A process for removing iron-residues, rhodium- and ruthenium-containing catalyst residues from optionally hydrogenated nitrile rubber
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- LANXESS DEUTDCHLAND GMBH
- Publication Date
- 2009-06-24
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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[0001] The present invention provides a process for removing iron residues, rhodium-containing and ruthenium-containing catalyst residues from optionally hydrogenated nitrile rubber. Background technique
[0002] Polymer hydrogenation is a well known procedure, as disclosed for example in US-A-4,396,761, US-A-4,510,293, US-A-5,258,467 and US-A-4,595,749. But the subsequent separation of the hydrogenation catalyst from the polymer is not always described in detail or not at all.
[0003] More precisely, certain rhodium-containing catalysts are known to be particularly suitable for the selective hydrogenation of nitrile rubber (ie reduction of the carbon-carbon double bonds present in nitrile rubber without concomitant reduction of the carbon-nitrogen triple bond). Such hydrogenated nitrile rubbers are less susceptible to heat-induced degradation than unsaturated nitrile rubbers.
[0004] For example, US-A-4,464,515 teaches that in a method for selectively hy...