EP1633789A1 - Vinyle-polybutadienes hydrogenes de type caoutchouc - Google Patents

Vinyle-polybutadienes hydrogenes de type caoutchouc

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EP1633789A1
EP1633789A1 EP04733789A EP04733789A EP1633789A1 EP 1633789 A1 EP1633789 A1 EP 1633789A1 EP 04733789 A EP04733789 A EP 04733789A EP 04733789 A EP04733789 A EP 04733789A EP 1633789 A1 EP1633789 A1 EP 1633789A1
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Cristina Stere
Werner Obrecht
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60CVEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C1/00Tyres characterised by the chemical composition or the physical arrangement or mixture of the composition
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C08ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
    • C08CTREATMENT OR CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF RUBBERS
    • C08C19/00Chemical modification of rubber
    • C08C19/02Hydrogenation

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  • Hydrogenated polybutadienes with a high vinyl content of 85 to 100% are known from European patent application EP-A 0 024 315.
  • the hydrogenated vinyl-polybutadienes described there are distinguished by a high ozone resistance, but have the disadvantage that the elasticity of the products at lower temperatures leaves something to be desired due to the higher glass transition temperatures and melting enthalpies.
  • US Pat. No. 4,025,478 discloses hot melt adhesive preparations based on hydrogenated vinyl polybutadiene, the vinyl content of which is 50 to 95%, the vinyl content being able to be adjusted to a double bond content of less than 15%, preferably less than 10%, by hydrogenation.
  • the hydrogenated vinyl polybutadienes must have a Mooney viscosity of ⁇ 10.
  • lubricant compositions which, inter alia, contain a hydrogenated polybutadiene as a component in a smaller amount, the has a weight in the range of 20,000 to 300,000 and has a vinyl content of 65 to 85%. The degree of hydrogenation of these products is 75 to 100%.
  • the hydrogenated vinyl polybutadienes should have a certain molecular weight range which is generally from 30,000 to 200,000.
  • these molecular weights or the associated Mooney viscosities are too low to obtain tires or tire components with good physical properties.
  • the present invention therefore relates to hydrogenated vinyl polybutadienes with degrees of hydrogenation of 20 to 100%, Mooney viscosities in the range from 10 to 150 Mooney units (ML 1 + 4/100 ° C.), glass transition temperatures (T g ) of ⁇ - 57 ° C and enthalpy of fusion ( ⁇ H) ⁇ 30 J / g, which have a microstructure of
  • Preferred according to the invention are hydrogenated vinyl polybuatienes which have a degree of hydrogenation of 20 to 100% and Mooney viscosities in the range from 10 to 150, glass transition temperatures of ⁇ -80 ° C. and melting enthalpies of 0 to 30 J / g and have a microstructure of
  • the molecular weight ratio M w / M n has values in the range from 1 to 20, preferably 1 to 10.
  • the hydrogenated vinyl polybutadienes according to the invention of the above-mentioned specification are obtained in a known manner by hydrogenation of corresponding vinyl polybutadienes which have a vinyl content of 40 to 64, preferably 45 to 60% by weight and a 1,4-butenyl content of 36 to 60, preferably 40 to 55% by weight.
  • the suitable selection of the initiators for the polymerization, of the solvent, of the molecular weight regulator and of the reagents for adjusting the vinyl content can give vinyl-polybutadienes which have the aforementioned vinyl content and butenyl content and a glass transition temperature of ⁇ -80 ° C., preferably ⁇ -90 ° C, enthalpies of fusion from 0 to 40 J / g, preferably 0 to 30 J / g and Mooney viscosities ML1 + 4 (100 ° C) from 10 to 150 Mooney units, preferably 10 to 120 Mooney units.
  • the polymerization reaction is carried out under inert conditions (exclusion of water, oxygen and carbon dioxide) in order to avoid deactivation of the initiator and / or of the living polymers.
  • the polymerization is stopped by additives such as water, alcohols, phenols and / or acids.
  • additives such as water, alcohols, phenols and / or acids.
  • the polymerization is preferably not stopped, since the amount of hydrogenation catalyst required can be minimized in this way.
  • Unreacted monomer is removed from the reaction mixture before the hydrogenation reaction.
  • the hydrogenation is carried out “in situ”, it is preferred not to use water vapor for this, but rather to “flash” unreacted butadiene without first cooling the reaction mixture.
  • the hydrogenation of the vinyl polybutadiene obtained was also carried out in a known manner using the known hydrogenation catalysts.
  • the catalysts are known to the person skilled in the art and are described for example in US-A 3113986, US-A 3333024, US-A 3700633, US-A 4107236, US-A 3700633, US-A 3595942, 4028485, 3135716, 3150209, 3496154, 3498960, 4145298, 4238202, 3231635, 3265765, 3322856, 5030779, 3541064, 3644588, FR-A 1581146, 2393608, WO-A 9314130.
  • the hydrogenation is preferably carried out with a nickel salt in combination with an aluminum alkyl (see here e.g. EP-A 1 258 498).
  • Ni-n-octanoate Ni-acetylacetonate, Ni-2-ethylhexanoate and / or Ni-versatate.
  • Aluminum alkyls are, for example: triisobutyl aluminum, trimethyl aluminum, Triethyl aluminum and / or tri-n-propyl aluminum. Triethyl aluminum and Ni-n-octanoate are preferred.
  • the hydrogenation is carried out at temperatures of approximately 50 to 120 ° C. and a hydrogenation pressure of approximately 1 atm to 100 atm.
  • the hydrogenation catalyst - in the present case nickel salt in combination with an aluminum alkyl - is removed from the hydrogenation solution by treating the hydrogenation solution with a suitable complexing agent and an oxidizing agent.
  • the nickel formed during the hydrogenation of the vinyl polybutadiene is oxidized and brought into a soluble form with the complexing agent.
  • the resulting nickel complex is then washed out of the hydrogenation solution with water.
  • Nitrilotriacetic acid, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, oxalic acid and or or citric acid, preferably citric acid, are suitable as complexing agents for the nickel formed.
  • the amount of complexing agents is approximately 0.01 g to 3 g, based on 100 g of polymer.
  • the amount of nickel remaining in the polymer depends, among other things. on the amount of catalyst used, the concentration of the polymer solution, the oxidizing agent and the type and amount of the complexing agent.
  • Both air and pure oxygen can serve as the oxidizing agent.
  • additives such as anti-aging agents or vulcanization aids or stretching oils
  • the known additives are used in the usual amounts for this.
  • the amount of the additives depends on the intended use of the hydrogenated vinyl-polybutadienes obtained.
  • BR polybutadiene
  • SBR Styrene / butadiene rubber
  • DR butyl rubber
  • EPM and EPDM hydrogenated nitrile rubber
  • HNBR hydrogenated nitrile rubber
  • CR polychloroprene
  • NBR nitrile rubber
  • BVM Ethylene / vinyl acetate copolymers
  • CM and CSM chlorinated or chlorosulfonated polyethylene
  • the respective mixing ratio of the rubbers to one another can easily be determined by preliminary tests and depends on the later intended use of the hydrogenated vinyl-polybutadienes according to the invention.
  • Another object of the present invention is the use of the hydrogenated vinyl polybutadienes according to the invention with the physical properties and microstructure described above for the production of moldings of all kinds, in particular for the production of tires and tire components such as tire treads and tire sidewalls.
  • technical rubber articles e.g. Hoses and sealing rings are made from the elastic, hydrogenated vinyl polybutadienes according to the invention.
  • the hydrogenated vinyl polybutadienes according to the invention can also be mixed with thermoplastics or thermosets, for example to increase the impact resistance of these polymers.
  • the thermoplastics used for this are: styrene / acrylonitrile copolymers, polybutylene terephthalate, polyethylene terephthalate; Polyoxymethylene, polystyrene, polycarbonate and polyvinyl chloride.
  • the following thermosets can be used: Unsaturated polyester resins, epoxy resins as well as phenol / formaldehyde and melamine / formaldehyde resins.
  • thermoplastics to the hydrogenated vinyl polybutadienes used also depends on the later intended use of these thermoplastics. It can therefore easily be determined by appropriate preliminary tests. - ⁇ -
  • the polymerization of butadiene is carried out using n-butyllithium as the polymerization catalyst and cyclohexane as the solvent.
  • the vinyl contents are adjusted by adding tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) and t-butoxyethoxyethane (BEE) and by varying the polymerization temperature.
  • TMEDA tetramethylethylenediamine
  • BEE t-butoxyethoxyethane
  • the polymerizations were carried out in a 1.7 liter steel reactor. For this purpose, 2/3 of the empty reactor was filled with dry cyclohexane under protective gas. Then butadiene was metered in and a butadiene concentration of 12 to 13% by weight in cyclohexane was set.
  • the vinyl content, the degree of hydrogenation and the remaining microstructure were determined by ⁇ -NMR spectroscopy in CDC1 3 .
  • Tg glass transition temperature
  • the vinyl content depends on the polymerization temperature and the molar ratio Bu-Li / TMEDA (Tab. 1) and the molar ratio BuLi / BEE (Tab. 2).
  • BuLi is the polymerization catalyst
  • c) the vinyl content is determined by ⁇ -NMR
  • b) polymerization temperature b) polymerization temperature.
  • Tg is the glass temperature determined by DSC.
  • the hydrogenation of vinyl polybutadiene was carried out using a hydrogenation catalyst based on Ni octanoate [Ni (Oct) 2 ] and triethyl aluminum (TEA).
  • the hydrogenation catalyst was preformed from Ni (Oct) 2 and TEA in a 25 ml Schlenck vessel under argon.
  • the Schlenk vessel was filled with 2-5 ml of dry cyclohexane, then 0.7-1.0 ml of TEA was added (corresponding to the amount of polymer present in the reactor).
  • a 10% solution of Ni (Oct) 2 in cyclohexane was added dropwise at about 15 ° C. while stirring and cooling.
  • the catalyst solution was freshly prepared in each case and used immediately after the preparation.
  • the vinyl polybutadiene was isolated from the solution, as described above, after the end of the polymerization, an aliquot was characterized and the remaining amount of the vinyl polybutadiene was dissolved and hydrogenated in cyclohexane.
  • Vulkanox BKF A solution of Vulkanox BKF is added to the samples, as described for the production of vinyl-polybutadiene samples, ethanol precipitated, dried and characterized.
  • the hydrogenation was complete after about 2 hours, recognizable from the fact that the polymer solution no longer absorbed hydrogen.
  • the amount of residual hydrogen remaining in the reactor and in the polymer solution was removed by introducing argon to a pressure of 3 bar and then releasing the pressure, this procedure being repeated three times.
  • the degrees of hydrogenation were determined by H-NMR.
  • the samples were also characterized by means of DSC in order to determine glass transition temperatures (Tg), melting temperatures (Tm) and melting enthalpies (DH).
  • BuLi is the polymerization catalyst
  • the vinyl content is determined by -NMR c) polymerization temperature.
  • Tg (DSC) is the glass temperature determined with DSC.
  • the catalyst is preformed in a separate Schlenck vessel.
  • TEA is introduced as a 5 M solution in cyclohexane, then Ni (Oct) 2 is added dropwise within 1 A hour.
  • Ni (Oct) 2 is added dropwise within 1 A hour.
  • the preformed catalyst is then added to the hydrogenation reactor.
  • the hydrogenation catalyst is produced in the hydrogenation reactor without separate preforming.
  • the catalyst components TEA, Ni (Oct) 2 are gradually added directly to the hydrogenation reactor after every 10 minutes.

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Abstract

Vinyle-polybutadiènes hydrogénés présentant des degrés d'hydrogénation de 20 à 100 %, des viscosités de Mooney de l'ordre de 10 à 150 unités Mooney (ML 1+4/100 DEG C), des températures de transition vitreuse (Tg) de = -57 DEG C, des enthalpies de fusion (<H) = 30 J/g et une microstructure avec (a) 0 à 44 % en poids d'unités 1,2-vinyle-butadiène de formule (I), (b) 20 à 64 % en poids d'unités 1,2-butylène de formule (II), (c) 0 à 60 % en poids d'unités 1,4-buténylène de formule (III) et (d) 0 à 60 % en poids d'unités 1,4-butylène de formule (IV). Lesdits vinyle-polybutadiènes hydrogénés conviennent parfaitement à la fabrication de corps moulés en caoutchouc de toute sorte, en particulier à la fabrication d'articles techniques en caoutchouc, ainsi que de pneus et de constituants de pneus. Les corps moulés en caoutchouc fabriqués à l'aide de vinyle-polybutadiènes hydrogénés selon la présente invention possèdent une bonne résistance au vieillissement et une bonne élasticité à basse température.
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