JP2005112983A - Brominated polymer - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a brominated polymer of high bromine content in an easier way than the case with conventional technology through solving the problem that for quantitatively obtaining a brominated polymer of high bromine content from a conjugated diene polymer, bromination under severe reaction conditions is required, inevitably resulting in using large-scale equipment and/or process. <P>SOLUTION: The brominated polymer is obtained by brominating poly(4-trimethylsilyl-1-buten-3-yne). This brominated polymer is 40-100% in the bromination percentage of the side chain carbon-carbon triple bond and 30-60 mass% in bromine content. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a brominated polymer, and particularly to a brominated polymer that can be used as a flame retardant molding material or a polymer flame retardant.

  A bromine-containing polymer is known to have flame retardancy, and is used as a flame retardant molding material as well as a polymer flame retardant blended in various resin materials and rubber materials.

  There are two methods for synthesizing a brominated polymer: a method of polymerizing a bromine-containing monomer and a method of adding bromine to an unsaturated bond of a conjugated diene polymer. The former method is often employed because of the problems that the bromine-containing monomer is expensive and that it is relatively difficult to polymerize in a high yield.

However, in order to quantitatively obtain a brominated polymer having a high bromine content from a conjugated diene polymer, it is necessary to perform bromination under severe reaction conditions, and equipment and processes become large. In order to solve this point, for example, a method of brominating polybutadiene and a butadiene-isoprene copolymer in the presence of a small amount of chlorine (for example, see Patent Document 1), and a method of brominating a conjugated diene polymer in a latex state. (See, for example, Patent Document 2).
JP-A-50-82194 JP 51-25591 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a brominated polymer having a high bromine content that can be produced by easier operation and mild reaction conditions than in the prior art.

  The present invention is a brominated polymer obtained by brominating a carbon-carbon triple bond in a side chain of poly (4-trimethylsilyl-1-butene-3-yne).

  By an easy operation of adding bromine to the polymer solution and mild reaction conditions, a brominated polymer having a high bromine content can be quantitatively synthesized.

  The brominated polymer of the present invention is obtained by adding bromine to poly (4-trimethylsilyl-1-butene-3-yne) obtained by polymerizing 4-trimethylsilyl-1-butene-3-yne. is there. Here, the bromination rate of the carbon-carbon triple bond is preferably 40% to 100%. The bromine content is preferably 30% by mass to 60% by mass.

  The poly (4-trimethylsilyl-1-butene-3-yne) (hereinafter referred to as PTMSVA) of the present invention is 4-trimethylsilyl-1-butene-3-yne (also referred to as trimethylsilylvinylacetylene, hereinafter referred to as TMSVA). It is obtained by polymerization.

  In order to synthesize TMSVA in high yield, it is preferable to produce 1-butene-3-yne (also referred to as monovinylacetylene, hereinafter referred to as MVA) as a starting material. Specifically, MVA and ethylmagnesium chloride are reacted in a tetrahydrofuran solution to form a MVA Grignard reagent, and chlorotrimethylsilane is coupled therewith to synthesize TMSVA.

  The polymerization method of TMSVA is anionic polymerization or radical polymerization, but radical polymerization is preferred because the polymerization operation is easy. In the case of radical polymerization, any of bulk polymerization, solution polymerization, suspension polymerization, emulsion polymerization and the like may be used. The radical polymerization initiator may be appropriately selected from known polymerization initiators in conventional radical polymerization such as peroxides and azo compounds.

  Examples of the peroxide include hydrogen peroxide, potassium persulfate, sodium peroxide, ammonium persulfate, isobutyryl peroxide, α, α′-bis (neodecanoylperoxy) diisopropylbenzene, cumylperoxyneodecano. Di-n-propyl peroxydicarbonate, diisopropyl peroxydicarbonate, di-sec-butyl peroxycarbonate, 1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutylperoxyneodecanoate, bis (4-t -Butylcyclohexyl) peroxydicarbonate, 1-cyclohexyl-1-methylethylperoxyneodecanoate, di-2-ethoxyhexylperoxydicarbonate, di (2-ethylhexylperoxy) dicarbonate, t-hexylper Oxyneo Decanoe Dimethoxybutyl peroxydicarbonate, di (3-methyl-3-methoxybutylperoxy) dicarbonate, t-butylperoxyneodecanoate, t-hexylperoxypivalate, t-butylperoxypivalate 3,5,5-trimethylhexanoyl peroxide, octanoyl peroxide, lauroyl peroxide, stearoyl peroxide, 1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutylperoxy-2-ethylhexanoate, succinic peroxide Oxide, 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-di (2-ethylhexanoylperoxy) hexane, 1-cyclohexyl-1-methylethylperoxy-2-ethylhexanoate, t-hexylperoxy-2- Ethyl hexanoate, 4-methylbenzoyl par Xide, t-butylperoxy-2-ethylhexanoate, m-toluoylbenzoyl peroxide, benzoyl peroxide, t-butylperoxyisobutyrate, 1,1-bis (t-butylperoxy) 2- Methylcyclohexane, 1,1-bis (t-hexylperoxy) -3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane, 1,1-bis (t-hexylperoxy) cyclohexane, 1,1-bis (t-butylperoxy) ) -3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane, 1,1-bis (t-butylperoxy) cyclohexane, 2,2-bis (4,4-di-butylperoxycyclohexyl) propane, 1,1-bis ( t-butylperoxy) cyclododecane, t-hexylperoxyisopropyl monocarbonate, t-butyl -Oxymaleic acid, t-butylperoxy-3,5,5-trimethylhexanoate, t-butylperoxylaurate, 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-di (m-toluoylperoxy) Hexane, t-butylperoxyisopropyl monocarbonate, t-butylperoxy-2-ethylhexyl monocarbonate, t-hexylperoxybenzoate, 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-di (benzoylperoxy) hexane, t- Butyl peroxyacetate, 2,2-bis (t-butylperoxy) butane, t-butylperoxybenzoate, n-butyl-4,4-bis (t-butylperoxide) valerate, di-t-butylper Oxyisophthalate, α, α'-bis (t-butylperoxy) diisopropylbenzene Dicumyl peroxide, 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-di (t-butylperoxy) hexane, t-butylcumyl peroxide, di-t-butyl peroxide, p-menthane hydroperoxide, 2,5 -Dimethyl-2,5-di (t-butylperoxy) hexyne-3, diisopropylbenzene hydroperoxide, t-butyltrimethylsilyl peroxide, 1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl hydroperoxide, cumene hydroper Examples thereof include oxide, t-hexyl hydroperoxide, and t-butyl hydroperoxide.

  Examples of the azo compound include 2,2′-azobis (4-methoxy-2,4-dimethylvaleronitrile), 2,2′-azobis (2,4-dimethylvaleronitrile), and dimethyl-2,2 ′. -Azobis (2-methylpropionate), 2,2'-azobis (2-methylbutyronitrile), 1,1'-azobis (cyclohexane-1-carbonitrile), 2,2'-azobis [N- (2-propenyl) -2-methylpropionamide], 2,2′-azobis (N-butyl-2-methylpropionamide), 2,2′-azobis (N-cyclohexyl-2-methylpropionamide), 1 -[(Cyano-1-methylethyl) azo] formamide, 2,2-azobis [2- (5-methyl-2-imidazolin-2-yl) propane] dihydrochloride 2,2′-azobis [2- (2-imidazolin-2-yl) propane] disulfate dihydrate, 2,2′-azobis [N- (2-carboxyethyl) -2-imidazolin-2-yl] Propane} dihydrochloride, 2,2′-azobis {2-methyl-N- [1,1-bis (hydroxymethyl) -2-hydroxyethyl] propionamide}, 2,2′-azobis [2-methyl-N -(2-hydroxyethyl) propionamide], 2,2′-azobis [2- (2-imidazolin-2-yl) propane] dihydrochloride, 2,2′-azobis (2-methylpropionamidine) dihydrochloride, 2,2′-azobis [2- (3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidin-2-yl) propane] dihydrochloride, 2,2′-azobis 2- (2-imidazolin-2-yl) propane], 2,2′-azobis {2-methyl-N- [2- (1-hydroxybutyl)] propionamide}, 1,1′-azobis (1- Acetoxy-1-phenylethane).

  In the case of emulsion polymerization, an emulsifier and / or a dispersant is required. The emulsifier and / or dispersant in this case is not particularly limited, and various anionic, nonionic and cationic types can be used. Examples of the anionic type include a carboxylic acid type and a sulfate ester type. For example, an alkali metal salt of rosin acid, an alkyl sulfonate having 8 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkyl aryl sulfate, sodium naphthalene sulfonate and formaldehyde Examples include condensates. Nonionic types include water-soluble polymers, ether types, ester types, sorbitan ester types, sorbitan ester ether types, alkylphenol types, and the like, for example, polyvinyl alcohol and copolymers thereof, polyoxyethylene tridecyl ether, Examples thereof include polyoxyethylene monostearate and sorbitan monooleate. Examples of the cationic type include aliphatic amine salts, aliphatic quaternary amine salts, and aromatic quaternary ammonium salts. For example, octadecyltrimethylammonium chloride, hexadecyltrimethylammonium chloride, dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride, dilauryldimethyl. Examples include ammonium chloride.

  In the case of emulsion polymerization, the amount of the emulsifier and the dispersant used is preferably 0.5 to 20 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the initial charged monomers. If the amount is less than 0.5 parts by mass, the emulsification tends to be insufficient. If the amount is more than 20 parts by mass, foaming at the time of stirring may become a problem or the final product characteristics may be adversely affected.

  The organic solvent used in the case of solution polymerization is not particularly limited. Specific examples include toluene, xylene, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, cyclohexane, dichloromethane, tetrahydrofuran (THF), N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), and the like alone. Alternatively, two or more organic solvents may be mixed and used.

  The type of chain transfer agent is not particularly limited, and those usually used for emulsion polymerization of chloroprene can be used. For example, long chain alkyl mercaptans such as n-dodecyl mercaptan and tert-dodecyl mercaptan, diisopropylxanthogen disulfide And dialkylxanthogen disulfides such as diethyl xanthogen disulfide, and known chain transfer agents such as iodoform can be used.

  The polymerization terminator (polymerization inhibitor) is not particularly limited. For example, 2,6-tertiarybutyl-4-methylphenol, phenothiazine, 2,5-bis (1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl) ) Hydroquinone, N-nitrosophenylhydroxylamine and the like can be used.

  Although the polymerization temperature at the time of superposition | polymerization is not specifically limited, In order to perform a polymerization reaction smoothly, it is preferable to make superposition | polymerization temperature into 40-80 degreeC. If it is less than 40 degreeC, a polymerization rate may become slow and productivity may become low. If it is higher than 80 ° C., gelation may occur, which is not preferable.

  The final polymerization rate is not particularly limited and can be arbitrarily adjusted. Unreacted monomers can be removed by a known method such as heating under reduced pressure, and the method is not particularly limited.

  The molecular weight of PTMSVA used in the present invention is not particularly limited. However, in order to allow the bromine addition reaction to proceed smoothly, the number average molecular weight in terms of styrene measured by the GPC method (gel permeation chromatography) is preferably 10,000 to 80,000.

  The bromination reaction in the present invention proceeds if PTMVA is dissolved in an organic solvent, then bromine is added to the PTMVA solution and stirred for a predetermined time.

  The organic solvent as a reaction solvent is not particularly limited. Since PTMSVA dissolves in tetrahydrofuran, n-hexane, benzene, toluene, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, etc., it is preferable to select from these. As for the density | concentration at the time of melt | dissolving PTMSVA, 1 mass%-30 mass% are preferable. If it is less than 1% by mass, it is difficult to purify and recover the brominated polymer. If it is more than 30% by mass, the viscosity of the system becomes high and stirring may be difficult.

  The reaction system should be protected from light. When exposed to intense light, hydrogen in the methylene chain of PTMSVA may be replaced with bromine, or solvent molecules and bromine may react, making it difficult to control the bromination rate.

  The reaction temperature is preferably 10 ° C to 70 ° C. Since the bromination reaction of PTMSVA proceeds slowly at room temperature, there is almost no need to cool to less than 10 ° C. If the reaction temperature is higher than 70 ° C., PTMSVA and brominated polymer may be gelled.

The brominated polymer of the present invention is a copolymer having bonding units represented by the following structural formulas a to c. Here, structural formula a is a bonding unit to which no bromine is added, structural formula b is a bonding unit to which two bromine atoms are added, and structural formula c is a bonding unit to which four bromine atoms are added. Actually, it is difficult for four bromine atoms to be added to one triple bond due to steric hindrance, and the bond unit represented by c may hardly be generated.

The bromination rate of the present invention is the rate at which the bond unit represented by Structural Formula a is converted to the bond unit represented by Structural Formula b and / or Structural Formula c, and is calculated by the following formula. Is.
Bromination rate (%) = {(y + z) / (x + y + z)} × 100
Here, x, y, and z represent the number of repetitions of each bond unit.

  The bromination rate can be controlled by the amount of bromine added, the reaction temperature, and the reaction time. The bromination rate in the present invention is preferably 40% to 100%. When considering the use as a flame retardant, it is preferable to brominate 40% or more.

The bromination rate can be determined from the peak integration ratio of the carbon atom peak to which a bromine atom is added and the carbon atom of the carbon-carbon triple bond of the raw material PTMSVA, using the NNE quantitative mode of ¹³ C-NMR.

  The bromine content is a value representing the bromine content in the brominated polymer in mass%. The bromine content in the present invention is preferably 30% by mass to 60% by mass. In consideration of the use as a flame retardant, it is preferable to contain 30% by mass or more of bromine, but it is technically difficult to add bromine to 60% by mass or more.

In the present invention, the bromine content is measured by an oxygen flask combustion method. In the oxygen flask combustion method, a platinum basket is placed in a flask filled with oxygen, a brominated polymer wrapped in filter paper is placed in the basket, burned in an oxygen atmosphere, and contained bromine as inorganic bromine, In this method, the bromine content is quantified by titration or ion chromatography after being absorbed in an aqueous absorbing solution, and converted to bromide ions. The oxygen flask combustion method is standardized by JIS K7229 as a method for quantifying chlorine in a chlorine-containing resin. The basic apparatus, combustion operation, and absorption operation may be based on JIS K7229. When the brominated polymer is burned and absorbed in the aqueous absorbent, the bromine contained is changed to bromide ions (Br ⁻ ) or bromate ions (BrO ₃ ⁻ ). When hydrazine is added as a reducing agent to the absorbing solution, bromate ions are reduced. Therefore, if only bromide ions are quantified by ion chromatography, they can be quantified with high accuracy.

  EXAMPLES Hereinafter, although an Example demonstrates this invention, these Examples do not limit this invention.

[Example 1]
[Preparation of poly (4-trimethylsilyl-1-butene-3-yne) (PTMSVA)]
In a 100 ml glass eggplant-shaped flask, 60 g (483 mmol) of 4-trimethylsilyl-1-butene-3-yne (TMSVA) and 2,2′-azobis (2,4-dimethylvaleronitrile) (V-65 / Wako Pure) 1.0 g (4 mmol) manufactured by Yakuhin Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. was charged. The concentration of the radical polymerization initiator with respect to the monomer (TMSVA) is 0.83 mol%. A cooling reflux tube was attached, and the reactor was immersed in an oil bath at 60 ° C. and stirred with a magnetic stirrer. After 5.5 hours, the reaction solution was poured into 400 ml of methanol to precipitate the polymer. The precipitate was taken out by decantation and dissolved in 50 ml benzene. This benzene solution was mixed with 400 ml of methanol and precipitated again. The precipitate was taken out by decantation, dissolved in 50 ml of benzene, frozen at −20 ° C. for 24 hours, and vacuum-dried at 24 ° C. for 24 hours to obtain 38.4 g of poly (4-trimethylsilyl-1-butene-3-yne. ) (PTMSVA) was obtained. The yield (polymerization rate) was 64%. The obtained purified PTMSVA was soluble in tetrahydrofuran (THF), benzene, toluene, and hexane.

[Molecular weight measurement of PTMSVA]
The number average molecular weight of polystyrene standards of purified PTMSVA (Mn) and molecular weight distribution (Mw / Mn), apparatus: HLC-8120GPC (manufactured by Tosoh Corporation), precolumn: TSK guard column _H HR -H, analytical column: HSKgelGMH _HR -H, sample pump pressure: 8.0 to 9.5 MPa, measured at a sample adjustment concentration of 0.1% by mass. The number average molecular weight (Mn) in terms of styrene of PTMSVA was 32000, and the molecular weight distribution (Mw / Mn) was 2.0.

[Preparation of brominated polymer]
In a 200 ml Erlenmeyer flask, 1.24 g (10 mmol as a triple bond) of PTMSVA was dissolved in 80 ml of benzene. After complete dissolution, 1.60 g (10 mmol) of bromine (manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.) was charged. After sealing, the whole Erlenmeyer flask was covered with aluminum foil, shielded from light, and allowed to react at 24 ° C. for 4 hours while stirring with a magnetic stirrer. After the reaction, the reaction solution was transferred to a 200 ml eggplant-shaped flask and concentrated with an evaporator. The concentrated reaction liquid was poured into a beaker containing 400 ml of methanol to precipitate a brominated polymer. Methanol was discarded by decantation, and the precipitated brominated polymer was dissolved in 20 ml of benzene. After dissolution, 400 ml of methanol was poured again to cause precipitation. Methanol was discarded by decantation, and the resulting precipitate was dissolved in 20 ml of benzene, frozen at −20 ° C. for 24 hours, and vacuum dried at 24 ° C. for 24 hours.

[Molecular weight measurement of brominated polymer]
The number average molecular weight of polystyrene standards of purified brominated polymer (Mn) and molecular weight distribution (Mw / Mn), apparatus: HLC-8120GPC (manufactured by Tosoh Corporation), precolumn: TSK guard column _H HR -H, analytical column : HSKgelGMH _HR -H, sample pump pressure: 8.0 to 9.5 MPa, measured at a sample adjustment concentration of 0.1% by mass. The results are shown in Table 1.

[Measurement of bromination rate of brominated polymer]
^The bromination rate was measured by ¹³ C-NMR. 200 mg of brominated polymer was dissolved in 0.8 ml of deuterated chloroform, placed in a sample tube having a diameter of 5 mm, and measured using a device: GSX-400 (manufactured by JEOL Ltd.), measurement temperature: 30 ° C., spin: 12 Hz, measurement. Mode: SGNNE, ACQTM: 1.347 s, PD: 8.644 s, PW1 = 4.2 us. The results are shown in Table 1.

[Measurement of bromine content of brominated polymer]
As the oxygen flask combustion apparatus, a flask having an internal volume of 500 ml with a platinum stopper, an ignition platinum coil, and a sliding stopper provided with a lead wire was used in accordance with JIS K7229. A graduated cylinder with a cock was attached to the stopper. First, 5.0 mg of brominated polymer was wrapped in filter paper and mounted on a platinum basket in the flask. Subsequently, 10 ml of a 2 mmol / l sodium hydroxide aqueous solution and 100 μl of a 10% by mass hydrazine monohydrate aqueous solution were placed in the flask as an absorbing solution, and the atmosphere in the flask was replaced with oxygen for 3 minutes. Thereafter, the platinum conducting wire was energized, and the sample was completely burned together with the filter paper in the platinum basket. After combustion, the flask was cooled in ice water for 5 minutes. 15 ml of pure water was added into the flask from the graduated cylinder and cooled until the cloudiness in the flask disappeared. The volume was made up to 50 ml with pure water, and bromide ions were quantified by ion chromatography. Ion chromatography was performed using a device: IC-320J (manufactured by Dionex), column: Ionpac AG11HC, suppressor: ASRA (100 mA), eluent: aqueous potassium hydroxide (30 mmol / l), flow rate: 1.2 ml / min, injection Amount: 25 μl, removal solution: measured with pure water. Prepare a calibration curve of concentration and peak area with bromide ion standard solution (1000 ppm) (manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.), and use this calibration curve to determine the bromide ion concentration in the sample solution from the peak area of the sample solution. C (mg / L) was determined. The bromine content (% by mass) of the brominated polymer was determined from the following formula. The measurement results of bromine content are shown in Table 1.
Bromine content (mass%) = {(C × 0.05) / 5} × 100
C: bromide ion concentration (mg / L) in the sample solution obtained from the calibration curve
0.05: Constant volume of sample solution (L)
5.0: Amount of sample burned (mg)

[Example 2]
The bromination experiment was performed under the same conditions as in Example 1 except that the reaction temperature was changed to 50 ° C. and the reaction time was changed to 24 hours. The molecular weight, bromination rate and bromine content were measured by the same method as in Example 1. The results are summarized in Table 1.

[Example 3]
The bromination experiment was performed under the same conditions as in Example 1 except that the amount of bromine added was 0.64 g (4 mmol) and the reaction time was 24 hours. The molecular weight, bromination rate and bromine content were measured by the same method as in Example 1. The results are summarized in Table 1.

The brominated polymer of the present invention can be used as a flame retardant molding material or a polymer flame retardant.

Claims (3)

A brominated polymer obtained by brominating poly (4-trimethylsilyl-1-butene-3-yne). The brominated heavy according to claim 1, wherein the bromination rate of the carbon-carbon triple bond in the side chain of poly (4-trimethylsilyl-1-butene-3-yne) is 40% to 100%. Coalescence. The brominated polymer according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the bromine content is 30% by mass to 60% by mass.