Method for producing an olefin type copolymer having a cyclic structure

摘要

A method for producing an olefin type copolymer having a cyclic structure, which comprises copolymerizing ethylene (M1) and dicyclopentadiene or tricyclopentadiene (M2), and, as optionally introduced, a cyclic olefin (M3), characterized in that, as a catalyst, a catalyst comprising a metallocene compound (A) of the following formula Ä1Ü: H2C(R'mCp) (R"nCp)MX2 wherein M is zirconium or hafnium, Cp is a group having a cyclopentadienyl skeleton, each of R' and R" is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, each of two X's which may be the same or different from each other, is a halogen atom, a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a halogenated hydrocarbon group, an alkylamino group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group of the formula -O-Ar-Yp (wherein Ar is an aromatic ring, Y is a halogen atom, a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a halogenated hydrocarbon group, an alkoxy group, an alkylamino group, a cyano group or a nitro group, and p is an integer of from 1 to 5), a thioalkyl group, or a thioaryl group of the formula -S-Ar-Yp (wherein Ar, Y and p are as defined above), and each of m and n is an integer of from 0 to 4, provided that m and n are not equal, and m+n is an integer of from 3 to 6, and an aluminoxane (B), is used.