The present invention provides a catalyst composition including a functionalizing agent of the following Formula 1 together with a rare earth metal compound, an alkylating agent, and a halogen compound, having good catalytic activity and polymerization reactivity and useful for the preparation of a conjugated diene-based polymer having high linearity and excellent processability, and a conjugated diene-based polymer prepared using the catalyst composition.
(X.sub.1).sub.aSn(X.sub.2).sub.4-a[Formula 1] In Formula 1, a, X.sub.1, and X.sub.2 are the same as defined in the disclosure.

The present invention provides a catalyst composition including a functionalizing agent of the following Formula 1 together with a rare earth metal compound, an alkylating agent, and a halogen compound, having good catalytic activity and polymerization reactivity and useful for the preparation of a conjugated diene-based polymer having high linearity and excellent processability, and a conjugated diene-based polymer prepared using the catalyst composition.
(X.sub.1).sub.aSn(X.sub.2).sub.4-a[Formula 1] In Formula 1, a, X.sub.1, and X.sub.2 are the same as defined in the disclosure.

A method for producing a solid catalyst component (Aa) for -olefin polymerization, which includes: bringing components (A1) to (A4) into contact with one another in an inert solvent; and without washing the contact product with an inert solvent, aging the contact product by keeping for a holding time of 3 days or more and 180 days or less, regarding the time point that all of the components (A1) to (A4) first come into contact, as a starting point.

The present invention provides a catalyst composition including a functionalizing agent of the following Formula 1 together with a rare earth metal compound, an alkylating agent, and a halogen compound, having good catalytic activity and polymerization reactivity and useful for the preparation of a conjugated diene-based polymer having high linearity and excellent processability, and a conjugated diene-based polymer prepared using the catalyst composition

(X.sub.1).sub.aSn(X.sub.2).sub.4-a[Formula 1]

wherein, a, X.sub.1, and X.sub.2 are the same as defined in the disclosure.

The present invention provides a catalyst composition including a functionalizing agent of the following Formula 1 together with a rare earth metal compound, an alkylating agent, and a halogen compound, having good catalytic activity and polymerization reactivity and useful for the preparation of a conjugated diene-based polymer having high linearity and excellent processability, and a conjugated diene-based polymer prepared using the catalyst composition

(X.sub.1).sub.aSn(X.sub.2).sub.4-a[Formula 1]

wherein, a, X.sub.1, and X.sub.2 are the same as defined in the disclosure.

The invention relates to polybutadiene, which contains the monomer units derived from 1,3-butadiene having a vinyl double bond in a proportion of 25 to 75 mole percent, having a trans-double bond in a proportion of 0 to 10 mole percent and a cis-double bond in a proportion of 25 to 75 mole percent, wherein the totality of the monomer units (A), (B) and (C) is supplemented to 100 mole percent, and which is characterized in that it has a number-average mole mass of 1,000 to 3,000 g/mole. The invention further relates to a method for producing polybutadienes, the use of the polybutadiene according to the invention and compositions containing polybutadiene according to the invention.

A method of making an olefin polymerization catalyst carrier with a general structure formula of Mg(OR.sup.I).sub.n(OR.sup.II).sub.2-n, wherein: 0n2, and R.sup.I and R.sup.II can be the same or different and are each independently selected from a C.sub.1-C.sub.20 hydrocarbon group by reacting an alcohol with a metal magnesium powder under the protection of nitrogen in the presence of a halogen or a halogen-containing compound to obtain a first product, and subjecting the product to a treatment pressure of from 0.2 to 5.0 MPa at a treatment temperature of from 80 to 200 C. for a duration of between 2 minutes and 6 hours. Also provided is a method of making an olefin polymerization solid catalyst component which includes the catalyst carrier, a titanium compound, and at least one electron donor compound.

Provided is a method of preparing a rubber composition, which includes (a) reacting a conjugated diene-based monomer with one or more of compounds in the presence of a first catalyst; (b) adding a conjugated diene-based monomer to a product of the step (a) and inducing a reaction; and (c) adding a second catalyst and a conjugated diene-based monomer to a product of the step (b) and inducing a reaction.

Provided is a process for reducing the structuring time of an ordered film of a diblock copolymer on a surface. The process includes curing, on a surface, a composition including a diblock copolymer at a structuring temperature between the Tg of the diblock copolymer and the decomposition temperature of the diblock copolymer to form an ordered film of the diblock copolymer on the substrate. The composition has a product effective*N of between 10.5 and 40 at the structuring temperature, where effective is the Flory-Huggins parameter of the diblock copolymer and N is the total degree of polymerization of the blocks of the diblock copolymer.

A method for producing a solid catalyst component (Aa) for ?-olefin polymerization, which includes: bringing components (A1) to (A4) into contact with one another in an inert solvent; and without washing the contact product with an inert solvent, aging the contact product by keeping for a holding time of 3 days or more and 180 days or less, regarding the time point that all of the components (A1) to (A4) first come into contact, as a starting point.