Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a metallocene compound useful as a catalyst for synthesizing, in a high yield, high-molecular weight syndiotactic polyolefins with narrow molecular weight distribution and high syndiotactic index. SOLUTION: This new compound is a compound of the formula XR -R -R Y [X and Y are each H or Li; R and R are each a mononuclear or polynuclear hydrocarbon, one of them being 9-fluorenyl; R is of the formula R M M (R and R are each H, a halogen or the like; M is silicon, germanium or the like) or the like], pref. a compound of formula I (M is titanium, zirconium or the like; R and R are each H, a halogen 1-10C alkyl or the like; however excepting the case that R is isopropylidene, and R and R are nonsubstituted cyclopentadienyl and fluorenyl, respectively), for example, metallocene of formula II which is obtained using lithiumfluorene and 6-methyl-6-phenylfulvene as starting substances.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a preparation method of a cycloolefin polymer having a viscosity number of >20 cm3/g and a glass transition temperature of >100 deg.C. SOLUTION: The cycloolefin polymer prepared by the method comprising polymerizing 0.1-100 wt.% of at least one of monomers, on the basis of the whole amount of the monomers, represented by formulas (I), (II), (III), and (IV) (in the formulas, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are each H or a 1-8C alkyl group), 0-99.9 wt.% of a cycloolefin, on the basis of the whole amount of the monomers, represented by formula (V), (wherein, n is an integer of 2-10) and 0-99.9 wt.% of at least one of acyclic 1-olefins, on the basis of the whole amount of the monomers, represented by formulas (VI), (wherein, R9, R10, R11 and R12 are each H or a 1-8C alkyl group) in a solution state, a suspension state, a monomer melt state or a vapor phase at -78 to 150 deg.C under a pressure of 0.5-64 bar in the presence of a specific catalyst comprising metallocene as a transition metal component and aluminozane.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a metallocene compound providing a method for preparing a cycloolefin copolymer by which a chemically homogeneous copolymer is provided in higher space time yield based on the polymerization through a double bond, and the effects of a reaction parameter on the chemical uniformity of a product are smaller than those by a conventional method even if the reaction parameter is changed; and to provide a catalyst. SOLUTION: One embodiment of the invention is the metallocene compound having a specific chemical structure, and another embodiment is the catalyst for producing the cycloolefin copolymer, comprising the metallocene compound and a cocatalyst component. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a cycloolefin-based polymer having a large viscosity number and a high glass transition temperature, and useful for the extrusion molding of film, or the like, by copolymerizing a polycyclic olefin and an acyclic olefin under a specific condition. SOLUTION: This polymer is obtained by copolymerizing (A) 0-100 wt.% monomer of formula I (wherein, R -R are each H or the like), (B) 0-99.9 wt.% cycloolefin of formula II [wherein, (n) is 2-10] and (C) 0-99.9 wt.% acyclic 1- olefin of formula III (wherein, R -R are each H or the like) in a state of solution, or the like, at -78 deg.C to 150 deg.C and 0.5-64 bar in the presence of a catalyst comprising a metallocene of formula IV (wherein, M is Ti or the like; R and R are each H or the like; R and R are each a mononuclear hydrocarbon capable of forming a sandwich structure by combining with M ; R is Ge or the like) and an aluminoxane of formula V [wherein, R is a 1-6C alkyl or the like; (n) is 2-50] or the like.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a syndiotactic polyolefin having a high molecular weight, a narrow distribution of molecular weight and an extremely high syndiotatic index by (co)polymerizing an olefin in the presence of a catalyst containing a specific transition metal component. SOLUTION: An olefin represented by the formula R -CH=CHR (R and R are each H or a 1-28C alkyl) is (co)polymerized in a solution state or a suspension state or in the vapor phase in the presence of a catalyst comprising (A) a transition metal component comprising a metallocene compound represented by formula I (M is Ti, Zr or the like; R and R are each H, a halogen or the like; R and R are each a mutually different mononuclear or polynuclear hydrocarbon, with the proviso that either one of R and R is 9- fluorenyl; R is Sn, CO or the like) and (B) an aluminoxane represented by formula II [R is phenyl, benzyl or the like; (n) is 2-50] and/or formula III at-60 to +200 deg.C under 0.5-100 bar. (Diphenylmethylene) (9-fluorenyl) (cyclopentadieny) zirconium dichloride, or the like, are preferred as the compound represented by formula I.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing an olefin polymer having a narrow molecular weight distribution and alterable molecular weight, and an alterable microstructure of a chain when producing from a prochiral monomer. SOLUTION: An indene compound is expressed by formula (I) or formula (II); [wherein R 3 is a halogen atom or a 1-10C alkyl which may be halogenated, a 6-10C aryl group, or -NR 10 2 , -SR 10 , -OSiR 10 3 , -SiR 10 3 , or -PR 10 2 group, in which R 10 is a halogen atom a 1-10C alkyl or a 6-10C aryl group, and R 5 has the same meaning as described for R 3 ]. A method for manufacturing metallocene from the indene compound is included. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a polymer having a narrow mol.wt. distribution, a high stereospecificity, m.p., crystallinity, and hardness, by carrying out an olefin (co)polymerization in the presence of a catalyst comprising a specific metallocene as a transition metal compd., an aluminoxane as a cocatalyst, and/or a specific salt-like compd. SOLUTION: A salt-like compd. used is one expressed by formulae II or III (R' is an optionally fluorinated aryl; and X is 1-3). A metallocene is a compd. expressed by the formula. In the formula, M is a group IVb, Vb, or VIb metal in the periodic table, R and R are each the same or different, H, a 1-10C alkyl group or the like; R and R are each the same or different. H, halogen, a 1-10C alkyl group or the like; R and R are each the same or different, of the same excluding H, as defined in R and R ; R is -Ge-, -O-, or the like; R , R , and R are each the same or different, H, halogen, a 1-10C alkyl group or the like; and, m and n are each the same or different, 0, 1, or 2.
Abstract:
Polymers of polycyclic olefins of the formulae I to IV having a viscosity number greater than 20 cm3/g and a glass transition temperature above 100.degree.C are obtained without ring opening at a high polymerization rate and at polymerization temperatures advantageous from the technical point of view by means of a catalyst which is composed of a stereo-rigid chiral metallocene compound of groups IVb to VIb of the Periodic Table of the Elements and an aluminoxane. (see formula I, II, III, IV)
Abstract:
-1- of the disclosure Bulk polymerization using specific metallocene catalysts for the preparation of cycloolefin polymers Polymers of polycyclic olefins, such as, for example, norbornene or tetracyclododecene, or copolymers of polycyclic olefins with cycloolefins and/or 1-olefins are obtained without ring opening, in high space-time yield, with a high cycloolefin incorporation rate and at in- dustrially favorable polymerization temperatures, by bulk polymerization in which a catalyst is used which comprises an aluminoxane and a stereorigid chiral metal- locene compound of an element from groups IVb to VIb, where the hydrocarbon radicals forming the sandwich structure are different.