The present disclosure provides base stocks and or diesel fuel, and processes for producing such base stocks and or diesel fuel by polymerizing alpha-olefins and internal olefins. The present disclosure further provides polyolefin products useful as base stocks and or diesel fuel. In at least one embodiment, a process includes: i) introducing, neat or in the presence of a solvent, a feed comprising a branched C.sub.5-C.sub.30 internal olefin, with a catalyst compound comprising a group 8, 9, 10, or 11 transition metal and at least one heteroatom and ii) obtaining a C.sub.6-C.sub.100 polyolefin product having one olefin, a methylene content of from about 1 wt % to about 98 wt %, and or a methyl content of from about 1 wt % to about 75 wt %. The feed may further include a linear C.sub.4-C.sub.30 internal olefin, a C.sub.2-C.sub.30 alpha-olefin, or a mixture thereof.

A diimine metal complex represented by Formula I, a preparation method therefor, and application thereof are provided. The complex is used as a main catalyst in catalysts for olefin polymerization, and can achieve catalytic ethylene polymerization at a high temperature to prepare high molecular weight branched polyethylene.

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An oligomerization catalyst, oligomer products, methods for making and using same. The catalyst can include a supported nickel phosphate compound. The catalyst is stable at oligomerization temperatures of 500° C. or higher and particularly useful for making oligomer products containing C4 to C26 olefins having a boiling point in the range of 170° C. to 360° C.

A block copolymer and a method for preparing the same are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: (A) mixing a compound of formula (I), a catalyst of formula (II), and a first solvent to obtain a first mixture; (B) adding a first monomer into the first mixture for reaction to obtain a second mixture; and (C) adding a second monomer into the second mixture for reaction to obtain a third mixture; wherein the compound of formula (I) and the catalyst of formula (II) are as defined in the specification.

An oligomerization catalyst, oligomer products, methods for making and using same. The catalyst can include a supported nickel phosphate compound. The catalyst is stable at oligomerization temperatures of 500° C. or higher and particularly useful for making oligomer products containing C4 to C26 olefins having a boiling point in the range of 170° C. to 360° C.

A catalyst configured to be handled more easily than conventional catalysts and configured to copolymerize an α-olefin and a (meth)acrylic acid ester with high activity. The objects are achieved by polymerization using an olefin polymerization catalyst which contains a metal complex obtained by reacting a ligand having a specific structure and a transition metal compound containing a transition metal selected from nickel or palladium having a specific structure.

Disclosed is a new polyolefin catalyst and preparation therefor. Specifically, disclosed is a catalytic system comprising a new complex of iron, cobalt, nickel, palladium, and platinum. In the presence of the catalytic system, oily polyethylene can be efficiently obtained from simple olefins such as ethylene under mild conditions, highly branched oily alkane mixture is then obtained after hydrogenation. The alkane mixture can be used as a processing aid and a high-performance lubricant base oil. The present invention also provides a method for preparing the catalyst, a method for preparing the highly branched oily alkane mixture and a method for preparing functional polyolefin oil.

Provided is a multi-component, polar group-containing olefin copolymer balanced between transparency, rigidity and toughness. The multi-component, polar group-containing olefin copolymer is a multi-component, polar group-containing olefin copolymer comprising: at least one structural unit (A) selected from the group consisting of a structural unit derived from ethylene and a structural unit derived from an -olefin which contains 3 to 20 carbon atoms, at least one structural unit (B) composed of a polar group-containing olefin monomer, and a structural unit (C) derived from a non-polar cyclic olefin.

Provided is a multi-component, polar group-containing olefin copolymer balanced between transparency, rigidity and toughness. The multi-component, polar group-containing olefin copolymer is a multi-component, polar group-containing olefin copolymer comprising: at least one structural unit (A) selected from the group consisting of a structural unit derived from ethylene and a structural unit derived from an -olefin which contains 3 to 20 carbon atoms, at least one structural unit (B) composed of a polar group-containing olefin monomer, and a structural unit (C) derived from a non-polar cyclic olefin.

The present invention pertains to a method for producing a copolymer of ethylene and an allyl monomer having a polar group represented by general formula (1), or a copolymer of ethylene, an allyl monomer having a polar group represented by general formula (1), and other monomers, wherein the copolymer is produced in the presence of a boron compound having a boron-hydrogen bond or a boron-carbon bond (for example, a compound represented by general formula (2)) by using a metal complex represented by general formula (C1) as a polymerization catalyst (the symbols in the formulas are as described in the description). According to the present invention, a copolymer of ethylene and an allyl monomer can be efficiently produced with high catalytic activity, wherein the copolymer has a polar group and can be used in various applications.

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