The present invention relates to a novel metallocene compound, a catalyst composition including the same, and a method of preparing an olefinic polymer by using the same. The metallocene compound according to the present invention and the catalyst composition comprising the same can be used for producing olefinic polymers, have outstanding polymerizing ability, and can produce olefinic polymers of ultra high molecular weight. In particular, when the metallocene compound according to the present invention is employed, an olefinic polymer of ultra high molecular weight can be obtained because it shows high polymerization activity even when it is supported on a carrier and maintains high activity even in the presence of hydrogen because of its low hydrogen reactivity.

This disclosure relates to a catalyst composition that can prepare polyolefin having high molecular weight, a method for preparing the same, and a method for preparing polyolefin using the same. The dinuclear metallocene compound included in the catalyst composition according to the present invention is a dinuclear metallocene compound with a new structure, and, unlike a single-site catalyst, has high accessibility to a substrate, and thus, can provide a multi-site catalyst with high activity.

An improved solid Ziegler-Natta type catalyst for the (co)polymerisation of ethylene and α-olefins, particularly in high-temperature processes, such as for example adiabatic solution processes and high-pressure adiabatic processes with elevated productivity, is provided. Said catalyst is obtained by means of an original process comprising dissolving in hydrocarbons, compounds of titanium, magnesium and optionally a metal selected from hafnium and zirconium, and reprecipitating them in two steps in succession, the first of which is chlorination and the second reduction.

A method for forming polar-functionalized polyolefins may comprise contacting an unsubstituted α-olefin monomer and an amino-olefin monomer of formula H.sub.2C═CH(CH.sub.2).sub.n(CHR).sub.mNR′.sub.2, wherein R is H or an unsubstituted linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbons, each R′ is an independently selected unsubstituted linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbons, m is an integer from 1 to 11, and n is an integer from 1 to 11, in the presence of a rare earth catalyst and a cocatalyst under conditions to induce a heteropolymerization reaction between the unsubstituted oc-olefin and amino-olefin monomers to provide a polar-functionalized poly olefin.

Phosphine phosphonate and phenoxyphosphine ligands bearing polyethylene glycol (PEG) chains are used as described herein to produce heterobimetallic catalysts. The ligands can be metallated selectively with palladium or nickel and secondary metal ions to provide well-defined heterobimetallic compounds. These heterobimetallic complexes exhibit accelerated reaction rates and greater thermal stability in olefin polymerization compared to other catalysts.

A preparation method of bimetallic catalysts based on anthracene frameworks and use thereof in olefin polymerization is reported. Anthrecene frameworks were introduced, heat resistance of the catalysts is improved, and by changing central metals and configurations of the frameworks, steric and electronic effects of the metal catalysts of this model can be adjusted and controlled conveniently, and polyolefin polymer materials of different structures and different properties can be prepared, the bimetallic catalyst can be used in ethylene homopolymerization for preparation of high density polyethylene, ethylene/1-octene copolymerization for preparation of polyolefin elastomers and ethylene/norbornene copolymerization for preparation of cycloolefin copolymers. The bimetallic catalyst based on anthracene frameworks can be used in olefin high temperature solution polymerization for preparing polyolefin elastomers and cycloolefin copolymers, the polyolefin elastomers obtained have molecular weights as high as M.sub.W=890 kg.Math.mol.sup.−1, and the cycloolefin copolymers have copolymerization monomer insertion rates as high as 45 mol %.

A novel transition metal compound and a catalyst composition including same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the transition metal compound is represented by formula 1 disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the catalyst composition comprises the transition metal compound represented by formula 1. The catalyst composition may be useful for preparing an olefin-based polymer having a high molecular weight in a low density region, and may be useful for preparing an olefin-based polymer having a low melting index (MI) in high temperature conditions and a high molecular weight.

The present disclosure relates to a multi- or dual-headed composition having the formula (I) or (II). The present disclosure also relates to a process for preparing the multi- or dual-headed composition having the formula (I) or (II), the process including combining 1,2,4-trivinylcyclochexane, an organometallic compound, and a catalyst precursor. The present disclosure further relates to use of the composition having the formula (I) or (II) in olefin polymerization.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing an ethylene-based elastic copolymer, and more particularly, to a method for preparing an ethylene-based elastic copolymer by using a catalyst composition for preparing an ethylene-based elastic copolymer, the catalyst composition comprising a binuclear constrained geometry transition metal compound, as a main catalyst, having a structural advantage to obtain a high-molecular-weight ethylene-based elastic copolymer due to a high polymerization activity and comonomer reactivity because the binuclear constrained geometry transition metal compound has a structure in which cyclopentadiene ligands of two constrained geometry catalysts are linked by 1,4-phenylene, and one or more cocatalyst compounds selected from the group consisting of an organoaluminum compound, an organoaluminoxane compound, and a boron compound.

The present disclosure provides a method for polymerizing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and a method for preparing the catalyst thereof by reacting a main catalyst, a cocatalyst mixed with two or more types of organoaluminum, and an organosilane compound in the polymerization of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene to have high activity, high bulk density, and high molecular weight while simultaneously having low particle agglomeration.