Patent ID: 7452946
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: C08F

Abstract:
1. A method for producing an ethylene-based polymer satisfying the following requirements (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) simultaneously: (i) melt flow rate [MFR (ii) melt tension [MT (g)] and the above melt flow rate [MFR (iii) an activation energy [Ea] of fluidization is less than 30 (KJ/mol), and (iv) swell ratio is 1.36 or more by copolymerizing ethylene with a C3 to C10 α-olefin, in the presence of a solid catalyst component carried on (C) a solid carrier: (A1) a group 4 transition metal compound represented by the general formula [I] below, (A2 ) a group 4 transition metal compound represented by the general formula [II] below, and (B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of: (b-1) an organometallic compound, (b-2) an organoaluminum oxy compound, and (b-3) a compound reacting with the transition metal compound (A1) or (A2) to form an ion pair, where M represents a transition metal atom in the group 4 in the periodic table, m represents an integer of 1 to 4, R 1 represents a branched or liner aliphatic hydrocarbon group or an optionally substituted alicyclic hydrocarbon group, R 2 to R 6 may be the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, a heterocyclic compound residue, an oxygen-containing group, a nitrogen-containing group, a boron-containing group, a sulfur-containing group, a phosphorus-containing group, a silicon-containing group, a germanium-containing group or a tin-containing group, two or more of which may be bound to one another to form a ring, and when m is 2, two of the groups represented by R 2 R 6 may be bound to each other provided that R 1 's shall not be bound to each other, and n is a number satisfying the valence of M, X represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, an oxygen-containing group, a sulfur-containing group, a nitrogen-containing group, a boron-containing group, an aluminum-containing group, a phosphorus-containing group, a halogen-containing group, a heterocyclic compound residue, a silicon-containing group, a germanium-containing group or a tin-containing group, and when n is 2 or more, a plurality of groups represented by X's may be the same or different, and a plurality of groups represented by X's may be bound to one another to form a ring, where R 7 to R 20 are selected from hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group and a silicon-containing group, and may be the same or different, adjacent substituents R 7 to R 20 may be bound to each other to form a ring, M is a group 4 transition metal atom, Y is a group 14 atom, Q may be selected in the same or different combination from a halogen, a hydrocarbon group, an anion ligand, and a neutral ligand capable of coordination with a lone pair of electrons, j is an integer of 1 to 4, at least one of R 19 and R 20 is an unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted aryl group, and when both R 19 an R 20 are either unsubstituted aryl groups or substituted aryl groups, R 19 and R 20 may be the same or different.