Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
231 words
A POLYMERIZATION PROCESS COMPRISING POLYMERIZING AT LEAST ONE UNSATURATED ALICYCLIC COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (1) UNSATURATED ALICYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING 4 OR 5 CARBON ATOMS IN THE CYCLIC RING AND CONTAINING 1 CARBON-TO-CARBON DOUBLE BOND IN THE CYCLIC RING, AND (2) UNSATURATED ALICYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING AT LEAST 8 CARBON-TOATOMS IN THE CYCLIC RING AND CONTAINING AT LEAST 1 CARBON-TOCARBON DOUBLE BOND IN THE CYCLIC RING, BY SUBJECTING SAID ALICYCLIC COMPOUNDS TO POLYMERIZATION CONDITIONS IN THE PRESENCE OF A CATALYST SYSTE COMPRISING (A) AT LEAST ONE ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND WHEREIN THE METAL IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF IA, IIA, IIB AND IIA OF THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS, (B) AT LEAST ONE METAL SALT WHEREIN THE METAL IS SELECTED FOM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF MOLYBDENUM AND TUNGSTEN AND (C) AT LEAST ONE METAL SALT WHEREIN THE METAL IS R-S-H WHEREIN IS A RADICAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (1) HYDROGEN, (2) ALKYL, (3) ARYL, (4) ARYLALKYL, (5) ALKARYL, (6) ALKENYL (7) THIOALKYL, THIOARYL AND THIOALKARYL AND RADICALS OF (2) THROUGH (6) WHEREIN AT LEAST ONE HYDROGEN IS SUBSTITUTED BY THIOL (SH) AND WHEREIN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THESE THREE CATALYST COMPONENTS DEFINED BY (A), (B) AND (C) ARE WITHIN A MOLAR RATIO OF (B)/(C) RANGING FROM 0.3/1 TO AT LEAST 20/1 AND THE MOLAR RATIO OF (A)/(B) IS WITHIN THE RANGE FROM ABOUT 0.5/1 TO AT LEAST ABOUT 15/1.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
231 words
A POLYMERIZATION PROCESS COMPRISING POLYMERIZING AT LEAST ONE UNSATURATED ALICYCLIC COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (1) UNSATURATED ALICYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING 4 OR 5 CARBON ATOMS IN THE CYCLIC RING AND CONTAINING 1 CARBON-TO-CARBON DOUBLE BOND IN THE CYCLIC RING, AND (2) UNSATURATED ALICYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING AT LEAST 8 CARBON-TOATOMS IN THE CYCLIC RING AND CONTAINING AT LEAST 1 CARBON-TOCARBON DOUBLE BOND IN THE CYCLIC RING, BY SUBJECTING SAID ALICYCLIC COMPOUNDS TO POLYMERIZATION CONDITIONS IN THE PRESENCE OF A CATALYST SYSTE COMPRISING (A) AT LEAST ONE ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND WHEREIN THE METAL IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF IA, IIA, IIB AND IIA OF THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS, (B) AT LEAST ONE METAL SALT WHEREIN THE METAL IS SELECTED FOM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF MOLYBDENUM AND TUNGSTEN AND (C) AT LEAST ONE METAL SALT WHEREIN THE METAL IS R-S-H WHEREIN IS A RADICAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (1) HYDROGEN, (2) ALKYL, (3) ARYL, (4) ARYLALKYL, (5) ALKARYL, (6) ALKENYL (7) THIOALKYL, THIOARYL AND THIOALKARYL AND RADICALS OF (2) THROUGH (6) WHEREIN AT LEAST ONE HYDROGEN IS SUBSTITUTED BY THIOL (SH) AND WHEREIN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THESE THREE CATALYST COMPONENTS DEFINED BY (A), (B) AND (C) ARE WITHIN A MOLAR RATIO OF (B)/(C) RANGING FROM 0.3/1 TO AT LEAST 20/1 AND THE MOLAR RATIO OF (A)/(B) IS WITHIN THE RANGE FROM ABOUT 0.5/1 TO AT LEAST ABOUT 15/1.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process according to claim 1 in which the (b) catalyst component is a halide of tungsten.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process according to claim 1 in which the (a) catalyst component is an organoaluminum compound.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process according to claim 1 in which the (c) catalyst component is a mercaptan.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The process according to claim 1 in which the unsaturated alicyclic compound contains from 4 to 5 carbon atoms and only one carbon-to-carbon double bond in the cyclic ring.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
51 words
The process according to claim 1 in which the unsaturated alicyclic compound contains 8 and not more than 12 carbon atoms in the cyclic ring and contains from 1 to 3 carbon-to-carbon double bonds in the cyclic ring which are located in relation to each other that they are not conjugated.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process according to claim 1 in which a mixture of cyclooctene and 1,5-cyclooctadiene are copolymerized.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
11 words
The process according to claim 1 in which cyclooctadiene is homopolymerized.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
The process according to claim 1 in which the polymerization is conducted in bulk.