is a Group 3, 4, 5 or 6 transition metal atom, or a lanthanide metal atom, or actinide metal atom;
E is a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic arene ligand pi-bonded to M; A is a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic arene ligand pi- bonded to M, at least one of A and E has at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp2 carbon atom at a bondable ring position of the associated ligand; Y is bonded to any single bondable ring position of A and to any single bondable ring position of an aromatic six-membered ring of E, and is a bridging group containing a Group 13, 14, 15, or 16 element; and each X is a univalent anionic ligand, or two X are joined and bound to the metal atom to form a metallocycle ring, or two X are joined to form a chelating ligand, a diene ligand, or an alkylidene ligand.
8. The metallocene of paragraph 7 wherein A is a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand or a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand.
9. The metallocene compound of paragraph 7 or paragraph 8 wherein E is a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand and Y is connected to the four, five, six or seven position of the indenyl ligand.
10. The metallocene compound of paragraph 7 or paragraph 8 wherein E is a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand and Y is connected to the one, two, three, four, five, six, seven or eight position of the fluorenyl ligand.
11. A metallocene compound represented by the formula (2):
Figure imgf000091_0001
or formula (3):
Figure imgf000091_0002
or formula (4):
Figure imgf000092_0001
or formula (5):
Figure imgf000092_0002
or formula (6):
Figure imgf000093_0001
or formula (7):
Figure imgf000093_0002
wherein
M is a group 3, 4, 5 or 6 transition metal atom, or a lanthanide metal atom, or actinide metal atom;
R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are, independently, hydrogen, or a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halogen, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, substituted silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, substituted germylcarbyl, or other heteroatom substituents wherein the heteroatom is boron, a Group 14 atom that is not carbon, a Group 15 atom, or a Group 16 atom, preferably boron, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, or sulfur, and adjacent R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7,
R8, and R9 may be joined together to form a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated, partially unsaturated, or aromatic cyclic or polycyclic substituent;
Y is bonded to the indicated ring system and to any single bondable ring position of A, and is abridging group containing a Group 13, 14, 15, or 16 element;
A is a substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentadienyl ligand, a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand, or a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand, and each X is a univalent anionic ligand, or two X are joined and bound to the metal atom to form a metallocycle ring, or two X are joined to form a chelating ligand, a diene ligand, or an alkylidene ligand; provided that at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 is a halogen substituent or A includes at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp2 carbon atom at a bondable ring position of the ligand.
12. The compound of any one of paragraphs 7 to 11 wherein Y is a bridging group containing boron or a Group 14, 15 or 16 element.
13. The compound of any one of paragraphs 7 to 12 wherein Y is selected from S, O, NR', PR', AsR', SbR', 0-0, S-S, R'N-NR', RT-PR', O-S, 0-NR', O- PR', P(=S)R', S-NR', S-PR', R'N-PR', R'2C, R'2Si, R'2Ge, R'2CCR'2, R'2CCR'2CR'2, R'2CCR'2CR'2CR'2, R5C=CR', R'C=CR'CR'2, R'2CCR'=CR'CR'2, R'O=CR'CR'=CR', R'C=CR'CR'2CR'2, R'2CSiR'2, R'2SiSiR'2, R'2CSiR'2CR'2, R'2SiCR'2SiR'2, R'C=CR'SiR'2, R'2CGeR'2, R'2GeGeR'2, R'2CGeR'2CR'2, R'2GeCR'2GeR'2, R'2SiGeR'2, R'C=CR'GeR'2, R'B, R'2C-BR', R'2C-BR'-CR'2, R'2C-O-CR'2, R'2CR'2C-O-CR'2CR'2, R'2C- O-CR'2CR'2, R'2C-O-CR'=CR\ R'2C-S-CR'2, R'2CR'2C-S-CR'2CR'2, R'2C- S-CR'2CR'2, R'2C-S-CR'=CR', R'2C-Se-CR'2, R'2CR'2C-Se-CR'2CR'2, R'2C- Se-CR'2CR'2, R'2C-Se-CR'=CR', R'2C-N=CR', R'2C-NR'-CR'2, R'2C-NR'- CR'2CR'2, R'2C-NR'-CR'=CR', R'2CR'2C-NR'-CR'2CR'2, R'2C-P=CR', and R'2C-PR'-CR'2 where R' is hydrogen or a C1-C20 containing hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl or germylcarbyl substituent and optionally two or more adjacent R' may join to form a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic, cyclic or polycyclic substituent.
14. The compound of any one of paragraphs 7 to 13 wherein Y is selected from S, O, NPh, PPh, P(=S)Ph, NMe, PMe, NEt, PEt, NPr, PPr, NBu, PBu, N-Ph- p-Me, P-Ph-p-Me CH2, CH2CH2, CH(CH3)2, SiMe2, SiPh2, SiMePh, Si(CH2)3, and Si(CH2)4, where Me is methyl and Ph is phenyl.
15. The metallocene compound of any preceding paragraph 1 to 14 wherein the transition metal is a Group 4 transition metal selected from titanium, zirconium and hafnium.
16. The metallocene compound of any preceding paragraph 1 to 15 wherein said at least one halogen substituent is a chloro, bromo or iodo substituent, and preferably a chloro or bromo substituent.
17. A metallocene compound selected from:
4,4 ' -sulfido-έ is( 775-7-bromo-2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-phenylphosphindiyl-bis(77J-7-bromo-2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'-phenylphosphinesulfide-bis(775-7-bromo-2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'- tolylazandiyl-δz-f(775-7-bromo-2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, and
4,4'-oxadiyl-bis(^5-7-bromo-2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride.
18. A catalyst system comprising the metallocene compound of any preceeding paragraph 1 to 18 and an activator.
19. A process for polymerizing olefins comprising contacting the catalyst system of paragraph 18 with at least one olefin. 20. The process of paragraph 18 wherein said at least one olefin comprises ethylene and/or propylene.
Experimental - Synthesis of Pre-catalysts
[00189] All manipulations with air and moisture sensitive compounds were performed either in an atmosphere of thoroughly purified argon using a standard Schlenk technique or in a controlled atmosphere Glove Box (Vacuum Atmospheres Co.). Tetrahydrofuran (THF, Merck = Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany) and diethyl ether (Merck) for synthesis were purified by distillation over LiAlH4, and stored over sodium benzophenone ketyl under an inert atmosphere; prior to use, the solvents were distilled from the benzophenone ketyl. Hydrocarbon solvents such as toluene (Merck) and hexanes (Merck) were typically distilled over CaH2, and were stored over Na/K alloy under an inert atmosphere; prior to use, the solvents were distilled from the Na/K alloy. Dimethylether (DME, Acros) was purified by distillation over Na benzophenone ketyl. Methylene chloride (Merck) (and CCl2D2 for NMR measurements, Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc.) was distilled and stored over CaH2 under an inert atmosphere; prior to use, the solvent was distilled from the CaH2. Sodium metal (Merck) was used as received. Chloroform-c? (Merck) was distilled over P4O10 and stored over molecular sieves (3A). Anhydrous ethanol (Merck), methanol (Merck), methyl-tert-butyl ether (Acros = Acros Organics), dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO, Acros), anhydrous ZrCl4 (Aldrich = Aldrich Chemical Co.), ZrCl4(THF)2 (Aldrich), "BuLi in hexanes (Chemetall = Chemetall Chemical Products), Et3SnCl (Alfa Aesar), anhydrous K2CO3 (Merck), Pd(dba)2 (Aldrich, dba = dibenzylidenacetone), NaBH4 (Acros), anhydrous powdered AlCl3 (Merck), methyl iodide (Acros), CuBr (Acros), />αrα-toluene sulfonic acid (Aldrich), sodium nitrite (Merck), bromine (Merck), KOH (Merck), 2-methyl-4- bromoaniline (Adrich), diethylmethylmalonate (Acros), 2-bromobenzyl bromide (Aldrich), Silica Gel 60, 40-63 μm (Merck and Fluka), 12 M HCl (Reachim, Moscow, Russia), Na2SO4 (Akzo Nobel), glacial acetic acid (Reachim, Moscow, Russia), HBr (47%, Merck), phenyldichlorophosphine (Aldrich), para-toluidene (Acros), tris(tert-butyl)phosphine (Strem), NaSO3 (Merck), triisopropylborate (Alfa Aesar), H2O2 (Reachim, Russia), K3PO4 (Fluka), potassium tert-butoxide (Acros), and sulfur (Merck) were used as obtained. Thionyl chloride (Merck) was distilled before use.
[00190] Analytical and semi-preparative liquid chromatography was performed using Waters Delta 600 HPLC system including 996 Photodiode Array Detector, Nova-Pack C18 or HR Silica (6OA, 6μm, 3.9 and 19 x 300 mm) and Symmetry Cl 8 (5 μm, 4.6 x 250 mm) columns. MPHPLC was performed using MPHPLC glass columns and fittings (Ace Glass), PD5130 pump drive equipped with Jl gear-well pump head (Heidolph), 996 Photodiode Array Detector and Fraction Collector II (Waters). 1H and 13C spectra were recorded with a Brucker DPX-300 for 1-10% solutions in deuterated solvents. Chemical shifts for 1H and 13C were measured relatively to TMS. C, H microanalyses were done using CHN-O-Rapid analyzer (Heracus).
Example 1
Synthesis of 4,4'-sulfido-føs(775-7-bromo-2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride (1)
3, 6-Dibromotoluene
Figure imgf000097_0001
[00191] A total of 46.5 g (0.25 mol) of melted 2-methyl-4-bromoaniline were slowly added to 400 ml of 23% aqueous HBr in a 2000 ml beaker. This mixture was stirred for 20 min using a mechanical stirrer, and cooled to -50C. Then, a solution of 22.4 g (0.33 mol) Of NaNO2 in 130 ml of water was added dropwise for 1 h at this temperature. The diazonium reagent obtained was added in several portions to a solution of 35.9 g (0.25 mmol) of CuBr in 100 ml of 47% HBr at O0C. The resulting mixture was warmed to 7O0C, stirred for 30 min at this temperature, and, then, cooled to room temperature. The product was extracted with 3 x 200 ml of methyl-tert-butyl ether. The combined extract was dried over
K2CO3 and evaporated to dryness. Firstly, the crude product was purified using a short Silica Gel 60 column (40-63 μm, d 60 mm, 1 40 mm; eluent: hexanes).
Fractional distillation gave a colorless oil, b.p. 100-102°C/10 mm Hg. Yield 36.1 g (58%).
Anal. calc. for C7H6Br2: C, 33.64; H, 2.42. Found: C, 33.79; H, 2.50.
1H NMR (CDCl3): δ 7.39 (m, IH, 5-H), 7.37 (m, IH, 3-H), 7.18 (m, IH, 6-H),
2.38 (s, 3H, Me).
13C NMR (CDCl3): δ 139.9, 133.6, 133.5, 130.3, 123.5, 120.9, 22.7.
3, 6-Dibromobenzylbromide
Figure imgf000098_0001
[00192] A total of 74.9 g (0.30 mol) of 3,6-dibromotoluene was added to a three-necked round-bottom 250 ml flask equipped with a reflux condenser, thermometer, dropping funnel with pressure-equalization, and magnetic stirring bar. A total of 15.5 ml (47.9 g, 0.30 mmol) of bromine were added dropwise to the flask under exposure to 500 W lamp for 3 h at 19O0C. The resulting mixture was cooled to room temperature. Fractional distillation gave a colorless liquid, b.p. 132-135°C/3 mm Hg. Yield 84.3 g (85%), 3,6-dibromobenzylbromide. [00193] Anal. calc. for C7H5Br3: C, 25.57; H, 1.53. Found: C, 25.81; H, 1.62. 1H NMR (CDCl3): δ 7.59 (m, IH, 5-H), 7.43 (m, IH, 3-H), 7.28 (m, IH, 3-H)5 4.52 (s, 2H, CH2). 13C NMR (CDCl3): δ 138.9, 134.6, 134.0, 133.1, 123.0, 121.5, 32.2.
3-(2, 5-Dibromophenyl)-2-methylpropanoic acid, S-(2, 5-dibromophenyl)-2- methylyrovionyl chloride, and 4, 7-dibromo-2-methyl-l-indanone 1. NaCMe(COOEt)2
Figure imgf000099_0001
[00194] A total of 6.10 g (0.27 mol) of sodium metal were dissolved in 150 ml of dry ethanol in a three-necked round-bottom 1000 ml flask equipped with a reflux condenser, dropping funnel with pressure-equalization, and magnetic stirring bar. To the resulting solution, 45.5 g (0.26 mol) of diethylmethylmalonate in 50 ml of dry ethanol were added dropwise within 10 min. This mixture was stirred for 15 min; then 84.3 g (0.26 mol) of 3,6-dibromobenzylbromide were added by vigorous stirring at such a rate, so the reaction mixture maintained at gentle reflux. Additionally, this mixture was refluxed for 4 h and, then, cooled to room temperature. A solution of 52.1 g of KOH in 140 ml of water was added and the resulting mixture was refluxed for 3 h to saponificate the ester formed. Ethanol and water were distilled off. To the residue, 200 ml of water and, then, 12 M HCl (to pH 1) were added. The substituted methylmalonic acid precipitated, was separated, washed with 3 x 100 ml of cold water and dried overnight on a watch glass. Crude 3-(2,5-dibromophenyl)-2-methylpropanoic acid was obtained after decarboxylation of this substituted methylmalonic acid by heating it for 2 h at 16O0C. This product was used without further purification. A mixture of this acid, 70 ml Of SOCl2, and 100 ml Of CH2Cl2 was stirred for 3 h at reflux. Thionyl chloride and CH2Cl2 were distilled off. The residue was dried in vacuum and, then, dissolved in 95 ml Of CH2Cl2. To a suspension of 47.0 g (0.35 mol) OfAlCl3 in 470 ml of CH2Cl2 the above-obtained solution of 3-(2,5-dibromophenyl)-2- methylpropanoyl chloride was added dropwise with vigorous stirring for 1 hour at -2O0C. This mixture was refluxed for 3 h, cooled to ambient temperature, and, then poured on 500 cm3 of ice. The organic layer was separated. The aqueous layer was extracted with 3 x 200 ml of methyl-tert-butyl ether. The combined organic fractions were dried over K2CO3 and evaporated to dryness. The crude 4,7-dibromo-2-methyl-l-indanone was purified by flash chromatography on Silica Gel 60 (40-63 μm, d 50 mm, h 250 mm; eluent: hexanes/methyl-tert-butyl ether
(1:1, vol.)). Yield 54.1 g (70%).
Anal. calc. for C10H8Br2O: C, 39.51; H, 2.65. Found: C, 39.40; H, 2.58.
1H NMR (CDCl3): δ 7.52 (d, J= 8.4 Hz, IH, 6-H), 7.37 (d, J= 8.4 Hz, IH, 5-H),
3.27 (dd, J= 17.7 Hz, J= 8.0 Hz, IH, 3-H), 3.73 (m, IH, 2-H), 2.58 (dd, J= 17.7
Hz, J= 4.2 Hz, IH, 3'-H), 1.31 (d, J= 7.3 Hz, 3H, 2-Me).
13C NMR (CDCl3): δ 205.5, 155.4, 137.6, 135.3, 133.9, 121.0, 118.6, 42.6, 35.3,
16.1.
4, 7-Dihromo-2 -methyl- 1-indanol and a mixture ofcis- and trans-4, 7-dibromo-l- methoxy-2-methylindane
Figure imgf000100_0001
[00195] A total of 54.1 g (0.178 mol) of the 4,7-dibromo-2-methyl-l-indanone produced above was dissolved in 240 ml of THF-methanol (2:1, vol.) and 9.40 g (0.248 mol) of NaBH4 were added in small portions to the resulting solution at - 50C. The resulting mixture was stirred overnight at ambient temperature and, then, poured on 500 cm3 of ice. Then, 1 M HCl (to pH 4) was added. The organic layer was separated; and the aqueous layer was extracted with 3 x 200 ml of methyl-tert-butyl ether. The combined organic fractions were dried over K2CO3 and evaporated to dryness. To a mixture of 40 g of KOH and 140 ml of DMSO, 22.3 ml (50.8 g, 0.358 mol) of MeI and, then, immediately, the crude 4,7- dibromo-2-methyl- 1-indanol dissolved in 70 ml of DMSO were added at ambient temperature. The resulting mixture was stirred for 3 h and, then, poured on 2500 cm3 of cold water. The organic layer was separated. The aqueous layer was extracted with 3 x 200 ml of methyl-tert-butyl ether. The combined extract was washed twice with 500 ml of water, dried over K2CO3, and evaporated to dryness. Fractional distillation gave a yellowish liquid, b.p. 121-125°C/2 mm Hg. Yield 50.1 g (88%) of 1 to 1 mixture of two diastereomeric compounds, cis- and trans- 4,7-dibromo- 1 -methoxy-2-methylindane.
Anal. calc. for C11H12Br2O: C, 41.28; H, 3.78. Found: C, 41.10; H, 3.69. 1H NMR (CDCl3): δ 7.23 (m, 4H, 5,6-H in cis- and trans-products), 4.63 (d, J= 5.6 Hz, IH, 1-H in trans-product), 4.47 (d, J= 1.5 Hz, IH, 1-H in czs-product), 3.53 (s, 3H, MeO in trans- or czs-product), 3.45 (s, 3H, MeO in cis- or trans- product), 3.34 (dd, J= 16.7 Hz, J= 7.3 Hz, IH, 3-H in trans- or αs-product), 2.98 (dd, J= 16.4 Hz, J= 7.6 Hz, IH, 3-H in cis- or trans-product), 2.78 (dd, J= 16.4 Hz, J= 9.7 Hz, IH, 3'-H in cis- or trans-product), 2.52 (m, 2H, 2-H in cis- and trans-products), 2.51 (dd, J= 16.7 Hz, J= 2.4 Hz, IH, 3'-H in trans- or cis- product), 1.24 (d, J= 7.0 Hz, 3H, 2-Me in trans- or czs-product), 1.06 (d, J= 7.3 Hz, 3H, 2-Me in in cis- or trans-product).
13C NMR (CDCl3): δ 146.8, 146.0, 145.0, 142.8, 133.1, 132.7, 131.7, 131.4, 131.3, 131.1, 130.1, 129.7, 92.3, 86.8, 59.0, 57.0, 40.8 (two resonances), 38.5, 36.4, 19.5, 13.3.
Bis(4-bromo-2-methyl-lH-inden- 7-yl) sulfide
Figure imgf000101_0001
[00196] A total of 48.55 g (152 mmol) of the cis- and trans-4,7-dibromo-l- methoxy-2-methylindane mixture were dissolved in 250 ml of THF and the solution was added to a three-necked round-bottom 500 ml flask equipped with a reflux condenser, dropping funnel with pressure-equalization, and magnetic stirring bar. A total of 60.7 ml of 2.50 M "BuLi (152 mmol) in hexanes were added dropwise to the flask with vigorous stirring for 30 min at -780C. Then a solution of 7.81 g (75.9 mmol) of freshly distilled SCl2 in 50 ml of hexanes was added dropwise with vigorous stirring for 15 min at -940C. The reaction mixture was warmed slowly for 1 h to ambient temperature; then 10 ml of water was added dropwise with vigorous stirring. The methoxy-disulfide was extracted with
3 x 300 ml of diethyl ether. The combined extract was washed with 2 x 400 ml of cold water and evaporated to dryness. The residue was dissolved in a mixture of
250 ml of methanol and 250 ml of 12 M HCl. The resulting mixture was refuxed for 6 h and, then, cooled to ambient temperature. The crude product was extracted with 2 x 250 ml OfCH2Cl2. The combined extract was evaporated to dryness; and the residue was purified using flash chromatography on Silica Gel 60 (40-63 μm, d 50 mm, 1 500 mm; eluent: hexanes-CH2Cl2 (4:1, vol.)). Yield 7.65 g (23%) of white solid.
Anal. calc. for C20H16Br2S: C, 53.59; H, 3.60. Found: C, 53.87; H, 3.77.
1H NMR (CDCl3): δ 7.11 (d, J= 8.2 Hz, 2H, 5,5'-H), 6.90 (d, J= 8.2 Hz, 2H, 6,6'-
H), 6.67 (m, 2H, 3,3'-H), 3.32 (m, 4H, 1,1'-CH2), 2.16 (m, 6H, 2,2'-Me).
13C NMR (CDCl3): δ 148.0, 143.7, 131.1, 128.6, 127.5, 126.0, 124.8, 117.3, 44.9,
16.9.
4, 4 '-Sulfido-bis(η5- 7-bromo-2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride (1)
Figure imgf000102_0001
[00197] A total of 7.65 g (17.1 mmol) of the tø(4-bromo-2-methyl-lH-inden- 7-yl) sulfide were dissolved in a mixture of 250 ml of diethyl ether and 70 ml of DME and 14.0 ml (35.0 mmol) of 2.50 M "BuLi (35.0 mmol) in hexanes were added to the resulting solution in a Glove Box with vigorous stirring for 2 h at ambient temperature. This mixture was stirred additionally for 1 h; then 10.0 g (41.4 mmol) of Et3SnCl were added in one portion. The resulting mixture was stirred overnight and, then, evaporated to dryness. The residue was dissolved in
250 ml of toluene. The suspension formed was filtered through a glass frit (G4) and 4.18 g of ZrCl4 were added to the filtrate. The resulting mixture was stirred for 7 h at 1000C. The hot suspension was filtered through a glass frit (G4). Red crystals that precipitated from the filtrate at O0C were separated, washed with 15 ml of cold toluene, and dried in vacuum. Yield 2.50 g (24% ) of sulfιdo-bis(η5-4- bromo-2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride.
Anal. calc. for C20H14Br2Cl2SZr: C, 39.49; H, 2.32. Found: C, 39.17; H, 2.22.
1H NMR (CD2Cl2): δ 6.84 (d, J= 7.5 Hz, 2H, 5,5'-H), 6.78 (d, J= 7.5 Hz, 2H, 6,6'-
H), 6.30 (d, J= 2.4 Hz, 2H, 3,3'-H), 4.42 (d, J= 2.4 Hz, 2H, 1,1'-H), 1.83 (s, 6H,
2,2'-Me).
[00198] The molecular structure of the sulfido-δώ(?75-4-bromo-2- methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride is shown in Figure 1.
Example 2
Synthesis of 4,4'-phenylphosphindiyl-bis(?75-7-bromo-2-methylindenyl) zirconium dichloride (2)
Bis(4-bromo-2-methyl-l H-inden- 7-yl) (phenyl)yhosphine
Figure imgf000103_0001
[00199] Under an argon atmosphere, in a 250 ml three-necked round-bottom flask equipped with a reflux condenser, dropping funnel with pressure-equalizing, and magnetic stirring bar, and containing a solution of 17.0 g (53.0 mmol) of 4,7- dibromo-l-methoxy-2-methylindane in 130 ml of THF, 21.2 ml of 2.50 M "BuLi (53.0 mmol) in hexanes was added dropwise with vigorous stirring for 1 hour at - 8O0C. This mixture was additionally stirred for 2 hours at this temperature. Then, a solution of 9.51 g (53.0 mmol) of phenyldichlorophosphine in 30 ml of THF was added dropwise by vigorous stirring for 1 hour at -8O0C. The reaction mixture was warmed slowly to ambient temperature and then stirred overnight at this temperature. The resulting mixture was evaporated to dryness. To the residue 250 ml of toluene and 7.0 g of pαra-toluenesulphonic acid were added. This mixture was refluxed for 5 hours, and then it was evaporated to dryness. The product was isolated using flash chromatography on Silica Gel 60 (40-63 μm, d 40 mm, 1 400 mm; eluent: hexanes). Yield 8.08 g (58%) of white solid. On the evidence of NMR spectroscopy the product consists of three isomers with different positions of double bonds.
Anal. calc. for C26H21Br2P: C, 59.57; H, 4.04. Found: C, 59.40; H, 3.95.
1H NMR (CDCl3): δ 7.22-7.36 (m, 5H,), 7.09-7.13 and 6.94-6.98 (two m, 2H, ), 6.65-6.72 (m, 2H), 6.57-6.64 and 6.43-6.49 (two m, 2H), 3.27-3.35 (m, 4H), 2.08-2.12 (m, 6H).
4, 4 - Phenylphosphindiyl-bis(η~ '- 7-bι~omo-2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride
Figure imgf000104_0001
[00200] Under an argon atmosphere, to a solution of 5.24 g (10.0 mmol) of bis(4-bromo-2-methyl-7H-inden-7-yl)(phenyl)phosphine in 200 ml of ether, 8.00 ml of 2.5 M (10.0 mmol) of "BuLi in hexanes was added over 10 minutes at ambient temperature. This mixture was stirred for 24 hours and then cooled to - 8O0C. Then, 3.77 g (10.0 mmol) OfZrCl4(THF)2 was added. The resulting mixture was stirred, slowly (over ca. 1 hour) heated to ambient temperature, and then further stirred for 24 hours. The resulting mixture was evaporated to dryness, and 100 ml of toluene was added. This mixture was stirred for 2 hours at 8O0C and then filtered using a funnel with a glass frit (G4) and jacket. The precipitate was washed with 5 x 100 ml of hot toluene. The combined toluene filtrate was evaporated to 100 ml. Crystals that precipitated at -3O0C were collected, washed with 2 x 20 ml of cold toluene, and dried in vacuum. Yield 3.52 g (51%) of yellow crystalline solid.
Anal. calc. for C26H19Br2Cl2PZr: C, 45.63; H, 2.80. Found: C, 45.47; H, 2.72.
1H NMR (CD2Cl2): δ 7.83 (dd, JPH= 14.2 Hz, J= 7.3 Hz, IH, 6-H in indenyl), 7.40-7.55 (m, 6H, 5-H in indenyl and P-Ph), 7.28 (dd, J= 7.5 Hz, JPH= 1.3 Hz, IH, 5'-H in indenyl), 6.87 (dd, J= 7.5 Hz, JPH= 3.8 Hz, IH, 6'-H in indenyl), 6.57 (m, IH, 3/3'-H), 6.53 (m, IH, I Vl-H), 4.70 (dd, J= 2.5 Hz, JPH= 0.6 Hz, IH, 3/3'-H), 4.36 (m, IH, 1 Vl-H), 2.13 (s, 3H, 2/2'-Me), 2.05 (s, 3H, 272- Me).
Example 3
Synthesis of 4,4f-phenylphosphmesuIfide-bis(τ75-7-bromo-2-methylindenyl) zirconium dichloride (3)
Figure imgf000105_0001
[00201] A mixture of 0.30 g (0.44 mmol) of 4,4'-phenylphosphido-6w(^5-7- bromo-2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride and 13.7 mg (0.44 mmol) of sulfur in 20 ml of toluene was stirred for 20 h at 1000C. The resulting mixture was evaporated to dryness. The residue was washed with 8 x 30 ml of warm hexanes, and dried in vacuum. Yield 0.26 g (83%) of orange solid.
Anal. calc. for C26H2iCl2PSZr: C, 55.90; H, 3.79. Found: C, 56.12; H, 3.93.
1H NMR (CD2Cl2): δ 8.41 (dd, JPH=17.4 Hz, J=7.5 Hz, IH, 6-H in indenyl), 7.95-8.02 (m, 2H, 5,5'-H in indenyl), 7.75 (m, IH, 6'-H in indenyl), 7.66-7.69 (m,lH, 4-H in PPh), 7.58-7.62 (m, 2H, 2,6-H in PPh), 7.40 (dd, J=7.5 Hz, JpH=l .8 Hz, IH, 4-H in indenyl), 7.15-7.25 (m, 2H, 3,5-H in PPh), 7.01 (dd, JPH-14.8 Hz, J-7.5 Hz, IH, 4'-H in indenyl), 6.70 (m, IH, 3-H in indenyl), 6.80 (m, IH, 3'-H in indenyl), 5.17 (d, J=2.5 Hz, IH5 1-H in indenyl), 4.14 (d, J= 2.5Hz, IH, l'-H in indenyl), 2.20 (s, 3H, 2-Me), 2.14 (s, 3H, 2'-Me).
Example 4
Synthesis of 4,4'- toIyIazandiyl-A/s(75-7-bromo-2-methyIindenyl)zirconium dichloride (4)
3-(2-Bromophenyl)-2-methylpropanoic acid, 3-(2-bromophenyl)-2- methylyroyanoyl chloride, 4-bromo-2-methyl-l-indanone
L NaCMe(COOEt)2
Figure imgf000106_0001
[00202] m a three-necked round-bottom 2000 ml flask equipped with a reflux condenser, dropping funnel with pressure-equalizing, and magnetic stirring bar, 20.5 g (0.89 mol) of sodium metal were dissolved in 450 ml of dry ethanol. To the resulting solution 155 g (0.89 mol) of diethylmethylmalonate in 150 ml of dry ethanol were added dropwise within 15 min. This mixture was stirred for 15 min; then, 186 g (0.89 mol) of o-bromobenzyl bromide were added by vigorous stirring at a rate that allowed the reaction mixture to maintain a gentle reflux. Additionally, this mixture was refluxed for 4 h and cooled to room temperature. A solution of 151 g of KOH in 400 ml of water was added and the mixture was refluxed for 3 h to saponifϊcate the ester formed. Ethanol and water were distilled off and 500 ml of water and, then, 12 M HCl (to pH 1) were added to the residue. The substituted methylmalonic acid that precipitated was separated, washed with 2 x 200 ml of cold water, and dried overnight on a watch glass. Crude 3-(2- bromophenyl)-2-methylpropanoic acid was obtained after decarboxylation of this substituted methylmalonic acid by heating it for 2 h at 1600C. The product was used without further purification. Mixture of this acid and 160 ml of SOCl2 was stirred for 24 h at ambient temperature. Thionyl chloride was distilled off. The crude 3-(2-bromophenyl)-2-methylpropanoyl chloride dissolved in 270 ml of CH2Cl2 was added dropwise by vigorous stirring to a suspension of 136 g (1.02 mol) of AlCl3 in 1350 ml of CH2Cl2 for 1 h at O0C. Then, this mixture was refluxed for 3 h, cooled to ambient temperature, and poured on 500 cm3 of ice. The organic layer was separated. The aqueous layer was extracted with 3 x 300 ml of methyl-tert-butyl ether. The combined organic fractions were dried over K2CO3 and evaporated to dryness. Fractional distillation gave the title indanone, b.p. 131-134°C/2 mm Hg. Yield 125.5 g (75%) of colorless solid.
Anal. calc. for C10H9BrO: C, 53.36; H, 4.03. Found: C, 53.19; H, 3.98.
1H NMR (CDCl3): δ 7.76 (d, J- 7.6 Hz, IH, 7-H), 7.71 (d, J= 7.6 Hz, IH, 5-H), 7.28 (t, J- 7.6 Hz, IH, 6-H), 3.36 (dd, J= 17.5 Hz, J= 7.6 Hz, IH, 3-H), 2.70-2.82 (m, IH, 2-H), 2.67 (dd, J= 17.5 Hz, J= 3.8 Hz, IH, 3'-H), 1.34 (d, J= 7.3 Hz, 3H, 2-Me).
13C NMR (CDCl3): δ 208.3, 152.9, 138.2, 137.2, 129.0, 122.6, 122.0, 41.8, 35.7, 16.0. 4-Bromo-l-methoxy-2-methylindane
Figure imgf000108_0001
[00203] To a solution of 149.5 g (0.664 mol) of 4-bromo-2-methyl-l-indanone in 900 ml of THF-methanol (2:1, vol.), 37.6 g (0.995 mol) OfNaBH4 was added in small portions with vigorous stirring over 1.5 hours at 5 0C. This mixture was stirred at room temperature for 12 hours and then added to 2 L of cold water. The hydrogenation product was extracted with 5 x 200 ml of dichloromethane, and the combined extract was evaporated to dryness. To 149 g (2.65 mol) of KOH in 420 ml of DMSO, 188 g (82.5 ml, 1.33 mol) of MeI, and a solution of the crude 4- bromo-2-methylindan-l-ol in 220 ml of DMSO were added. This mixture was stirred for 2 hours at ambient temperature; then, 92.0 g (40.4 ml, 0.664 mol) of MeI was added, and the mixture was additionally stirred for 2 hours. The resulting mixture was added to 2.5 L of cold water. The crude product was extracted with 5 x 200 ml of dichloromethane. The combined extract was dried over Na2SO4, and then evaporated to dryness. Fractional distillation gave a mixture of two diastereomeric compounds, b.p. 108 °C/3 mm Hg. Yield, 148.5 g (93%) of a colorless oil.
Anal. calc. for C11H13BrO: C, 54.79; H, 5.43. Found: C, 54.86; H, 5.40.
1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.41 (d, J= 7.9 Hz, IH, 5-H of cis- product), 7.40 (d, J= 7.9 Hz, IH, 5-H of trans-product), 7.31 (d, J= 7.2 Hz, IH, 7- H of czs-product), 7.29 (d, J= 7.2 Hz, IH, 7-H of trans-product), 7.08 (m, IH, 6-H of czs-product), 7.07 (m, IH, 6-H of trans-product), 4.57 (d, J= 5.8 Hz, IH, CHOMe of trαws-product), 4.45 (d, J= 4.2 Hz, IH, CHOMe of czs-product), 3.45 (m, 3Η, OMe of czs-product), 3.40 (m, 3H, OMe of trans-product), 2.40-3.30 (m, 6H, CH2 and CHMe of czs-products), 1.18 (m, 3Η, CHMe of czs-product), 1.11 (m, 3H, CHMe of trans-product).
13C(1H) NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3): δ 144.6, 144.1, 143.7, 143.4, 131.3, 131.2, 128.2, 127.8, 124.1, 123.9, 120.4 (two resonances), 91.9, 86.6, 56.9, 56.5, 39.7, 39.5, 39.0, 37.9, 19.2, 13.4.
N,N-bis(l-methoxy-2-methyl-2,3-dihydro-lH-inden-4-yl)-N-(4- methylyhenyl) amine
Figure imgf000109_0001
[00204] Under an argon atmosphere, a mixture of 12.1 g (50.0 mmol) of A- bromo-l-methoxy-2-methylindane, 2.68 g (25.0 mmol) of jσαm-toluidine, 16.8 g (150 mmol) of potassium tert-butoxide, 575 mg (1.0 mmol) of Pd(dba)2, 404 mg (2.0 mmol) of tm(tert-butyl)phosphine, and 300 ml of toluene were refluxed for 9 hours. Then, this mixture was evaporated to dryness. The product was isolated using flash chromatography on Silica Gel 60 (40-63 μm, d 50 mm, 1 500 mm; eluent: dichloromethane). Yield 7.92 g (74%) of yellow oil of a mixture of isomeric compounds.
Anal. calc. for C29H33NO2: C, 81.46; H, 7.78. Found: C, 81.70; H, 7.97.
N,N-Bis(4-bromo-2-methyl-lH-inden-7-yl)-N-(4-methylvhenyl)amine
Figure imgf000110_0001
[00205] To a solution of 5.44 g (12.7 mmol) of N,N-bis(2-methyl-7i/-inden-7- yl)-N-(4-methylphenyl)amine in 90 ml of dichloromethane, a solution of 1.31 ml (4.06 g, 25.4 mmol) of bromine in 30 ml of dichloromethane was added dropwise, while vigorously stirring, over 1.5 hour at O0C. This mixture was stirred overnight at ambient temperature. Then, this mixture was washed with aqueous Na2SO3 to remove bromine traces. The organic layer was separated, dried over Na2SO4, and evaporated to dryness. To the oil obtained, 120 ml of toluene and 150 mg oϊpara- toluenesulphonic acid were added. This mixture was refluxed for 5 hours. Each hour during this process a new portion of 150 mg of pαra-toluenesulphonic was added. The resulting mixture was passed through a short Silica Gel 60 column (40-63 μm, d 50 mm, 1 40 mm). The Silica Gel layer was additionally eluted with 200 ml of methyl-tert-butyl ether. The combined solution was evaporated to dryness. The product was isolated using flash chromatography on Silica Gel 60 (40-63 μm, d 50 mm, 1 70 mm; eluent: hexanes). Yield 4.70 g (71%). On the evidence of 1H NMR spectrum, the product consists of one major isomer (>80%) and two minor isomers.
Anal. calc. for C27H23Br2N: C, 62.21; H, 4.45. Found: C, 62.01; H, 4.64.
1H NMR (CDCl3), major isomer, δ 7.09 (d, J= 7.4 Hz, 2H3 5-H in indenyls), 6.96-7.03 (m, 2H, 2,6-H in phenyl), 6.73-6.80 (m, 2H, 3,5-H in phenyl), 6.65 (d, J= 7.4 Hz, 2H, 6-H in indenyls), 6.51 (m, 3-H in indenyls), 2.76 (m, 4H, CH2 in indenyls), 2.76 (s, 3H, 4-Me in phenyl), 2.03 (m, 6H, 2-Me in indenyls). 4,4'- tolylazandiyl-bis(n5-7-bromo-2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride (4)
Figure imgf000111_0001
[00206] Under an argon atmosphere, to a solution of 3.97 g (7.62 mmol) of N,N-bis(4-bromo-2-methyl-lH-inden-7-yl)-N-(4-methylphenyl)amine in 150 ml of ether, 6.10 ml of 2.5 M (15.2 mmol) of "BuLi in hexanes was added over 10 minutes at O0C. This mixture was stirred for 2 hours at room temperature and then cooled to -8O0C. Then, 2.87 g (7.62 mmol) of ZrCl4(THF)2 was added. The resulting mixture was stirred, slowly (over ca. 1 hour) heated to ambient temperature, and then further stirred for 24 hours. The resulting mixture was evaporated to dryness, and 100 ml of toluene was added. This mixture was heated to 8O0C and then filtered using a funnel with a glass frit (G4) and jacket. The filtrate was evaporated to dryness. The residue was recrystallized from 100 ml of a mixture of toluene and hexanes (1:2; vol.). Yield 1.76 g (34%) of yellow crystalline solid.
Anal. calc. for C27H21Br2Cl2NZr: C, 47.59; H, 3.11. Found: C, 47.55; H, 3.18. Example 5
Synthesis of 4,4'-oxadiyI-bis(^5-7-bromo-2-methylindenyI)zirconium dichloride (5)
1 -Methoxy-2-methyl-4~indanol
Figure imgf000112_0001
[00207] To a solution of 20.0 g (83.0 mmol) of 4-bromo-l-methoxyindane in 200 ml of THF, 33.2 ml of 2.5 M "BuLi (83.0 mmol) in hexanes was added with vigorous stirring over 1 hour at -78 °C under an argon atmosphere. Then, 28.7 ml (23.4 g, 124 mmol) of triisopropylborate was added at this temperature. The resulting mixture was slowly warmed to ambient temperature, and then 7.15 ml (7.50 g, 125 mmol) of glacial acetic acid was added. The resulting mixture was cooled to 0 0C, and then 27.6 ml of 10% H2O2 was added. This mixture was stirred for ca. 30 minutes at room temperature, and then 300 ml of water was added. The product was extracted with 3 x 150 ml of CH2Cl2. The combined extract was dried over Na2SO4 and evaporated to dryness. The analytically pure product was obtained by flash chromatography on Silica Gel 60 (40-63 μm, d 50 mm, 1 350 mm, eluant: hexanes-ether = 2:1, vol.). Yield, 9.90 g (67%).
Anal. calc. for C11H14O2: C, 74.13; H, 7.92. Found: C, 74.26; H, 8.00.
1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.06 (m, IH5 6-H), 6.96 (d, J= 7.4 Hz, IH, 5-H), 6.63 (dd, J= 7.8 Hz, J= 0.8 Hz, IH, 7-H), 5.68 (br.s, IH, OH), 4.53 (d, J= 5.7 Hz5 IH, CHOMe), 3.42 (s, 3Η, OMe), 2.81-2.89 (m, IH, CHH'), 2.54-2.65 (m, 2H5 CHH5 and CHMe)5 1.13 (d, J= 6.8 Hz, 3H, CHMe).
13C(1H) NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3): δ 152.3, 144.6, 129.0, 127.6, 117.5, 114.8, 86.3, 56.7, 38.7, 34.2, 13.6. 1 -Methoxy-4-ffl -methoxy-2-methyl-2,3-dihydro-l H-inden-4-yl)oxyJ -2- methylindane
Figure imgf000113_0001
[00208] To a mixture of 14.6 g (60.5 mmol) of 4-bromo-l-methoxy-2- methylindane, 10.8 g (60.5 mmol) of l-methoxy-2-methyl-4-indanol, 38.5 g (181 mmol) K3PO4, and 200 ml of toluene, a mixture of 696 mg (1.21 mmol) Pd(dba)2 and 825 mg (2.42 mmol) of 2-di(tert-butyl)phosphino-2'-(N,N- dimethylammo)biphenyl was added under an argon atmosphere. This mixture was stirred for 14 hours at 100 0C. Then, 300 ml of water was added. The organic layer was separated, and the aqueous layer was extracted with 3 x 100 ml of CH2Cl2. The combined extract was washed with 2 x 100 ml of water, dried over K2CO3, and evaporated to dryness. The analytically pure product was obtained using flash chromatography on Silica Gel 60 (40-63 μm, d 50 mm, 1 400 mm, eluant: hexanes-dichloromethane = 1:1, vol.). Yield 12.4 g (61%). On the evidence of NMR spectra, the product consists of a mixture of isomers.
Anal. calc. for C22H26O3: C, 78.07; H, 7.74. Found: C, 77.99; H, 7.79.
1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.11-7.19 (m, 4H5 5,6-H), 6.69-6.76 (m, 2H, 7-H), 4.41-4.57 (m, 2H, CHOMe), 3.42-3.49 (m, 6H, OMe), 2.79-3.17 (m, 2H, CHH'), 2.44-2.67 (m, 4H, CHH' and CHMe), 1.06-1.18 (m, 6Η, CHMe). Bis(4-bromo-2-methyl-lH-inden- 7-yl) ether
Figure imgf000114_0001
[00209] To a solution of 8.34 g (24.6 mmol) of bis(2-methyl-lH-inden-7-yl) ether in 90 ml of dichloromethane, a solution of 2.53 ml (7.86 g, 49.2 mmol) of bromine in 30 ml of dichloromethane was added dropwise, while vigorously stirring, over 1.5 hour at O0C. This mixture was further stirred overnight at ambient temperature. Then, this mixture was washed by aqueous Na2SO3 to remove bromine traces. The organic layer was separated, dried over Na2SO4, and evaporated to dryness. To the oil obtained, 200 ml of toluene and 0.90 g of para- toluenesulphonic acid were added. This mixture was refluxed for 9 hours. Each hour during this process a new portion of 0.50 g of />αra-toluenesulphonic was added. The resulting mixture was passed through a short Silica Gel 60 column (40-63 μm, d 50 mm, 1 40 mm). The Silica Gel layer was additionally eluted with 400 ml of methyl-tart-butyl ether. The combined solution was evaporated to dryness. The product was isolated using flash chromatography on Silica Gel 60 (40-63 μm, d 65 mm, 1 700 mm; eluent: hexanes). Yield 5.41 g (51%).
Anal. calc. for C20H16Br2O: C, 55.59; H, 3.73. Found: C, 55.62; H, 3.81.
1H NMR (CDCl3): δ 7.25 (d, J= 8.6 Hz, 2H, 5,5'-H), 6.56 (m, 2H, 3,3'-H), 6.51 (d, J= 8.6 Hz, 2H, 6,6'-H), 3.31 (m, 4H, CH2), 2.13 (m, 6H, 2,2'-Me).
Figure imgf000115_0001
[00210] Under an argon atmosphere, to a solution of 3.02 g (6.99 mmol) of 6ώ(4-bromo-2-methyl-iH-inden-7-yl) ether in 140 ml of ether, 5.59 ml of 2.5 M (14.0 mmol) of "BuLi in hexanes was added over 10 minutes at O0C. This mixture was stirred for 24 hours and then cooled to -8O0C. Then, 2.64 g (6.99 mmol) of ZrCl4(THF)2 was added. The resulting mixture was stirred, slowly (over ca. 1 hour) heated to ambient temperature, and then further stirred for 24 hours at this temperature. The resulting mixture was evaporated to dryness, and 100 ml of toluene was added. This mixture was heated to 8O0C and then filtered using a funnel with a glass frit (G4) and jacket. The precipitate was washed with 2 x 50 ml of hot toluene. The combined toluene filtrate was evaporated to 100 ml. Crystals that precipitated at -3O0C were collected, washed with 2 x 20 ml of hexanes, and dried in vacuum. Yield 1.44 g (35%) of yellow crystalline solid.
Anal. calc. for C20H14Br2Cl2OZr: C, 40.56; H, 2.38. Found: C, 40.63; H, 2.41.
1H NMR (CD2Cl2): δ 7.45 (d, J= 7.6 Hz, 2H, 6,6'-H), 7.12 (d, J= 7.6 Hz, 2H, 5,5'-H), 6.54 (s, 2H, 1,1'-H), 4.46 (s, 2H, 3,3'-H), 2.13 (s, 6H, 2,2'-Me). Experimental - Polymerizations
[00211] In the following experiments pressure is reported in atmospheres (atm) and pounds per square inch (psi). The conversion factors to S. I. Units are: 1 psi equals 6.894757 kPa and 1 atm equals 101.325 kPa.
[00212] Transition metal compound (TMC) solutions were typically prepared using toluene (ExxonMobil Chemical - anhydrous, stored under N2) (98%). Unless otherwise mentioned, TMC solutions are 0.2 mmol/L for C2 and C2ZC8 (co)polymerizations, and 0.6 mmol/L for C3 and C3/C2 (co)polymerizations. [00213] Solvents, polymerization grade toluene and hexanes were supplied by ExxonMobil Chemical Co. and thoroughly dried and degassed prior to use. [00214] 1-octene (98%) was purchased from Aldrich Chemical Company and dried by stirring over NaK overnight followed by filtration through basic alumina (Aldrich Chemical Company, Brockman Basic 1).
[00215] Polymerization grade ethylene was used and further purified by passing it through a series of columns: 500 cc Oxyclear cylinder from Labclear (Oakland, CA) followed by a 500 cc column packed with dried 3A mole sieves purchased from Aldrich Chemical Company, and a 500 cc column packed with dried 5A mole sieves purchased from Aldrich Chemical Company. [00216] Polymerization grade propylene was used without further purification. [00217] MAO (methylalumoxane, 10 wt% in toluene) was purchased from Albemarle Corporation and was used as a 1 wt% or 2 wt% in toluene solution. Micromoles of MAO reported in the experimental section are based on the micromoles of aluminum in MAO. The formula weight of MAO is 58.0 grams/mole. TiBAl (triisobutylaluminum, NEAT) was purchased from AKZO Nobel and was used as a 5 mmol/L solution in toluene.
Reactor Description and Preparation:
[00218] Polymerizations were conducted in an inert atmosphere (N2) drybox using autoclaves equipped with an external heater for temperature control, glass inserts (internal volume of reactor = 23.5 mL for C2 and C2/C8 runs; 22.5 mL for C3 and C2/C3 runs), septum inlets, regulated supply of nitrogen, ethylene and propylene, and equipped with disposable PEEK mechanical stirrers (800 RPM). The autoclaves were prepared by purging with dry nitrogen at 11O0C or 115°C for 5 hours and then at 250C for 5 hours.
Ethylene Polymerization or Ethylene/ 1-octene Copolvmerization: [00219] The reactor was prepared as described above, and then purged with ethylene. Toluene, 1-octene (100 μL when used), and activator (MAO) were added via syringe at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. The reactor was then brought to process temperature (80°C) and charged with ethylene to process pressure (75 psig = 618.5 kPa) while stirring at 800 RPM. The transition metal compound (TMC, 0.02 μmol) was added via syringe with the reactor at process conditions, hi cases where some MAO (0.4 μmol of Al) or TIBAL (0.08 μmol, 5 mmol/L in toluene) was also precontacted with the TMC, the MAO or TIBAL was added to the TMC first and then the resulting solution was added to the reactor at process conditions. Amounts of reagents not specified above are given in Tables 1 and 3. Ethylene was allowed to enter (through the use of computer controlled solenoid valves) the autoclaves during polymerization to maintain reactor gauge pressure (+/- 2 psig). Reactor temperature was monitored and typically maintained within +/- 1°C. Polymerizations were halted by addition of approximately 50 psi O2/Ar (5 mole% 02) gas mixture to the autoclaves for approximately 30 seconds. The polymerizations were quenched after a predetermined cumulative amount of ethylene had been added or for a maximum of 20 minutes polymerization time. The final conversion (in psi) of ethylene added/consumed is reported in the Tables 1 and 3, in addition to the quench time for each run. The reactors were cooled and vented. The polymer was isolated after the solvent was removed in- vacuo. Yields reported include total weight of polymer and residual catalyst. Catalyst activity is reported as grams of polymer per mmol transition metal compound per atmosphere ethylene per hour of reaction time (g/mmol#hr*atrn).
Propylene Polymerization:
[00220] The reactor was prepared as described above, then heated to 40°C and then purged with propylene gas at atmospheric pressure. Hexanes, MAO, and liquid propylene (1.066 mL, unless indicated otherwise in Table 5) were added via syringe. The reactor was then heated to process temperature (70°C) while stirring at 800 RPM. The TMC was added via syringe with the reactor at process conditions. Amounts of reagents not specified above are given in Table 5. Reactor temperature was monitored and typically maintained within +/- 1°C. Polymerizations were halted by addition of approximately 50 psi 02/Ar (5 mole% O2) gas mixture to the autoclaves for approximately 30 seconds. The polymerizations were quenched based on a predetermined pressure loss of approximately 5 psi. The actual quench time is reported in Table 5 for each run. The reactors were cooled and vented. The polymer was isolated after the solvent was removed in-vacuo. Yields reported include total weight of polymer and residual catalyst. Catalyst activity is reported as grams of polymer per mmol transition metal compound per hour of reaction time (g/mmol»hr).
Ethylene/Propylene Copolymerization:
[00221] The reactor was prepared as described above, and then purged with ethylene. Reactors were heated to 40°C and ethylene was then added to the reactor to a target pressure of 10 psig (single addition), followed by the addition of hexanes, MAO, and then liquid propylene (1.066 mL). All additions were made via syringe. The reactor was then heated to process temperature (700C) while stirring at 800 RPM. The TMC was added via syringe with the reactor at process conditions. Amounts of reagents not specified above are given in Table 6. Reactor temperature was monitored and typically maintained within +/- 1°C. Polymerizations were halted by addition of approximately 50 psi 02/Ar (5 mole% O2) gas mixture to the autoclaves for approximately 30 seconds. The polymerizations were quenched based on a predetermined pressure loss of approximately 5 psi. The actual quench time is reported in Table 6 for each run. The reactors were cooled and vented. The polymer was isolated after the solvent was removed in-vacuo. Yields reported include total weight of polymer and residual catalyst. Catalyst activity is reported as grams of polymer per mmol transition metal compound per hour of reaction time (g/mmol»hr). Polymer characterization:
[00222] Polymer characterization results for polyethylene samples are reported in Table 2, for ethylene- 1-octene copolymers are reported in Table 4, and for ethylene-propylene copolymers are reported in Table 7.
[00223] For analytical testing, polymer sample solutions were prepared by dissolving polymer in 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene (TCB, 99+% purity from Sigma- Aldrich) containing 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol (BHT, 99% from Aldrich) at 160°C in a shaker oven for approximately 3 hours. The typical concentration of polymer in solution is between 0.4 to 0.9 mg/mL with a BHT concentration of 1.25 mg BHT/mL of TCB. Samples are cooled to 135°C for testing. [00224] Molecular weights (weight average molecular weight (Mw) and number average molecular weight (Mn)) and molecular weight distribution (MWD = Mw/Mn), which is also sometimes referred to as the polydispersity (PDI) of the polymer, were measured by Gel Permeation Chromatography using a Symyx Technology GPC equipped with evaporative light scattering detector and calibrated using polystyrene standards (Polymer Laboratories: Polystyrene Calibration Kit S-M-10: Mp (peak Mw) between 5000 and 3,390,000). Samples were run in TCB at (1350C sample temperatures, 16O0C oven/columns) using three Polymer Laboratories: PLgel lOμm Mixed-B 300 x 7.5mm columns in series. No column spreading corrections were employed. Numerical analyses were performed using Epoch® software available from Symyx Technologies. [00225] The sample preparation for SAMMS (Sensory Array Modular Measurement System) thermal analysis measurements involved depositing the stabilized polymer solution onto a silanized wafer (Part Number S 10457, Symyx). The solvent was then evaporated off at ~145°C. By this method, approximately between 0.12 and 0.24 mg of polymer is deposited onto each corresponding wafer cell. Thermal analysis was measured on a Symyx Technologies SAMMS instrument that measures polymer melt temperatures via the 3 ω technique. The analysis first employs a rapid-scan protocol that heats each cell from 27°C to 2000C in ~35 seconds and then rapidly cools the sample to room temperature. This complete procedure takes approximately 60 seconds per cell and is used to minimize each sample's thermal history. The second step involves running a high- resolution scan protocol to measure the second melt of the sample. The protocol heats each cell from 270C to 200°C in ~3 minutes and then rapidly cools the sample to room temperature. The high-resolution scan takes approximately three times the amount of time to complete as the rapid-scan protocol. If multiple melting peaks are present, Epoch® Software reports the largest amplitude peak. SAMMS data is reported under the heading of Tm (°C) in Tables 2, and 4. [00226] Samples for infrared analysis were prepared by depositing the stabilized polymer solution onto a silanized wafer (Part number S 10860, Symyx). By this method, approximately between 0.12 and 0.24 mg of polymer is deposited on the wafer cell. The samples were subsequently analyzed on a Brucker Equinox 55 FTIR spectrometer equipped with Pikes's MappIR specular reflectance sample accessory. Spectra, covering a spectral range of 5000 cm"1 to 500 cm"1, were collected at a 2 cm"1 resolution with 32 scans.
[00227] For ethylene- 1-octene copolymers, the wt.% copolymer is determined via measurement of the methyl deformation band at -1375 cm"1. The peak height of this band is normalized by the combination and overtone band at -4321 cm'1, which corrects for path length differences. The normalized peak height is correlated to individual calibration curves from 1H NMR data to predict the wt.% copolymer content within a concentration range of -2 to 35 wt.% for octene. Typically, R2 correlations of 0.98 or greater are achieved. These numbers are reported in Table 4 under the heading Octene wt%).
[00228] For ethylene-propylene copolymers, the wt.% ethylene is determined via measurement of the methylene rocking band (-770 cm'1 to 700 cm"1). The peak area of this band is normalized by sum of the band areas of the combination and overtone bands in the 4500 cm"1 to 4000 cm"1 range. The normalized band area is then correlated to a calibration curved from 13C NMR data to predict the wt.% ethylene within a concentration range of ~5 to 40 wt.%. Typically, R2 correlations of 0.98 or greater are achieved. These numbers are reported in Table 7 under the heading, Ethylene (wt%).
Figure imgf000121_0001
aMicromoles refers to the micromoles of Al in MAO. In this experiment, an additional 8 equivalents (relative to the TMC) of TiBAl was premixed with the indicated TMC and the complex formed was heated for 20 min using a hot plate set at 80 °C.
Figure imgf000121_0002
Figure imgf000122_0001
aMicromoles refers to the micromoles of Al in MAO. In this experiment, an additional 20 equivalents (relative to the TMC) of MAO was premixed with the indicated TMC. 0In this experiment, an additional 20 equivalents (relative to the TMC) of MAO was premixed with the indicated TMC and the complex formed was heated for 20 min using a hot plate set at 80 °C. dIn this experiment, an additional 8 equivalents (relative to the TMC) of TiBAl was premixed with the indicated TMC and the complex formed was heated for 20 min using a hot plate set at 80 0C. 6In this experiment, the metallocene was significantly insoluble. How much catalyst, if any, was added to the reactor is, therefore, unknown.
Figure imgf000123_0001
Table 5. Propylene Polymerization Runs.
Figure imgf000123_0002
aMicromoles refers to the micromoles of Al in MAO.
Figure imgf000124_0001
aMicromoles refers to the micromoles of Al in MAO.
Table 7. Ethylene-Propylene Polymerization Runs - Part II.
Figure imgf000124_0002
While the present invention has been described and illustrated by reference to particular embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the invention lends itself to variations not necessarily illustrated herein. For this reason, then, reference should be made solely to the appended claims for purposes of determining the true scope of the present invention. All documents described herein are incorporated by reference herein, including any priority documents and/or testing procedures to the extent they are not inconsistent with this text. Likewise, the term "comprising" is considered synonymous with the term "including" for purposes of Australian law.

Claims

CLAIMSWhat we claim is:
1. A metallocene compound comprising a transition metal, a first substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand pi-bonded to the transition metal, a second monoanionic ligand bonded to the transition metal, and a divalent bridging group bonded to the indenyl ligand and said second monoanionic ligand, wherein said bridging group is connected to the four, five, six or seven position of the indenyl ligand, and wherein at least one of one of the first and second ligands comprises at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp2 carbon atom at a bondable ring position of said ligand.
2. A metallocene compound comprising a transition metal, a first substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand pi-bonded to the transition metal, a second monoanionic ligand bonded to the transition metal, and a divalent bridging group bonded to the fluorenyl ligand and said second monoanionic ligand, wherein said bridging group is connected to the one, two, three, four, five, six, seven or eight position of the fluorenyl ligand, and wherein at least one of one of the first and second ligands comprises at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp2 carbon atom at a bondable ring position of said ligand.
3. The metallocene compound of claim 1 or claim 2 wherein said second monoanionic ligand is a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic ligand that is pi-bonded to the transition metal.
4. The metallocene compound of any preceding claim wherein said second monoanionic ligand is a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic arene ligand that is pi-bonded to the transition metal.
5. The metallocene compound of any preceding claim wherein said second monoanionic ligand is an indenyl or a fluorenyl ligand.
6. The metallocene compound of any preceding claim wherein the transition metal is from a Group 3, 4, 5 or 6 of the Periodic Table of Elements, or a lanthanide metal or an actinide metal.
7. A metallocene compound represented by the formula ( 1 ) :
Figure imgf000126_0001
wherein
M is a Group 3, 4, 5 or 6 transition metal atom, or a lanthanide metal atom, or actinide metal atom;
E is a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic arene ligand pi-bonded to M;
A is a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic arene ligand pi- bonded to M,
at least one of A and E has at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp2 carbon atom at a bondable ring position of the associated ligand;
Y is bonded to any single bondable ring position of A and to any single bondable ring position of an aromatic six-membered ring of E, and is a bridging group containing a Group 13, 14, 15, or 16 element; and each X is a univalent anionic ligand, or two X are joined and bound to the metal atom to form a metallocycle ring, or two X are joined to form a chelating ligand, a diene ligand, or an alkylidene ligand.
8. The metallocene of claim 7 wherein A is a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand or a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand.
9. The metallocene compound of claim 7 or claim 8 wherein E is a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand and Y is connected to the four, five, six or seven position of the indenyl ligand.
10. The metallocene compound of claim 7 or claim 8 wherein E is a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand and Y is connected to the one, two, three, four, five, six, seven or eight position of the fluorenyl ligand.
11. A metallocene compound represented by the formula (2):
Figure imgf000127_0001
or formula (3):
Figure imgf000128_0001
or formula (4):
Figure imgf000128_0002
or formula (5):
Figure imgf000129_0001
or formula (6):
Figure imgf000129_0002
or formula (7):
Figure imgf000130_0001
wherein
M is a group 3, 4, 5 or 6 transition metal atom, or a lanthanide metal atom, or actinide metal atom;
R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are, independently, hydrogen, or a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halogen, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, substituted silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, substituted germylcarbyl, or other heteroatom substituents wherein the heteroatom is boron, a Group 14 atom that is not carbon, a Group 15 atom, or a Group 16 atom, preferably boron, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, or sulfur, and adjacent R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7,
R , and R may be joined together to form a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated, partially unsaturated, or aromatic cyclic or polycyclic substituent; Y is bonded to the indicated ring system and to any single bondable ring position of A, and is a bridging group containing a Group 13, 14, 15, or 16 element;
A is a substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentadienyl ligand, a substituted or unsubstituted indenyl ligand, or a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl ligand, and
each X is a univalent anionic ligand, or two X are joined and bound to the metal atom to form a metallocycle ring, or two X are joined to form a chelating ligand, a diene ligand, or an alkylidene ligand;
provided that at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 is a halogen substituent or A includes at least one halogen substituent directly bonded to any sp2 carbon atom at a bondable ring position of the ligand.
12. The compound of any one of claims 7 to 11 wherein Y is a bridging group containing boron or a Group 14, 15 or 16 element.
13. The compound of any one of claims 7 to 12 wherein Y is selected from S, O, NR', PR', AsR', SbR', 0-0, S-S, R'N-NR', RT-PR', O-S, 0-NR', O-PR', S- NR', S-PR', R'N-PR', R'2C, R'2Si, R'2Ge, R'2CCR'2, R'2CCR'2CR'2, R'2CCR'2CR'2CR'2, R5C=CR', R'C=CR'CR'2, R'2CCR'=CR'CR'2, R'O=CR'CR'=CR', R'C=CR'CR'2CR'2, R'2CSiR'2, R'2SiSiR'2, R'2CSiR'2CR'2, R'2SiCR'2SiR'2, R'C=CR'SiR'2, R'2CGeR'2, R'2GeGeR'2, R'2CGeR'2CR'2, R'2GeCR'2GeR'2, R'2SiGeR'2, R'C=CR'GeR'2, R'B, R'2C-BR', R'2C-BR'- CR'2, R'2C-O-CR'2, R'2CR'2C-O-CR'2CR'2, R'2C-O-CR'2CR'2, R'2C-0- CR'=CR', R'2C-S-CR'2, R'2CR'2C-S-CR'2CR'2, R'2C-S-CR'2CR'2, R'2C-S- CR'=CR', R'2C-Se-CR'2, R'2CR'2C-Se-CR'2CR'2, R'2C-Se-CR'2CR'2, R'2C- Se-CR'=CR', R'2C-N=CR', R'2C-NR'-CR'2, R'2C-NR'-CR'2CR'2, R'2C-NR'- CR'=CR', R'2CR'2C-NR'-CR'2CR'2, R'2C-P=CR', and R'2C-PR'-CR'2 where R' is hydrogen or a C1-C20 containing hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl or germylcarbyl substituent and optionally two or more adjacent R' may join to form a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic, cyclic or polycyclic substituent.
14. The compound of any one of claims 7 to 13 wherein Y is selected from S, O, NPh, PPh, P(=S)Ph, NMe, PMe, NEt, PEt, NPr, PPr, NBu, PBu, N-Ph-p-Me, P-Ph-p-Me CH2, CH2CH2, CH(CH3)2, SiMe2, SiPh2, SiMePh, Si(CH2)3, and Si(CH2)4, where Me is methyl and Ph is phenyl.
15. The metallocene compound of any preceding claim wherein the transition metal is a Group 4 transition metal selected from titanium, zirconium and hafnium.
16. The metallocene compound of any preceding claim wherein said at least one halogen substituent is a chloro, bromo or iodo substituent, and preferably a chloro or bromo substituent.
17. A metallocene compound selected from: 4,4'-sulfido-5?5(775-7-bromo-2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,4'-phenylphosphindiyl-bis(775-7-bromo-2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, 4,4'-phenylphosphmesulfide-bis(^'5-7-bromo-2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride,
4,4'- tolylazandiyl-όz5(^5-7-bromo-2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, and 4,4 ' -oxadiyl-bis( 775-7-bromo-2-methylmdenyl)zirconium dichloride.
18. A catalyst system comprising the metallocene compound of any preceding claim and an activator.
19. A process for polymerizing olefins comprising contacting the catalyst system of claim 18 with at least one olefin.
20. The process of claim 18 wherein said at least one olefin comprises ethylene and/or propylene.
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