Claims
- 1. A supported catalyst composition for use in an addition polymerization comprising:A) an inert support; B) a Group 3-10 or Lanthanide metal complex; and C) an activator compound capable of causing the metal complex B) to form an active polymerization catalyst, said compound corresponding to the formula: (A*+a)b(Z*J*j)−cd, (I) wherein: A* is a cation of charge +a, Z* is an anion group of from 1 to 50 atoms, not counting hydrogen atoms, further containing two or more Lewis base sites; J* independently each occurrence is a Lewis acid coordinated to at least one Lewis base site of Z*, and optionally two or more such J* groups may be joined together in a moiety having multiple Lewis acidic functional groups, j is a number from 2 to 12 and a, b, c, and d are integers from 1 to 3, with the proviso that a×b is equal to c×d.
- 2. A composition according to claim 1 wherein A*+a is an ammonium, sulfonium, phosphonium, oxonium, carbonium, silylium, ferrocenium, Ag+, or Pb+2 cation.
- 3. A composition according to claim 1 wherein Z* is a cyanide, azide, amide and substituted amide, amidinide and substituted amidinide, dicyanamide, imidazolide, substituted imidazolide, imidazolinide, substituted imidazolinide, benzimidazolide, substituted benzimidazolide, tricyanomethide, tetracyanoborate, puride, squarate, 1,2,3-triazolide, substituted 1,2,3-triazolide, 1,2,4-triazolide, substituted 1,2,4-triazolide, 4,5-benzi-1,2,3-triazolide, substituted 4,5-benzi-1,2,3-triazolide, pyrimidinide, substituted pyrimidinide, tetraimidazoylborate and substituted tetraimidazoylborate anions, wherein each substituent, if present, is a halo, hydrocarbyl, halohydrocarbyl, silyl, (including mono-, di- and tri(hydrocarbyl)silyl), silylhydrocarbyl, or halocarbyl group of up to 20 atoms not counting hydrogen, or two such substituents together form a saturated or unsaturated ring system.
- 4. A composition according to claim 1 wherein J* corresponds to the formula: wherein:M* is aluminum, gallium or boron; R1 and R2 independently each occurrence are hydride, halide, or a hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, halohydrocarbyl, dialkylamido, alkoxide, or aryloxide group of up to 20 carbons, with the proviso that in not more than one occurrence is R1 or R2 halide, and Arf1—Arf2 in combination, independently each occurrence, is a divalent fluoro-substituted aromatic group of from 6 to 20 carbons.
- 5. A composition according to claim 4 wherein J* corresponds to the formula: BR13 or AlR13 wherein:R1 independently each occurrence is a C1-20 hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, or halohydrocarbyl radical.
- 6. A composition according to claim 5 wherein R1 is a fluorinated C1-20 hydrocarbyl group.
- 7. A composition according to claim 6 wherein R1 each occurrence is pentafluorophenyl.
- 8. A composition according to claim 1 wherein component C) is the ammonium, phosphonium, sulfonium, oxonium, carbonium, silylium, lead (II), silver or ferrocenium salt of: bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)cyanide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)azide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)-alumane)dicyanamide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)imidazolide, bis(tris(penta-fluorophenyl)alumane)-2-undecylimidazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)-4,5-dichloroimidazolide, bis(tris(penta-fluorophenyl)alumane)-2-undecyl-4,5-dichloroimidazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)4,5-diphenylimidazolide, bis(tris(penta-fluorophenyl)alumane)-2-undecyl-4,5-diphenylimidazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)imidazolinide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)-2-undecylimidazolinide, bis(tris-(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)-5,6-dimethylbenzimidazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)-4,5-bis(heptadecyl)imidazolide, tris(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumanetricyanomethide, tris(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)puride, tetrakis(tris(pentafluoro-phenyl)alumane)tetraimidazoylborate, bis(tris(heptafluoro-2-naphthyl)alumane)cyanide, bis(tris(heptafluoro-2-naphthyl)alumane)azide, bis(tris(hepta-fluoro-2-naphthyl)alumane)dicyanamide, bis(tris(heptafluoro-2-naphthyl)alumane)imidazolide, bis(tris(heptafluoro-2-naphthyl)alumane)-2-undecylimidazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)benzimidazolide, bis(tris(penta-fluorophenyl)alumane)-2-undecylbenzimidazolide, bis(tris-(heptafluoro-2-naphthyl)alumane)-5,6-dimethylbenzimidazolide, bis(tris(heptafluoro-2-naphthyl)alumane)-4,5-bis(heptadecyl)imidazolide, tris(trisheptafluoro-2-naphthyl)-alumanetricyanomethide, tris(tris(heptafluoro-2-naphthyl)alumane)puride, tetrakis(tris(heptafluoro-2-naphthyl)alumane)tetraimidazoylborate, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)-1,2,3-triazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)-1,2,4-triazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)-4,5-diphenyl-1,2,3-triazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)-1,2,3-benzatriazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)-5-methyl-1,2,4-triazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)-5-undecyl-1,2,4-triazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)cyanide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)azide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)dicyanamide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)imidazolide, bis(tris(penta-fluorophenyl)borane)-2-undecylimidazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)-4,5-dichloroimidazolide, bis(tris(penta-fluorophenyl)borane)-2-undecyl-4,5-dichloroimidazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)-4,5-diphenylimidazolide, bis(tris(penta-fluorophenyl)borane)-2-undecyl-4,5-diphenylimidazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)imidazolinide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)-2-undecylimidazolinide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)-5,6-dimethylbenzimidazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)-4,5-bis(heptadecyl)imidazolide, tris(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane tricyanomethide, tris(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)puride, tetrakis(tris(pentafluoro-phenyl)borane)tetraimidazoylborate, bis(tris(heptafluoro-2-naphthyl)borane)cyanide, bis(tris(heptafluoro-2-naphthyl)borane)azide, bis(tris(hepta-fluoro-2-naphthyl)borane)dicyanamide, bis(tris(heptafluoro-2-naphthyl)borane)imidazolide, bis(tris(heptafluoro-2-naphthyl)borane)-2-undecylimidazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)benzimidazolide, bis(tris(penta-fluorophenyl)borane)-2-undecylbenzimidazolide, bis(tris-(heptafluoro-2-naphthyl)borane)-5,6-dimethylbenzimidazolide, bis(tris(heptafluoro-2-naphthyl)borane)-4,5-bis(heptadecyl)imidazolide, tris(trisheptafluoro-2-naphthyl)borane tricyanomethide, tris(tris(heptafluoro-2-naphthyl)borane)puride, tetrakis(tris(heptafluoro-2-naphthyl)borane)tetraimidazoylborate, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)-1,2,3-benzatriazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)-1,2,4-triazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)4,5-diphenyl-1,2,3-triazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)-5-methyl-1,2,4-triazolide, and bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)-5-undecyl-1,2,4-triazolide.
- 9. A composition according to claim 1 wherein component C) is the tri(C1-20 hydrocarbyl)ammonium-salt of:bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)imidazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)-2-undecylimidazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)benzimidazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)-2-undecylbenzimidazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)imidazolinide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)2-undecylimidazolinide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)-1,2,3-triazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)-1,2,4-triazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane)-3-(undecyl)-1,2,4-triazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)imidazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)-2-undecylimidazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)benzimidazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)-2-undecylbenzimidazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)imidazolinide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)2-undecylimidazolinide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)-1,2,3-triazolide, bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)-1,2,4-triazolide, and bis(tris(pentafluorophenyl)alumane)-3-(undecyl)-1,2,4-triazolide.
- 10. A slurry phase polymerization of α-olefins comprising contacting at least one alpha olefin under polymerization conditions with the supported catalyst composition according to any one of claims 1-9.
- 11. A gas phase polymerization of α-olefins comprising contacting at least one alpha olefin under polymerization conditions with the supported catalyst composition according to any one of claims 1-9.
- 12. The process of claim 11 wherein the polymer product formed has a bulk density greater than 0.3 g/ml.
- 13. The process of claim 12 wherein propylene is polymerized to form polypropylene.
- 14. The process of claim 13, wherein component B) is rac-dimethylsilane bis(η5-2-methyl-4-phenylinden-1-yl)zirconium (II) 1,4-diphenyl-1,3-butadiene.
CROSS REFERENCE STATEMENT
This application is a cont. application Ser. No. 09/251,664, filed on Feb. 17, 1999, now abandoned, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/075,329, filed Feb. 20, 1998. This application also claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application 60/156,242, filed Sep. 27, 1999.
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