Cycloolefin copolymers for industrial applications, with the exception of the use for optical data memories, can be prepared by copolymerization of monomers from the group consisting of cyclic olefins, .alpha.-olefins having 2 or more C atoms and optionally conjugated or non-conjugated diolefins, the catalysts employed being metallocene compounds or .pi. complex compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which CpI and CpII represent carbanions having a cyclopenadienyl-containing structure, .pi.I and .pi.II represent charged or electrically neutral .pi. systems, D represents a donor atom and A represents an acceptor atom, where D and A are linked by a reversible coordinate bond such that the donor group assumes a positive (part) charge and the acceptor group assumes a negative (part) charge, M represents a transition metal of sub-group III, IV, V or VI of the Periodic Table of the elements (Mendeleev), including the lanthanides and the actinides, X denotes one anion equivalent and n denotes the number zero, one, two, three or four, depending on the charge of M.
环氧烷基共聚物可用于工业应用,但不包括用于光学数据存储。该共聚物可通过环烯烃、α-烯烃(具有2个或更多碳原子)和可选的共轭或非共轭双烯烃的共聚反应制备,所使用的催化剂为
金属茂化合物或公式##STR1##的π配合物。其中CpI和CpII代表具有
环戊二烯基结构的碳负离子,π.I和π.II代表带电或电中性的π体系,D代表给体原子,A代表受体原子,其中D和A通过可逆的配位键连接,使得给体基团呈正(部分)电荷,受体基团呈负(部分)电荷,M代表元素周期表(门捷列夫)的III、IV、V或VI族过渡
金属,包括
镧系和
锕系元素,X表示一个阴离子当量,n表示数字0、1、2、3或4,取决于M的电荷。