申请人:EDISON POLYMER INNOVATION
CORPORATION ( EPIC)
公开号:EP0346919A2
公开(公告)日:1989-12-20
A polymerization process for preparing a block copolymer characterized by the following steps carried out at a temperature below about -40°C in the order recited, (1) polymerizing isobutylene in a reaction mixture including said isobutylene, a titanium halide, a mixed solvent, and an initiator compound selected from the group consisting of cumyl ester compounds and cumyl ether compounds, to form a first polymer, wherein when said temperature is from about -40°C to -90°C, or when the initiator compound has more than one ester or ether linkage, said reaction mixture is formed by first combining said mixed solvent, said initiator, said isobutylene, and a moisture scavenger, and then adding said titanium halide, and wherein said mixed solvent comprises a mixture of a non-halogenated hydrocarbon solvent with a halogenated hydrocarbon solvent, and (2) after polymerizing said isobutylene, adding a conjugated diene monomer of the general formula
in which R₁ is selected from a hydrocarbyl group containing from one to twelve carbon atoms, and R₂, R₃, and R₄, are selected from hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group containing from one to twelve carbon atoms, to said reaction mixture and polymerizing said diene to form a triblock copolymer in which said first polymer comprises a midblock, and the polymerized diene forms the endblocks of said triblock copolymer, or a multi-block copolymer in which said first polymer comprises an elastomeric segment flanked by blocks of the polymerized diene containing partially cyclized segments.
一种制备嵌段共聚物的聚合工艺,其特征在于按所述顺序在低于约-40℃的温度下进行以下步骤,(1)在包括所述异丁烯、卤化钛、混合溶剂和选自由积酯化合物和积醚化合物组成的组的引发剂化合物的反应混合物中聚合异丁烯,以形成第一种聚合物,其中当所述温度为约-40℃至-90℃时、或当引发剂化合物具有一个以上的酯或醚连接时,所述反应混合物的形成方法是:首先将所述混合溶剂、所述引发剂、所述异丁烯和除湿剂混合,然后加入所述卤化钛,其中所述混合溶剂包括非卤代烃溶剂与卤代烃溶剂的混合物,以及 (2) 在聚合所述异丁烯后,加入通式为的共轭二烯单体
其中 R₁ 选自含有 1 至 12 个碳原子的烃基,R₂、R₃ 和 R₄ 选自氢或含有 1 至 12 个碳原子的烃基、聚合的二烯形成所述三嵌段共聚物的端嵌段,或多嵌段共聚物,其中所述第一聚合物包括弹性段,两侧是含有部分环化段的聚合二烯嵌段。