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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2018
Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Jian Yang, Houston, TX (US);
Gregory J. Karahalis, Houston, TX (US);
John R. Hagadorn, Houston, TX (US);
Timothy M. Boller, Houston, TX (US);
Evan J. Morris, Houston, TX (US);
Patrick Brant, Seabrook, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to ansa-metallocene catalyst compounds that include (1) a first indenyl ligand substituted at the 3-position with a substituted or unsubstituted C-Chydrocarbyl group, wherein the hydrocarbyl group is branched at the β-position, and (2) a second indenyl ligand substituted at its 3-position with a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or a β-branched alkyl group. Catalyst systems prepared with the catalyst compounds, polymerization methods using such catalyst systems, and polyolefins made using the polymerization methods are also described.