An object of the present invention is to provide a silicon-bridged Cp-Ar transition metal complex that serves as a catalytic component capable of efficiently and highly selectively producing 1-hexene through the trimerization reaction of ethylene. A transition metal complex represented by formula (1), etc. wherein M represents a transition metal atom of Group 4 of the Periodic Table of the Elements; X1, X2, X3, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, 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, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom, an aryloxy group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom, an aralkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom, an aralkyloxy group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom, etc.
本发明的目的是提供一种
硅桥联的Cp-Ar过渡
金属配合物,作为催化组分,能够通过
乙烯三聚反应高效、高选择性地产生
1-己烯。其中,M代表元素周期表第4族的过渡
金属原子;X1、X2、X3、R1、R2、R3、R4、R5、R6、R7、R8和R9各自独立地代表氢原子、卤素原子、具有1至20个碳原子的烷基基团,可能带有卤素原子,具有1至20个碳原子的烷氧基团,可能带有卤素原子,具有6至20个碳原子的芳基基团,可能带有卤素原子,具有6至20个碳原子的芳氧基团,可能带有卤素原子,具有7至20个碳原子的芳基烷基基团,可能带有卤素原子,具有7至20个碳原子的芳基烷氧基团,可能带有卤素原子等。