US4543403A
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Curable composition
Assignee: Kanegafuchi Chemical Industry Co Ltd
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Filing: 1984-03-09
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Granted: 1985-09-24
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Expires: 2004-03-09
Abstract
Abstract A moisture curable composition comprising an acrylate or methacrylate polymer having a silicon functional group capable of causing crosslinking or chain extension by moisture, at least in molecular ends, and being useful particularly as a sealing material and a pressure sensitive adhesive, said polymer being prepared by polymerizing (a) an alkyl acrylate or methacrylate or a monomer mixture of at least 50% by weight of the alkyl acrylate or methacrylate and other unsaturated compounds copolymerizable therewith and (b) 0 to 20 parts of alpha , beta -ethylenically unsaturated organic silicon compound in the presence of (c) 0.01 to 20 parts of a radical polymerization initiator having a group of the general formula: <IMAGE> wherein R3 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, X is a hydrolyzable group and "a" is 0, 1 or 2, and (d) 0 to 20 parts of a chain transfer agent selected from the group consisting of a compound of the general formula: <IMAGE> and a compound of the general formula: <IMAGE> wherein R3, X and "a" are as defined above, and R4 is a bivalent organic group, said parts of (b), (c) and (d) being parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of (a).
Inventors
- 👤 Katsuhiko Isayama
- 👤 Toshifumi Hirose
- 👤 Fumio Kawakubo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 13:10
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08F; C08F20/00; C08F20/02; C08F20/10; C08F20/12; C09; C09J; C09J133/00; C09J133/04; C09J133/06; C08L; C08L2666/00; C08L2666/28; C08L2666/44
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
221 words
A curable composition comprising a polymer having an organic silicon group in the chain end prepared by polymerizing (a) a monomer comprising an acrylic or methacrylic acid ester of the general formula (I): ##STR20## wherein R 1 is hydrogen atom or methyl group, and R 2 is an alkyl group having 1 to 14 carbon atoms, in the presence of (c) 0.01 to 20 parts of a radical polymerization initiator having a group of the general formula (II): ##STR21## wherein R 3 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, X is a hydrolyzable group, and "a" is 0, 1 or 2, and at least one member selected from the group consisting of (b) 0.01 to 20 parts of a polymerizable unsaturated organic silicon compound and (d) 0.01 to 20 parts of an organic silicon compound as a chain transfer agent selected from the group consisting of a compound of the general formula (III): ##STR22## wherein R 3 , X and "a" are defined above, and R 4 is a bivalent organic group, and a compound of the general formula (IV): ##STR23## wherein R 3 , R 4 , X and "a" are as defined above; said parts of the components (b), (c) and (d) being parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the component (a).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
221 words
A curable composition comprising a polymer having an organic silicon group in the chain end prepared by polymerizing (a) a monomer comprising an acrylic or methacrylic acid ester of the general formula (I): ##STR20## wherein R 1 is hydrogen atom or methyl group, and R 2 is an alkyl group having 1 to 14 carbon atoms, in the presence of (c) 0.01 to 20 parts of a radical polymerization initiator having a group of the general formula (II): ##STR21## wherein R 3 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, X is a hydrolyzable group, and "a" is 0, 1 or 2, and at least one member selected from the group consisting of (b) 0.01 to 20 parts of a polymerizable unsaturated organic silicon compound and (d) 0.01 to 20 parts of an organic silicon compound as a chain transfer agent selected from the group consisting of a compound of the general formula (III): ##STR22## wherein R 3 , X and "a" are defined above, and R 4 is a bivalent organic group, and a compound of the general formula (IV): ##STR23## wherein R 3 , R 4 , X and "a" are as defined above; said parts of the components (b), (c) and (d) being parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the component (a).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the monomer (a) is a mixture of the acrylate or methacrylate acid ester and at most 50% by weight of another copolymerizable unsaturated monomer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
55 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the polymerizable unsaturated organic silicon compound (b) is a compound of the general formula (V): ##STR24## wherein R 1 , R 3 , X and "a" are as defined above, R 5 is a bivalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and "b" is 0 or 1.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
11 words
The composition of claim 3, wherein X is an alkoxyl group.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein said polymer has 1.2 to 3.5 organic silicon groups per one polymer molecule on the average.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein said polymer has an average molecular weight of 1,000 to 100,000.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the hydrolyzable group X in the formula of the compound (II), the compound (III) and the compound (IV) is an alkoxyl group.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
86 words
The composition of claim 2, wherein the other copolymerizable monomer is selected from the group consisting of styrene, α-methylstyrene, vinyltoluene, 2-chlorostyrene, ethyl vinyl ether, isobutyl vinyl ether, 2-ethylhexyl vinyl ether, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, glycidyl acrylate, glycidyl methacrylate, N-methylaminoethyl acrylate, acrylamide, N-methylolacrylamide, polyethylene glycol diacrylate, polyethene glycol dimethacrylate, polypropylene glycol diacrylate, polypropylene glycol dimethacrylate, trimethylolpropane triacrylate, trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate, oligoester acrylate, methylenebisacrylamide, diallyl phthalate, maleic anhydride, vinyl cinnamate, vinyl pyridine, acrylonitrile, methylacrylonitrile, ethylene, propylene, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, vinyl acetate, butadiene and chloroprene.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the monomer (a) is an acrylate acid ester.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the polymerizable unsaturated organic silicon compound is selected from the group consisting of vinyltrimethoxysilane, vinyltriethoxysilane, vinylmethyldimethoxysilane, vinylmethyldiethoxysilane, γ-methacryloyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane, γ-methacyloyloxypropyltriethoxysilane, γ-methacryloyloxypropylmethyldimethoxysilane, γ-methacyloyloxyproylmethyldiethoxysilane, γ-acryloyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane, γ-acryloyloxypropyltriethoxysilane, γ-acryloyloxypropylmethyldimethoxysilane and γ-acryloyloxypropylmethyldiethoxysilane.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the chain transfer agent (d) is a compound selected from the group consisting of ##STR25##
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
26 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein said radical polymerization initiator (c) is a member selected from the group consisting of ##STR26## azobis-2-(6-methyldimethoxysilyl-2-cyanohexane, ##STR27## azobis-2-(6-trimethoxysilyl-2-cyanohexane), azobis-2-(6-methyldiacetoxysilyl-2-cyanohexane), ##STR28##
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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