| abstract |
Group 4 metal complexes useful as addition polymerization catalysts of the formula: n n n G 1 is a group containing from 1 to 40 atoms not counting hydrogen; n T is a divalent bridging group of from 10 to 30 atoms not counting hydrogen, selected from mono- or di-aryl-substituted methylene or silylene groups or mono- or di-heteroaryl-substituted methylene or silylene groups, wherein at least one such aryl- or heteroaryl-substituent is substituted in one or both ortho-positions with a secondary or tertiary alkyl-group, a secondary or tertiary heteroalkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or a heterocycloalkyl group, n G 2 is a C 6-20 heteroaryl group containing Lewis base functionality, n M is the Group 4 metal, n X″″ is an anionic, neutral or dianionic ligand group, n x″″ is a number from 0 to 5, and n bonds, optional bonds and electron donative interactions are represented by lines, dotted lines and arrows respectively. |