Patent ID: 7423101
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: B01J,C07D,C07F,C08F

Abstract:
1. A process to polymerize or oligomerize an unsaturated monomer comprising contacting the monomer with a transition metal catalyst compound represented by the formula: wherein M is a group 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or 11 transition metal; N is nitrogen; O is oxygen; each X is, independently, an anionic monodentate ligand; w is 1, 2 or 3; each R is, independently, a hydrogen, a hydrocarbyl, a substituted hydrocarbyl, a halocarbyl, or a substituted halocarbyl; each R each R each R each R each L′ is a neutral ligand bonded to M; and m is 0 or 1.