Preparation of isopropenyl esters of dicarboxylic acids
申请人:The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
公开号:US04262137A1
公开(公告)日:1981-04-14
Isopropenyl esters and half isopropenyl ester-half carboxylic acid products are prepared by reacting at a temperature of about 150.degree.-160.degree. C. at maximum pressures of from about 400 to 1000 psi for about 10 to 20 hours in the presence of a suitable catalyst and in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic or aromatic dicarboxylic acid with methylacetylene or with a gas containing a mixture of methylacetylene, allene and some inert short chain hydrocarbons.
The invention features linear copolymers prepared from mixtures of allenes and alkynes. The new copolymers have the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 through R.sub.6 are, independently, H, an alkyl, an aryl, a phenyl or substituted phenyl, an alkoxy, or an aryloxyl, x+n is 1 to 10,000, and m is 1 to 10,000. The invention also features efficient methods of preparing the new copolymers using nickel or palladium catalysts.