Polymerization of ethylene and an alpha-olefin in the presence of an alkyl aluminum halide, a vanadium compound and an organic compound containing sulfur, oxygen and a halogen

Claim 1

A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A POLYMER OF OLEFIN SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ETHYLENE AND A MIXTURE OF ETHYLENE AND AN ALPHA-OLEFIN HAVING THE GENERAL FORMULA OF RCH=CH2 WHEREIN R IS A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKYL, ARYL, ARALKYL, ALKYLARYL AND CYCLOALKYL RADICALS HAVING CARBON ATOMS OF FROM 1 TO 20, COMPRISING CONTACTING THE SAID OLEFIN SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ETHYLENE AND A MIXTURE OF ETHYLENE AND AN ALPHA-OLEFIN HAVING THE GENERAL FORMULA OF RCH=CH2 WITH A CATALYST COMPOSITION PRODUCED BY ADMIXING (A) AT LEAST ONE ORGANOALUMINUM COMPOUND CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE HALOGEN ATOM WHOSE COMPOSITION IS REPRESENTED BY THE GENERAL FORMULA OF ALR''MX3-M WHEREIN R'' IS A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKYL, ARYL, ARALKYL, ALKYLARYL AND CYCLOALKYL RADICALS HAVING CARBON ATOMS OF FROM 1 TO 20, X IS A HALOGEN ATOM AND M IS A NUMBER OF FROM 1 TO 2, (B) A COMPOUND OF THE GENERAL FORMULA OF R"SONY, WHEREIN R" IS A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HALOGEN ATOMS, HYDROXYL RADICAL AND HYDROCARBON RADICALS OF ALKYL, ARYL, ARALKYL, ALKYLARYL AND CYCLOALKYL RADICALS HAVING CARBON ATOMS OF FROM 1 TO 20, AND THEIR DERIVATIVES, Y IS A HALOGEN ATOMS AND N IS AN INTEGER SELECTED FROM 1 AND 2, AND (C) A VANADIUM COMPOUND HAVING AT LEAST ONE RADICAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HALOGEN, ALCOHOLATE, ACETYLACETONATE, SALICYLATE, AND CYCLOPENTADIENYL.

Claim 2

A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A POLYMER OF OLEFIN SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ETHYLENE AND A MIXTURE OF ETHYLENE AND AN ALPHA-OLEFIN HAVING THE GENERAL FORMULA OF RCH=CH2 WHEREIN R IS A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKYL, ARYL, ARALKYL, ALKYLARYL AND CYCLOALKYL RADICALS HAVING CARBON ATOMS OF FROM 1 TO 20, COMPRISING CONTACTING THE SAID OLEFIN SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ETHYLENE AND A MIXTURE OF ETHYLENE AND AN ALPHA-OLEFIN HAVING THE GENERAL FORMULA OF RCH=CH2 WITH A CATALYST COMPOSITION PRODUCED BY ADMIXING (A) AT LEAST ONE ORGANOALUMINUM COMPOUND CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE HALOGEN ATOM WHOSE COMPOSITION IS REPRESENTED BY THE GENERAL FORMULA OF ALR''MX3-M WHEREIN R'' IS A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKYL, ARYL, ARALKYL, ALKYLARYL AND CYCLOALKYL RADICALS HAVING CARBON ATOMS OF FROM 1 TO 20, X IS A HALOGEN ATOM AND M IS A NUMBER OF FROM 1 TO 2, (B) A COMPOUND OF THE GENERAL FORMULA OF R"SONY, WHEREIN R" IS A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HALOGEN ATOMS, HYDROXYL RADICAL AND HYDROCARBON RADICALS OF ALKYL, ARYL, ARALKYL, ALKYLARYL AND CYCLOALKYL RADICALS HAVING CARBON ATOMS OF FROM 1 TO 20, AND THEIR DERIVATIVES, Y IS A HALOGEN ATOMS AND N IS AN INTEGER SELECTED FROM 1 AND 2, AND (C) A VANADIUM COMPOUND HAVING AT LEAST ONE RADICAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HALOGEN, ALCOHOLATE, ACETYLACETONATE, SALICYLATE, AND CYCLOPENTADIENYL.