Transition metal compound

US5750752A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Michael Riedel · Essen, DE
• Frank Kuber · Oberursel, DE
• Michael Aulbach · Hofheim, DE
• Gerhard Erker · Münster, DE
• Martin Konemann · Mannheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 21, 1996
• Grant date: May 12, 1998
• Expiry date: Jun 21, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S526/943
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a stereorigid transition metal compound having as ligands a cyclopentadienyl group and a substituted or unsubstituted heteroatom which are connected to one another via a monocyclic or polycyclic ring system, with the cyclopentadienyl group being fused onto the monocyclic or polycyclic ring system. The transition metal compound of the invention is suitable as a catalyst component for olefin polymerization.