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Slow gel/cure systems based on dialkylzinc for dicyclopentadiene polymerization
Assignee: Metton America Inc
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Filing: 1988-09-28
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Granted: 1989-11-21
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Expires: 2008-09-28
Abstract
Abstract A process for preparing molded objects wherein a liquid reaction mass comprised of a metathesis polymerizable cycloolefin, a metathesis polymerization catalyst, a catalyst activator and a reaction rate moderator are charged to a mold wherein polymerization will take place, the improvement wherein said catalyst activator comprises a dialkylzinc compound. Significantly increased gel and cure times are obtained with the dialkylzinc compounds as compared to the use of aluminum alkyl activator compounds. The gel and cure times may be further controlled by the addition of a phenolic compound to the tungsten or molybdenum compound or by the addition of a Lewis base.
Inventors
- 👤 Andrew Bell
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 18:14
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08F; C08F4/00; C08G; C08G61/00; C08G61/02; C08G61/04; C08G61/06; C08G61/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
60 words
In a process for preparing molded objects wherein a liquid reaction mass comprised of a metathesis polymerizable cycloolefin, a metatheis polymerization catalyst, a catalyst activator and a reaction rate moderator are charged to a mold wherein polymerization will take place, the improvement wherein said catalyst activator is selected from the group consisting of dialkylzinc, alkylzinc halide and aromatic zinc compounds.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
60 words
In a process for preparing molded objects wherein a liquid reaction mass comprised of a metathesis polymerizable cycloolefin, a metatheis polymerization catalyst, a catalyst activator and a reaction rate moderator are charged to a mold wherein polymerization will take place, the improvement wherein said catalyst activator is selected from the group consisting of dialkylzinc, alkylzinc halide and aromatic zinc compounds.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said cycloolefin is selected from the group consisting of dicyclopentadiene, and mixtures of dicyclopentadiene with a comonmer selected from the group consisting of higher cyclopentadiene oligomers, norborene, norbornadiene, 4-alkylidene norbornenes, vinyl norbornene, dimethanooctahydronaphthalene, and dimethanohexahydronaphthalene.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The process of claim 2 wherein the dialkyl zinc compound is selected from the group consisting of diethylzinc, diisobutylzinc and di-n-butylzinc and the aromatic zinc compound is diphenylzinc.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process of claim 3 wherein the metathesis polymerization catalyst is selected from the group consisting of molybdenum halides and tungsten halides.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process of claim 4 wherein said tungsten halide is selected from the group consisting of WCl 6 , WOCl 4 and mixtures thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The process of claim 5 wherein said reaction rate moderator is selected from the group consisting of dibutyl ether, bis(methoxy)ethyl ether, trialkyl phosphines, trialkyl phosphites, triaryl phosphines and triaryl phosphites.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The process of claim 5 wherein the reaction rate moderator comprises a sterically unhindered or partially unhindered nucleophilic Lewis base selected from the group consisting of unsaturated cyclic amines and saturated polycyclic amines.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
The process of claim 5 wherein the reaction rate moderator is selected from the group consisting of pyridine, substituted pyridines, pyrazine, substituted pyrazines, quinoline and quinoxaline.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process of claim 8 wherein the tungsten compound is solubilized with a phenolic compound.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process of claim 9 wherein said phenolic compound is selected from the group consisting of t-butyl phenol, t-octyl phenol, nonyl phenol,2,6-dichlorophenol, 2,6-ditert-butyl-p-cresol and 2,6-diisopropylphenol.
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