CPC C07F 17/00 (2013.01) [C08F 4/65927 (2013.01); C08F 4/76 (2013.01); C08F 10/02 (2013.01); C08F 210/16 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |
1. A process for the preparation of olefin polymers, the process comprising: polymerising a mixture of ethylene and at least one other α-olefin of 3 or more carbon atoms in the presence of a metallocene complex according to formula I forming an ethylene-olefin copolymer, wherein the metallocene complex optionally is immobilized on a support,
wherein
R1 and R2 are independently selected from H, a methyl, ethyl, n-propyl or iso-propyl group, a butyl group, a hexyl group, a cyclohexyl group, or a phenyl group,
R3 is a methyl, ethyl, n-propyl or iso-propyl group,
R′ is selected from H, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, and wherein different R′ substituents are optionally connected to form a ring structure,
B is a 1,2-phenylene bridge,
Mt is Zr, X is a methyl group, Cl, Br or I, z is the number of X groups and equals the valence of Mt minus 2.
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