Both flexible and rigid vinyl chloride polymer compositions comprising a latent mercaptan-containing heat stabilizer are substantially free from the offensive odour typically associated with mercaptans and are protected during processing by the degradation products of the latent (i.e. blocked) mercaptan which include a free mercaptan. The free mercaptan thus released enhances the activity of metallic-based heat stabilizers such as zinc carboxylates and organotin carboxylates and mercaptides in the polymer composition. Other products of the degradation are believed to include carbocations of the blocking moiety which are stabilized by a molecular structure in which the electron deficiency is shared by several groups. The latent mercaptan comprises a 2-S-(tetrahydropyranyl)-thioalkanol or a carboxylic acid ester thereof.
含有潜伏
硫醇热稳定剂的软质和硬质
氯乙烯聚合物组合物基本上没有通常与
硫醇有关的刺激性气味,并且在加工过程中受到潜伏(即被阻断)
硫醇降解产物(包括游离
硫醇)的保护。由此释放出的游离
硫醇可增强聚合物成分中
金属基热稳定剂(如
羧酸锌、
有机锡羧酸盐和
硫醇)的活性。降解的其他产物据信还包括封端分子的碳基,这些碳基通过分子结构得到稳定,在这种结构中,电子缺陷由多个基团共享。潜在
硫醇包括 2-S-(
四氢吡喃基)
硫代烷醇或其
羧酸酯。