Patent ID: 8022152

Claim:
A process for the copolymerization of one or more hydrocarbon olefins and one or both of an allylsilane and a vinylsilane, comprising the step of contacting, under coordination polymerizing conditions: (A) a monomer mixture comprising: (a) ethylene or α-olefin of the formula H 2 C═CH(CH 2 ) t CH 3 , wherein t is 0 or an integer of 1 to 20; (b) one or both of an allylsilane and a vinylsilane, wherein said allylsilane comprises at least one hydrolysable group and said vinylsilane comprises at least one hydrolysable group; and (c) optionally one or more other copolymerizable olefinic monomers; and (B) an active polymerization catalyst comprising a transition-metal complex of a bidentate or tridentate ligand, said complex comprising a Group 8, 9, 10, or 11 transition metal.