A solid catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins, made from or containing Mg, Ti and an electron donor of formula (I) where independently, Z is a bridging group, the R2 groups, equal to or different from each other, are hydrogen or a C1-C20 hydrocarbon radicals, m is a number satisfying the valences of Z and n is an integer ranging from 1 to 10, R1 and R4 are selected from C1-C15 hydrocarbon groups, optionally containing a heteroatom selected from halogen, P, S, N, O; and R3 group, is hydrogen or R4 groups.