Patent ID: 8889804

Claim:
A method for preparing a polypropylene, comprising: polymerizing a propylene monomer in the presence of a catalyst comprising a transition metal compound represented by the following formula 1: wherein M is a Group 4 transition metal; Q 1 and Q 2 are independently a halogen, C 1 -C 20 alkyl, C 2 -C 20 alkenyl, C 2 -C 20 alkynyl, C 6 -C 20 aryl, C 1 -C 20 alkyl C 6 -C 20 aryl, C 6 -C 20 aryl C 1 -C 20 alkyl, C 1 -C 20 alkylamido, C 6 -C 20 arylamido, or C 1 -C 20 alkylidene; R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , and R 10 are independently hydrogen; C 1 -C 20 alkyl with or without an acetal, ketal, or ether group; C 2 -C 20 alkenyl with or without an acetal, ketal, or ether group; C 1 -C 20 alkyl C 6 -C 20 aryl with or without an acetal, ketal, or ether group; C 6 -C 20 aryl C 1 -C 20 alkyl with or without an acetal, ketal, or ether group; or C 1 -C 20 silyl with or without an acetal, ketal, or ether group, wherein R 1 and R 2 can be linked to each other to form a ring; R 3 and R 4 can be linked to each other to form a ring; and at least two of R 5 to R 10 can be linked to each other to form a ring; and R 11 , R 12 , and R 13 are independently hydrogen; C 1 -C 20 alkyl with or without an acetal, ketal, or ether group; C 2 -C 20 alkenyl with or without an acetal, ketal, or ether group; C 1 -C 20 alkyl C 6 -C 20 aryl with or without an acetal, ketal, or ether group; C 6 -C 20 aryl C 1 -C 20 alkyl with or without an acetal, ketal, or ether group; C 1 -C 20 silyl with or without an acetal, ketal, or ether group; C 1 -C 20 alkoxy; or C 6 -C 20 aryloxy, wherein R 11 and R 12 , or R 12 and R 13 can be linked to each other to form a ring.