申请人:Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
公开号:EP2511309A1
公开(公告)日:2012-10-17
There is provided a method for manufacturing a styrene polymer having a low number average molecular weight and a low polydispersity index, wherein the polymer has a number average molecular weight of 2000 or less and a polydispersity index of 1.01 to 1.10. For this purpose, the method includes polymerizing a styrene monomer in a solvent comprising an ether group-containing solvent in the presence of a polymerization initiator represented by formula [II] (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a phenyl group; R2 represents an alkyl group; R3 represents an alkyl group or an alkoxy group, wherein when n is 2 or more, R3 is the same or different from each other; and n represents an integer of 0 to 5), an organometallic compound represented by formula [III]: (R8)mM [III] (wherein R8 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group, wherein when m is 2 or more, R8 is the same or different from each other; M represents an atom belonging to Group 2, 12 or 13 of the long period type periodic table; and m represents the valence of M), and an organic potassium compound, at a temperature between -10°C or higher and a boiling point of the solvent or lower.
本发明提供了一种制造具有低平均分子量和低多分散指数的苯乙烯聚合物的方法,其中该聚合物的平均分子量为 2000 或更低,多分散指数为 1.01 至 1.10。为此目的,该方法包括在由含醚基的溶剂组成的溶剂中,在式[II]代表的聚合引发剂(其中R1代表氢原子、烷基或苯基;R2代表烷基;R3代表烷基或烷氧基,其中当n为2或2以上时,R3彼此相同或不同;n代表0至5的整数)、式[III]代表的有机金属化合物的存在下,聚合苯乙烯单体:(R8)mM[III](其中 R8 代表烷基或芳基,当 m 为 2 或更多时,R8 彼此相同或不同;M 代表属于长周期类型元素周期表中第 2、12 或 13 族的原子;m 代表 M 的化合价),以及有机钾化合物,温度在-10℃或更高和溶剂沸点或更低之间。