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Process for producing lactam/polyol block copolymer
Assignee: Toray Industries Inc
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Filing: 1983-12-27
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Granted: 1985-03-26
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Expires: 2003-12-27
Abstract
Abstract A block copolyamide having effectively improved impact strength is obtained by polymerizing a mixture comprising substantially from about 50 to about 95 parts by weight of lactam and from about 50 to about 5 parts by weight of polyol in the presence of catalyst for an anionic polymerization and activator represented by the following formula (I); ##STR1## wherein A denotes a bifunctional organic residue having at least one kind of heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O, S, F, Cl, Br and I, and Y and Y' denote an acyl group selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## respectively, and n and n' denote an integer of 3 to 11 respectively, or by polymerizing, in the presence of catalyst for anionic polymerization, a mixture comprising substantially from about 50 to about 95 parts by weight of lactam and from about 5 to about 50 parts by weight of prepolymer obtained by a reaction of polyol and activator represented by the above formula (I), wherein A denotes a bifunctional aromatic residue having at least one halogen atom attached to the aromatic ring, and Y, Y', n and n' denote the same.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazumasa Chiba
- 👤 Kazuhiko Kobayashi
- 👤 Tosaku Susuki
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-05 03:30
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08G; C08G69/00; C08G69/02; C08G69/08; C08G69/14; C08G69/16; C08G69/18; C08G69/40; C08G69/42
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
111 words
A process for producing a moldable lactam-polyol block copolymer which comprises polymerizing a mixture comprising substantially from about 50 to about 95 parts by weight of lactam and from about 50 to about 5 parts by weight of polyol in contact with a catalyst for anionic polymerization and an activator represented by the following formula (I); wherein A denotes a bifunctional organic residue having at least one kind of heteroatom selected from the group consisting of N, O, S, F, Cl, Br and I, and Y and Y' denote an acyl group selected from the group consisting of ##STR22## respectively, and n and n' denote an integer from 3 to 11.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
111 words
A process for producing a moldable lactam-polyol block copolymer which comprises polymerizing a mixture comprising substantially from about 50 to about 95 parts by weight of lactam and from about 50 to about 5 parts by weight of polyol in contact with a catalyst for anionic polymerization and an activator represented by the following formula (I); wherein A denotes a bifunctional organic residue having at least one kind of heteroatom selected from the group consisting of N, O, S, F, Cl, Br and I, and Y and Y' denote an acyl group selected from the group consisting of ##STR22## respectively, and n and n' denote an integer from 3 to 11.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
166 words
The process according to claim 1 wherein A in said formula (I) comprises at least one of bifunctional organic residue which is selected from the group consisting of residues represented by the following general formulas (II), (III), (V), (VI), (VII) and (VIII) respectively; ##STR23## wherein B in formula (II) denotes a bifunctional aromatic residue having at least one halogen atom attached to the aromatic ring, and Z and Z' in formula (III), (IV) and (V) denote an atom selected from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur respectively and R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 denote a bifunctional organic group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and R 5 , R 8 and R 9 in formula (VI) and (VII) denote a bifunctional organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and R 6 , R 7 and R 10 denote a group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom and monofunctional organic group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
109 words
A process for producing a moldable lactam-polyol block copolymer which comprises polymerizing, in contact with a catalyst for anionic polymerization, a mixture comprising substantially from about 50 to about 95 parts by weight of lactam and from about 5 to about 50 parts by weight of prepolymer obtained by a reaction of polyol and activator represented by the following general formula (IX); ##STR24## wherein B denotes a bifunctional aromatic residue having at least one halogen atom attached to the aromatic ring and Y and Y' denote an acyl group selected from the group consisting of ##STR25## respectively, and n and n' denote an integer from 3 to 11 respectively.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
109 words
A process for producing a moldable lactam-polyol block copolymer which comprises polymerizing, in contact with a catalyst for anionic polymerization, a mixture comprising substantially from about 50 to about 95 parts by weight of lactam and from about 5 to about 50 parts by weight of prepolymer obtained by a reaction of polyol and activator represented by the following general formula (IX); ##STR24## wherein B denotes a bifunctional aromatic residue having at least one halogen atom attached to the aromatic ring and Y and Y' denote an acyl group selected from the group consisting of ##STR25## respectively, and n and n' denote an integer from 3 to 11 respectively.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
44 words
The process according to claim 3, wherein said prepolymer is represented by the following formula (X); ##STR26## wherein D denotes polyol residue and m denotes an integer of 2 to 3, and B, Y, and n denote the same as in the formula (IX).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process according to claim 1, 3 or 4, wherein Y and Y' denote ##STR27##
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process according to claim 2, wherein Z and Z' denote oxygen.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
The process according to claim 2, 3 or 4, wherein B comprises a bifunctional group having at least one group selected from the group consisting of monochlorophenylene, dichlorophenylene, tetrachlorophenylene and monobromophenylene.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process according to claim 2, 3 or 4, wherein B is selected from the group consisting of 2 chloro-1,4-phenylene and 2,5-dichloro-1,4-phenylene.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
35 words
The process according to claim 2, wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are independently selected from the group consisting of methylene, ethylene, propylene, butylene, 2,2-dimethylpropylene, phenylene, monochlorophenylene and dichlorophenylene.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process according to claim 2, wherein R 5 is selected from the group consisting of hexamethylene, dicyclohexylenemethylene, tolylene, phenylene and diphenylenemethylene.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process according to claim 2, wherein R 8 and R 9 are independently selected from the group consisting of ethylene, propylene and hexamethylene.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
26 words
The process of claim 2, wherein R 6 , R 7 and R 10 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom and methyl.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the amount of activator is 0.001-0.25 moles per mole of lactam polymerized.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the lactam is selected from the group consisting of pyrrolidone, valerolactam, caprolactam, enantholactam, capryllactam and lauryllactam.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
13 words
The process according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the lactam is ε-caprolactam.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the number average molecular weight of the polyol is in the range of 300 to 5,000.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
33 words
The process according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the polyol is selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, polytetramethylene glycol, poly(oxyethylene/oxypropylene)diol, polyoxyethylene triol, polyoxypropylene triol, poly(oxyethylene/oxypropylene)triol and polyoxybutylene triol.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the polyol is selected from the group consisting of polypropylene glycol, poly(oxyethylene/oxypropylene)diol, polyoxypropylene triol and poly(oxyethylene/oxypropylene)triol.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
40 words
The process according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the catalyst for anionic polymerization is selected from the group consisting of alkali metal and alkaline earth metal and their lactamate salts, hydrides, alkoxides and alkylides, trialkylaluminium compounds and Grignard reagents.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the alkali metal is selected from the group consisting of sodium and potassium.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the amount of catalyst is 0.001-0.1 moles per mole of lactam polymerized.
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