US4355156A
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Solution polymerization
Assignee: Omnova Services Inc
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Filing: 1981-09-14
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Granted: 1982-10-19
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Expires: 2001-09-14
Abstract
Abstract A composition useful as a catalyst in solution polymerization comprises (1) a barium, calcium and/or strontium alcoholate, (2) an organoaluminum compound and (3) an organomagnesium compound. (2) and (3) may be used as a complex with (1). The compositions can be used to polymerize ethylenically unsaturated monomers like butadiene, butadiene and styrene, and isoprene and heterocyclic monomers like oxiranes, thiiranes, siloxanes, thiatanes and lactams. The catalyst composition can produce polybutadienes and butadiene-styrene copolymers having a trans-1,4 content as high as 90%. The non-terminating features of the polymerization of this invention permit the preparation of functionally terminated butadiene based polymers and block polymers containing sufficient amounts of trans-1,4 butadiene units to crystallize.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert E. Bingham
- 👤 Richard R. Durst
- 👤 Hubert J. Fabris
- 👤 Ivan G. Hargis
- 👤 Russell A. Livigni
- 👤 Sundar L. Aggarwal
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-02 13:25
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08G; C08G77/00; C08G77/04; C08G77/06; C08G77/08; C08F; C08F36/00; C08F36/02; C08F36/04; C08F4/00; C08F4/42; C08F4/44; C08F4/54; C08G65/00; C08G65/02; C08G65/04; C08G65/06; C08G65/08; C08G65/10; C08G65/12; C08G65/14; C08G69/00; C08G69/02; C08G69/08; C08G69/14; C08G69/16; C08G69/18; C08G69/20
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
168 words
The method which comprises polymerizing under inert conditions in a hydrocarbon solvent at a temperature of from about 0° to 150° C. a polymerizable heterocyclic monomer with a catalyst in a minor effective amount sufficient to polymerize said monomer to obtain a polymer, said catalyst comprising (1) an alcoholate selected from the group consisting of barium alcoholate, calcium alcoholate and strontium alcoholate and mixtures thereof, (2) an organoaluminum compound selected from the group consisting of alkyl and cycloalkyl aluminum compounds and mixtures of the same in which the organic moities have from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and (3) an organomagnesium compound selected from the group consisting of alkyl and cycloalkyl magnesium compounds and mixtures of the same in which the organic moities have from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, where the mol ratio computed as metal of barium, calcium and/or strontium to magnesium is from about 1:10 to 1:2 and where the mol ratio computed as metal of magnesium to aluminum is from about 105:1 to 1.5:1.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
168 words
The method which comprises polymerizing under inert conditions in a hydrocarbon solvent at a temperature of from about 0° to 150° C. a polymerizable heterocyclic monomer with a catalyst in a minor effective amount sufficient to polymerize said monomer to obtain a polymer, said catalyst comprising (1) an alcoholate selected from the group consisting of barium alcoholate, calcium alcoholate and strontium alcoholate and mixtures thereof, (2) an organoaluminum compound selected from the group consisting of alkyl and cycloalkyl aluminum compounds and mixtures of the same in which the organic moities have from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and (3) an organomagnesium compound selected from the group consisting of alkyl and cycloalkyl magnesium compounds and mixtures of the same in which the organic moities have from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, where the mol ratio computed as metal of barium, calcium and/or strontium to magnesium is from about 1:10 to 1:2 and where the mol ratio computed as metal of magnesium to aluminum is from about 105:1 to 1.5:1.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method according to claim 1 where the alcoholate contains an OH moiety in an amount of up to about 20 mol%, the balance being the alcohol moiety of said alcoholate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method according to claim 2 wherein the alcoholate contains an OH moiety in an amount up to about 12 mol%.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
271 words
The method which comprises polymerizing under inert conditions in a hydrocarbon solvent at a temperature of from about 0° to 150° C. a polymerizable heterocyclic monomer selected from the group consisting of oxiranes, siloxanes, thiiranes, thiatanes and lactams with a catalyst composition in a minor effective amount sufficient to polymerize said monomer to obtain a polymer, said catalyst composition comprising (1) at least one of ##STR7## where the mol ratio of a to b is from about 100:0 to 80:20, where M is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ba, Ca and Sr, where R is selected from the group consisting of alkyl and cycloalkyl radicals of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may be the same or different, where R' is an alkyl radical of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms which may be the same or different and where R" is a hydrocarbon radical having a molecular weight of from about 250 to 5,000, (2) R 3 III Al where R III is selected from the group consisting of alkyl and cycloalkyl radicals of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms which may be the same or different and (3) R 2 IV Mg where R IV is selected from the group consisting of alkyl and cycloalkyl radicals of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms which may be the same or different, where the mol ratio of magnesium to aluminum of (2) and (3) computed as metal is from about 105:1 to 1.5:1 and where the mol ratio of M to magnesium of (1) and (3) computed as metal is from about 1:10 to 1:2.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
271 words
The method which comprises polymerizing under inert conditions in a hydrocarbon solvent at a temperature of from about 0° to 150° C. a polymerizable heterocyclic monomer selected from the group consisting of oxiranes, siloxanes, thiiranes, thiatanes and lactams with a catalyst composition in a minor effective amount sufficient to polymerize said monomer to obtain a polymer, said catalyst composition comprising (1) at least one of ##STR7## where the mol ratio of a to b is from about 100:0 to 80:20, where M is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ba, Ca and Sr, where R is selected from the group consisting of alkyl and cycloalkyl radicals of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may be the same or different, where R' is an alkyl radical of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms which may be the same or different and where R" is a hydrocarbon radical having a molecular weight of from about 250 to 5,000, (2) R 3 III Al where R III is selected from the group consisting of alkyl and cycloalkyl radicals of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms which may be the same or different and (3) R 2 IV Mg where R IV is selected from the group consisting of alkyl and cycloalkyl radicals of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms which may be the same or different, where the mol ratio of magnesium to aluminum of (2) and (3) computed as metal is from about 105:1 to 1.5:1 and where the mol ratio of M to magnesium of (1) and (3) computed as metal is from about 1:10 to 1:2.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method according to claim 4 where the temperature is from about 30° to 100° C.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method according to claim 5 where the monomer is propylene oxide.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method according to claim 4 in which the ratio of said catalyst composition to said monomer is from about 0.00001 to 0.10 mole of said catalyst composition computed as magnesium metal per 100 grams total of said monomer(s).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method according to claim 7 in which the ratio of said catalyst composition to said monomer is from about 0.00033 to 0.005 mole of said catalyst composition computed as magnesium metal per 100 grams total of said monomer(s).
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method according to claim 4, where (1) is ##STR8## where the mol ratio of a to b is from about 100:0 to 88:12, where R III has from 1 to 10 carbon atoms and where R IV has from 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method according to claim 4 where (1) contains less than about 0.1% by weight of nitrogen.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method according to claim 4 where (1) contains less than about 0.01% by weight of nitrogen.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method according to claim 4 where (2) and (3) are in the form of a complex of R.sub.m.sup.III Al.sub.n.R.sub.p.sup.IV Mg.sub.q where m, n, p and q are numbers sufficient to satisfy the valences of the radicals and atoms of the complex.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method according to claim 4 where the solvent is selected from the group consisting of saturated aliphatic and saturated cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon solvents and mixtures thereof.
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