Mono-Cp heteroatom containing Group IVB transition metal complexes with MAO: supported catalysts for olefin polymerization

Claim 1

A process for the polymerization of one or more olefins comprising contacting the monomer or monomers under polymerization conditions in the presence of a catalyst system comprising: (A) an inert support; (B) a transition metal compound represented by the formulae: ##STR7## wherein M is Zr, Hf, or Ti in its highest formal oxidation state: (C 5 --H 5-y-x R x ) is a cyclopentadienyl ring which is substituted with from zero to five substituent groups R, "x" is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 denoting the degree of substitution, and each substituent group R is, independently, a radical selected from a group consisting of C 1 -C 20 hydrocarbyl radicals; substituted C 1 -C 20 hydrocarbyl radicals wherein one or more hydrogen atoms is replaced by a halogen radical, an amido radical, a phosphido radical, an alkoxy radical, an alkylborido radical, or other radical containing a Lewis acidic or basic functionality; C 1 -C 20 hydrocarbyl-substituted metalloid radicals wherein the metalloid is selected from the Group IV A of the Periodic Table of Elements; and halogen radicals, amido radicals, phosphido radicals, alkoxy radicals, alkylborido radicals, or a radical containing Lewis acidic or basic functionality; or (C 5 H 5-y-x R x ) is a cyclopentadienyl ring in which two adjacent R-groups are joined forming C 4 -C 20 ring to give a saturated or unsaturated polycyclic cyclopentadienyl ligand; (JR' z-1-y ) is a heteroatom ligand in which J is an element with a coordination number of three from Group V A or an element with a coordination number of two from Group VI A of the Periodic Table of Elements, each R' is, independently a radical selected from a group consisting of C 1 -C 20 hydrocarbyl radicals; substituted C 1 -C 20 hydrocarbyl radicals wherein one or more hydrogen atom is replaced by a halogen radical, an amido radical, a phosphido radical, an alkoxy radical, an alkylborido radical, or other radical containing a Lewis acidic or basic functionality; and "z" is the coordination number of the element J; each Q is, independently, any univalent anionic ligand provided that where Q is a hydrocarbyl ligand such Q cannot be a substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentadienyl ring or both Q together are an alkylidene, a cyclometallated hydrocarbyl or a divalent anionic chelating ligand; "y" is 0 or 1 when "w" is greater than 0; "y" is 1 when "w" is 0; when "y" is 1, T is a covalent bridging group containing a Group IV A or V A element; L is a neutral Lewis base where "w" denotes a number from 0 to 3; and (C) an alumoxane.