EP0797618A1 - Stabilisierung der Farbe eines wässrigen hetero-cyclischen Copolymers - Google Patents

Stabilisierung der Farbe eines wässrigen hetero-cyclischen Copolymers

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EP0797618A1
EP0797618A1 EP95940854A EP95940854A EP0797618A1 EP 0797618 A1 EP0797618 A1 EP 0797618A1 EP 95940854 A EP95940854 A EP 95940854A EP 95940854 A EP95940854 A EP 95940854A EP 0797618 A1 EP0797618 A1 EP 0797618A1
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Yuanzhen Zhong
Philip F. Wolf
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    • C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
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    • C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
    • C08F—MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS
    • C08F226/00—Copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, each having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and at least one being terminated by a single or double bond to nitrogen or by a heterocyclic ring containing nitrogen
    • C08F226/06—Copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, each having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and at least one being terminated by a single or double bond to nitrogen or by a heterocyclic ring containing nitrogen by a heterocyclic ring containing nitrogen

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  • N-vinyl 1actam polymers are important components in many color sensitive systems including their use as resins for the spinning of fabrics, emulsions for fabric print pastes, dye substantivity additives and other applications where high processing temperatures are employed. These polymers are also useful in cosmetic and pharmaceutical arts where color development as well as unpleasant odors are highly objectionable.
  • a major disadvantage associated with the use of such lactam and other N-vinyl heterocyclic copolymers is their tendency to rapidly yellow or darken upon standing or heating, which problem exists whether or not the heterocyclic vinyl monomer solution as introduced into the polymerization reactor or the alcoholic solution of the corresponding copolymeric product recovered, is initially colorless. Hence it is believed that chromophores or other color forming impurities introduced with the heterocyclic monomer are formed during polymerization and rapidly deteriorate upon standing.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a color stable, odorless solution of an N-vinyl heterocyclic copolymer, which is normally susceptible to discoloration as well as providing an aqueous solution of said copolymers which has long term storage stability and is compatible with components of cosmetic, pharmaceutical and other formulations.
  • Still another object is to provide the above advantages by a commercially feasible and economically attractive process.
  • a process for the production of a color stabilized N-vinyl heterocyclic copolymer in deionized water or aqueous alcohol solution by contacting an alcoholic solution of the copolymer with between about 0.02 and about 5 wt.%, preferably between about 0.02 and about 2 wt.%, of a stabilizing or reducing agent based on copolymer.
  • the stabilizing agent of the invention is selected from the group of a borane complexed compound, sulfurous acid or an alkali metal salt of sulfurous acid and mixtures thereof and subjecting the resulting mixture to vacuum stripping of alcohol solvent.
  • a color stabilized water or aqueous alcohol solution containing (a) deionized water, (b) between about 10 and about 70 wt.% of a N-vinyl heterocyclic copolymer based on total solution and (c) a nitrogen containing, trivalent boron complexed compound in a concentration of between about 0.02 and about 2 wt.% based on copolymer.
  • lower alkyl 11 refers to a C x to C 4 alkyl group.
  • the borane complexed compounds of this invention include organic or inorganic nitrogen containing compounds such as borane ammonia (BH 3 -NH 3 ) ; orpholine borane optionally substituted with a lower (C 2 to C ) alkyl group, eg. 4-ethyl morpholine borane; borane ⁇ - ⁇ alkyl amine, eg. borane t-butyl a ine ([CH 3 ] 3 C-NH 2 -BH 3 ) , borane trimethyl amine; tetramethyl ammonium octahydro triborate and a silicon containing borane, e.g.
  • organic or inorganic nitrogen containing compounds such as borane ammonia (BH 3 -NH 3 ) ; orpholine borane optionally substituted with a lower (C 2 to C ) alkyl group, eg. 4-ethyl morpholine borane; borane ⁇ - ⁇ al
  • silylamino borane SiH 3 -BH 2 -NH 3 .
  • Suitable alkali metal salts of sulfurous acid include the sodium and/or potassium sulfites or bisulfites.
  • the stabilizer of the present invention is contacted with the copolymer solution before discoloration occurs, i.e. immediately after copolymer recovery from the polymerization reactor and before any operation involving solvent exchange with deionized water for partial or complete stripping of alcohol from the copolymer solution takes place.
  • the present reducing agents function primarily as color forming inhibitors and not as a bleaching or color lightening agents for polymer solutions which already have been allowed to yellow or darken.
  • the preferred species are the borane lower alkyl amines, e.g. borane t-butyl amine, and sodium bisulfite.
  • borane/ammonia complex is selected as the stabilizing agent, an initial release of ammonia causes an objectionable odor and produces a relatively high pH.
  • this stabilizer is added as a solution containing 0.005 to 1.0 wt. % of a weak organic acid, based on total borane solution, e.g. acetic acid, these effects are minimized to acceptable levels.
  • the concentration of stabilizer added to the copolymer solution from the reactor or to the alcohol copolymer solution prior to solvent exchange with deionized water is most beneficially between about 0.05 and about 0.2 wt % of copolymer, although lower or higher amounts within the above range can be used.
  • the N-vinyl heterocyclic monomers of the present invention are those having 3 to 6 ring carbon atoms and include N-vinyl pyrrolidone, N-vinyl imidazole, N-vinyl morpholine, N-vinyl pyridine and N-vinyl caprolactam, each of which can be optionally substituted on a carbon of the N-heterocyclic ring with lower alkyl.
  • Suitable comonomers of the present copolymer are vinyl lower alkyl esters, eg. vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate, vinyl butyrate, methyl acrylate, ethyl aerylate; acrylonitrile; styrene and mixtures thereof.
  • the copolymers of this invention are desirably those containing from about 40 to about 80 wt.% of the N-vinyl heterocyclic monomer and from about 20 to about 60 wt.% of a copolymerizable vinyl monomer having a random, graft, linear or branched structure. These copolymers are further characterized as having a K value of from about 10 to about 100, corresponding to a number average molecular weight of from about 500 to about 300,000. Preferred are the copolymers having a K value of about 20-50 and a molecular weight of about 10,000-100,000.
  • the preferred copolymer species of this invention are the N-vinyl pyrrolidone/vinyl acetate (VP/VA) copolymers in a weight ratio of between about 50-80 parts lactam (eg. VP) to 50-20 parts comonomer such as vinyl acetate (VA) ; most desirably a weight ratio of 55-70 parts VP and 45-30 parts VA which appear to be copolymers most needful of color stabilization.
  • lactam eg. VP
  • VA vinyl acetate
  • the present copolymers are conventionally recovered as 10-80 wt.% solids solutions from a free radical initiated solution polymerization wherein a lower alkanol, notably ethanol, isopropyl alcohol and/or t-butanol, is employed as the solvent medium.
  • a lower alkanol notably ethanol, isopropyl alcohol and/or t-butanol
  • the copolymer/alcohol solutions themselves are useful for many commercial applications, such as in adhesives, grooming agents, e.g. hair sprays, setting lotions, shampoos, tints, dyes and rinses, photosensitive film protectants, plant sprays, shoe and furniture polishes and decorative sprays, a great number of consumers require aqueous solutions of the copolymer.
  • the aqueous copolymer solutions of the present invention are prepared by incorporating the stabilizer immediately upon recovery of the 10-80 wt.%, preferably 50-70 wt. %, copolymeric solids in alcohol from the polymerization zone or, when solvent exchange with water is required, incorporating the stabilizer prior to the alcohol stripping operation.
  • the stabilizer can be added either to the deionized water feed or to the alcohol solvent/copolymer mixture before stripping.
  • the solvent exchange by alcohol stripping be performed under a vacuum at a relatively low temperature, i.e. under between about 20 and 740 mm Hg below absolute and at from about 35° to 85°C, preferably under between about 20 and about 120 mm Hg below absolute at from about 40° to about 65°C.
  • the solvent exchange with water can be carried out in (a) a single operation with from about 100 to 150 volume % water based on alcohol present in the copolymer mixture or (b) as a staged stripping operation using from about 50 to about 150 volume % water based on alcohol.
  • the entire amount of the stabilizer can be introduced into the first stripping stage or incremental amounts of the required total can be added over several stripping stages.
  • the water introduced between stages of vacuum distillations can be of equal amounts or can be increased or decreased in subsequent alcohol stripping stages. Since the alcohol recovered from the stripping zone or zones is substantially pure, it can be recycled to the polymerization reactor as solvent for fresh monomer feed; thus, the process can be carried out as a more economical continuous operation as well as in batch when desired.
  • the process is operated with alcohol recycle and stripping with deionized water in a volume equal or approximately equal to the volume of alcohol present in the copolymeric solution undergoing treatment.
  • the deionized water used in the exchange is of high purity such as that obtained from deionization in a closed system where mold, organics and dust cannot contaminate the product.
  • a buffer such as an alkali metal -acetate, -carbonate, -bicarbonate or a mono- or di- basic sodium or potassium phosphate
  • a buffer such as an alkali metal -acetate, -carbonate, -bicarbonate or a mono- or di- basic sodium or potassium phosphate
  • Other additives optionally employed in the aqueous solution of the copolymeric product include up to 5 wt. % of a preservative e.g. GERMALL®, GLYDANT® and others.
  • a colorless solution containing 100 g. isopropanol and 100 g. of N-viny1-2-pyrrolidone/vinyl acetate copolymer (70:30 parts by weight) was prepared.
  • the solution was introduced into a rotary evaporator wherein isopropanol was replaced with water.
  • 100 g. of deionized water was added in the evaporator.
  • the resulting solution was then subjected to vacuum distillation at about 25 mm Hg at 40°C. over a period of 35 minutes, during which about 100 g. of liquid was removed as distillate.
  • Another 100 g. of deionized water was then added to the evaporator and another 100 g. of distillate removed.
  • the resulting aqueous solution containing 100 g. of the copolymer, 100 g. of water and less than 0.2 g. isopropanol was cooled to room temperature and recovered as the colorless, odorless product of the process.
  • the product was divided into two 100 g. samples, A and B.
  • sample A 0.2 g. of borane- trimethylamine complex was immediately added while sample B was left untreated. Both samples were then stored in a 50°C. oven for a period of 10 months, after which they were examined.
  • Sample A treated with the borane- trimethyl-amine complex was considered colorless with an APHA color of 55.1.
  • untreated sample B developed a deep yellow color, APHA measuring 1,000.
  • a 50 wt.% solids solution of 100 g. VP/VA (70:30) in 100 g. of isopropyl alcohol was obtained from the nitrogen purged solution polymerization of VP and VA at 85°C. in the presence of 0.6 g. of 2,2-azobis(2- ethyl-butane-nitrile) initiator.
  • This solution was separated into two samples (C-D) of 100 g. each.
  • C-D 0.2 g. of borane-tert-butyl amine complex was added immediately after completion of the polymerization; whereas sample D was not treated with stabilizer.
  • the APHA color of samples C and D was measured immediately polymerization and again after 12 months of storage at room temperature. The results are as reported in Table 1 A.
  • Example 2 was repeated four more times, except that the following stabilizer complexes were substituted borane-trimethylamine complex:
  • a 50% solids polymer isopropanol solution prepared as in Example 2 was divided into two samples (M and N) of 100 g. each. As above, 0.2 g. of borane- tert-butyl amine was added immediately upon completion of the polymerization while the second sample remained untreated. Both samples were then subjected to solvent exchange with pure deionized water (less than 0.001% organics) by stripping isopropanol at 40°C. under 20 mm Hg with 50 g. of water in a rotary evaporator. The APHA color of these aqueous copolymer samples M and N was taken immediately after completion of the solvent exchange and again after 12 months storage at room temperature. These results are reported in Table 1 B.
  • Example 3 was repeated four more times except that the borane-trimethyleneamine was substituted with other boron complex species, namely, those mentioned above.
  • the above stabilized aqueous solution (100 g.), containing 50% copolymer and less than 0.1% isopropanol, was colorless and odorless after 6 months storage at room temperature (initial APHA color 18.0 and final APHA color 10.2) .
  • a 50 wt.% solids solution of 100 g. N-vinyl pyrrolidone/vinyl acetate (VP/VA 70:30) in 100 g. of isopropyl alcohol was obtained from the nitrogen purged solution polymerization of VP and VA at 85°C. in the presence of 0.6 g. of 2,2-azobis(2-methylbutanenitrile) initiator. This solution was separated into two samples (Sample A and Sample B) of 100 g. each.
  • sample A 0.2 g. of borane-tert-butyl amine complex was added immediately after completion of the . polymerization; whereas sample B was not treated with stabilizer.
  • EXAMPLE 6 Newly prepared, colorless 70:30 VP/VA copolymer in isopropanol solution (containing 50% solids) , obtained by solution polymerization of VP and VA in a nitrogen purged system in the presence of 2,2'-azobis(2-methyl- butanenitrile) (Vazo 67 initiator) with the amount of 0.3% of the product at about 85 ⁇ C. , was subjected to staged deionized water solvent exchange under the pressure of 23 to 30 mm Hg and temperature of 28°C. to 33°C. The solvent exchange was repeated twice in a rotary evaporator. Before the first distillation, 0.12 g.
  • the volume of water was the same as that of isopropanol used for the copolymer solution.
  • the above stabilized aqueous solution was substantially colorless and odorless after 6 months storage at room temperature, (final APHA color 38.0).
  • Example 5 was repeated except that the solvent exchange temperature was 46°C. to 50°C, and the pressure was 25 mm. No sodium acetate was added as buffer. After 12 months at room temperature, the non-stabilized copolymer aqueous solution was deep yellow with an APHA color of 290; however the solution stabilized with sodium bisulfite (0.2%, based on the weight of copolymer solution containing 50% solids) , having an acidic acid odor was water white with an APHA color of 18.7.
  • Example 5 was repeated except that during the solvent exchange of 100 g. VP/VA (70:30) copolymer which contained 50% solids, 0.2 g. sodium sulfite (as color stabilizer) and 0.08 g. of acetic acid (to adjust the pH) were added into the deionized water.
  • the stabilized solution was very slightly yellow after 11 months at room temperature (APHA color of 76.6).
  • the non-stabilized copolymer aqueous solution which was made at the same time, was deep yellow after 11 months at room temperature and had an APHA color of 387.
  • Example 9 Example 5 was repeated except that during the solvent exchange of 100 g. VP/VA (70:30) copolymer which contained 50% solids, 0.5 g. sulfurous acid (H 2 S0 3 , as color stabilizer) and 0.12 g. of sodium acetate (as buffer) were added into the water.
  • the stabilized solution was colorless with trace of yellow after 6 months at room temperature (APHA color of 61.0).
  • the non-stabilized copolymer aqueous solution which was made at the same time and contained the same ratio of sodium acetate, was deep yellow after 6 months at room temperature (APHA color of 235) .

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US08/534,753 US5604275A (en) 1994-12-13 1995-09-27 Color stabilized aqueous n-vinyl heterocyclic copolymer solutions
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