This invention relates to a non-phthalate catalyst system for olefin polymerization. The non-phthalate catalyst system comprises (a) a solid Ziegler-Natta catalyst composition comprising a transition metal, a Group 2 metal, and one or more halogens; and one or more internal electron donor compounds; and (b) one or more external electron donor compounds.

The present invention relates to a novel ligand compound represented by Formula 1 and a novel transition metal compound represented by Formula 2, and the novel ligand compound and transition metal compound according to the present invention has high comonomer incorporation effect in the preparation of an olefinic polymer having a low density and a high molecular weight, and thus can be usefully used as a catalyst for a polymerization reaction.

Organosilicon Lewis acids supported on activated oxides and metal oxo complexes grafted on the organosilicon Lewis acids as heterogeneous catalysts and the related compositions, methods and systems are described. These organosilicon Lewis acids and the grafted metal oxo complexes catalyze industrially important chemical reactions including, respectively, CF bond activation and olefin metathesis reactions such as homocoupling and polymerizations.

Method of preparing a molecular catalyst from a mixture comprising a (C.sub.5-C.sub.7)alkane, a spray-dried alkylaluminoxane, and a molecular procatalyst. Molecular catalysts prepared by the method may be screened.

Disclosed herein are a chromium compound represented by Formula 1a or 1c and a catalyst system including the same, exhibiting superior catalytic activity in an olefin trimerization reaction:

[{CH.sub.3(CH.sub.2).sub.3CH(CH.sub.2CH.sub.3)CO.sub.2}.sub.2Cr(OH)][Formula 1a]

[{CH.sub.3(CH.sub.2).sub.3CH(CH.sub.2CH.sub.3)CO.sub.2}.sub.2Cr(OH)].sub.4.2H.sub.2O.[Formula 1c]

The present invention relates to a novel ligand compound represented by Formula 1 and a novel transition metal compound represented by Formula 2, and the novel ligand compound and transition metal compound according to the present invention has high comonomer incorporation effect in the preparation of an olefinic polymer having a low density and a high molecular weight, and thus can be usefully used as a catalyst for a polymerization reaction.

The present disclosure provides a method and a catalyst for selective oligomerization of ethylene. The raw material for the catalyst consists of a dehydropyridine annulene-type ligand, a transition metal compound, and an organometallic compound in a molar ratio of 1:0.5-100:0.1-5000. The present disclosure also provides a method for selective oligomerization of ethylene accomplished by using the above-mentioned catalyst. The catalyst for selective oligomerization of ethylene has high catalytic activity, high selectivity for the target products 1-hexene and 1-octene, and low selectivity for 1-butene and 1-C.sub.10.sup.+.

Methods for synthesizing a water-soluble titanium-silicon complex are disclosed herein. The titanium-silicon complex can be utilized to produce titanated solid oxide supports and titanated chromium supported catalysts. The titanated chromium supported catalysts subsequently can be used to polymerize olefins to produce, for example, ethylene based homopolymer and copolymers.

Disclosed herein are a chromium compound represented by Formula 1a or 1b and a catalyst system including the same, exhibiting superior catalytic activity in an olefin trimerization reaction:
[{CH.sub.3(CH.sub.2).sub.3CH(CH.sub.2CH.sub.3)CO.sub.2}.sub.2Cr(OH)][Formula 1a]
[{CH.sub.3CH.sub.2CH(CH.sub.2CH.sub.3)CO.sub.2}.sub.2Cr(OH)].[Formula 1b]

Provided is an alkoxy magnesium supported olefin polymerization catalyst component, comprising the reaction products of the following components: at least one alkoxy magnesium compound of Mg(OR1)N(OR2)2-N, at least one titanium compound of general formula Ti(OR)nX4-n, at least one ortho-phenylene diester electron donor compound a, and at least one diether electron donor compound b, wherein the molar ratio of a to b is 0.05 to 20. The catalyst component has an ultrahigh polymerization activity when used for olefin polymerization, and does not require the use of an external electron donor, but can also obtain a polymer with a high isotacticity, and the resulting polymer has a relatively wide molecular weight distribution and a relatively low ash content.