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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2017
Dow Global Technologies Llc, Midland, MI (US);
Jerzy Klosin, Midland, MI (US);
Ruth Figueroa, Midland, MI (US);
Robert D J Froese, Midland, MI (US);
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
A process for preparing an olefin homopolymer or copolymer comprises contacting ethylene, an alpha-olefin, or a combination, and a catalytic amount of a metal-ligand complex catalyst of a particular formula that requires at least one halogen atom that is ortho to a bridging moiety. The strategic location of the halogen atom(s) ensures a product having a molecular weight that is predictably and significantly reduced in comparison with that of copolymers produced using otherwise identical metal-ligand complex catalysts that lack halogen atoms at the specified sites.