A rubber composition having an adhesion to a composition based on natural rubber, the composition being at least based on 5 to 95 phr of polyisoprene comprising a content by weight of 1,4-cis bonds of at least 90% of the weight of the polyisoprene; 5 to 95 phr of copolymer of ethylene and of a 1,3-diene of formula CH.sub.2═CR—CH═CH.sub.2, the ethylene units in the copolymer representing more than 50 mol % of the monomer units of the copolymer, the symbol R representing a hydrocarbon chain having 3 to 20 carbon atoms; and a crosslinking system. Also disclosed is a tire, in particular a tire provided with a sidewall, comprising this composition.

A rubber composition having an adhesion to a composition based on natural rubber, the composition being at least based on 5 to 95 phr of polyisoprene comprising a content by weight of 1,4-cis bonds of at least 90% of the weight of the polyisoprene; 5 to 95 phr of copolymer of ethylene and of a 1,3-diene of formula CH.sub.2═CR—CH═CH.sub.2, the ethylene units in the copolymer representing more than 50 mol % of the monomer units of the copolymer, the symbol R representing a hydrocarbon chain having 3 to 20 carbon atoms; and a crosslinking system. Also disclosed is a tire, in particular a tire provided with a sidewall, comprising this composition.

Method for the preparation of a composition enriched in 2-methyl-but-2-ene and use for making a polymer.

Method for the preparation of a composition enriched in 2-methyl-but-2-ene and use for making a polymer.

The present disclosure provides a process. In an embodiment, the process includes contacting ethylene and octene under polymerization conditions at a temperature greater than 125° C. with a catalyst system comprising (i) a first polymerization catalyst having the structure of Formula (III), a second polymerization catalyst having the structure of Formula (I), and (iii) a chain shuttling agent. The process includes forming an ethylene/octene multi-block copolymer having a normalized OOO triad content greater than 0.25. The present disclosure provides the resultant composition produced by the process. In an embodiment, the composition includes an ethylene/octene multi-block copolymer having a normalized OOO triad content greater than 0.25.

The present disclosure provides a process. In an embodiment, the process includes contacting ethylene and octene under polymerization conditions at a temperature greater than 125° C. with a catalyst system comprising (i) a first polymerization catalyst having the structure of Formula (III), a second polymerization catalyst having the structure of Formula (I), and (iii) a chain shuttling agent. The process includes forming an ethylene/octene multi-block copolymer having a normalized OOO triad content greater than 0.25. The present disclosure provides the resultant composition produced by the process. In an embodiment, the composition includes an ethylene/octene multi-block copolymer having a normalized OOO triad content greater than 0.25.

A cyclic olefin copolymer includes one or more olefin-derived constituent units (A) represented by General Formula (I), one or more cyclic olefin-derived constituent units (C) represented by General

Formula (II), one or more cyclic non-conjugated diene-derived constituent units (B) represented by General Formula (III), and one or more cyclic olefin-derived constituent units (D) represented by General Formula (V), in which, when a total number of moles of the constituent units in the cyclic olefin copolymer is 100 mol %, a content of the constituent unit (C) is 5 mol % or more and 40 mol % or less.

A cyclic olefin copolymer includes one or more olefin-derived constituent units (A) represented by General Formula (I), one or more cyclic olefin-derived constituent units (C) represented by General

Formula (II), one or more cyclic non-conjugated diene-derived constituent units (B) represented by General Formula (III), and one or more cyclic olefin-derived constituent units (D) represented by General Formula (V), in which, when a total number of moles of the constituent units in the cyclic olefin copolymer is 100 mol %, a content of the constituent unit (C) is 5 mol % or more and 40 mol % or less.

This invention relates bisindenyl metallocene catalyst compounds having long (at least 4 carbon atoms) linear alkyl groups substituted at the two position and substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups at the four position and process using such catalyst compounds, particularly in the solution process at higher temperatures.

This invention relates bisindenyl metallocene catalyst compounds having long (at least 4 carbon atoms) linear alkyl groups substituted at the two position and substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups at the four position and process using such catalyst compounds, particularly in the solution process at higher temperatures.