申请人:——
公开号:US20020007029A1
公开(公告)日:2002-01-17
A polymerizable vinylester composition is described which comprises at least three monomers and oligomers, said composition comprising:
2-95% by weight of:
diaryl compounds comprising at least two aryl groups linked directly together or bridged by a linking group, each of said at least two aryl groups having a vinyl group attached thereto,
2-65% by weight of:
a methacrylic acid ester of a vinyl-substituted sec-ethylol-diaryl oxide or its thioether or methine or biphenyl counterpart, and
1-35% by weight of:
dimethacrylic acid esters of bis-[4-(1-hydroxyethyl)aryl] ether, thioether or methine, or their counterparts where aromatic rings are linked together directly, and
2-95% by weight of:
unsaturated oligomers, and
said reactive composition has less than 1% mol basis of monoaryl phenolic compounds.
Another preferred polymerizable divinylaromatic composition comprises at least a divinylaromatic monomer and its oligomerization products, said composition comprising:
5-99% by weight of:
aryl compounds comprising at least one non-alkylated or alkylated aryl group and two vinyl groups attached directly to aromatic rings, such as diaryl compounds comprising at least two aryl groups linked together directly as in biphenyl or bridged by a linking group, each of said at least two aryl groups having a vinyl group attached thereto, and
1-75% by weight of:
unsaturated dimer of said divinylaromatic monomer having the structure CH
2
═CH-AR—CH(CH
3
)—CH═CH-Ar-CH═CH
2
,
0.1-40% by weight of:
unsaturated trimer of said divinylaromatic monomer having the structure
1
wherein n=1,
0.1-30% by weight of:
unsaturated tetramer and higher oligomer homologs of said divinylaromatic monomer having the structure
2
wherein n=2-30, and
said reactive composition has less than 1% mol basis of monoaryl phenolic compounds.
A method of synthesizing polymerizable divinylaromatic compositions of the invention is described comprising the steps of dehydrating a diol by heating wherein heating said diols is performed in the presence of a sulfonic acid at a concentration of 0.5-10.0 mmole/L in aromatic solvent at the boiling temperature of the reaction mixture in the range of 100-160° C., and then removing at least some water produced by the dehydration reaction.
本发明描述了一种可聚合的乙烯酸酯组合物,其中包括至少三种单体和寡聚物,该组合物包括:2-95%重量的:二芳基化合物,包括至少两个芳基直接连接或通过连接基桥接在一起,其中每个至少两个芳基上都附有乙烯基;2-65%重量的:乙烯基取代的sec-乙烯基二芳基氧化物或其硫醚或甲基或联苯对应物的甲基丙烯酸酯,以及1-35%重量的:双(4-(1-羟乙基)芳基)醚、硫醚或甲基丙烯酸酯的二甲基丙烯酸酯,或其芳环直接连接的对应物,以及2-95%重量的:不饱和寡聚物,所述反应组合物的单芳基酚类化合物含量小于1%摩尔基础。另一种首选的可聚合双乙烯基芳香族组合物包括至少一种双乙烯基芳香族单体及其寡聚物化合物,该组合物包括:5-99%重量的:芳基化合物,包括至少一个非烷基化或烷基化的芳基和两个乙烯基直接附着在芳环上,例如包括至少两个直接连接在一起的芳基的二芳基化合物,如联苯或通过连接基桥接在一起的芳基化合物,其中每个至少两个芳基上都附有乙烯基;1-75%重量的:所述双乙烯基芳香族单体的不饱和二聚体,其具有结构CH2═CH-AR-CH(CH3)-CH═CH-Ar-CH═CH2,0.1-40%重量的:所述双乙烯基芳香族单体的不饱和三聚体,其具有结构1,其中n=1,0.1-30%重量的:所述双乙烯基芳香族单体的不饱和四聚体和更高寡聚体同系物,其具有结构2,其中n=2-30,所述反应组合物的单芳基酚类化合物含量小于1%摩尔基础。本发明还描述了一种合成本发明的可聚合双乙烯基芳香族组合物的方法,包括以下步骤:通过加热脱水二元醇而合成,其中在芳香族溶剂中,在反应混合物的沸点温度范围内(100-160°C)存在0.5-10.0毫摩尔/升的磺酸,并去除由脱水反应产生的至少一些水。