The B. F. Goodrich Company

Montecatini Edison S.p.a.

Nazzareno Cameli

Paolo Longi

Giulio Natta

Alberto Valvassori

Guido Sartori

Remo Cervi

Sandro Parodi

There is disclosed a new class of substantially linear, amorphous, unsaturated, vulcanizable, high molecular weight copolymers of ethylene, a higher alpha-olefin of the formula CH.sub.2 = CHR in which R is an alkyl group containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and certain specific omega-alkenyl derivatives of norbornene in which the double bond of the alkenyl group is non-vinyl and occurs at either end of said group. A process for the preparation of the new copolymers by the use of catalysts acting according to an anionic coordinate mechanism is also disclosed.

Ethylene-olefin-alkenyl norbornene elastomers

High yields of elastomeric copolymers of ethylene and higher alpha-olefins, or of ethylene, higher alpha-olefins and unsaturated monomers (polyenes) containing two or more double bonds are obtained by copolymerizing a mixture of the monomers in contact with a catalyst prepared by mixing a catalyst-forming component which is an organometallic compound of aluminum with a supported catalyst-forming component obtained by contacting a halogenated titanium compound with a carrier or support consisting of or comprising an anhydrous Mg or Mn halide partially or completely complexed with a Lewis base capable of forming a complex with it. The copolymers so obtained have valuable mechanical properties, in particular a relatively low value of permanent set and do not exhibit excessive residual deformation at break.

Process for preparing elastomeric copolymers of ethylene and higher

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