METHOD FOR MAKING A POLY(ETHYLENE-CO-1-ALKENE) COPOLYMER WITH REVERSE COMONOMER DISTRIBUTION

• Main Authors: BROWN, SUSAN, YOUNG, ANDREW J, DEWILDE, JOSEPH F, FIGUEROA, RUTH, O'LEARY, LESLIE E, BAILLIE, RHETT, KLOSIN, JERZY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 18.08.2022
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVINGCARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP

A method of making a poly(ethylene-co-1-alkene) copolymer having a reverse comonomer distribution, the method comprising contacting ethylene and at least one 1-alkene with an effective catalyst therefor under effective gas-phase or slurry-phase polymerization conditions, thereby making the poly(ethy...