Patent ID: 8247553

Claim:
An isomerization/hydroalumination catalyst of formula (I): wherein: Each of R 1 and R 6 independently is a (C 1 -C 40 )hydrocarbyl; Each of R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 independently is a hydrogen atom or (C 1 -C 40 )hydrocarbyl; Each L independently is a halo, hydrogen atom, (C 1 -C 40 )hydrocarbyl, (C 1 -C 40 )heterohydrocarbyl, (C 1 -C 40 )hydrocarbylC(O)N(H)—, (C 1 -C 40 )hydrocarbylC(O)N((C 1 -C 20 )hydrocarbyl)-, (C 1 -C 40 )hydrocarbylC(O)O—, R K R L N—, R L O—, R L S—, or R K R L P—, wherein each R K and R L independently is a hydrogen atom, (C 1 -C 40 )hydrocarbyl, [(C 1 -C 10 )hydrocarbyl] 3 Si, [(C 1 -C 10 )hydrocarbyl] 3 Si(C 1 -C 10 )hydrocarbyl, or (C 1 -C 40 )heterohydrocarbyl, or R K and R L are taken together to form a (C 2 -C 40 )hydrocarbylene or (C 1 -C 40 )heterohydrocarbylene, wherein each L independently is a monoanionic moiety that is bonded to M; and Each M independently is a metal, that is nickel, copper, or zinc, the metal being in a formal oxidation state of +2; Each of the aforementioned (C 1 -C 40 )alkyl, (C 1 -C 10 )hydrocarbyl, (C 1 -C 20 )hydrocarbyl, (C 1 -C 40 )hydrocarbyl, (C 1 -C 40 )heterohydrocarbyl, (C 2 -C 40 )hydrocarbylene, and (C 1 -C 40 )heterohydrocarbylene independently is the same as or different than another and independently is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents R S ; and Each R S independently is halo, polyfluoro, perfluoro, unsubstituted (C 1 -C 18 )hydrocarbyl, F 3 C—, FCH 2 O—, F 2 HCO—, F 3 CO—, oxo (i.e., ═O), R 3 Si—, RO—, RS—, RS(O)—, RS(O) 2 —, R 2 P—, R 2 N—, R 2 C═N—, NC—, RC(O)O—, ROC(O)—, RC(O)N(R)—, or R 2 NC(O)—, wherein each R independently is an unsubstituted (C 1 -C 18 )hydrocarbyl.