Process for preparing a polymer using lithium initiator prepared by in situ preparation
申请人:BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
公开号:EP0594107A1
公开(公告)日:1994-04-27
A process for preparing a polymer comprises polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer and/or a vinylaromatic hydrocarbon monomer in a hydrocarbon solvent in the presence of or in the absence of a randomizer by using a lithium polymerization initiator which is formed by bringing an organolithium compound and at least one secondary amine compound into contact with each other in the polymerization system in the presence of at least said monomer. The secondary amine is an amine compound having two hydrocarbon groups bonded to N or an imine compound in which an NH group and a saturated or unsaturated cyclic structure group form a cyclic structure. The cyclic structure group comprises a hydrocarbon group as the ring member and may also comprise N or O. The method of production uses the initiator which does not require separate preparation of the initiator, shows excellent reproducibility, allows for the evaluation of accuracy of concentration and realizes high effective initiator concentration. The high molecular weight polymer produced by the method has a narrow molecular weight distribution; is controllable; has a highly reproducible molecular weight and microstructure; exhibits excellent coupling properties based on the living polymerization and provides low hysteresis loss properties.
制备聚合物的工艺包括在有或没有无规化剂的情况下,在烃溶剂中使用锂聚合引发剂使共轭二烯单体和/或乙烯芳烃单体聚合,锂聚合引发剂是在至少有上述单体存在的情况下,通过使有机锂化合物和至少一种仲胺化合物在聚合体系中相互接触而形成的。仲胺是一种具有两个与 N 键合的烃基的胺化合物,或者是一种 NH 基与饱和或不饱和环状结构基团形成环状结构的亚胺化合物。环状结构基团包括一个作为环状成员的烃基,也可以包括 N 或 O。该生产方法使用的引发剂不需要单独制备引发剂,具有极佳的重现性,可以评估浓度的准确性,并实现较高的有效引发剂浓度。用该方法生产的高分子量聚合物分子量分布窄、可控、分子量和微观结构重现性高、基于活聚合表现出优异的偶联特性,并具有低滞后损失特性。