The present invention provides: a catalyst which has high activity and enables the production of an olefin polymer that has a polar group; and a method for producing the polymer. A catalyst for olefin polymerization, which contains a metal complex represented by general formula (C1); and a method for producing an ethylene (co)polymer, wherein (1) ethylene is polymerized, (2) ethylene and an olefin having a polar group represented by general formula (1) are copolymerized, or (3) ethylene, an olefin having a polar group represented by general formula (1) and another monomer are copolymerized, with use of the above-described catalyst. (In the formulae, the symbols are as defined in the description; and at least one of R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 represents a 9-fluorenyl analogous group represented by general formula (2).

An object of the present invention is to provide a novel catalyst for olefin (co)polymer production, which has high activity without using a large amount of a cocatalyst and is aimed for obtaining a particulate olefin (co)polymer. The invention relates to an olefin polymerization catalyst which comprises: a solid carrier (1) that has been brought into contact with a specific compound; and a metal catalyst component (2) that contains a transition metal compound (C) containing a transition metal M belonging to Group 9, 10, or 11 of the periodic table and has a reactive group R.sup.a.

An object of the present invention is to provide a novel catalyst for olefin (co)polymer production, which has high activity without using a large amount of a cocatalyst and is aimed for obtaining a particulate olefin (co)polymer. The invention relates to an olefin polymerization catalyst which comprises: a solid carrier (1) that has been brought into contact with a specific compound; and a metal catalyst component (2) that contains a transition metal compound (C) containing a transition metal M belonging to Group 9, 10, or 11 of the periodic table and has a reactive group R.sup.a.

A method of producing a polar-group-containing olefin copolymer which comprises 99.999 to 80 mol % of structural units derived from at least one of ethylene and -olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and 20 to 0.001 mol % of structural units derived from at least one polar-group-containing monomer which contains an epoxy group and is represented by structural formula (I) or (II), the method comprising random copolymerization in the presence of a transition metal catalyst to obtain a copolymer having a linear molecular structure.

This invention relates to nickel catalysts with alkali ions for homopolymerization and copolymerization.

This invention relates to nickel catalysts with alkali ions for homopolymerization and copolymerization.

This invention relates to nickel catalysts with alkali ions for homopolymerization and copolymerization.

This invention relates to nickel catalysts with alkali ions for homopolymerization and copolymerization.

Provided is a polar group-containing multi-component olefin copolymer comprising: structural units (A) derived from ethylene or an ?-olefin; structural units (B) having a carboxyl group or a structure which forms a carboxyl group by an elimination reaction due to heat or an acid; and structural units (C) derived from acrylic acid, which do not have a carboxyl group, and which do not cause an elimination reaction due to heat or an acid under the same conditions as those for the elimination reaction due to heat or an acid in which the structural units (B) form a carboxyl group.

A multi-component ionomer, wherein, in a multi-component copolymer (D) comprising, as essential constitutional units, a structural unit (A) derived from at least one selected from the group consisting of ethylene and an -olefin containing 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a structural unit (B) derived from a monomer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a carboxy group and a dicarboxylic anhydride group, and a structural unit (C) derived from a specific acyclic monomer, at least a part of at least one selected from the group consisting of a carboxy group and a dicarboxylic anhydride group of the structural unit (B) is converted into a specific metal-containing carboxylate, and wherein a phase angle at which an absolute value G* of a complex modulus measured with a rotational rheometer is 0.1 MPa (G*=0.1 MPa) is from 50 degrees to 75 degrees.