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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Riken, Saitama, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 4/52 ; C08F / ; C07F 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 4/52 ; C08F / ; C07F 5/00 ;
Abstract
A catalyst in a solid state for polymerization of a conjugated diene or copolymerization of a conjugated diene and an aromatic vinyl compound, which comprises a metallocene-type cation complex of a rare earth metal compound. The catalyst typically is a trivalent rare earth metal compound represented by the general formula (I): R MX wherein M represents a rare earth metal; R represents cyclopentadienyl group, a substituted cyclopentadienyl group, indenyl group, a substituted indenyl group, fluorenyl group, or a substituted fluorenyl group; X represents an anion; symbol “a” represents an integer of 1 or 2; and symbol “b” represents an integer of 1 or 2.