Provided is a polyfunctional vinyl aromatic copolymer having reactivity and solubility that can be used for manufacturing a copolymer rubber and a copolymer rubber material having processability, strength and homogeneity obtained therefrom. The polyfunctional vinyl aromatic copolymer includes: 0.5 mol% or more and 40 mol% or less of a structural unit (a) derived from a divinyl aromatic compound and 60 mol% or more and 99.5 mol% or less of a structural unit (b) derived from a monovinyl aromatic compound, in which at least some of the structural units (a) are a crosslinked structural unit (a2) represented by the following Formula (2) and a vinyl-group-containing structural unit (a1) represented by the following Formula (1):
(in the formulas, R1's independently represent an aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms), wherein
the molar fraction of the crosslinked structural unit (a2) with respect to the structural unit (a) is within a range of 0.05 to 0.50, the molar fraction of the vinyl-group-containing structural unit (a1) with respect to the total amount of the structural units (a) and (b) is within a range of 0.001 to 0.35, the number average molecular weight Mn of the polyfunctional vinyl aromatic copolymer is 1,000 to 50,000, and the molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) represented by the ratio of the weight average molecular weight Mw to the number average molecular weight Mn is 8.0 or less.
本发明提供了一种具有反应性和溶解性的多官能度
乙烯基芳香族共聚物,可用于制造共聚橡胶,以及由此获得的具有加工性、强度和均匀性的共聚橡胶材料。多官能团
乙烯基芳香族共聚物包括0.5摩尔%或更多且40摩尔%或更少的由二
乙烯基芳香化合物衍生的结构单元(a)和60摩尔%或更多且99.5摩尔%或更少的由单
乙烯基芳香化合物衍生的结构单元(b),其中至少部分结构单元(a)是由下式(2)表示的交联结构单元(a2)和由下式(1)表示的含
乙烯基的结构单元(a1):
(式中,R1's 分别代表具有 6 至 30 个碳原子的
芳香烃基),其中
交联结构单元(a2)相对于结构单元(a)的摩尔分数范围为 0.05 至 0.50, 含
乙烯基的结构单元(a1)相对于结构单元(a)和(b)总量的摩尔分数范围为 0.001 至 0.35,多官能团
乙烯基芳香族共聚物的平均分子量 Mn 为 1,000 至 50,000,由平均分子量 Mw 与平均分子量 Mn 之比表示的分子量分布 (Mw/Mn) 为 8.0 或以下。