Patent ID: 7317057

Claim:
A transition metal catalyst compound represented by the formula: wherein M is a group 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or 11 transition metal; N is nitrogen; O is oxygen; each X is, independently, an anionic monodentate ligand; w is 1, 2 or 3; each R is, independently, a hydrogen, a hydrocarbyl, a substituted hydrocarbyl, a halocarbyl, or a substituted halocarbyl; each R 1 and R 2 is, independently, selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, nonyl, decyl, undecyl, dodecyl, tridecyl, tetradecyl, octacosyl, nonacosyl, triacontyl, cyclohexyl, cyclopentyl, cycloheptyl, cyclooctyl, cyclodecyl, cyclododecyl, naphthyl, phenyl, tolyl, benzyl, phenethyl, dimethylphenyl, diethylphenyl, anthracenyl, adamantyl, norbornyl, CF 3 , NO 2 , t-butyl, i-propyl, naphthyl, and fluoride, or may join together to form a cyclic or polycyclic ring structure; each R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , is, independently, a hydrogen, a hydrocarbyl, a substituted hydrocarbyl, a halocarbyl, or a substituted halocarbyl, or independently, may join together to form a cyclic or polycydic ring structure; each R 6 is, independently, a hydrogen, a C 3 to C 50 bydrocarbyl or a C 3 to C 50 halocarbyl each R 7 is, independently, a hydrocarbyl, a substituted hydrocarbyl, a halocarbyl, or a substituted halocarbyl; each L′ is a neutral ligand bonded to M; and m is 0 or 1.