To provide a
chloroprene-based
polymer capable of yielding a dip-molded article that has sufficient tensile strength at break and flexibility, and that can maintain flexibility even after long-term storage. According to the present invention, there is provided a
chloroprene-based
polymer comprising a
chloroprene monomer unit and a 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene
monomer unit, wherein the chloroprene-based
polymer contains 12 to 30% by
mass of the 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene
monomer unit with respect to 100% by
mass of a total of the chloroprene monomer unit and the 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene monomer unit, the chloroprene-based polymer has a
toluene-insoluble content of 60 to 87% by
mass, a low-temperature
hardness change ΔH1 of a test dip-molded article is 29 or less, wherein the test dip-molded article is obtained by molding a test chloroprene-based polymer latex composition comprising the chloroprene-based polymer by a dip coagulation method and heat-
drying a molded body resulting therefrom at 130°C for 30 minutes; the low-temperature
hardness change ΔH1 is represented by HB1-HA1; HA1 represents a
Shore hardness measured at 23°C using the durometer type A after heat-treating the test dip-molded article at 70°C for 30 minutes and then stacking the test dip-molded article to a thickness of 6.00 ± 0.20 mm, and HB1 represents a
Shore hardness measured at -10°C using the durometer type A after heat-treating the test dip-molded article at 70°C for 30 minutes, further storing the test dip-molded article at -10°C for 168 hours, and then stacking the test dip-molded article to a thickness of 6.00 ± 0.20 mm, and a ratio RB / RA is 0.10 or more and 0.70 or less, wherein the ratio RB / RA is a ratio of a total
peak area RB of
abietic acid, neoabietic acid, palustric acid, levopimaric acid, and salts thereof to a total
peak area RA of
dehydroabietic acid,
pimaric acid, isopimaric acid, dihydroabietic acid, and salts thereof, obtained from a
gas chromatography analysis of an extract extracted from the test dip-molded article with an
ethanol and
toluene azeotropic mixture specified in JIS K 6229.