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Process For Producing Isobutylene Block Copolymer

a technology of isobutylene block and copolymer, which is applied in the direction of electric propulsion mounting, gearing, transportation and packaging, etc., can solve the problems of difficult removal of catalyst residues and observed coloration of obtained resins, and achieve low catalyst residue content and high transparency

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-12-06
KANEKA CORP
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Benefits of technology

The process effectively reduces catalyst residue content to extremely low levels, resulting in high transparency and improved properties of the isobutylene block copolymer, suitable for various applications including thermoplastic resins and transparent materials.

Problems solved by technology

However, in recent years, the improvement of productivity by increasing the concentration of a resin is required, and when the concentration of a resin is increased in polymerization, problems that the removal of a catalyst residue is difficult and the coloration of the obtained resin is conspicuous have been observed.

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[0040] A 2 L reaction vessel equipped with a stirrer was charged with 510 mL of 1-chlorobutane (dried on molecular sieves), 57 mL of hexane (dried on molecular sieves), 0.35 g of p-dicumyl chloride and 0.24 g of dimethylacetamide. The reaction vessel was cooled to −70° C., and then 165 mL of isobutylene was added. Further, 2.2 mL of titanium tetrachloride was added to start polymerization and the reaction was continued for 1.5 hours while stirring the solution at −70° C. Thereafter, 55 mL of styrene was added into the reaction solution and the reaction was further continued for one hour to obtain a polymer solution.

[0041] It was found that the weight of the polymer in the polymer solution was 141 g.

example 1

[0042] A 3 L reaction vessel equipped with a stirrer was charged with 500 g of pure water and 0.15 g of Newcol-561H (from Nippon Nyukazai Co., Ltd.; HLB=3.3). The polymer solution obtained in Production Example 1 was charged into the reaction vessel, heated to 55° C. and stirred for one hour. After the completion of stirring, the solution was left standing for 30 minutes to remove a water phase. Then, 300 g of pure water was added into the resulting polymer solution and the mixture was stirred for 30 minutes. After stopping agitation, the mixture was left standing for 30 minutes, and then a water phase was removed. The above-described washing operation with water was further repeated two times. The resulting polymer solution was a solution with extremely high transparency. The solvent was removed by distillation from the resultant polymer solution, and the resultant mixture was dried in a vacuum drier at 80° C. for 24 hours to obtain an isobutylene block copolymer solid. Measurement...

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[0043] The operation was carried out in the same manner as in Example 1 except that Newcol-561H as a nonionic surfactant was replaced with Newcol-80 (from Nippon Nyukazai Co., Ltd.; HLB=6.4), which is a polyoxyethylene sorbitan derivative.

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Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a process for producing an isobutylene block copolymer, which process can provide a resin having a low content of a catalyst residue and high transparency. The object can be achieved by a process for producing an isobutylene block copolymer by living cationic polymerization using a Lewis acid, wherein, for removing the Lewis acid from a solution after the polymerization, the solution is charged into and mixed with water in which a nonionic surfactant with an HLB of 10 or less is contained in an amount of 0.01 to 0.5 part by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the isobutylene block copolymer.

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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a process for producing an isobutylene block copolymer which has a low content of a catalyst residue derived from a polymerization catalyst. BACKGROUND ART [0002] As for a process for producing an isobutylene block copolymer comprising a polymer block comprising isobutylene as a major monomer and a polymer block comprising an aromatic vinyl monomer as a major monomer by cationic polymerization of isobutylene and an aromatic vinyl monomer such as styrene, a production process in a mixed solvent composed of a combination of methyl chloride and methylcyclohexane is disclosed (U.S. Pat. No. 4,946,899). A process for producing an isobutylene block copolymer in a mixed solvent containing methylene chloride and hexane is also disclosed (Japanese Kohyo Publication Hei07-59601). These patent specifications only describe, as a process for removing a catalyst, reprecipitation by adding a solution into a large amount of methanol or deactiv...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C08F6/08B60K6/365B60K6/445C08F6/02C08F210/10C08F297/08F16H3/72F16H37/02F16H37/08
CPCB60K1/02B60K6/365B60K6/445F16H3/728F16H37/021Y02T10/6239F16H37/10F16H2037/025F16H2037/102F16H2037/104F16H37/084Y02T10/62F16H37/08F16H37/06
Inventor HATANO, TAKANORIFUKUDA, RYUJI
Owner KANEKA CORP