申请人:KRATON Polymers U.S. LLC
公开号:US20040147686A1
公开(公告)日:2004-07-29
Disclosed is a process for preparing hydrogenated conjugated diene block copolymers having the steps of (a) charging a solvent, a microstructure control agent, and an alkenyl aromatic hydrocarbon monomer into a first reactor forming an admixture of solvent, a microstructure control agent, and an alkenyl aromatic hydrocarbon monomer wherein the concentration of the microstructure control agent is from about 5 to about 10 weight percent; (b) titrating the admixture of solvent, microstructure control agent, and alkenyl aromatic monomer using an anionic polymerization initiator to form a living polymer; (c) allowing sufficient time for the living polymer to react with and incorporate the alkenyl aromatic monomer; (d) charging a conjugated diene monomer into the first reactor; (e) allowing sufficient time for the living polymer to react with and incorporate the conjugated diene monomer to form a living block copolymer; and (f) hydrogenating the living block copolymer to form a hydrogenated conjugated diene block copolymer. This single reactor process allows for the use of a microstructure control agent.
本发明公开了一种制备氢化共轭二烯嵌段共聚物的工艺,其步骤包括 (a) 将溶剂、微结构控制剂和烯基芳烃单体加入第一反应器中,形成溶剂、微结构控制剂和烯基芳烃单体的混合物,其中微结构控制剂的浓度约为 5%至 10%;(b) 使用阴离子聚合引发剂滴定溶剂、微结构控制剂和烯基芳烃单体的混合物,以形成活聚合物; (c) 留出足够的时间让活聚合物与烯基芳烃单体反应并与之结合;(d) 在第一反应器中加入共轭二烯单体; (e) 留出足够的时间让活聚合物与共轭二烯单体反应并结合,形成活嵌段共聚 物;以及 (f) 氢化活嵌段共聚物,形成氢化共轭二烯嵌段共聚物。这种单反应器工艺允许使用微结构控制剂。