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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Neil Andrew Cooley, Teddington, GB;
Adrian Peter Kirk, Surbiton, GB;
Assignee:
BP Chemicals Limited, London, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568342 ; 568387 ; 568311 ; 568412 ; 568417 ; 528392 ;
Abstract
Catalyst compositions for preparing polyketones comprising (a) a Group VIII metal compound, containing at least one ligand capable of coordinating to the Group VIII metal, and (b) a boron hydrocarbyl compound are disclosed, in particular catalyst compositions wherein the boron hydrocarbyl compound is a Lewis acid of the formula BXYZ where at least one of X, Y and Z is a monovalent hydrocarbyl group. A preferred catalyst composition comprises a palladium complex and B(C.sub.6 F.sub.5).sub.3.