The present disclosure relates to a polyethylene, which is reacted with chlorine to prepare a chlorinated polyethylene having excellent processability and size stability during high-speed extrusion by optimizing a high-crystalline region in a molecular structure, and a CPE compound including the same.

In some embodiments, ethylene-propylene branched copolymers are synthesized with pyridyldiamido catalysts and a chain transfer agent, and their performance as viscosity modifiers in oil are detailed. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides for ethylene-propylene branched copolymers having a shear thinning onset of less than about 0.01 rad/s and an HTHS value of less than about 3.3. In some embodiments, the ethylene-propylene branched copolymer is used as a viscosity modifier in a lubricating composition and a fuel composition.

Methods for preparing a metallocene-based catalyst composition that can impact the long chain branching of ethylene homopolymers and copolymers produced using the catalyst composition are described. The catalyst composition can be prepared by contacting a metallocene compound, a hydrocarbon solvent, and a first organoaluminum compound for a first period of time to form a metallocene solution, and then contacting the metallocene solution with an activator-support and a second organoaluminum compound for a second period of time to form the catalyst composition.

The present invention relates to compounds according to formula I, wherein: R1 is a cyclopentadienyl moiety or a moiety comprising a cyclopentadienyl ring structure; R2 is a moiety M(R5).sub.2 or MR5, wherein M is a metal selected from hafnium, titanium or zirconium, and R5 is F, Cl, I, Br or an alkyl-moiety comprising 1 to 10 carbon atoms, preferably methyl, benzyl, butadiene or pentadiene; R3 is H, an alkyl or aryl moiety comprising 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a moiety comprising N or O and 1 to 15 carbon atoms; R4 is H, an alkyl or aryl moiety comprising 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a moiety comprising N or O and 1 to 15 carbon atoms, or a halogen; wherein if R3 is H, R4 is a moiety other than H, and if R4 is H, R3 is a moiety other than H; each R6 is individually selected from H, a halogen, an alkyl moiety, an aryl moiety, a halogen-substituted alkyl moiety, a halogen-substitute d aryl moiety, an alkoxy moiety, a siloxy-moiety, or a nitrogen-containing moiety, preferably H. Such compounds may be used in a catalyst system for olefin polymerisation, particularly ethylene copolymerisation, providing at least one of a high catalyst activity, a high comonomer incorporation, and/or a high molecular weight polymer.

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The present invention relates to compounds according to formula I, wherein: R1 is a cyclopentadienyl moiety or a moiety comprising a cyclopentadienyl ring structure; R2 is a moiety M(R5).sub.2 or MR5, wherein M is a metal selected from hafnium, titanium or zirconium, and R5 is F, Cl, I, Br or an alkyl-moiety comprising 1 to 10 carbon atoms, preferably methyl, benzyl, butadiene or pentadiene; R3 is H, an alkyl or aryl moiety comprising 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a moiety comprising N or O and 1 to 15 carbon atoms; R4 is H, an alkyl or aryl moiety comprising 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a moiety comprising N or O and 1 to 15 carbon atoms, or a halogen; wherein if R3 is H, R4 is a moiety other than H, and if R4 is H, R3 is a moiety other than H; each R6 is individually selected from H, a halogen, an alkyl moiety, an aryl moiety, a halogen-substituted alkyl moiety, a halogen-substitute d aryl moiety, an alkoxy moiety, a siloxy-moiety, or a nitrogen-containing moiety, preferably H. Such compounds may be used in a catalyst system for olefin polymerisation, particularly ethylene copolymerisation, providing at least one of a high catalyst activity, a high comonomer incorporation, and/or a high molecular weight polymer.

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The present invention relates to compounds according to formula I, wherein: R1 is a cyclopentadienyl moiety or a moiety comprising a cyclopentadienyl ring structure; R2 is a moiety M(R5).sub.2 or MR5, wherein M is a metal selected from hafnium, titanium or zirconium, and R5 is F, Cl, I, Br or an alkyl-moiety comprising 1 to 10 carbon atoms, preferably methyl, benzyl, butadiene or pentadiene; R3 is H, an alkyl or aryl moiety comprising 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a moiety comprising N or O and 1 to 15 carbon atoms; R4 is H, an alkyl or aryl moiety comprising 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a moiety comprising N or O and 1 to 15 carbon atoms, or a halogen; wherein if R3 is H, R4 is a moiety other than H, and if R4 is H, R3 is a moiety other than H; each R6 is individually selected from H, a halogen, an alkyl moiety, an aryl moiety, a halogen-substituted alkyl moiety, a halogen-substitute d aryl moiety, an alkoxy moiety, a siloxy-moiety, or a nitrogen-containing moiety, preferably H. Such compounds may be used in a catalyst system for olefin polymerisation, particularly ethylene copolymerisation, providing at least one of a high catalyst activity, a high comonomer incorporation, and/or a high molecular weight polymer.

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The present disclosure provides a process. In an embodiment, the process includes providing a purge stream containing octene monomer. The process includes contacting, under polymerization conditions, the purge stream with a bis-biphenylphenoxy catalyst, and forming an octene polymer having an absolute weight average molecular weight (Mw(Abs)) greater than 1,300,000 g/mol and a Mw(Abs)/Mn(Abs) from 1.3 to 3.0.

The present disclosure provides a process. In an embodiment, the process includes providing a purge stream containing octene monomer. The process includes contacting, under polymerization conditions, the purge stream with a bis-biphenylphenoxy catalyst, and forming an octene polymer having an absolute weight average molecular weight (Mw(Abs)) greater than 1,300,000 g/mol and a Mw(Abs)/Mn(Abs) from 1.3 to 3.0.

The present disclosure provides a process. In an embodiment, the process includes contacting, under polymerization conditions, one or more C.sub.6-C.sub.14 α-olefin monomers with a bis-biphenylphenoxy catalyst. The process includes forming a polymer composed of one or more C.sub.6-C.sub.14 α-olefin monomers, and having an absolute weight average molecular weight (Mw.sub.(abs)) greater than 1,300,000 g/mol and a Mw.sub.(abs)/Mn.sub.(abs) from 1.3 to 3.0.

The present disclosure provides a process. In an embodiment, the process includes contacting, under polymerization conditions, one or more C.sub.6-C.sub.14 α-olefin monomers with a bis-biphenylphenoxy catalyst. The process includes forming a polymer composed of one or more C.sub.6-C.sub.14 α-olefin monomers, and having an absolute weight average molecular weight (Mw.sub.(abs)) greater than 1,300,000 g/mol and a Mw.sub.(abs)/Mn.sub.(abs) from 1.3 to 3.0.