This invention relates to a process to produce propylene polymers
comprising contacting a metallocene catalyst compound and an activator in
a reaction medium comprising propylene, from 0 to 30 volume % of one or
more solvents and from 0 to 30 mole % of one or more comonomers, under
temperature and pressure conditions below the melting point of the
propylene polymer and where: a) the temperature is at or above the
critical temperature for the reaction medium, and the pressure is at
least 500 kPa above the critical pressure of the reaction medium; or b)
the temperature is 1.degree. C. or more above the critical temperature
for the reaction medium, and the pressure is at or above the critical
pressure of the reaction medium; or c) the temperature is 1.degree. C. or
more above the critical temperature for the reaction medium, and the
pressure is at least 500 kPa above the critical pressure of the reaction
medium.