EP1670877A1 - Radical interceptors as stabilizers of polymerizable compounds - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for stabilizing polymerizable compounds with respect to polymerization during preparation, storage and/or transport, wherein at least one radical interceptor containing at least two glycine units is used with the proviso that the radical ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA), diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA), trans-1,2-cyclohexane diamine tetraacetic acid (CYDTA) and the alkaline and alkaline earth salts thereof.

Description

Radical scavengers as stabilizers of polymerizable compounds

description

The present invention describes the use of radical scavengers for stabilizing polymerizable compounds against polymerization.

It is known that polymerizable compounds can be easily polymerized, for example by heat or exposure to light or peroxides. However, since the polymerization has to be reduced or reduced for safety-related and economic reasons during production, processing, storage and / or transport, there is a constant need for new, effective polymerization inhibitors.

Chemical and / or physical processing during processing, such as by distillation or rectification, and subsequently storage and transport are particularly problematic.

A large number of stabilizers for polymerizable compounds, in particular for acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, hereinafter referred to as (meth) acrylic acid, and their esters, hereinafter referred to as (meth) acrylic acid esters, are known.

GB-A 1 601 979 describes the stabilization of an aqueous solution of a (meth) acrylate salt with a nitrosophenolate in the presence of EDTA as a chelator.

No. 4,929,660 discloses an adhesive composition which contains a radical acrylic monomer and also a polymerization inhibitor, a metal chelator and a radical scavenger. This radical scavenger is an N, N-dialkyl or N, N-diarylalkylhydroxylamine.

The stabilization of unsaturated quaternary ammonium salts in the presence of metal scavengers is described in US 5,912,383. These metal scavengers can be diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid and N- (hydroxyethyl) ethylenediamine triacetic acid as well as the associated sodium salts.

German patent application DE-A 199 20 796 describes a process for the preparation of isobornyl (meth) acrylate by reacting camphene with (meth) acrylic acid, which is also carried out in the presence of a chelating agent. As a chelating agent, this document discloses nitrilotriacetic acid, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, N- (2-hydroxyethyl) ethylenediamine triacetic acid, 1, 2-

Cyclohexylenedinitrilotetraacetic acid, diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid, 3,6-dioxaoctamethylenedinitrilotetraacetic acid and the alkali metal salts of these acids. WO 02/26685 describes the stabilization of acrylic monomers during the distillation with a stabilizer in the presence of oxygen with a metal scavenger, which is selected from ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), diethylenetriaminepentassetic acid (DTPA) and their Na salt (Na ₅ DTPA) and trans -1, 2- cyclohexanediaminepentaacetic acid. These metal traps are used to complex free iron.

Japanese laid-open publications JP 05-295011 and JP 05-320205 also describe the stabilization of acrylic acid in the presence of EDTA, DTPA, CYDTA and their alkali salts.

The object of the present invention was therefore to provide an alternative method for stabilizing polymerizable compounds against polymerization during processing, storage and / or transport.

The object was achieved by a process for stabilizing polymerizable compounds against polymerization during processing, storage and / or transport, in which at least one radical scavenger which contains at least two glycine units is used, with the proviso that the radical scavenger is not selected from ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid ( EDTA), diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), trans-1, 2-cyclohexanediaminetetraacetic acid (CYDTA) and their alkali and alkaline earth salts.

In a preferred embodiment, at least one radical scavenger is used which contains at least two glycine units, with the proviso that the radical scavenger does not have ≥ 2 of the following structural units:

wherein R, R 'can independently be hydrogen or metal. For example, these metals are alkali metals such as sodium or potassium.

In a particularly preferred embodiment, at least one radical scavenger is used which contains at least two glycine units and at least one amide and / or ester unit. The radical scavenger preferably has two amide units.

Radical scavengers of the general formula (I) are very particularly preferably used:

In particular, these can be:

G ¹ can be NR ³ R ⁴ or OR ⁷ and G ² can be NR ⁵ R ⁶ or OR ⁸ .

X can be CC ₂₀ -AlkyI, NCH ₂ COOR ⁹ , NR ¹⁰ , O, S, PR ¹¹ , Se, SiOR ¹² R ¹³ or aryl, the substituents mentioned being in any position, but not more than five times, preferably not more than four times, particularly preferably not more than three times, can be substituted by one or more heteroatoms and / or halogen atoms. X is preferably a -C ₂₀ alkyl group or NCHCOOR ⁹ , particularly preferably X is a C do alkyl group or NCHCOOR ⁹ .

k, I, m and n are independently 0 to 20. I and m are preferably in the range from 0 to 10, particularly preferably from 0 to 5, very particularly preferably from 0 to 3 and particularly preferably 0 to 2. k have preferably and n the same value, e.g. B. in the range from 0 to 10, preferably from 0 to 5, very particularly preferably from 1 to 3, in particular k and n have the value 1.

The radicals R ¹ to R ⁸ can have the following meanings:

R ¹ to R ⁶ can independently of one another hydrogen, CrC ₂₀ alkyl, Ci-C∞- alkylcarbonyl, C ₂ -C ₂ o-alkenyl, C ₂ -C ₂ o-alkenylcarbonyl, C ₂ -C ₂₀ alkynyl, C ₂ -C ₂ o- alkynylcarbonyl, C ₃ -C ₅ -cycloalkyl, C ₅ -C ₁₅ -cycloalkylcarbonyl, aryl, arylcarbonyl or heterocycles,

R ⁷ and R ⁸ can independently of one another dC ^ alkyl, -C -C ₂₀ alkylcarbonyl, C ₂ -C ₂ o-alkenyl, C ₂ -C ₂ o-alkenylcarbonyl, C ₂ -C ₂ o-alkynyl, C ₂ - C ₂ o-alkynylcarbonyl, C ₃ -C ₁₅ cycloalkyl, C ₅ -C ₅ cycloalkylcarbonyl, aryl, arylcarbonyl or heterocycles,

in which

a) in the case of the aliphatic substituents mentioned, the radicals R ³ and R ⁴ or R ⁵ and R ^{6 can} also be linked to one another and thus jointly sam can form a three- to eight-membered, preferably a five- to seven-membered and particularly preferably a five- to six-membered ring,

b) the aliphatic substituents mentioned can be straight-chain or branched,

c) the substituents can be interrupted at any position by one or more heteroatoms, the number of these heteroatoms being not more than 10, preferably not more than 8, particularly preferably not more than 5 and in particular not more than 3, and / or

d) the substituents in any position, but not more than five times, preferably not more than four times and particularly preferably not more than three times, by alkyl, alkyloxy, alkyloxycarbonyl, aryl, aryloxy, aryloxycarbonyl, hydroxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, heterocycles, heteroatoms or Halogen atoms can be substituted, which can also be substituted at most twice, preferably at most once, with the groups mentioned.

R ⁹ to R ¹³ are optionally independently of one another hydrogen or -CC ₂₀ alkyl.

The collective terms given for the various radicals R have the following meanings:

C ₁ -C o-alkyl: straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon radicals with up to 20 carbon atoms, preferably d-Cio-alkyl such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, sec-Buiyl, tert-butyl, 1, 1-dimethylethyl, pentyl, 2-methylbutyl, 1, 1-dimethylpropyl, 1, 2-dimethylpropyl, 2,2-dimethylpropyl, 1-ethylpropyl, hexyl, 2-methylpentyl, 3-methylpentyl, 1, 1-dimethylbutyl, 1, 2-dimethylbutyl, 1, 3-dimethylbutyl, 2,2-dimethylbutyl, 2,3-dimethylbutyl, 3,3-dimethylbutyl, 2-ethylbutyl, 1,1, 2-trimethylpropyl, 1, 2,2-trimethylpropyl, 1- Ethyl-1-methylpropyl, 1-ethyl-2-methylpropyl, heptyl, octyl, 2-ethylhexyl, 2,4,4-trimethylpentyl, 1, 1, 3,3-tetramethylbutyl, nonyl and decyl and their isomers.

C 1 -C ₂₀ -alkylcarbonyl: a straight-chain or branched alkyl group with 1 to 20 carbon atoms (as mentioned above) which is bonded to the skeleton via a carbonyl group (-CO-), preferably d-do-alkylcarbonyl such as formyl, acetyl, n- or iso-propionyl, n-, iso-, sec- or tert-butanoyl, n-, iso-, sec- or tert-pentanoyl, n- or iso-nonanoyl, n-dodecanoyl.

C ₂ -C ₂₀ alkenyl: unsaturated, straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon radicals having 2 to 20 carbon atoms and a double bond in any position, preferably C ₂ -C ₁₀ alkenyl such as ethenyl, 1-propenyl, 2-propenyl, 1-methylethenyl, 1- butenyl, 2-butenyl, 3-butenyl, 1-methyl-1-propenyl, 2-methyl-1-propenyl, 1-methyl-2- propenyl, 2-methyl-2-propenyl, 1-pentenyl, 2-pentenyl, 3-pentenyl, 4-pentenyl, 1 -

Methyl-1-butenyl, 2-methyl-1-butenyl, 3-methyl-1-butenyl, 1-methyl-2-butenyl, 2-methyl-

2-butenyl, 3-methyl-2-butenyl, 1-methyl-3-butenyl, 2-methyl-3-butenyl, 3-methyl-3-butenyl, 1, 1-dimethyl-2-propenyl, 1, 2- Dimethyl-1-propenyl, 1, 2-dimethyl-2-propenyl, 1-ethyl-1-propenyl, 1-ethyl-2-propenyl, 1-hexenyl, 2-hexenyl, 3-hexenyl, 4-hexenyl, 5-

Hexenyl, 1-methyl-1-pentenyl, 2-methyl-1-pentenyl, 3-methyl-1-pentenyl, 4-methyl-1-pentenyl, 1-methyl-2-pentenyl, 2-methyl-2-pentenyl, 3-methyl-2-pentenyl, 4-methyl-2-pentenyl, 1-methyl-3-pentenyl, 2-methyl-3-pentenyl, 3-methyl-3-pentenyl, 4-methyl-3-pentenyl, 1- Methyl-4-pentenyl, 2-methyl-4-pentenyl, 3-methyl-4-pentenyl, 4-methyl-4-pentenyl, 1, 1-dimethyl-2-butenyl, 1, 1-dimethyl-3-butenyl, 1,2-dimethyl-1-butenyl, 1,2-dimethyl-2-butenyl, 1,2-dimethyl-3-butenyl, 1,3-dimethyl-1-butenyl, 1,3-dimethyl-2-butenyl, 1, 3-dimethyl-3-butenyl, 2,2-dimethyl-3-butenyl, 2,3-dimethyl-1-butenyl, 2,3-dimethyl-2-butenyl, 2,3-dimethyl-3-butenyl, 3,3-dimethyl-1-butenyl, 3,3-dimethyl-2-butenyl, 1-ethyl-1-butenyl, 1-ethyl-2-butenyl, 1-ethyl-3-butenyl, 2-ethyl-1 - butenyl, 2-ethyl-2-butenyl, 2-ethyl-3-butenyl, 1, 1, 2-trimethyl-2-propenyl, 1-ethyl-1-methyl-2-propenyl, 1-ethyl-2-methyl- 1-propenyl and 1-ethyl-2-methyl-2-propenyl, and the isomers of heptenyl, octenyl, nonenyl and the like nd decenyl.

Ca-C∞-alkenylcarbonyl: unsaturated, straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon radicals having 2 to 20 carbon atoms and a double bond in any position (as mentioned above), which are bonded to the skeleton via a carbonyl group (-CO-), preferably C ₂ -Cι ₀ alkylcarbonyl such as ethenoyl, propenoyl, butenoyl, pentenoyl, nonenoyl and their isomers.

C ₂ -C ₂ o-Alkynyl straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon groups with 2 to 20 carbon atoms and a triple bond in any position, preferably C ₂ -C 10 -alkynyl such as ethynyl, 1-propynyl, 2-propynyl, 1-butynyl, 2-butynyl , 3-butynyl, 1-methyl-2-propynyl, 1-pentynyl, 2-pentynyl, 3-pentynyl, 4-pentynyl, 1-methyl-2-butynyl, 1-methyl-3-butynyl, 2-methyl-3 -butinyl, 3-methyl-1-butinyl, 1, 1-dimethyl-2-propynyl, 1-ethyl-2-propynyl, 1-hexynyl, 2-hexynyl, 3-hexynyl, 4-hexynyl, 5-hexynyl, 1 -Methyl-2-pentynyl, 1-methyl-3-pentynyl, 1-methyl-4-pentynyl, 2-methyl-3-pentynyl, 2-methyl-4-pentynyl, 3-methyl-1-pentynyl, 3-methyl -4-pentynyl, 4-methyl-1-pentynyl, 4-methyl-2-pentynyl, 1, 1-dimethyl-2-butynyl, 1, 1-dimethyl-3-butynyl, 1, 2-dimethyl-3-butynyl , 2,2-dimethyl-3-butynyl, 3,3-dimethyl-1-butynyl, 1-ethyl-2-butynyl, 1-ethyl-3-butynyl, 2-ethyl-3-butynyl and 1-ethyl-1 -methyl-2-propynyl and the isomers of heptinyl, octynyl, non-nylin, decynyl.

C ₂ -C ₂ o-alkynylcarbonyl: unsaturated, straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon radicals having 2 to 20 carbon atoms and a triple bond in any position (as mentioned above) which are bonded to the skeleton via a carbonyl group (-CO-), preferably C ₂ -Cιo-alkynylcarbonyl such as propinoyl, butinoyl, pentinoyl, noninoyl, decinoyl and their isomers. C ₃ -C ₁₅ cycloalkyl: monocyclic, saturated hydrocarbon groups with 3 to 15 carbon ring members, preferably C ₃ -C ₈ cycloalkyl such as cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cycloheptyl and cyclooctyl as well as a saturated or unsaturated cyclic system such as B. norbornyl or norbenyl.

C ₃ -C ₁₅ cycloalkylcarbonyl: monocyclic, saturated hydrocarbon groups with 3 to 15 carbon ring members (as mentioned above) which are bonded to the skeleton via a carbonyl group (-CO-), preferably C ₃ -C ₈ cycloalkylcarbonyl.

Aryl: a mono- to trinuclear aromatic ring system containing 6 to 14 carbon ring members, e.g. As phenyl, naphthyl and anthracenyl, preferably a mono- to dinuclear, particularly preferably a mononuclear aromatic ring system.

Arylcarbonyl: preferably a mono- to trinuclear aromatic ring system (as mentioned above) which is bonded to the skeleton via a carbonyl group (-CO-), such as. B. benzoyl, preferably a mononuclear or dinuclear, particularly preferably a mononuclear aromatic ring system.

Heterocycles: five- to twelve-membered, preferably five to nine-membered, particularly preferably five to six-membered oxygen, nitrogen and / or sulfur atoms, optionally having multiple rings, such as furyl, thiophenyl, pyrryl, pyridyl, indolyl, benzoxazolyl, dioxolyl, Dioxyl, benzimidazolyl, benzthiazolyl, dimethylpyridyl, methylquinolyl, dimethylpyrryl, methoxyfuryl, dimethoxypyridyl, dif'uorpyridyl, methylthiophenyl, isopropylthiophenyl or tert-butylthiophenyl.

The substituents listed in detail can each be interrupted at any position by one or more heteroatoms, as described above, the number of these heteroatoms not more than 10, preferably not more than 8, very particularly preferably not more than 5 and in particular not more than 3 is, and / or in any position, but not more than five times, preferably not more than four times and particularly preferably not more than three times, by alkyl, alkyloxy, alkyloxycarbonyl, aryl, aryloxy, aryloxycarbonyl, hydroxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, hetero Cycles, heteroatoms or halogen atoms can be substituted, these likewise being able to be substituted at most twice, preferably at most once, with the groups mentioned.

The alkyl, aryl and heterocycle classes of compounds mentioned in this group have the abovementioned meaning.

Heteroatoms are oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur or phosphorus. Alkyloxy means a straight-chain or branched alkyl group with 1 to 20 carbon atoms (as mentioned above) which is bonded to the skeleton via an oxygen atom (-O-), preferably C ₁ -C ₁₀ -alkyloxy such as, for example, methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy.

Alkoxycarbonyl is an alkoxy group with 1 to 20 carbon atoms (as mentioned above) which is bonded to the skeleton via a carbonyl group (-CO-), preferably d-do-alkyloxycarbonyl.

Aryloxy is a mono- to trinuclear aromatic ring system (as mentioned above) which is bonded to the skeleton via an oxygen atom (-O-), preferably a mononuclear or dinuclear, particularly preferably a mononuclear aromatic ring system.

Aryloxycarbonyl is a mono- to trinuclear aryloxy group (as mentioned above) which is bonded to the skeleton via a carbonyl group (-CO-), preferably a mono- or dinuclear, particularly preferably a mononuclear aryloxycarbonyl.

Halogen atoms are fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine.

The radicals R ¹ and R ² are preferably the same and are hydrogen or dC ₂₀ alkyl, particularly preferably hydrogen or dC ₀ alkyl, very particularly preferably hydrogen or C ₁ -C ₆ alkyl.

The radicals R ³ and R ⁵ are preferably the same and are hydrogen, dC ₂₀ -alkyl or C 1 -C ₂₀ -alkylcarbonyl, particularly preferably hydrogen, dC ₁₀ -alkyl or d-Cio-alkylcarbonyl, very particularly preferably hydrogen, dC ₆ -alkyl or dC ₆ - alkylcarbonyl.

The radicals R ⁴ and R ⁶ or R ⁷ and R ⁸ are preferably the same and are d-C ₂₀ alkyl, d-do-alkylcarbonyl, aryl, C ₂ -C ₂ o-alkenyl, C ₂ -C ₂₀ alkenylcarbonyl, C ₂ -C ₂₀ alkynyl or C ₂ -C ₂₀ alkynylcarbonyl. As described above, the radicals can be interrupted at any position by one or more heteroatoms, the number of these heteroatoms not more than 10, preferably not more than 8, very particularly preferably not more than 5 and in particular not more than 3, and / or each at any position, but not more than five times, preferably not more than four times and particularly preferably not more than three times, by alkyl, alkyloxy, alkyloxycarbonyl, aryl, aryloxy, aryloxycarbonyl, hydroxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, heterocycles, heteroatoms or halogen atoms can be substituted, which can also be substituted at most twice, preferably at most once with the groups mentioned. Particularly preferred radicals R ⁴ and R ⁶ or R ⁷ and R ⁸ are selected from phenyl, benzyl, p-methoxyphenyl, o-, m- or p-hydroxyphenyl, 1-hydroxyhexyl, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol , Triethylene glycol, ethoxylate with 4 to 10 EO units, ethylenediamine, diethylenetriamine, ethylenetetraamine and amino acids such as, for example, alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, proline, tryptophan, phenylalanine, methionine, glycine, serine, tyrosine, threonine, cysteine, asparagine - min, aspartic or glutamic acid, lysine, arginine or histidine. For example, R ⁴ and R ⁶ or R ⁷ and R ^{8 can be} the radicals mentioned in Table 1.

Table 1

Of course, all combinations of the mentioned substituents R and X with the numbers for k, I, m and n are possible. Table 2 summarizes the preferred individuals of formula (I).

Table 2 π

These compounds are prepared, for example, analogously to the synthetic routes described in DE-A 101 05014 and CH-A 569405. The compounds disclosed therein are used as metal complexes in the event of deficiency in metals or as contrast agents in diagnostics. A general synthetic route is disclosed in BioOrganic Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2001, 11, 2573.

The radical scavengers are usually used individually or as a mixture, preferably not more than five, particularly preferably not more than four and very particularly preferably not more than three of the aforementioned radical scavengers.

The amount in which the radical scavengers according to the invention are used in order to exert a stabilizing effect on the polymerizable compound can be determined in the course of tests which are customary in the art.

For example, from 0.1 to 1000 ppm of a radical scavenger or a radical scavenger mixture, based on the polymerizable compound, are used, preferably 1 to 900 ppm, particularly preferably 10 to 800 ppm, very particularly preferably 50 to 700 ppm and in particular 100 to 500 ppm.

According to the invention, the free radical scavengers can advantageously be used together with at least one other compound known as a stabilizer and / or costabilizer. These are e.g. B. in the older German patent application with the file number 10249 507.6 and in DE-A 102 58329, DE-A 198 56565 and described in EP-A 765 856.

The costabilizers are oxygen-containing gases, phenolic compounds, quinones and hydroquinones, N-oxyl compounds, aromatic amines and phenylenediamines, imines, sulfonamides, oximes, hydroxylamines, urea derivatives, phosphorus-containing compounds, sulfur-containing compounds, complexing agents based on tetraazaannulene ( TAA) and / or metal salts, and optionally mixtures thereof. Oxygen-containing gases can be, for example, those gases which have an oxygen content between 0.1 and 100% by volume, preferably from 0.5 to 50% by volume and particularly preferably have from 1 to 25% by volume. For example, this can be nitrogen monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, oxygen or nitrous oxide or air. These can be used individually, in any mixtures with one another or mixed with another gas, for example nitrogen, noble gases, water vapor, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide or lower alkanes; air or air-nitrogen mixtures are preferred.

Phenolic compounds are e.g. B: phenol, alkylphenols, for example o-, m- or p-cresol (methylphenol), 2-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol, 6-tert-butyl-2,4-dimethylphenol, 2,6-di- tert-butyl-4-methylphenol, 2-tert-butylphenol, 4-tert-butylphenol, 2,4-di-teιt-butylphenol, 2-methyl-4-tert-butylphenol, 4-tert-butyl -2,6-dimethylphenol, or 2,2'-methylene-bis- (6-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol), 4,4'-oxydiphenyl, 3,4-methylenedioxydiphenol (sesamol), 3,4- Dimethylphenol, pyrocatechol (1,2-dihydroxybenzene), 2- (1'-methylcyclohex-1'-yl) -4,6-dimethylphenol, 2- or 4- (1'-phenyleth-1'-yl) phenol, 2 -tert-butyl-6-methylphenol, 2,4,6-tris-tert-butylphenol, 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol, nonylphenol [CAS-No. 11066-49-2], octylphenol [CAS No. 140-66-9], 2,6-dimethylphenol, bisphenol A, bisphenol B, bisphenol C, bisphenol F, bisphenol S, 3,3 ', 5,5'-tetrabromobisphenol A, 2,6-di-tert-butyl -p-cresol, Koresin® from BASF Aktiengesellschaft, 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzoic acid methyl ester, 4-tert-butylpyrocatechol, 2-hydroxybenzyl alcohol, 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol, 2,3,6 -

Trimethylphenol, 2,4,5-trimethylphenol, 2,4,6-trimethylphenol, 2-isopropylphenol, 4-isopropylphenol, 6-isopropyl-m-cresol, n-octadecyl-ß- (3,5-di-tert.- butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) propionate, 1, 1, 3-tris (2-methyl-4-hydroxy-5-tert-butylphenyl) butane, 1, 3,5-tri-methyl-2,4,6-tris (3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl) _benzene) 1, 3,5-tris (3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl) isocyanurate, 1, 3,5- Tris (3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) propionyloxyethyl isocyanurate, 1,3,5-Ths- (2,6-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-4-tert-butylbenzyl) isocyanurate or Pentaerythht-tetrakis [ß- (3,5, -di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) propionate], 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-dimethylaminomethylphenol, 6-sec.-butyl-2 , 4-dinitrophenol, Irganox® 565, 1010, 1076, 1141, 1192, 1222 and 1425 from Ciba Specialty Chemicals, 3- (3 ', 5'-di-tert-butyl-4'-hydroxyphenyl) propionic acid octadecyl ester, 3- (3 ', 5'-Di-tert-butyl-4'-hydroxyphenyl) propionic acid hexadecyl ester, 3- (3', 5'-di-tert-butyl-4'-hydroxyphenyl) propionic acid octyl ester, 3-thi a-1,5-pentanediol-bis - [(3 ', 5'-di-tert-butyl-4'-hydroxyphenyl) propionate], 4,8-dioxa-1,11-undecanediol-bis - [(3rd ', 5'-di-tert-butyl-4'-hydroxyphenyl) propionate], 4,8-dioxa-1, 11 -undecanediol-bis - [(3'-teΛf.-butyl-4'-hydroxy-5 '- methylphenyl) propionate], 1, 9-nonanediol-bis - [(3', 5'-di-tert-butyl-4'-hydroxyphenyl) propionate], 1, 7-heptanediamine-bis [3- (3rd ', 5'-di-tert-butyl-4'-hydroxyphenyl) propionic acid amide], 1, 1-methanediamine-bis [3- (3', 5'-di-tert-butyl-4'-hydroxyphenyl) propionic acid amide ], 3- (3 ', 5'-di-tert-butyl-4'-hydroxyphenyl) propionic acid hydrazide, 3- (3', 5'-dimethyl-4'-hydroxyphenyl) propionic acid hydrazide, bis- (3-tert. -butyl-5-ethyl-2-hydroxyphen-1-yl) methane, bis- (3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphen-1-yl) methane, bis- [3- (1 '- methylcyclohex- 1'-yl) -5-methyl-2-hydroxyphen-1-yl] methane, bis (3-tert-butyl-2-hydroxy-5-methylphen-1-yl) methane, 1,1-bis (5-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-2-methylphen-1-yl) ethane, bis- (5-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-2-methylphen-1-yl) sulfide, bis- (3rd -tert.-butyl-2-hydroxy-5-methylphen-1 - yl) sulfide, 1, 1-bis (3,4-dimethyl-2-hydroxyphen-1-yl) -2-methyl propane, 1, 1 - Bis- (5-tert-butyl-3-methyl-2-hydroxyphen-1-yl) butane, 1, 3,5-tris- [1 ^, - (3 ", 5" -di-tert-butyl-4 "- hydroxyphen-1" -yl) meth-1'-yl] -2,4,6-trimethylbenzene, 1, 1, 4-tris- (5'-tert-butyl-4'-hydroxy-2'- methylphen-1'-yl) butane and tert-butyl catechol, and aminophenols, such as. B. p-aminophenol, nitrosophenols, such as. B. p-nitrosophenol, p-nitroso-o-cresol, alkoxyphenols, for example 2-methoxyphenol (guaiacol, pyrocatechol monomethyl ether), 2-ethoxyphenol, 2-isopropoxyphenol, 4-methoxyphenol (hydroquinone monomethyl ether), mono- or di- tert-butyl-4-methoxyphenol, 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole, 3-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzyl alcohol, 2,5-dimethoxy-4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol (Syringa alcohol), 4-hydroxy-3 -methoxybenzaldehyde (vanillin), 4-hydroxy-3-ethoxybenzaldehyde (ethylvanillin), 3-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde (isovanillin), 1- (4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl) ethanone (acetovanillon), eugenol, dihydroeu genol, isoeugenol, tocopherols, such as. B. α-, ß-, γ-, δ- and ε-tocopherol, tocol, α-tocopherol hydroquinone, and 2,3-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-7-hydroxybenzofuran (2,2-dimethyl-7-hydroxycoumaran ).

Suitable quinones and hydroquinones are, for example, hydroquinone or hydroquinone monomethyl ether (4-methoxyphenol), methylhydroquinone, 2,5-di-tert-butylhydroquinone, 2-methyl-p-hydroquinone, 2,3-dimethylhydroquinone, trimethylhydroquinone, 4 -Methyl pyrocatechol, tert-butyl hydroquinone, 3-methyl pyrocatechol, benzoquinone, 2-methyl-p-hydroquinone, 2,3-dimethyl hydroquinone, trimethyl hydroquinone, tert-butyl hydroquinone, 4-ethoxyphenol, 4-butoxyphenol, hydroquinone phenoxyphenol -Methylhydroquinone, tetramethyl-p-benzoquinone, diethyl-1, 4-cyclohexanedione-2,5-dicarboxylate, phenyl-p-benzoquinone, 2,5-dimethyl-3-benzyl-p-benzoquinone, 2-isopropyl-5-methyl -p-benzoquinone (thymoquinone), 2,6-diisopropyl-p-benzoquinone, 2,5-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-p-benzoquinone, 2,5-dihydroxy-p-benzoquinone, embelin, tetrahydroxy-p-benzoquinone, 2,5-dimethoxy-1, 4-benzoquinone, 2-amino-5-methyl-p-benzoquinone, 2,5-bisphenylamino-1, 4-benzoquinone, 5,8-dihydroxy-1, 4-naphthoquinone, 2- Anilino-1,4-n aphthoquinone, anthraquinone, N, N-dimethylindoaniline, NN-diphenyl-p-benzoquinone diimine, 1,4-benzoquinone dioxime, coerulignon, 3,3'-di-tert-butyl-5,5'-dimethyldiphenoquinone, p-rosolic acid (aurine ), 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-benzylidene-benzoquinone, 2,5-di-tert-amylhydroquinone.

As N-oxyls (nitroxyl or N-oxyl radicals, compounds which have at least one> N- O »group) are, for. B. suitable 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidine-N-oxyl, 4-oxo-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidine-N-oxyl, 4-methoxy-2,2 , 6,6-tetramethyl-piperidine-N-oxyl, 4-acetoxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidine-N-oxyl, 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidine-N-oxyl, Uvinul ® 4040P from BASF Aktiengesellschaft, 4,4 ', 4 "-Tris- (2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidine-N-oxyl) phosphite, 3-oxo-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-pyrrolidine -N-oxyl, 1 - Oxyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-methoxypiperidine, 1 -oxyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-trimethylsilyloxypiperidine, 1 -oxyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpipehdin-4- yl-2-ethylhexanoate, 1 -

Oxyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-yl sebacate, 1 -oxyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-yl-stearate, 1 -oxyl-2,2,6,6- tetramethylpiperidin-4-yl-benzoate, 1 -oxyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-yl- (4-tert-butyl) benzoate, bis- (1 -oxy-2,2,6,6- tetramethylpiperidin

4-yl) succinate, bis- (1 -oxyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-yl) adipate, 1, 10-decanedioic acid bis- (1 -oxyl-2,2,6,6- tetramethylpipehdin-4-yl) ester, bis (1-oxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-yl) n-butylmalonate, bis (1-oxyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine) 4-yl) phthalate, bis- (1 -oxyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpipehdin-4-yl) isophthalate, bis- (1 -oxyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-yl) terephthalate, bis (1-oxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-yl) hexahydroterephthalate, N, N'-bis (1-oxyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-yl ) adipinamide, N- (1-oxyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-yl) caprolactam, N- (1-oxyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-yl) dodecylsuccinimide, 2 , 4,6-tris- [N-butyl-N- (1 -oxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-yl] thazin, N, N'-bis- (1-oxyl-2,2 , 6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-yl) -N, N'- bis-formyl-1, 6-diaminohexane, 4,4'-ethylene-bis- (1 -oxyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperazine -3- on).

Suitable aromatic amines or phenylenediamines are, for example, N, N-diphenylamine, N-nitrosodiphenylamine, nitrosodiethylaniline, p-phenylenediamine, N, N'-dialkyl-p-phenylenediamine, where the alkyl radicals can be the same or different and are each independent of one another There are 1 to 4 carbon atoms and can be straight-chain or branched, for example N, N'-di-isobutyl-p-phenylenediamine, N, N'-di-isopropyl-p-phenylenediamine, Irganox® 5057 from the company Ciba Specialty Chemicals, N-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine, N, N'-diphenyl-p-phenylenediamine, N-isopropyl-N-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine, N, N'-Di-sec.-butyl-p-phenylenediamine ( Kerobit® BPD from BASF Aktiengesellschaft), N-phenyl-N'-isopropyl-p-phenylenediamine (Vulkanox® 4010 from Bayer AG), N- (1,3-dimethylbutyl) -N'-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine, N-phenyl-2-naphthylamine, iminodibenzyl, N, N'-diphenylbenzidine, N-phenyltetraaniline, acridone, 3-hydroxydiphenylamine, 4-hydroxydiphenylamine.

Imines are e.g. B. methylethylimine, (2-hydroxyphenyl) benzoquinone imine, (2-hydroxyphenyl) benzophenone imine, N, N-dimethylindoaniline, thionine (7-amino-3-imino-3H-phenothiazine), methylene violet (7-dimethylamino-3-phenothiazinone) ,

Sulfonamides effective as stabilizers are, for example, N-methyl-4-toluenesulfonamide, N-tert-butyl-4-toluenesulfonamide, N-tert-butyl-N-oxyl-4-toluenesulfonamide, N, N'-bis (4-sulfanilamide ) piperidine, 3 - {[5- (4-aminobenzoyl) -2,4-dimethylbenzenesulfonyl] ethylamino} -4-methylbenzenesulfonic acid, as in DE-A 102 58 329.

Oximes can be, for example, aldoximes, ketoximes or amidoximes, as described for example in DE-A 101 39 767, preferably diethyl ketoxime, acetone oxime, Methyl ethyl ketoxime, cyclohexanone oxime, benzaldehyde oxime, benzil dioxime, dimethyl glyoxime, 2-pyhdinaldoxime, salicylaldoxime, phenyl-2-pyridyl ketoxime, 1, 4-benzoquinone dioxime, 2,3-butanedione dioxime, 2,3-butanedione monooxime, 4-fluorenonoxime. -Butyl-cyclohexanone oxime, N-ethoxy-acetimidic acid ethyl ester, 2,4-dimethyl-3-pentanone oxime, cyclododecanone oxime, 4-heptanone oxime and di-2-

Furanylethanedione dioxime or other aliphatic or aromatic oximes or their reaction products with alkyl transfer agents, such as. B. alkyl halides, triflates, sulfonates, tosylates, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates or the like.

Hydroxylamines are e.g. B. N, N-diethylhydroxylamine and those which are disclosed in the international application with the file number PCT / EP / 03/03139.

Suitable urea derivatives are, for example, urea or thiourea.

Phosphorus compounds are e.g. B. triphenylphosphine, triphenylphosphite, hypophosphorous acid, trinonylphosphite, triethylphosphite or diphenylisopropylphosphine.

Examples of suitable sulfur-containing compounds are diphenyl sulfide, phenothiazine and sulfur-containing natural products such as cysteine.

Complexing agents based on tetraazaannulene (TAA) are e.g. B. Diebenzotetraaza [14] annulenes and porphyrins as described in Chem. Soc. Rev. 1998, 27, 105-115.

Metal salts are e.g. B. copper, manganese, cerium, nickel, chromium, carbonate, chloride, - dithiocarbamate, sulfate, salicylate or acetate, stearate, ethylhexanoate.

Preferred costabilizers are oxygen-containing gases, phenothiazine, o-, m- or p-cresol (methylphenol), 2-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol, 2-tert .-Butylphenol, 4-tert-butylphenol, 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol, pyrocatechol (1,2-dihydroxybenzene), 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol, 4-tert-butyl-2 , 6-dimethylphenol, octylphenol [140-66-9], nonylphenol [11066-49-2], 2,6-dimethylphenol, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol, bisphenol A, tert .-Butylcatechol, hydroquinone, hydroquinone monomethyl ether or methyl hydroquinone, 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidine-N-oxyl, 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidine-N-oxyl, 4-oxo 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidine-N-oxyl and manganese (II) acetate, cerium (III) carbonate, cerium (III) acetate or cerium (III) ethylhexanoate, cerium (III) stearate and mixtures thereof in different compositions.

Air, air-nitrogen mixtures, phenothiazine, o-, m- or p-cresol (methylphenol), 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol, 4-tert-butylphenol, 4- tert-butyl-2,6-dimethylphenol, octylphenol [140-66-9], nonylphenol [11066-49-2], 2,6- Dimethylphenol, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol, tert-butyl catechol, hydroquinone, hydroquinone monomethyl ether or methyl hydroquinone, 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidine-N-oxyl, 4-

Hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidine-N-oxyl, 4-oxo-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidine-N-oxyl and also cerium (III) acetate or cerium (III) ethylhexanoate and Mixtures of at least two of the components mentioned.

Air, air-nitrogen mixtures, phenothiazine, hydroquinone and hydroquinone monomethyl ether and 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidine-N-oxyl, 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-pipehdin-N-oxyl are particularly preferred , 4-oxo-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidine-N-oxyl, N, N'-di-sec.-butyl-p-phenylenediamine, cerium (III) acetate or cerium (III) ethylhexanoate and mixtures from that.

The type of addition of the stabilizer according to the invention and the costabilizers to be used where appropriate is not restricted. The added stabilizer according to the invention can be added individually or as a mixture with further stabilizers according to the invention and / or with the aforementioned costabilizers, in liquid or in dissolved form in a suitable solvent, which solvent itself can be a stabilizer, such as. B. described in DE-A 10200583. Also suitable as solvents are, for example, material flows from the preparation of the polymerizable compound. These can, for example, the pure products, i. H. the polymerizable compounds, in a purity of generally 95% or more, preferably 98% or more and particularly preferably 99% or more, but also the starting materials used for the preparation of the polymerizable compounds, in a purity of 95% or more, preferably 98% or more and particularly preferably 99% or more, or those streams which contain starting materials and / or products and / or intermediates and / or by-products.

The concentration of the solutions used is only limited by the solubility of the stabilizer / stabilizer mixture in the solvent, for example it can be 0.1-50% by weight, preferably 0.2-25% by weight, particularly preferably 0.3- 10% by weight and very particularly preferably 0.5-5% by weight.

The radical scavengers or radical scavenger mixtures according to the invention can of course also be used as a melt, for example if the melting point is below 120 ° C., preferably below 100 ° C., particularly preferably below 80 ° C. and in particular below 60 ° C.

In a further preferred form, the radical scavengers or radical scavenger mixtures according to the invention are used as a costabilizer as a melt with a phenol with a melting point below 120 ° C., preferably below 100 ° C., particularly preferably below 80 ° C. and in particular below 60 ° C. The phenol is particularly preferably selected from p-aminophenol, p-nitrosophenol, 2-tert-butylphenol, 4-tert.- Butylphenol, 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol, 2-methyl-4-tert-butylphenol, 4-tert-butyl-2,6-dimethylphenol, hydroquinone and hydroquinone monomethyl ether. As described above, 0.1 to 1000 ppm of the radical scavenger according to the invention or a mixture of radical scavengers based on the polymerizable compound are used. If a mixture of radical scavengers according to the invention with costabilizers is used, 0.1 to 5000 ppm, preferably 1 to 4000 ppm, particularly preferably 5 to 2500 ppm, particularly preferably 10 to 1000 ppm and in particular 50 to 750 ppm, based on the polymerizable compound ,

If a mixture of several stabilizers or costabilizers is used, these can both be supplied independently of one another at different or the same metering points and can also be dissolved independently of one another in different solvents.

According to the invention, the stabilizers / stabilizer mixtures are preferably used at those points at which the polymerizable compound is exposed to a risk of polymerization, for example due to high purity, high residence time and / or high temperature.

These can be, for example, absorption units, desorption units, rectification units, for example distillation apparatus or rectification columns, evaporators, for example natural or forced circulation evaporators, condensers or vacuum units.

For example, the stabilizers can be metered into the head of a rectification unit, e.g. B. in the head of the rectification unit, removal internals or on the separating internals, such as. B. bottoms, packs, breakwaters or fillings, sprayed or sprayed or together with the return, metered into a condenser, for. B. sprayed so that the condenser head and / or the cooling surfaces are wetted, or in a vacuum unit, as described in EP-A 1 057 804 or as a barrier liquid in a liquid ring pump, as described in DE-A 101 43 565.

The radical scavengers to be used according to the invention can be used both as storage and as transport stabilizers. H. to stabilize the pure polymerizable compounds.

The invention furthermore relates to stabilizer mixtures comprising

i) at least one radical scavenger which contains at least two glycine units, with the proviso that the radical scavenger is not selected from ethylene diamine mintetraacetic acid (EDTA), diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), trans-1,2-cyclohexanediamine tetraacetic acid (CYDTA) and their alkali and alkaline earth metal salts and

ü) at least one further stabilizer or costabilizer.

Free radical scavengers with at least two glycine units i) are compounds which preferably contain at least one A id and / or ester unit, particularly preferably free radical scavengers of the formula (I). Stabilizer mixtures with the aforementioned preferred radical scavengers according to the invention are of course also the subject of the invention.

Combinations of all of the aforementioned components are possible.

Stabilizers or costabilizers are the above-mentioned oxygen-containing gases, phenolic compounds, quinones and hydroquinones, N-oxyl compounds, aromatic amines and phenylenediamines, imines, sulfonamides, oximes, hydroxylamines, urea derivatives, phosphorus-containing and / or sulfur-containing compounds, complexing agents based on TAA and / or metal salts.

Stabilizer mixtures of the radical scavenger and phenothiazine, radical scavenger / hydroquinone, radical scavenger / hydroquinone monomethyl ether, radical scavenger / 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-pipehdin-N-oxyl, radical scavenger / 4-oxo-2 are preferred , 2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidine-N-oxyl, radical scavenger / 2,2y6,6-tetramethyl-piperidine-N-oxyl, radical scavenger / phenothiazine / hydroquinone monomethyl ether, radical scavenger / phenothiazine / 4-hydroxy-2,2 , 6,6-tetramethyl-piperidine-N-oxyl or radical scavenger / hydroquinone monomethyl ether / 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-pipehdin-N-oxyl and optionally in each case at least one of the cerium salts mentioned, in each case in the presence or absence of an oxygen-containing gas, preferably in the presence.

The stabilizer mixtures according to the invention contain components i) and ii) in weight ratios i): ii) between 1: 100 to 100: 1, preferably 1:50 to 50: 1, particularly preferably 1:10 to 10: 1 and in particular 1: 5 to 5: 1.

The invention further relates to mixtures of substances which contain the aforementioned stabilizer mixtures according to the invention and at least one polymerizable compound. All combinations of stabilizer mixtures according to the invention with polymerizable compounds are possible.

The use of the substance mixtures which contain the aforementioned stabilizer mixtures for stabilizing polymerisable compounds against polymeriza- on during processing, storage and / or transport is also the subject of

Invention.

Compounds capable of polymerization in the sense of the present invention are those having at least one ethylenically unsaturated group. These are selected from mono-, di- or t ethylenically unsaturated C ₃ -C ₈ carboxylic acids, dC ₂₀ esters, amides, nitriles and anhydrides of these mono-, di- or triethylenically unsaturated C ₃ -C ₈ carboxylic acids , Vinyl esters of up to 20 carbon atoms containing carboxylic acids, vinyl ethers of alcohols containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, vinyl aromatics and - heteroaromatics with up to 20 carbon atoms, vinyl lactams with 3 to 10 carbon atoms in the ring, open-chain N-vinylamide compounds and N-vinylamine compounds, vinyl halides, aliphatic optionally halogenated hydrocarbons with 2 to 8 carbon atoms and 1 or 2 double bonds, vinylidenes or mixtures of these monomers.

Preferred mono-, di- or triethylenically unsaturated C ₃ -C ₆ carboxylic acids are e.g. B. (meth) acrylic acid, dimethylacrylic acid, ethacrylic acid, citraconic acid, methylene malonic acid, crotonic acid, fumaric acid, mesaconic acid, itaconic acid, maleic acid and their dC ₂₀ alkyl esters, amides, nitriles, aldehydes and anhydrides such as. B. (meth) acrylic acid methyl ester, (meth) acrylic acid ethyl ester, (meth) acrylic acid n-butyl ester, (meth) acrylic acid n-propyl ester, (meth) acrylic acid isopropyl ester, (meth) acrylic acid 2-ethylhexyl ester, (meth ) acrylic acid aryl ester,, maleic acid monomethyl ester, maleic acid dimethyl ester, maleic acid monoethyl ester, maleic acid diethyl ester, alkylene glycol (meth) acrylates, (meth) acrylamide, dimethyl (meth) acrylamide, N-tert-butyl (meth) acrylamide, (meth) acrylonitrile, (meth ) acrolein, (meth) acrylic anhydride, itaconic anhydride, maleic anhydride and its half esters. Cationic monomers of this group are, for example, dialkylaminoalkyl (meth) acrylates and dialkylaminoalkyl (meth) acrylamides such as dimethylaminomethyl (meth) acrylate, dimethylaminoethyl (meth) acrylate, diethylaminoethyl (meth) acrylate and the salts of the last-mentioned monomers with carboxylic acids or mineral acids as well as the qauternated products.

Other monomers of this group are e.g. B. also hydroxyl-containing monomers, in particular Cι-hydroxyalkyl (meth) acrylates such as hydroxyethyl (meth) acrylate, hydroxypropyl (meth) acrylate, hydroxybutyl (meth) acrylate, hydroxyisobutyl (meth) acrylate.

Other monomers in this group are phenyloxyethyl glycol mono- (meth) acrylate, glycidyl (meth) acrylate, trimethylolpropane triacrylate, ureidomethyl methacrylate, amino (meth) acrylates such as 2-aminoethyl (meth) acrylate. Vinyl esters of carboxylic acids with 1 to 20 carbon atoms are e.g. B. vinyl laurate, vinyl stearate,

Vinyl propionate, vinyl versatic acid and vinyl acetate.

As vinyl ethers containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, z. For example, methyl vinyl ether, ethyl vinyl ether, butyl vinyl ether, 4-hydroxybutyl vinyl ether, vinyl isobutyl ether or decyl vinyl ether.

Examples of vinylaromatic and heteroaromatic compounds are vinyltoluene, α- and p-methylstyrene, α-butylstyrene, 4-n-butylstyrene, 4-n-decylstyrene, styrene, divinylbenzene, 2-vinylpryridine, N-vinylimidazole, N-vinylpiperidone, N -Vinyl-2-methylimidazole and N-vinyl-4-methylimidazole.

Vinyl lactams with 3 to 10 carbon atoms in the ring are, for example, N-vinylcaprolactam, N-vinylpyrrolidone, laurolactam, oxygenated purines such as xanthine or its derivatives such as 3-methylxanthine, hypoxanthine, guanine, theophylline, caffeine, adenine or theobromine.

Open-chain N-vinylamide compounds and N-vinylamine compounds such as N-vinylformamide, N-vinyl-N-methylformamide, N-vinylacetamide, N- vinyl-N-methylacetamide, N-vinyl-N-ethylacetamide, N-vinylpropionamide, N- Vinyl-N-methylpropionamide and N-vinylbutyramide and N-vinyl-N-dimethylamine, N-vinyl-N-methylethylamine, N-vinyl-N-diethylamine can be stabilized by the process according to the invention.

The vinyl halides are chlorine, fluorine or bromine-substituted ethylenically unsaturated compounds such as vinyl chloride, vinyl fluoride and vinylidene chloride.

Halogenated hydrocarbons with 2 to 8 carbon atoms and 1 or 2 olefinic double bonds may be mentioned as aliphatic, for example ethylene, propene, 1-butene, 2-butene, isobutene, butadiene, isoprene and chloroprene.

Vinylidene can be mentioned, for example, as vinylidene.

Other polymerizable compounds are N-vinylcaprolactam, vinylphosphoric acids, vinyl acetic acid, allylacetic acid, N-vinyl carbazole, hydroxymethyl vinyl ketone, N, N-divinylethylene urea, vinylene carbonate, tetrafluoroethylene, hexafluoropropene, nitroethylene, α-chloroacrylic ester, α-cyanomalonic ester, meth Cyansorbic acid esters, cyclopentadiene, cyclopentene, cyclohexene and cyclododecene.

In a preferred embodiment of the process according to the invention, the radical scavengers are used to stabilize mono-, di- or triethylenically unsaturated C ₃ -C ₈ -carboxylic acids, and also their C ₁ -C ₂₀ -alkyl esters or N-vinylcaprolactam, N- Vinylformamide, N-vinylimidazole, N-vinylpyrrolidone, vinylphosphoric acids, N-

Vinyl carbazole, N, N-divinylethylene urea, trimethylol propane acrylate, ureidomethyl methacrylate, styrene, butadiene or isoprene are used.

Preferred unsaturated C ₃ -C ₈ carboxylic acids are for example acrylic acid and methacrylic acid and their dC ₈ alkyl esters such as. B. methyl (meth) acrylate, ethyl (meth) acrylate, n-butyl (meth) acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl (meth) acrylate.

In a preferred embodiment, the radical scavengers according to the invention are used in a process as described in DE-A 100 64 642. For this purpose, in a process for working up (meth) acrylic acid in the presence of at least one stabilizer, a mixture of substances originating from the working up and essentially free of (meth) acrylic acid and containing stabilizer is passed into a distillation apparatus and a low boiling stream obtained therefrom and containing stabilizer returned to the processing.

Free radical scavengers according to the invention are particularly suitable for such a process, their vapor pressures at 141 ° C. (boiling point of acrylic acid) at normal pressure being at least 15 hPa, preferably between 20 and 800 hPa, particularly preferably between 25 and 500 hPa, very particularly preferably between 25 and 250 hPa and in particular between 25 and 160 hPa, and their mixtures.

In a further preferred embodiment, the radical scavengers according to the invention are used in a process for working up N-vinyl monomers, such as the vinyl esters mentioned, vinyl ethers, vinyl aromatics and heteroaromics as well as the open-chain N-vinylamide compounds and N-vinylamine compounds.

Of course, the area of application of the method according to the invention also relates to the storage and transport of these polymerizable compounds.

Unless otherwise stated, ppm and percentages used in this document relate to percentages by weight and ppm.

The following examples are intended to illustrate the invention but not to restrict it to these examples. example 1

0.5 ml of freshly thawed acrylic acid, which was distilled twice to remove the storage stabilizer, were filled into 1.8 ml ampoules in an air atmosphere.

The samples were all stored in a forced-air drying cabinet at 120 ° C.

In each test series, 3 ampoules were filled and tested from each acrylic acid sample; the mean value of the time until the polymerization was complete was assessed visually.

The average standard deviation within a test series was approx. 2 - 4%. Unless otherwise stated, the concentrations were 25 ppm free radical scavenger plus 10 ppm phenothiazine (PTZ).

The relative effectiveness is calculated from the quotient of the time until the polymerisation of the sample from radical scavenger and PTZ and the time up to the polymerisation of the reference sample. Pure PTZ was used as the reference sample, so the relative effectiveness of the reference sample is 1.0.

The results are summarized in Table 3. Table 3

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Example 2

In a 250 ml round bottom flask, 90 ml of the monomer were filled with the desired amount of a stabilizer and rinsed with the appropriate atmosphere. The flask was heated to the desired storage temperature. Samples were taken at regular intervals. These were examined for the polymer content by Raman spectroscopy. The course of the curve relative to the unstabilized sample shows the effectiveness of the stabilizer system used.

A mixture of N-vinylpyrrolidone (NVP) and pyrrolidone (1: 1) was used as reference and 25 ppm of PTZ were added. The sample was examined at 150 ° C under an air atmosphere. Rapid polymer formation (PVP = polyvinylpyrrolidone) took place. The results are shown in Table 4.

A mixture of 25 ppm radical scavenger (Table 3 from Example 1) and 25 ppm PTZ was added to a mixture of N-vinylpyrrolidone and pyrrolidone (1: 1) and heated under identical conditions. No significant differences could be determined between the free radical scavengers used in Example 1. Table 5 summarizes the results of a radical scavenger (Table 3 from Example 1, 1st entry). The formation of PVP in the presence of a radical scavenger according to the invention and PTZ was successfully suppressed.

1) RDff = - radical scavenger

The influence of various concentrations of PTZ and radical scavenger according to the invention was then investigated using this example. The results are shown in Table 6. It is clear from this that from a quantity of 25 ppm PTZ and free radical scavenger, no significant difference in the polymerization inhibition is discernible.

¹⁾ Rf = radical scavenger

Claims

claims

1. A method for stabilizing polymerizable compounds against polymerization during processing, storage and / or transport, characterized in that at least one radical scavenger containing at least two glycine units is used, with the proviso that the radical scavenger is not selected from ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA ), Diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA), trans-1, 2-cyclohexanediaminetetraacetic acid (CYDTA) and their alkali and alkaline earth salts.

!. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one radical scavenger containing at least two glycine units is used, with the proviso that the radical scavenger does not have ≥ 2 of the following structural units: wherein R, R 'can independently be hydrogen or metal.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that at least one Radikalfäπcjer containing at least 2 glycine units and at least one amide and / or ester unit is used.

4. Process according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that at least one radical scavenger of the formula (I) is used

where, G ^{1 can be} NR ³ R ⁴ or OR ⁷ ,

G ^{2 can be} NR ⁵ R ⁶ or OR ⁸ , R ¹ to R ⁶ independently of one another are hydrogen, dC ₂₀ alkyl, dC ₂ o-alkylcarbonyl, C ₂ -C o-alkenyl, C ₂ -C ₂₀ alkenylcarbonyl, C ₂ -C ₂ o-alkynyl, C ₂ -C ₂ can be o-alkynylcarbonyl, C ₃ -C ₅ -cycloalkyl, C ₅ -C ₅ -cycloalkylcarbonyl, aryl, arylcarbonyl or heterocycles,

R ⁷ and R ^{8 are} independently _{Cι-C2o-alkyl,} Cι-C ₂ o-alkylcarbonyl, C ₂ -C ₂₀ - alkenyl, C ₂ -C ₂ o-alkenylcarbonyl, C ₂ -C ₂ o-alkynyl, C Can be ₂ -C ₂₀ alkynylcarbonyl, C ₃ -C ₁₅ cycloalkyl, C ₅ -C 5s cycloalkylcarbonyl, aryl, arylcarbonyl or heterocycles,

X d-Czo-alkyl, NCH ₂ COOR ⁹ , NR ¹⁰ , O, S, PR ¹¹ , Se, SIOR ¹² R ¹³ or aryl, in which R ⁹ to R ¹³ independently of one another are hydrogen or the C 1 -C ₂₀ - Can be alkyl, and k, I, m, n can independently represent numbers from 0 to 20.

5. The method according to claims 1 to 4, characterized in that R ¹ and R ^{2 are the} same and hydrogen or dC ₂ o-alkyl.

6. The method according to claims 1 to 5, characterized in that R ³ and R ^{5 are the} same and are hydrogen, dC o-alkyl or dC ₂₀ alkylcarbonyl.

7. The method according to claims 1 to 6, characterized in that R ⁴ and R ^{6 are the} same and dC ₂ o-alkyl, dC ₂ o-alkylcarbonyl, aryl, C ₂ -C ₂ o-alkenyl, C ₂ -C ₂ o - Alkenylcarbonyl, C ₂ -C ₂ o-alkali or C ₂ -C ₂ o-alkynylcarbonyl.

8. The method according to claims 6 or 7, characterized in that R ³ and R ^{5 are} hydrogen and R ⁴ and R ^{6 are} selected from phenyl, benzyl, p-methoxyphenyl, o-, m- or p-hydroxyphenyl, 1-hydroxyhexyl , Methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, ethylene glycol, ethoxylate with 4 to 10 EO units, ethylenediamine, diethylenetriamine, ethylenetetraamine and amino acids.

9. The method according to claims 1 to 5, characterized in that R ⁷ and R ^{8 are the} same and -CC ₂₀ alkyl, CC ₂ o-alkylcarbonyl, aryl, C ₂ -C ₂ o-alkenyl, C ₂ -C ₂₀ - Alkenylcarbonyl, C -C ₂ o-alkynyl or C ₂ -C ₂ o-alkynylcarbonyl.

10. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that R ⁷ and R ^{8 are} selected from phenyl, benzyl, p-methoxyphenyl, o-, m- or p-hydroxyphenyl, 1-hydroxyhexyl, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, ethylene glycol , Diethylene glycol, ethylene glycol, ethoxylate with 4 to 10 EO units, ethylenediamine, diethylenetriamine, ethylenetetraamine and amino acids.

11. The method according to claims 1 to 10, characterized in that X is d-Czo-alkyl or CH ₂ NCOOR ⁹ .

12. The method according to claims 1 to 11, characterized in that at least one of the following compounds is used:

13. The method according to claims 1 to 12, characterized in that 0.1 to 1000 ppm of the radical scavenger or a radical scavenger mixture is used based on the polymerizable compound.

14. The method according to claims 1 to 13, characterized in that one uses at least one costabilizer.

15. The method according to claim 14, characterized in that the costabilizer is selected from the group of oxygen-containing gases, phenolic compounds, quinones and hydroquinones, N-oxyl compounds, aromatic amines, phenylenediamines, imines, sulfonamides, oximes, hydroxylamines, urea derivatives, phosphorus-containing compounds, sulfur-containing compounds, complexing agents based on tetraazaannulene and metal salts, and, if appropriate, mixtures thereof.

16. The method according to claim 14 or 15, characterized in that the costabilizer is phenothiazine, hydroquinone, hydroquinone monomethyl ether, 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidine-N-oxyl, 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6- tetramethyl-piperidine-N-oxyl, 4-oxo-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-pipehdin-N-oxyl, N, N'-di-sec.-butyl-p-phenylenediamine, cerium (III) acetate, Uses cerium (III) ethylhexanoate, oxygen-containing gases and / or mixtures thereof.

17. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the polymerizable compound contains at least one ethylenically unsaturated group.

18. The method according to claim 17, characterized in that the polymerizable compound is selected from the group of mono-, di- or triethylenically unsaturated C ₃ -C ₈ carboxylic acids, dC ₂ o-esters, amides, nitriles and Anhydrides of these mono-, di- or triethylenically unsaturated C ₃ -C ₈ -carboxylic acids, vinyl esters of carboxylic acids containing up to 20 C-atoms, vinyl ethers of alcohols containing 1 to 10 C-atoms, vinyl aromatics and - heteroaromatics with up to 20 C- Atoms, vinyl lactams with 3 to 10 carbon atoms in the ring, open-chain N-vinylamide compounds and N-vinylamine compounds, vinyl halides, aliphatic optionally halogenated hydrocarbons with 2 to 8 carbon atoms and 1 or 2 double bonds, vinylidenes or mixtures of these monomers.

19. The method according to claim 17 or 18, characterized in that the polymerizable compound mono-, di- or triethylenically unsaturated C ₃ - C ₈ carboxylic acids, -C-C ₂ o-esters of these mono-, di- or triethylenically unsaturated C. ₃ -C ₈ carboxylic acids, vinyl esters of carboxylic acids containing up to 20 C atoms, vinyl ethers of alcohols containing 1 to 10 C atoms, vinyl aromatics and heteroaromatics with up to 20 C atoms, vinyl lactams with 3 to 10 C atoms in the Ring, open-chain N-vinylamide compounds or N-vinylamine compounds.

20. The method according to claims 17 to 19, characterized in that the polymerizable compound (meth) acrylic acid, (meth) acrylic acid ester, N-vinylcaprolactam, N-vinylformamide, N-vinylimidazole, N-vinylpyrrolidone, vinyl phosphoric acids, N-vinylcarbazole , N, N-divinylethyl, urea, trimethylolpropane triacrylate, ureidomethyl methacrylate, styrene, butadiene or isoprene.

21. Stabilizer mixture comprising i) at least one radical scavenger which contains at least two glycine units, with the proviso that the radical scavenger is not selected from ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), diethylenediaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), trans-1, 2-cyclohexanediamine tetraacetic acid (CYDTA) and their alkali and alkaline earth salts and ii) at least one further stabilizer or costabilizer.

22. A mixture comprising a stabilizer mixture according to claim 21 and at least one polymerizable compound.

3. Use of a stabilizer mixture according to claim 21 for stabilizing polymerizable compounds against polymerization during processing, storage and / or transport.