Process for the polymerization of fluorinated olefins and polymeric products obtained therefrom

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PREPARING FLUORINE-CONTAINING OLEFIN POLYMERS WHICH COMPRISES POLYMERIZING A MONOMER FEED MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CNSISTING OF MONOMERS AND MONOMERIC MIXTURES CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE FLUOROMONOOLEFIN CONTAINING FROM ABOUT 2 TO 8 CARBON ATOMS AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN -30*C. AND 150*C. UNDER A PRESSURE BETWEEN ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AND 60 ATMOSPHERES IN THE PRESENCE OF A CATALYST OBTAINED FROM THE REACTIONN OF AN ORGANO ALUMINUM COMPOUND AND A TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF COMPOUNDS OF THE FORMULA MT(OR'')N, MT(OR)N-X, MT(OR)N-2AC2, MT(OR)A(OR'')B, MTOACN-2, AND, MT(AC)N, WHEREIN MT IS THE TRANSITION METAL HAVING A VALENCE, N, AND IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF TITANIUM AND VANADIUM; A+B=N; O IS OXYGEN; X IS HALOGEN; AC REPRESENTS THE ACETYLACETONATE GROUP; R IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF LOWER ALKYL AN ARYL GROUPS, AND R'' IS A HALOGEN-CONTAINING ALKYL RADICAL.