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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shaotian Wang, Mason, OH (US);
Jean A. Merrick-Mack, West Chester, OH (US);
Assignee:
Equistar Chemicals, LP, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 4/52 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 4/52 ;
Abstract
A single-site olefin polymerization catalyst is described. The catalyst comprises an activator and an organometallic compound that includes a Group 3 to 10 transition or lanthanide metal, M, and a modified boraaryl ligand. We surprisingly found that the catalyst is more active in olefin polymerization compared to other catalysts containing non-modified boraaryl ligands. Most surprisingly, the supported catalyst gives polyolefins with a multimodal molecular weight distribution having separate components of distinct molecular weight.