Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd.

Fumio Okuda

Haruhito Sato

Masahiko Kuramoto

Tomio Tatsumi

Mitsugu Kanzawa

Toshiya Abiko

Tatsuya Housaki

A catalyst which comprises a compound of a transition metal in Groups 8 to 10 of the Periodic Table having a nitrogenous tridentate ligand, a clay, clay minteral, or lamellar ion-exchanging compound, an organosilane compound, and organoaluminum compound, etc.; and a process for producing a polyolefin with the catalyst. The catalyst is highly active, does not adhere to reactor walls, and can give a polyolefin excellent in powder morphology. Consequently, a polyolefin (especially polyethylene) can be industrially advantageously produced.

Catalyst for olefin polymerization and process for producing olefin polymer with the catalyst

The invention provides a catalyst comprising a transition metal compound which has a nitrogen-containing tridentate ligand and of which the transition metal is of Groups 8 to 10 of the Periodic Table, and an organoaluminium compound, the catalyst of the invention has high activity. In the method of using the catalyst for producing polyolefins, of which the advantages are that the catalysts do not require methylaluminoxane which is expensive and difficult to handle, and of which storage stability is poor, and is extremely dangerous. The invention realizes efficient production of polyolefins (especially polyethylene) on an industrial scale.

Catalysts for olefin polymerization comprising (a) a compound of a transition metal of Groups 8 to 10 of the Periodic Table, (b) clay, a clay mineral or an ion-exchanging layered compound, (c) a silane compound, and optionally (d) an organic aluminium compound and/or (e) an alkylating agent, and those comprising (a) a compound of a transition metal of Groups 8 to 10 of the Periodic Table, (b) clay, a clay mineral or an ion-exchanging layered compound, (d) an organic aluminium compounds and optionally (e) an alkylating agent have high activity, though not containing a large amount of aluminoxane. Using the catalysts, high-quality olefin polymers with good morphology are produced efficiently. The amount of the residual metal to remain in the polymers produced is small.

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Ichihara, Japan

Fumio Okuda