To obtain a new compound useful for high activity catalyst component for olefin polymerization.
This compound expressed by formula (M1 is a transition metal of third to sixth group of the periodic system; R7 is H, SiR312 group, etc.; R12 is H or a 1-40C group; R8 is a 1-3C group capable of forming an azapentalene, etc., with a cyclopentadienyl ring; v is 0 or 1; 1 and m are 5 when v is 0; 1 and m are 4 when v is 1; L1 is a 1-10C alkyl, a 6-10C aryl or the like; o is 1-4; Z is a bridge structural unit between two cyclopentadienyl rings), for example, methylenebis-(2-methyl-4-phenylindenyl)zirconium dichloride. The compound is obtained by reacting methylenebis-(2-methyl-4-phenylindene) and butyl lithium in diethyl ether and then reacting with zirconium tetrachloride.
SCHAUER DIANA
KRATZER ROLAND