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Process for carboxylation of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers
Assignee: Tosoh Corp
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Filing: 1978-03-16
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Granted: 1979-06-05
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Expires: 1998-03-16
Abstract
Abstract Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers are carboxylated by copolymerizing an alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or anhydride thereof with at least one vinylidene monomer having the formula: <IMAGE> wherein X and Y can be the same or different, and each represents hydrogen, chlorine, alkyl, acetoxy, carboxylic acid ester group or cyano; with an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer in the presence of a polymerization initiator in a reaction medium of a ketone compound or a mixture of a ketone compound and an acetic acid ester, wherein the reaction is conducted in a heterogeneous state.
Inventors
- 👤 Nobuo Morishita
- 👤 Mitsutaka Saito
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 19:03
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08F; C08F255/00; C08F255/02; C08F255/026
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
116 words
A process for the carboxylation of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, which comprises: copolymerizing an α, β-unsaturated carboxylic acid, an anhydride thereof or a mixture thereof with an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer in the presence of a polymerization initiator in a reaction medium of a ketone compound or a mixture of an acetic acid ester and a ketone compound, and optionally in the presence of at least one vinylidene monomer having the formula: ##STR4## wherein X and Y can be the same or different and each represents hydrogen, chlorine, alkyl, acetoxy, carboxylic acid ester group or cyano; wherein the reaction is conducted in a heterogeneous state so as not to alter the physical form of said ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
116 words
A process for the carboxylation of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, which comprises: copolymerizing an α, β-unsaturated carboxylic acid, an anhydride thereof or a mixture thereof with an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer in the presence of a polymerization initiator in a reaction medium of a ketone compound or a mixture of an acetic acid ester and a ketone compound, and optionally in the presence of at least one vinylidene monomer having the formula: ##STR4## wherein X and Y can be the same or different and each represents hydrogen, chlorine, alkyl, acetoxy, carboxylic acid ester group or cyano; wherein the reaction is conducted in a heterogeneous state so as not to alter the physical form of said ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said vinylidene monomer is present during said copolymerization.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
50 words
The process of claim 2, wherein the mixture of vinylidene monomer and α, β-unsaturated carboxylic acid, anhydride thereof or mixture thereof, comprises 99 to 10 parts by weight of said α, β-unsaturated carboxylic acid, anhydride thereof or mixture thereof, and 1 to 99 parts by weight of said vinylidene monomer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
64 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer is used in an amount of 99 to 50 parts by weight and the α, β-unsaturated carboxylic acid, the anhydride thereof or mixture thereof, or a mixture of the carboxylic acid, the anhydride thereof or mixture thereof with said vinylidene monomer is used in an amount of 1 to 50 parts by weight.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
55 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride thereof or mixture thereof is at least one member selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, itaconic acid, the methyl and ethyl hydrogen esters of maleic acid and fumaric acid, maleic anhydride and itaconic anhydride.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
43 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein vinylidene monomer is at least one member selected from the group consisting of ethylene, propylene, isobutene, butene-1, octene-1, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, vinyl acetate, vinyl chloroacetate, acrylonitrile and alkyl esters of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer has a vinyl acetate content of 1 to 50% by weight and a melt index of 0.1 to 500 g/10 min.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
40 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the copolymerization reaction is conducted at a temperature in the range of room temperature to a temperature higher by up to 30° C., than the Vicat softening point of the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the polymerization initiator is selected from the group consisting of dialkyl peroxides, diacyl peroxides, and peroxy esters.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
50 words
A process according to claim 9, wherein the polymerization initiator is used in an amount of 1 to 50% by weight based on the alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid, anhydride thereof or mixture thereof or a mixture of the carboxylic acid the anhydride thereof or mixture thereof and the vinylidene monomer.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
53 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the reaction medium is a ketone compound of acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl propyl ketone, methyl butyl ketone, diethyl ketone, ethyl propyl ketone, dipropyl ketone or a mixture of the ketone compound and acetic acid ester of methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, propyl acetate or butyl acetate.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
41 words
A process according to claim 11 wherein a ratio of the ketone compound to the acetic acid ester is 100 to 5 parts by weight of the ketone compound to 0 to 95 parts by weight of the acetic acid ester.
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