Patent ID: 7741240

Claim:
A transition metal catalyst compound represented by the formula (I): where: M and M′ are, independently, a group 8, 9, 10 or 11 transition metal; each R group is, independently, is, hydrogen, or a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, substituted silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, or substituted germylcarbyl substituents, and optionally, adjacent R groups may join together to form a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated, partially unsaturated, or aromatic cyclic or polycyclic substituent; R′ is hydrogen, or a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, substituted silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, or substituted germylcarbyl substituents, and optionally, adjacent R groups may join together with R′ to form a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated, partially unsaturated, or aromatic cyclic or polycyclic substituent; each X group is, independently, is, hydrogen, a halogen, or a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, substituted silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, or substituted germylcarbyl substituents, and optionally, adjacent X groups may join together to form a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated, partially unsaturated, or aromatic cyclic or polycyclic substituent; m and m′ are, independently, 0, 1, 2, or 3; z and z′ are, independently, 1, 2, or 3; N is nitrogen; Q is hydrogen, or a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, substituted silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, or substituted germylcarbyl substituents; Q′ is hydrogen, or a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, substituted silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, or substituted germylcarbyl substituents; and L is a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, substituted halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, substituted silylcarbyl, germylcarbyl, or substituted germylcarbyl substituent, provided however that when M and M′ are Ni or M and M′ are Pd, then L is selected from the group consisting of aryl groups represented by the formulae: where the dashed lines indicate the bonds to the nitrogen atoms in the formula (I) above, X in formula 14 is O, NR, PR, S, BR, AlR, SiR 2 ; T=O, NR, BR each R group is in formula 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14, independently, selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, C1 to C30 hydrocarbyls, and C1 to C30 substituted phenyls; M 1 in formula 13 is a transition metal selected from Groups 4 to 9; M 2 in formula 14 is a transition metal selected from Groups 8 to 11; and M 3 in formula 14 is a transition metal selected from Groups 8 to 11.