US 7,592,401 B2
Multinuclear half metallocene catalyst and method for preparing syndiotatic polystyrene using the same
Jun-seong Lee, Anyang-si (Korea, Republic of); Young-kyu Do, Gongju-si (Korea, Republic of); Young-jo Kim, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of); Doh-yeon Park, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of); You-mi Jeong, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of); and Min-hyung Lee, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of)
Assigned to LG Chem, Ltd., (Korea, Republic of)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/259,896.
Prior Publication US 2007/0100095 A1, May 03, 2007
Int. Cl. C08F 4/642 (2006.01); C07F 7/28 (2006.01); C08F 12/08 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 526—114  [526/113; 526/127; 526/160; 526/161; 526/347.2; 526/943; 556/11; 556/14; 556/20; 556/28; 556/52] 18 Claims
 
1. A multinuclear half metallocene catalyst represented by the formula 1, 2 or 3:

OG Complex Work Unit Drawing
wherein, M1, M2 and M3 are transition metals, respectively, and each is selected from the group consisting of atoms in Groups 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 the periodic table, and L1, L2 and L3 are cycloalkanedienyl ligands, respectively and each is represented by the following formula 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8:

OG Complex Work Unit Drawing
wherein, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, and R13 are respectively or independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom, halogen, alkyl, C3-20 cycloalkyl, C2-20 alkenyl, alkylsilyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylsiloxy, amino, alkoxyalkyl, thioalkoxyalkyl, alkylsiloxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, alkylphosphinoalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, alkylaryl, arylsilyl, arylalkylsilyl, haloaryl, aryloxy, aryloxoalkyl, thioaryloxoalkyl, aryloxoaryl, arylsiloxy, arylalkylsiloxy, arylsiloxalkyl, arylsiloxoaryl, arylamino, arylaminoalkyl, arylaminoaryl or arylphosphinoalkyl group (here, the alkyl group is C1-20 hydrocarbon group having either the straight or the branch structure and the aryl group is C6-40 aromatic or heteroaromatic group) and each of m and n is an integer of 1 or more;
X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, and X6which are σ-ligand functional groups, are respectively or independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom, halogen, hydroxyl, alkyl, C3-20 cycloalkyl, alkylsilyl, C2-20 alkenyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, thioalkoxy, alkylsiloxy, amide, alkoxyalcohol, alcoholamine, carboxyl, sulfonyl, aryl, alkylaryl, arylalkyl, arylsilyl, haloaryl, aryloxy, arylalkoxy, thioaryloxy, arylsiloxy, arylalkylsiloxy, arylamide, arylalkylamide, aryloxoalcohol, alcohoarylamine, or arylaminoaryloxy group (here, the alkyl group is C1-20 hydrocarbon group having the straight or branch structure and the aryl group is C6-40 aromatic or hetero aromatic group);
A1, A2, and A3, which are σ-ligand functional groups respectively, are independently selected from the group consisting of oxygen atom, sulfur atom, carboxyl group, sulfonyl group, N-R14 or P-R15;
B1, B2, B3, B4 and B5 are respectively or independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, C3-20 cycloalkyl, C2-20 alkenyl, alkylsilyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylsiloxy, amino, dialkylether, dialkyltioether, alkylsiloxyalkyl, alkylaminoalkyl, alkylphosphinoalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, alkylaryl, arylsilyl, arylalkylsilyl, haloaryl, aryloxy, aryloxoalkyl, thioaryloxoalkyl, aryloxoaryl, arylsiloxy, arylalkylsiloxy, arylsiloxalkyl, arylsiloxoaryl, arylamino, arylaminoalkyl, arylaminoaryl or arylphosphinoalkyl group (here, the alkyl group is C1-20 hydrocarbon group having either the straight or the branch structure and the aryl group is C6-40 aromatic or heteroaromatic group);
D1, D2, D3, D4, D5 and D6,which are functional groups respectively, are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom, halogen, alkyl, C3-20 cycloalkyl, C2-20 alkenyl, alkylsilyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylsiloxy, amino, alkoxyalkyl, thioalkoxyalkyl, alkylsiloxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, alkylphosphino alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, alkylaryl, arylsilyl, arylalkylsilyl, halo aryl, aryloxy, aryloxoalkyl, thioaryloxoalkyl, aryloxoaryl, arylsiloxy, arylalkylsiloxy, arylsiloxalkyl, arylsiloxoaryl, arylamino, arylaminoalkyl, arylaminoaryl, and arylphosphinoalkyl group (here, the alkyl group is C1-20 hydrocarbon group having either the straight or the branch structure and the aryl group is C6-40 aromatic or heteroaromatic group);
Q1, and Q2 are respectively or independently nitrogen, phosphorous, Si—R17 or Ge—R18; and
R14, R15, R17 and R18 are respectively or independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom, halogen, alkyl, C3-20 cycloalkyl, C2-20 alkenyl, alkylsilyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkylsiloxy, amino, alkoxyalkyl, thioalkoxyalkyl, alkylsiloxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, alkylphosphinoalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, alkylaryl, arylsilyl, arylalkylsilyl, haloaryl, aryloxy, aryloxoalkyl, thioaryloxoalkyl, aryloxoaryl, arylsiloxy, arylalkylsiloxy, arylsiloxalkyl, arylsiloxoaryl, arylamino, arylaminoalkyl, arylaminoaryl and arylphosphinoalkyl group (here, the alkyl group is C1-20 hydrocarbon group having the straight or branch structure and the aryl group is C6-40 aromatic or heteroaromatic group).