Disclosed is a process for esterifying and/or transesterifying a polymer having a polyethylenic backbone and pendant acid and/or ester moieties comprising contacting a melt of the polymer with a transesterifying compound so that the polymer undergoes esterification and/or transesterification but not alcoholysis. The esterified or transesterified polymer also has pendant ester moieties which differ in kind and/or number from the unreacted polymer. In one embodiment, the process also comprises adding an amount of a transition metal salt that is effective to promote oxygen scavenging. Also in a further embodiment, the process comprises irradiating the transesterified polymer with actinic radiation to reduce the induction period before oxygen scavenging commences.
Also disclosed are compositions comprising a component which comprises an ethylenic or polyethylenic backbone and a pendant or terminal moiety comprising a benzylic, allylic, or ether-containing radical. The invention also embodies new polyethylenic oxygen scavenging compositions comprising a transition-metal salt and the above component. Methods of making the compositions, and methods and compositions using the ethylenic or polyethylenic compositions, are disclosed.
本发明揭示了一种酯化和/或转酯化具有聚
乙烯骨架和侧链酸和/或酯基团的聚合物的过程,包括将聚合物的熔体与转酯化化合物接触,使聚合物经历酯化和/或转酯化但不进行醇解。酯化或转酯化的聚合物还具有不同种类和/或数量的侧链酯基团与未反应的聚合物不同。在一种实施方式中,该过程还包括添加有效促进氧清除的过渡
金属盐的量。在另一种实施方式中,该过程包括用光致辐射照射转酯化的聚合物,以减少氧清除开始前的感应期。还揭示了包含具有苄基、烯丙基或含醚基的基团的
乙烯或聚
乙烯骨架和侧链或末端基团的组分的组合物。本发明还包括新的聚
乙烯氧清除组合物,包括过渡
金属盐和上述组分。揭示了制备组合物的方法以及使用
乙烯或聚
乙烯组合物的方法和组合物。