Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha

Masahiro Yoshida

Kunihiko Murata

Junichi Hori

The object of the invention resides in the development of an improved process for synthesizing metallocene compounds useful as olefin polymerization catalysts. A new process for synthesizing metallocene compounds of formulae (IV) and (IV') comprises a reaction of formula (I) with formula (II) or (II') to afford formula (III) or (III'), and then a reaction of a halogenating agent. In formulae (IV) and (IV') described below, M.sup.1 is a group IV transition-metal atom, L.sup.1 and L.sup.2 can be each other identical or different and are substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentadienyl, substituted or unsubstituted indenyl or substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl groups, B is a hydrocarbon having 1-20 carbon atoms, silylene having 1-20 carbon atoms, oligosilylene or germylene groups, binding to L.sup.1 and L.sup.2, Y can be identical or different and is each independently of one another a halogen atom. Further, M.sup.1 can be coordinated with an ether or an amine at any coordination number. ##STR1##

Process for synthesizing metallocene compounds

New metallocene compounds (II) and their synthetic intermediates (I) used for olefin polymerization catalysts represented by the general formulas (I) and (II) ##STR1## (wherein X can be identical or different and is each independently of one another a halogen atom, M.sup.1 is a group IV transition metal atom, A is a nitrogen or phosphorus atoms, R.sup.1 is an aryl group, R.sup.2 is a saturated hydrocarbon group having 1-10 carbon atoms, whereby each of R.sup.2 can bind one another to constitute a ring containing A and M.sup.1, L.sup.1 and L.sup.2 can be each other identical or different and are a substituted cyclopentadienyl, indenyl, substituted indenyl or substituted fluorenyl groups, B is a hydrocarbon having 1-20 carbon atoms, silylene having 1-20 carbon atoms, oligosilylene or germylene groups, binding to L.sup.1 and L.sup.2, and M.sup.1 can be also coordinated with an ether or an amine at any coordination number.).

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Masahiro Yoshida