申请人:SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
公开号:EP1772470A1
公开(公告)日:2007-04-11
A first object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a carboxyl group-containing water-soluble polymer capable of giving neutralized viscous solutions excellent in thickening effect even when the aqueous solutions of the carboxyl group-containing water-soluble polymer have a low concentration. A second object of the invention is to provide a method for producing a carboxyl group-containing water-soluble polymer capable of giving neutralized viscous solutions excellent in thickening effect at low concentration levels and, at the same time, capable of being dispersed and dissolved in water at high concentrations with ease.
The prevent invention is a method for producing a carboxyl group-containing water-soluble polymer by reacting an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid and a compound having two or more ethylenically unsaturated groups in the presence of a radical polymerization initiator, which method is characterized in that the reaction is carried out in the presence of a (meth)acrylic acid derivative represented by the general formula (1) :
(in the formula, and R2 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and n represents 1 or 2).
本发明的第一个目的是提供一种生产含羧基的水溶性聚合物的方法,这种聚合物即使在含羧基的水溶性聚合物的水溶液浓度较低时,也能使中和粘稠溶液具有优异的增稠效果。本发明的第二个目的是提供一种生产含羧基的水溶性聚合物的方法,该聚合物能够在低浓度水平下提供增稠效果极佳的中和粘稠溶液,同时能够在高浓度水平下容易地分散和溶解于水中。
本发明是一种生产含羧基的水溶性聚合物的方法,该方法是在α,β-不饱和羧酸和具有两个或两个以上乙烯基不饱和基团的化合物在自由基聚合引发剂存在下进行反应,其特征在于该反应是在通式(1)表示的(甲基)丙烯酸衍生物存在下进行的:
(式中,和 R2 各自独立地代表氢原子或甲基,n 代表 1 或 2)。