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Title: Carbon monoxide/olefin polymerization with bidentate ligand containing

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6160157

This patent describes a process of producing a linear alternating polymer of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon in the presence of a catalyst composition formed from a palladium compound, the anion of a non-hydrohalogenic acid having a pKa below about 4 and a bidentate ligand incorporating two atoms of Group VA elements. The improvement comprises employing a ligand wherein one of the Group VA atoms is phosphorus and the other Group VA atom is arsenic.

Assignee:
Shell Oil Co., Houston, TX
Patent Number(s):
US 4794165
OSTI ID:
6160157
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 21 Dec 1987
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English