US 12,466,902 B2
Non-coordinating anion type activators for use with polyolefin polymerization catalysts
Catherine A. Faler, Houston, TX (US); Margaret T. Whalley, Houston, TX (US); and John R. Hagadorn, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/631,813
Filed by ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/043863
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 31, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/025903, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/882,088, filed on Aug. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0282004 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. C08F 4/65 (2006.01); C07F 5/02 (2006.01); C08F 4/659 (2006.01); C08F 4/6592 (2006.01); C08F 110/02 (2006.01); C08F 210/16 (2006.01)
CPC C08F 4/65908 (2013.01) [C08F 4/65927 (2013.01); C08F 210/16 (2013.01); C08F 2420/10 (2021.01); C08F 2500/03 (2013.01); C08F 2500/34 (2021.01)] 19 Claims
 
1. A compound represented by Formula (I):
[Ar(E1R1R2H)x(E2R3R4)y][QR5R6R7R8]z  (I)
wherein:
Ar is a C6-C30 aromatic hydrocarbyl group, provided that if Ar is a multicyclic ring, then each E1 and each E2 are substitutions on a single ring of the multicyclic ring,
x is 1 to 4;
y is 0 to 3;
z=x;
x+y is 2 to 6;
each of E1 and E2 are independently selected from nitrogen or phosphorous;
each of R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently selected from C1-C40 aliphatic hydrocarbyl, substituted C1-C40 aliphatic hydrocarbyl, wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 together include 15 or more carbon atoms;
Q is an element selected from group 13 of the Periodic Table of the Elements;
each of R5, R6, R7, and R8 is independently a C6-C24 hydrocarbyl or a C6-C24 substituted hydrocarbyl.