Claims
- 1. A method for producing an olefin polymer, said method comprising:(1a) supplying (A) and (C), or (A), (B) and (C) described below as catalyst components in a catalyst preparation apparatus and supplying thus prepared catalyst for olefin polymerization in an olefin polymerization apparatus, or (1b) supplying (A) and (C), or (A), (B) and (C) described below as catalyst components in a polymerization apparatus to prepare a catalyst; and (2) homopolymerizing an olefin or copolymerizing two or more olefins in the presence of the thus prepared catalyst for olefin polymerization: (A) is a transition metal compound dissolved, suspended or slurried in an aliphatic hydrocarbon compound; (B) is triethylaluminum, triisobutylaluminum, methylaluminoxane or isobutylaluminoxane dissolved, wherein component (B) is suspended or slurried in an aliphatic hydrocarbon compound; and (C) is a suspension or slurry, wherein said suspension or slurry consists of at least one boron compound selected from the group consisting of: (C1) is a boron compound represented by the general formula BQ1Q2Q3; (C2) is a boron compound represented by the general formula G+(BQ1Q2Q3Q4); and (C3) is a boron compound represented by the general formula (L-H)+(BQ1Q2Q3Q4)−, wherein, B represents a boron atom in the trivalent valence state; Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 may be the same or different and represent a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a halogenated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted silyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or an amino group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms; G+ represents an inorganic or organic cation; L represents a neutral Lewis base; and (L-H)+ represents a Bronsted acid, wherein component (C) is suspended or slurried in an aliphatic hydrocarbon compound.
- 2. A method for producing an olefin polymer, said method comprising:(1a) supplying (A) and (C), or (A), (B) and (C) described below as catalyst components in a catalyst preparation apparatus and supplying thus prepared catalyst for olefin polymerization in an olefin polymerization apparatus, or (1b) supplying (A) and (C), or (A), (B) and (C) described below as catalyst components in a polymerization apparatus to prepare a catalyst; and (2) homopolymerizing an olefin or copolymerizing two or more olefins in the presence of the thus prepared catalyst for olefin polymerization: (A) is a transition metal compound dissolved, suspended or slurried in an aliphatic hydrocarbon compound; (B) is a compound dissolved, suspended or slurried in an aliphatic hydrocarbon, wherein (B) is selected from the group consisting of (B1), (B2) and (B3) (B1) is an organoaluminum compound represented by the general formula E1aAlZ3-a; (B2) is a cyclic aluminoxane having a structure represented by the general formula (—Al(E2)—O—)b; and (B3) is a linear aluminoxane having a structure represented by the general formula E3(—Al(E3)—O—)cAlE32, wherein E1, E2 and E3 respectively represent a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and all of E1, E2 and E3 may be the same or different; Z represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, and all of Z may be the same or different; a represents a numeral satisfying 0<a≦3; b represents an integer of not less than 2; and c represents an integer of not less than 1; and (C) is a suspension or slurry, wherein said suspension or slurry consists of at least N,N-dimethylaniliniumtetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate or triphenylmethyltetrakis (pentafluorophenyl)borate, wherein component (C) is suspended or slurried in an aliphatic hydrocarbon compound.
- 3. A method for producing an olefin polymer according to any one of claim 1 or 3, wherein a maximum particle diameter of the boron compound in (C) is not more than 50 μm.
Priority Claims (4)
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08-341988 |
Dec 1996 |
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09-005033 |
Jan 1997 |
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09-005034 |
Jan 1997 |
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09-179693 |
Jul 1997 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/125,519, filed on Aug. 20, 1998, now abandoned, and for which priority is claimed under 35 U.S.C. §120. application Ser. No. 09/125,519 is the national phase of PCT International Application No. PCT/JP97/04717 filed on Dec. 19, 1997 under 35 U.S.C. §371. The entire contents of each of the above-identified applications are hereby incorporated by reference. This application also claims priority of Application No. 8-341988, 9-005033, 9-005034 and 9-179693 filed in Japan on Dec. 20, 1996, Jan. 14, 1997, Jan. 14, 1997 and Jul. 4, 1997, respectively under 35 U.S.C. §119.
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