申请人:——
公开号:US20020052458A1
公开(公告)日:2002-05-02
The object of the invention is to provides a process in which a high-molecular-weight &bgr;-butyrolactone homopolymer or copolymer being biodegradable, absorbable into the living body, useful as a functional polymeric material and superior in physical characteristics is produced with high yield and good productivity. This object is solved by a process for producing the homopolymer or copolymer of the invention, which comprises ring-opening polymerization of sole &bgr;-butyrolactone subjected previously to acid removal and dehydration treatment, or of said &bgr;-butyrolactone with other lactones, in the presence of a tin compound represented by the following formula (1) and/or formula (2):
1
wherein R
1
and R
2
and R
4
to R
7
independently represent an alkyl group containing 1 to 12 carbon atoms which may have a branched chain, or a cycloalkyl group containing 5 to 7 carbon atoms, or a phenyl or naphthyl group which may have a substituent group, R
3
represents an alkylene group containing 2 to 12 carbon atoms which may have a substituent group, a cyclopentane-1,2-ylene group or a cyclohexane-1,2-ylene group, and n is an integer of 1 to 10.
本发明的目的是提供一种高分子量的β-丁内酯均聚物或共聚物的制备方法,该聚物具有生物降解性,可吸收进入生物体内,可用作功能性聚合物材料,并且物理特性优良,且产量高且生产效率好。本发明的目的通过以下制备该发明的均聚物或共聚物的方法来解决:在预先去除酸和脱水处理的单一β-丁内酯或与其他内酯混合的β-丁内酯存在下,进行开环聚合反应,反应中存在以下式(1)和/或式(2)所表示的锡化合物:其中R1、R2和R4到R7独立地表示含1至12个碳原子的烷基,可以是支链的,或者含5至7个碳原子的环烷基,或者含有取代基的苯基或萘基,R3表示含有2至12个碳原子的烷基,可以是含有取代基的环戊-1,2-亚基或环己-1,2-亚基,n为1至10的整数。