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1. A process for producing 1-hexene using a trimerization catalyst obtained by bringing a transition metal complex into contact with an activating co-catalytic component, wherein the transition metal complex is represented by general formula (1):wherein
M1 represents a transition metal atom of Group 4 of the Periodic Table of the Elements; R1, R2, R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an aryloxy group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an aralkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an aralkyloxy group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, a substituted silyl group represented by —Si(R12)3, wherein the three R12 groups each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbyl group or a halogenated hydrocarbyl group, and the total number of the carbon atoms in the three R12 groups is 1 to 20, or a disubstituted amino group represented by —N(R13)2, wherein the two R13 groups each independently represent a hydrocarbyl group or a halogenated hydrocarbyl group, and the total number of the carbon atoms in the two R13 groups is 2 to 20, and at least one of R1, R2, R3 and R4 is a halogen atom, the alkyl group, the alkoxy group, the aryl group, the aryloxy group, the aralkyl group, the aralkyloxy group, the substituted silyl group or the disubstituted amino group; R5 and R9 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an alkoxy group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an aryloxy group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an aralkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an aralkyloxy group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, a substituted silyl group represented by —Si(R12)3, wherein the three R12 groups each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbyl group or a halogenated hydrocarbyl group, and the total number of the carbon atoms in the three R12 groups is 1 to 20, or a disubstituted amino group represented by —N(R13)2, wherein the two R13 groups each independently represent a hydrocarbyl group or a halogenated hydrocarbyl group, and the total number of the carbon atoms in the two R13 groups is 2 to 20; R6, R7 and R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an aryloxy group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an aralkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an aralkyloxy group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, a substituted silyl group represented by —Si(R12)3, wherein the three R12 groups each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbyl group or a halogenated hydrocarbyl group, and the total number of the carbon atoms in the three R12 groups is 1 to 20, or a disubstituted amino group represented by —N(R13)2, wherein the two R13 groups each independently represent a hydrocarbyl group or a halogenated hydrocarbyl group, and the total number of the carbon atoms in the two R13 groups is 2 to 20; R10 and R11 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an aryloxy group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an aralkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an aralkyloxy group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, a substituted silyl group represented by —Si(R12)3, wherein the three R12 groups each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbyl group or a halogenated hydrocarbyl group, and the total number of the carbon atoms in the three R12 groups is 1 to 20, or a disubstituted amino group represented by —N(R13)2, wherein the two R13 groups each independently represent a hydrocarbyl group or a halogenated hydrocarbyl group, and the total number of the carbon atoms in the two R13 groups is 2 to 20; X1, X2 and X3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an aryloxy group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an aralkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, an aralkyloxy group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom as a substituent, a substituted silyl group represented by —Si(R12)3, wherein the three R12 groups each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbyl group or a halogenated hydrocarbyl group, and the total number of the carbon atoms in the three R12 groups is 1 to 20, or a disubstituted amino group represented by —N(R13)2, wherein the two R13 groups each independently represent a hydrocarbyl group or a halogenated hydrocarbyl group, and the total number of the carbon atoms in the two R13 groups is 2 to 20; of R1, R2, R3 and R4, two groups bonded to two adjacent carbon atoms may be bonded to each other to form a ring together with the two carbon atoms to which the two groups are bonded; of R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9, two groups bonded to two adjacent carbon atoms may be bonded to each other to form a ring together with the two carbon atoms to which the two groups are bonded; and R10 and R11 may be bonded to each other to form a ring together with the silicon atom to which R10 and R11 are bonded. |
