Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc.

Irene C Cai

John Robert Hagadorn

Jo Ann M Canich

Alexander Z Voskoboynikov

Dmitry Vadimovich Uborsky

Georgy Pavlovich Goryunov

Tzu-Pin Lin

Vladislav A Popov

Lubin Luo

Catherine Anne Faler

Sarah J Mattler

Alex E Carpenter

Hua Zhou

Nikola S Lambic

Brian J Rohde

Hsu Chiang

Gursu Culcu

Jarod M Younker

This invention relates to polymers comprising: one or more that include 1) at least 11 wt % 4 substituted 1,4 hexadiene and less than 20 wt % 5-methyl-1,4-hexadiene, based upon the weight of the polymer, and 2) optionally, one or more olefins; and processes to produces such polymers using metallocene or post-metallocene catalyst compounds.

Polymers of 4-substituted hexadiene and processes for production thereof

The present disclosure relates to Lewis base catalysts. Catalysts, catalyst systems, and processes of the present disclosure can provide high temperature ethylene polymerization, propylene polymerization, or copolymerization as the Lewis base catalysts (e.g., bis(aryl phenolate) five-membered ring catalysts), can be stable at high polymerization temperatures and have good activity at the high polymerization temperatures. The stable catalysts with good activity can provide formation of polymers having high molecular weights or polymers having low to very molecular weights, and the ability to make an increased amount of polymer in a given reactor, as compared to conventional catalysts. Hence, the present disclosure demonstrates highly active catalysts capable of operating at high reactor temperatures while producing polymers with controlled molecular weights and or robust isotacticity.

Lewis base catalysts and methods thereof

The present disclosure relates to bis(aryl phenolate) Lewis base catalysts. Catalysts, catalyst systems, and processes of the present disclosure can provide high temperature ethylene polymerization, propylene polymerization, or copolymerization as the bis(aryl phenolate) Lewis base catalysts are stable at high polymerization temperatures and have good activity at the high polymerization temperatures. The stable catalysts with good activity can provide formation of polymers having high molecular weights and the ability to make an increased amount of polymer in a given reactor, as compared to conventional catalysts. Hence, the present disclosure demonstrates highly active catalysts capable of operating at high reactor temperatures while producing polymers with controlled molecular weights and or robust isotacticity.

Bis(aryl phenolate) lewis base catalysts and methods thereof

The present disclosure relates to amido-benzoquinone transition metal complexes, catalyst systems including amido-benzoquinone transition metal complexes, and polymerization processes to produce polyolefin polymers such as polyethylene-based polymers and polypropylene-based polymers.

Amido-benzoquinone catalyst systems and processes thereof

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