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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Borden Mackenzie, Kingsport, TN (US);
Christopher Moore Killian, Gray, TN (US);
Leslie Shane Moody, Johnson City, TN (US);
Jason Patrick McDevitt, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 4/60 ; C08F 4/602 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 4/60 ; C08F 4/602 ;
Abstract
Provided are certain transition metal complexes which are useful as catalysts in the polymerization of olefinic monomers. In particular, the invention provides complexes of certain bidentate ligands bonded to Ni, Pd, Co, or Fe, and optionally, one or more neutral Lewis acids, and their use in the polymerization of olefins. Suitable complexes include those of the following structure: