Basell Polyolefine Gmbh

Patrik Müller

Christian Sidot

Valerie Garcia

Christian Tellier

Hans-Robert-Hellmuth Damrau

Hans-Herbert Brintzinger

Reynald Chevalier

Carsten Bingel

Jean-François Lelong

Ludovic Delancray

Robert L Jones

Jürgen Suhm

Stéphanie Duchiron

Eric Huriez

Hans-Robert Damrau

Robert Damrau

Eva Royo

The present invention relates to a process for recycling cyclopentadienyl derivatives of the formulae (I) and (I'), a process for preparing metallocenes of the formula (III) from cyclopentadienyl derivatives of the formulae (I) and (I&#x2032;) or from bridged biscyclopentadienyl derivatives of the formula (II), in which the cyclopentadienyl derivatives of the formulae (I), (I&#x2032;) or (II) which are used have been at least partly recovered and purified by means of liquid-solid chromatography, and the use of liquid-solid chromatography for purifying substituted, recovered cyclopentadienyl derivatives of the formulae (I), (I&#x2032;) or (II).

Process for recycling cyclopentadienyl derivatives and preparing metallocenes from recycled, substituted cyclopentadienyl derivatives

The present invention relates to a process for the racemoselective preparation of ansa-metallocene complexes of the formula (I) which comprises reacting a ligand starting compound of the formula (II) with a transition metal compound of the formula (III)(LB)M(NRR)X&#x2003;&#x2003;(III)where

Process for the racemoselective preparation of ansa-metallocenes

The present invention relates to a process for the meso-selective preparation of ansa-metallocene complexes of the formula (I), which comprises reacting a ligand starting compound of the formula (II) with a transition metal compound of the formula III, where R, Rare identical or different and are each hydrogen or an organic radical having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms, R, Rare identical or different and are each hydrogen or an organic radical having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms, Ris a bulky organic radical which has at least 3 carbon atoms, is bound to the oxygen atom via a nonaromatic carbon or silicon atom and may be substituted by halogen atoms or further organic radicals having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and may also contain heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of Si, N, P, O and S, T, T' are identical or different and are each a divalent organic group which has from 1 to 40 carbon atoms and together with the cyclopentadienyl ring forms at least one further saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted ring system having a ring size of from 5 to 12 atoms, where T and T&#x2032; may contain the heteroatoms Si, Ge, N, P, As, Sb, O, S, Se or Te within the ring system fused to the cyclopentadienyl ring, A is a bridge consisting of a divalent atom or a divalent group, Mis an element of group 3, 4, 5 or 6 of the Periodic Table of the Elements or the lanthanides, the radicals X are identical or different and are each an organic or inorganic radical which is able to be replaced by a cyclopentadienyl anion, x is a natural number from 1 to 4, Mis an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or a magnesium monohalide fragment, p is 1 in the case of doubly positively charged metal ions or 2 in the case of singly positively charged metal ions or metal ion fragments, LB is an uncharged Lewis base ligand, and y is a natural number from 0 to 6, and also the subsequent reaction of these complexes to form ansa-metallocenes of the formula (IV), the use of transition metal compounds of the formula (III) for preparing metallocenes and also transition metal compounds of the formula (III), ansa-metallocene complexes of the formula (I) and the use of these as constituents of catalyst systems for the polymerization of olefines. 

Meso-selective synthesis of ansa-metallocenes

The invention relates to a process for preparing hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated, racemic ansa-metallocene complexes by reacting bridged or unbridged transition metal complexes with alkali metal compounds or alkaline earth metal compounds, heating the resulting reaction mixture to a temperature in the range from &#x2212;78 to 250&#xb0; C. and at least partially hydrogenating the reaction products in the presence of a suitable catalyst, to the corresponding hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated metallocenes and to their use as catalysts or as a constituent of catalysts for the polymerization of olefinically unsaturated compounds or as reagents or catalysts in stereoselective synthesis.

Preparation of partially hydrogenated rac-ansa-metallocene complexes

The invention relates to a process for preparing racemic metallocene complexes by reacting transition metal complexes with cyclopentadienyl derivatives of alkali metals or alkaline earth metals and heating the reaction mixture obtained in this way to a temperature in the range from &#x2212;78 to 250&#xb0; C., to the corresponding metallocene complexes themselves and to their use as catalysts or as constituents of catalysts for the polymerization of olefinically unsaturated compounds or as reagents or catalysts in stereoselective synthesis.

Racemoselective preparation of bridged metallocene complexes having unsubstituted or 2-substituted indenyl ligands

The invention relates to a process for preparing racemic metallocene biphenoxide complexes by reacting bridged transition metal complexes with cyclopentadienyl derivatives of alkali metals or alkaline earth metals and heating the reaction mixture obtained in this way to a temperature in the range from &#x2212;78 to 250&#xb0; C., to the corresponding metallocene biphenoxide complexes and to their use as catalysts or as constituents of catalysts for the polymerization of olefinically unsaturated compounds or as reagents or catalysts in stereoselective synthesis.

Racemoselective preparation of isolable ansa-metallocene biphenoxide complexes

The present invention relates to a specific process for the diastereoselective synthesis of rac-diorganosilylbis(2-methylbenzo[e]indenyl)zirconium compounds of the formula I, by reacting the silyl-bridged bisindenyl ligand with a dihalozirconium bis(3,5-di-tert-butylphenoxide)-base adduct to form the diorganosilylbis(2-methylbenzo[e]indenyl)zirconium bis(3,5-di-tert-butylphenoxide) and subsequently replacing the phenoxide groups by X using suitable replacement reagents to give the compound of the formula I; where the substituents X can be identical or different and are each F, Cl, Br, I or linear, cyclic or branched C-alkyl; and the substituents R can be identical or different and are each linear, cyclic or branched C-alkyl or C-aryl; and also to the use of these compounds as catalysts.

Racemoselective synthesis of rac-diorganosilylbis(2-methylbenzo[e]indeyl)zirconium compounds

Novel metallocene monohalides can be used in the polymerization of olefins.

Metallocene monohalogenides

The invention relates to a method for producing racemic metallocene complexes by reacting bridged or non-bridged transition metal complexes with cyclopentadienyl derivatives of alkaline or alkaline earth metals and optionally, subsequently substituting the phenolate ligands.

Method for the selective production of racemic metallocene complexes

A process for purifying metallocenes in which a sparingly soluble metallocene halide is converted into a readily soluble and readily crystallizable metallocene by replacement of at least one halide ligand by an alternative negatively charged ligand and the metallocene obtained in this way is subsequently purified by crystallization.

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Patrik Müller