Patent ID: 8324416

Claim:
A multifunctional chain shuttling agent comprising a single compound that is characterized as being capable of functioning in such a way that at least one olefin-containing polymeryl chain can be shuttled between two or more catalytic sites of an olefin polymerization catalyst having two or more catalytic sites or between two or more olefin polymerization catalysts; and, independently either: (a) a non-olefin polymerization reaction can be initiated by the multifunctional chain shuttling agent; (b) a functional group of the multifunctional chain shuttling agent can be characterized as being protected with a protecting group during the chain shuttling, and then incorporated into the olefin-containing polymeryl chain; or (c) a non-olefin polymerization reaction can be initiated by the functional group after it has been incorporated into the olefin-containing polymeryl chain.