The invention concerns catalysts systems for the preparation of polyamides, in particular from lactam precursors, which comprise (i) a lactam activator (A) with increased electron deficiency at the intracyclic carbonyl carbon or precursors for the in-situ formation thereof and/or a Lewis acid (L) and (ii) a N-heterocyclic carbene. Corresponding catalysts systems provide for a latent polymerization activity towards lactams, which allows the formation of unreactive catalyst system/monomer mixtures, which can be polymerized by heating the mixture above an activation temperature. In addition, the inventive catalyst systems provide for fast reaction times at comparatively low temperatures and a high monomer conversion. The present invention further concerns processes for the production of polyamides, which employ such catalyst systems, polymerization systems comprising such catalyst systems and polyamide monomers and corresponding polyamides prepared from such process.
本发明涉及用于制备聚酰胺,特别是由内酰胺前体制备聚酰胺的催化剂体系,该催化剂体系包括:(i) 内环羰基碳或原位形成内环羰基碳的前体上电子缺失增加的内酰胺活化剂(A)和/或
路易斯酸(L);(ii) N-杂环碳烯。相应的催化剂体系对内酰胺具有潜在的聚合活性,可形成无反应的催化剂体系/单体混合物,通过将混合物加热至活化温度以上进行聚合。此外,本发明的催化剂体系在相对较低的温度下反应时间快,单体转化率高。本发明还涉及生产聚酰胺的工艺,该工艺采用了此类催化剂体系、包含此类催化剂体系的聚合体系、聚酰胺单体以及由此类工艺制备的相应聚酰胺。