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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1997
Richard Allen Fisher, Malvern, PA (US);
Rolf Bodo Temme, Dormagen, DE;
Exxon Mobil Chemical Patents Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a polymerization catalyst system comprising a catalytic complex formed by activating a transition metal compound which comprises a metal selected from group 3 through 10 of the periodic table, preferably from group 4, 5, or 6 of the periodic table, and a group 13, 15, or 16 heterocyclic fused cyclopentadienide ligand. In one embodiment the inventive transition metal compound is represented by the [L] M[A] (S) wherein M is a transition metal selected from groups 3 through 10 of the periodic table, and at least one of L is group 13, 15, or 16 heterocyclic fused cyclopentadienide ligand. Also disclosed is a polymerization process utilizing the catalyst systems of the invention. Ethylene polymerizations or copolymerizations with dimethyl (&eegr;5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)(1-azaindenyl) zirconium and bis(5-methyl-cyclopenta[b]thiophene) zirconium dichloride, activated by tris(pentafluorophenyl) boron and methylalumoxane, respectively, are illustrated.