Patent ID: 7629481

Claim:
A process of preparing a bridged metallocene compound represented by Formula 5 below, the process comprising: a) reacting a compound of Formula 3 below with a compound of Formula 2 below treated with a lithium salt or a Grignard reagent, followed by acid treatment, to prepare a compound of Formula 4 below; and b) treating the compound of Formula 4 with a lithium salt and reacting the reaction product with a Group IV metal-containing salt: wherein R 1 and R 2 , are each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group of 1-20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group of 1-10 carbon atoms, an aryl group of 6-20 carbon atoms, an aryloxy group of 6-10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group of 2-20 carbon atoms, an alkylaryl group of 7-40 carbon atoms, an arylalkyl group of 7-40 carbon atoms, an arylalkenyl group of 8-40 carbon atoms, an alkynyl group of 2-10 carbon atoms, or a hydrocarbyl-substituted Group XIV metalloid radical, provided that R 1 and R 2 are not hydrogen at the same time, R 3 and R 4 are a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group of 1-20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group of 1-10 carbon atoms, an aryl group of 6-20 carbon atoms, an aryloxy group of 6-10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group of 2-20 carbon atoms, an alkylaryl group of 7-40 carbon atoms, an arylalkyl group of 7-40 carbon atoms, an arylalkenyl group of 8-40 carbon atoms, an alkynyl group of 2-10 carbon atoms, or a hydrocarbyl-substituted Group XIV metalloid radical, R 5 is an alkyl group of 1-20 carbon atoms, an aryl group of 6-20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group of 2-20 carbon atoms, an alkylaryl group of 7-40 carbon atoms, an arylalkyl group of 7-40 carbon atoms, an arylalkenyl group of 8-40 carbon atoms, an alkynyl group of 2-10 carbon atoms, or a hydrocarbyl-substituted Group XIV metalloid radical, Q 1 and Q 2 are each independently an alkyl group of 1-20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group of 2-10 carbon atoms, an alkylaryl group of 7-40 carbon atoms, an arylalkyl group of 7-40 carbon atoms, an aryl group of 6-20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylidene group of 1-20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted amino group, an alkylalkoxy group of 2-20 carbon atoms, or an arylalkoxy group of 7-40 carbon atoms, M is zirconium, and X is a halogen atom.