JP2007191656A - Pressure-sensitive adhesive composition and pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a material exhibiting adhesive force nearly equal to that of an acrylic adhesive as an aliphatic ester-based adhesive. <P>SOLUTION: The adhesive composition contains a polyester obtained by condensing 1-8 mol eq. aliphatic diol and 9-2 mol eq. dimethylolalkanoic acid (with the proviso that the total of the aliphatic diol and the dimethylolalkanoic acid is 10 mol eq.) with 10 mol eq. aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, and having a carboxy group on the molecular side chain, as a main component. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition and a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet thereof, and more particularly to the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition having improved adhesion to an adherend having a polarity such as metal and the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet. is there.

The acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive polymerizes a monomer containing a polar group such as acrylic acid to improve the adhesion to an adherend having polarity such as metal, and adds polarity to the molecule.

On the other hand, the ester-condensation-type pressure-sensitive adhesives described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 have a diol and a dicarboxylic acid condensed and polymerized, and thus have a hydroxyl group or a carboxyl group at the molecular end. Compared with acrylic, the adhesive strength to adherends with polarity is inferior to acrylic adhesives.

In other words, in the prior art, it was easy to introduce a carboxyl group into a molecular side chain in a polymer synthesis that performs radical polymerization such as an acrylic system, but in a condensation system that reacts a hydroxyl group and an acid such as a polyester system. Since the carboxyl group reacts with the hydroxyl group, it was difficult to introduce the carboxyl group into the side chain.

In acrylic adhesives, the adhesive strength can be easily adjusted by adjusting the amount of monomers containing polar groups such as acrylic acid. There is no other method for introducing a polar group, and the adhesive force is adjusted by the amount of the cross-linking agent. There was a tendency to become a brittle pressure-sensitive adhesive, and the adjustment of the adhesive strength was not easy.

JP 2002-194314 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-180023

As described above, since the characteristics of the acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive have been excellent, the necessity of the polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive has been low. However, recently, an adhesive having biodegradability in consideration of the environment has been demanded.

In general, acrylic adhesives are not biodegradable, and many aliphatic ester polymers are biodegradable. Therefore, it has become necessary to improve and control the adhesive strength of aliphatic ester adhesives to the same level as acrylic.

In light of such circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide an aliphatic ester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive that exhibits adhesive strength equivalent to that of an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive.

As a result of intensive studies to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present inventors conducted a condensation reaction between an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and an aliphatic diol, by co-condensing a specific carboxyl group-containing diol by a specific method, thereby obtaining a molecule. A polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition that can generate a polyester having a carboxyl group as a polar group in the side chain and has improved adhesion to an adherend having a polarity such as metal by using this as a main component. And that the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet can be obtained, the present invention has been completed.

That is, the present invention is based on 10 mole equivalents of aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, 1-8 mole equivalents of aliphatic diol and 9-2 mole equivalents of dimethylol alkyl acid (however, the total amount of aliphatic diol and dimethylol alkyl acid) Is a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising as a main component a polyester having a carboxyl group in the molecular side chain obtained by condensation reaction of 10 molar equivalents), and this pressure-sensitive adhesive composition was used. It relates to an adhesive sheet.

In the present invention, 1 to 8 molar equivalents of an aliphatic diol is condensed as a first reaction with respect to 10 molar equivalents of an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, and 9 to 2 molar equivalents of dimethylolalkyl acid (however, A total of 10 molar equivalents of aliphatic diol and dimethylol alkyl acid) is subjected to a condensation reaction to obtain a polyester having a carboxyl group in the molecular side chain, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing this polyester as a main component is produced. A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet comprising: a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition produced by the above-described method, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet produced using the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition. This relates to the manufacturing method.

In the present invention, in order to obtain a high molecular weight polyester in the condensation reaction of an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid with an aliphatic diol and dimethylol alkyl acid, the above equimolar equivalents are selected for both. In some cases, a slight deviation from the equimolar equivalent is allowed. Specifically, the total amount of the aliphatic diol and the dimethylol alkyl acid may be increased or decreased within a range of ± 0.2 molar equivalents relative to the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid. In other words, the total amount of the aliphatic diol and the dimethylol alkyl acid can be in the range of 9.8 to 10.2 molar equivalents with respect to 10 molar equivalents of the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid.

In addition, in this specification, the “adhesive sheet” includes not only a normally wide adhesive sheet but also a normally narrow adhesive tape, and various other known adhesive products such as an adhesive label. Are also widely included.

As described above, in the present invention, a polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive having improved adhesion to an adherend having a polarity such as metal by using a polyester having a carboxyl group introduced as a polar group in the molecular side chain as a main component. A composition and its adhesive sheet can be provided.

In the present invention, the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and the aliphatic diol used as the raw material of the polyester are both aliphatic, so that the polyester obtained can be expected to be biodegradable unlike an acrylic polymer. .

Aliphatic dicarboxylic acids include succinic acid, methyl succinic acid, adipic acid, pimelic acid, azelaic acid, sebacic acid, maleic acid, 1,12-dodecanoic acid, 1,14-tetradecanoic acid, dimer acid and the like. More than one species can be used in combination.

Examples of the aliphatic diol include linear aliphatic diols such as ethylene glycol, 1,3-propylene glycol, 1,4-butanediol, 1,6-hexanediol, and 1,9-nonanediol, neopentyl glycol, 2- Methyl-1,3-propanediol, 2,2-diethyl-1,3-propanediol, 2-methyl-2-propyl-1,3-propanediol, 2-butyl-2-ethyl-1,3-propane Diol, 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol, 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol, 2,4-diethyl-1,5-pentanediol, 1,3,5-trimethyl-1,3-pentane Diol, 2-methyl-1,6-hexanediol, 2-methyl-1,8-octanediol, 2-methyl-1,9-nonanediol, dimer And aliphatic diol are exemplified with a hydrocarbon group side chains, such as all, it can also be used in combination of two or more.

In the present invention, dimethylol alkyl acid is used to introduce a side chain having polarity into the polyester molecule. Since this dimethylol alkyl acid has two hydroxyl groups and one carboxyl group in the molecule, the carboxyl group can be introduced into the side chain of the molecule by the condensation of the two hydroxyl groups with the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid.

Examples of such dimethylolalkyl acids include dimethylolbutanoic acid, dimethylolpropionic acid, dimethyloloctylic acid, and the like.

In the present invention, the proportion of the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and the aliphatic diol used is 1 to 8 molar equivalents, preferably 2 to 7 molar equivalents, with respect to the total amount of aliphatic dicarboxylic acids of 10 molar equivalents. Yes, more preferably 3 to 6 molar equivalents. If the aliphatic diol is less than 1 molar equivalent, gelation tends to occur during polymerization, and if it exceeds 8 molar equivalent, the effect of improving the adhesive strength is remarkably reduced.

Moreover, the usage-amount of a dimethylol alkyl acid is 9-2 molar equivalent with respect to the total amount of aliphatic dicarboxylic acid 10 molar equivalent, Preferably it is 8-3 molar equivalent, More preferably, it is 7-4 molar equivalent. It is. When the dimethylol alkyl acid is less than 2 molar equivalents, the effect of improving the adhesive strength is remarkably reduced, and when it exceeds 9 molar equivalents, gelation tends to occur.

In the present invention, it is desirable that the number of moles of the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid is equal to the total number of moles of the aliphatic diol and the dimethylolalkyl acid. That is, it is desirable that the total amount of the aliphatic diol and the dimethylol alkyl acid be 10 molar equivalents with respect to 10 molar equivalents of the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid. Thus, high molecular weight polyester can be obtained by equalizing the number of moles.

However, as described above, within a range where the molecular weight of the polyester does not decrease so much, either can be set to be slightly higher. That is, the total amount of the aliphatic diol and the dimethylol alkyl acid can be in the range of 9.8 to 10.2 molar equivalents with respect to 10 molar equivalents of the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid.

In the present invention, the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, the aliphatic diol, and the dimethylol alkyl acid are subjected to a condensation reaction to obtain a polyester. In this case, when the above raw materials are subjected to a condensation reaction together, dimethylol alkyl acid is obtained. Acts as a cross-linking agent, and gelation occurs during the condensation reaction, making it difficult to carry out the condensation reaction smoothly.

Therefore, in the present invention, an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and an aliphatic diol are subjected to a condensation reaction as the first reaction. At that time, the molecular end of the polyester is converted to a carboxyl group by increasing the molar ratio of the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid. After completion of the reaction, as a second reaction, dimethylol alkyl acid is added and gelation is performed by condensation reaction between the carboxyl group at the molecular end of the polyester produced in the first reaction and the hydroxyl group of dimethylol alkyl acid. And a polyester having a carboxyl group in the molecular side chain can be obtained.

That is, in the present invention, with respect to 10 molar equivalents of an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, 1 to 8 molar equivalents of an aliphatic diol is subjected to a condensation reaction as a first reaction, and 9 to 2 molar equivalents of a dimethylol alkyl acid as a second reaction (however, The total amount of the group diol and dimethylol alkyl acid is 10 molar equivalents) to obtain a polyester having a carboxyl group in the molecular side chain.

Here, in the second reaction, the amount of dimethylol alkyl acid is 9 to 2 molar equivalents relative to 10 molar equivalents of the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, so that a hydroxyl group is present at the molecular terminal of the polyester obtained in the first reaction. Therefore, dimethylol alkyl acid hardly reacts as a cross-linking agent, but when it exceeds 9 molar equivalents, dimethylol alkyl acid is self-condensed and easily gelled.

In the present invention, a catalyst used in a general condensation reaction can be used in the above reaction. Specific examples include metal compounds such as tetra-n-butyl titanate, tetraisopropyl titanate, antimony trioxide, and butyltin oxide.

The amount of these catalysts to be used can be selected as appropriate, but is usually 0.01 to 0.5 parts by weight, preferably 0.02 to 0.005 parts per 100 parts by weight of the total amount of aliphatic diol and dimethylol alkyl acid. 3 parts by weight. When the amount of the catalyst used is less than 0.01 parts by weight, the polymerization time becomes remarkably long, and when it exceeds 0.5 parts by weight, gelation tends to occur.

The polyester of the present invention thus obtained has an acid value of 10 to 70 mgKOH / g, and the acid value in the molecule is higher than that of an ordinary polyester having an acid value of 0.1 to 5.0 mgKOH / g. It can be seen that the amount of (carboxyl group) is increased. That is, the polyester of the present invention has a carboxyl group in the molecular side chain.

The acid value can be determined by neutralizing a sample (polyester) dissolved in a solvent with KOH according to a conventional method.

The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of the present invention contains the above polyester as a main component, and is usually crosslinked to have excellent heat resistance. In the crosslinking treatment, a polyfunctional compound having a functional group capable of reacting with a functional group contained in the polyester such as a polyisocyanate compound, a polyepoxy compound, or a polyaziridine compound can be added as a crosslinking agent to cause a crosslinking reaction. .

Of the crosslinking agents, polyisocyanate compounds are preferred. Examples of polyisocyanate compounds include lower aliphatic polyisocyanates such as butylene diisocyanate and hexamethylene diisocyanate, alicyclic polyisocyanates such as cyclopentylene diisocyanate, cyclohexylene diisocyanate and isophorone diisocyanate, 2,4-tolylene diisocyanate, Examples thereof include aromatic polyisocyanates such as 4,4'-diphenylmethane diisocyanate and xylylene diisocyanate, and isocyanate adducts such as tolylene diisocyanate adduct of trimethylolpropane and hexamethylene diisocyanate adduct. Two or more of these crosslinking agents may be used in combination.

The amount of the crosslinking agent can be appropriately selected, but is usually 0.01 to 10 parts by weight, preferably 0.05 to 6 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the aliphatic diol and dimethylolalkyl acid. is there. When the amount of the crosslinking agent used is less than 0.01 parts by weight, there is no effect as a crosslinking agent.

In the adhesive composition of the present invention, in addition to the above-mentioned crosslinking agent, if necessary, a tackifier, an anti-aging agent, an antioxidant, a colorant, a filler, and the like are conventionally blended in an adhesive. These various additives can be arbitrarily blended.

The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet of the present invention is coated on the support or peelable support using the above-mentioned pressure-sensitive adhesive composition so that the thickness after drying is 10 to 50 μm, and dried. It is in the form of a sheet or tape. As the support, known various materials made of a plastic film such as a polyethylene terephthalate film or a porous material such as paper or nonwoven fabric are used. The same applies to the peelable support.

Next, examples of the present invention will be described in more detail. In the following, “parts” means parts by weight.

The adhesive strength described below is measured according to the adhesive strength of JIS C 2107 (180 degree peeling method). However, the pressure bonding was performed by reciprocating a 2 kg roller once, the test plate was a stainless steel plate, the test piece was 20 mm wide, and the tensile speed was 300 mm / min.

Example 1
A four-necked separable flask is equipped with a stirrer, thermometer, nitrogen tube and water separation tube, to which 73 parts of dimer acid ("Prepol 1009", molecular weight 567 made by Unichema), dimer diol (made by Unikema) "Prepol 2003", molecular weight 537) 13 parts, n-butyltin oxide (manufactured by Kishida Chemical Co., Ltd.) 0.3 part, and xylene 15 parts as reaction water discharge solvent were charged, and the temperature was raised to 180 ° C. with stirring in a nitrogen atmosphere. Warm and maintain this temperature.

After a while, outflow separation of the reaction water was observed, and the first reaction started to proceed. The first reaction was continued for about 12 hours to confirm that the amount became constant, and 14 parts of 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid (manufactured by Tokyo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.) was added. The second reaction was carried out for 9 hours to obtain a polyester having a carboxyl group in the molecular side chain.

The dimer acid, dimer diol, and 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid used in the first reaction and the second reaction were used in an amount of 2 mol of dimer diol with respect to 10 mol equivalent of dimer acid. The equivalent amount of 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid was 8 molar equivalents.

This polyester was diluted to a solid content concentration of 30% by weight. To 100.3 parts (solid content) of this polyester, 2 parts (solid content) of trimethylolpropane hexamethylene diisocyanate adduct (“Coronate L” manufactured by Nippon Polyurethane Co., Ltd.) as a cross-linking agent was blended to obtain an adhesive. It was set as the composition. This pressure-sensitive adhesive composition was coated on a polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness of 38 μm, dried at 100 ° C. for 5 minutes, and then left in an atmosphere at 50 ° C. for 120 hours to form a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a thickness of 50 μm. An adhesive sheet was obtained.

Example 2
Example 1 except that dimer acid was changed to 67 parts, dimer diol was changed to 24 parts, and 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid was changed to 9 parts in the second reaction. Thus, a polyester having a carboxyl group in the molecular side chain was obtained. Using this polyester, an adhesive composition and an adhesive sheet were obtained in the same manner as in Example 1.

The dimer acid, dimer diol and 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid used in the first reaction and the second reaction were used in a proportion of 4 mol of dimer diol with respect to 10 mol equivalent of dimer acid. The equivalent amount of 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid was 6 molar equivalents.

Example 3
Example 1 except that dimer acid was changed to 57 parts, dimer diol was changed to 39 parts, and 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid was changed to 4 parts in the second reaction. Thus, a polyester having a carboxyl group in the molecular side chain was obtained. Using this polyester, an adhesive composition and an adhesive sheet were obtained in the same manner as in Example 1.

The dimer acid, dimer diol and 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid used in the first reaction and the second reaction were used in a ratio of 7 mol of dimer diol to 10 mol equivalent of dimer acid. The equivalent amount of 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid was 3 molar equivalents.

Comparative Example 1
When the dimer acid was changed to 81 parts in the first reaction and 19 parts of 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid was used instead of 13 parts of the dimer diol, the same reaction as the first reaction was performed. During the reaction, gelation occurred, and the target polyester could not be obtained. Therefore, neither an adhesive composition nor an adhesive sheet was obtained.

The dimer acid, dimer diol, and 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid used in the above reaction were used in an amount of 0 mole equivalent of dimer diol, 2,2-bis to 10 mole equivalent of dimer acid. Bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid was 10 molar equivalents. That is, in this comparative example, polyester is obtained from dimer acid and 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid through a one-step reaction.

Comparative Example 2
Example 1 except that dimer acid was changed to 52 parts, dimer diol was changed to 47 parts, and 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid was changed to 1 part in the second reaction. To obtain a polyester. Using this polyester, an adhesive composition and an adhesive sheet were obtained in the same manner as in Example 1.

The dimer acid, dimer diol and 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid used in the first reaction and the second reaction were used in an amount of 9 mol of dimer diol with respect to 10 mol equivalent of dimer acid. The equivalent amount of 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid was 1 molar equivalent. That is, this comparative example is an example in which the amount of 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid is too small.

Comparative Example 3
Example 1 except that dimer acid was changed to 69 parts, dimer diol was changed to 25 parts, and 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid was changed to 6 parts in the second reaction. Thus, a polyester having a carboxyl group in the molecular side chain was obtained. Using this polyester, an adhesive composition and an adhesive sheet were obtained in the same manner as in Example 1.

The dimer acid, dimer diol and 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid used in the first reaction and the second reaction were used in a proportion of 4 mol of dimer diol with respect to 10 mol equivalent of dimer acid. The equivalent amount of 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid was 4 molar equivalents. That is, this comparative example is an example in which the total amount of dimer diol and 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid is too small with respect to dimer acid, and the resulting polyester has a low molecular weight.

Comparative Example 4
In the first reaction, the dimer acid was changed to 67 parts, the dimer diol was changed to 24 parts, and 9 parts of 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid was further added to perform the same reaction as the first reaction. During the reaction, gelation occurred, and the target polyester could not be obtained. Therefore, neither an adhesive composition nor an adhesive sheet was obtained.

The dimer acid, dimer diol and 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid used in the above reaction were used in an amount of 4 molar equivalents of dimer diol, 2,2-bis to 10 molar equivalents of dimer acid. Bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid was 6 molar equivalents. That is, in this comparative example, polyester is obtained by a one-step reaction using these three component reaction raw materials.

Comparative Example 5
A polyester was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the first reaction was changed to 51 parts and the dimer diol was changed to 49 parts in the first reaction, and the first reaction was performed and the second reaction was not performed. Using this polyester, an adhesive composition and an adhesive sheet were obtained in the same manner as in Example 1.

The dimer acid, dimer diol and 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid used in the above reaction were used in a proportion of 10 molar equivalents of dimer diol, Bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid was 0 molar equivalent. That is, this comparative example is shown as an example in which 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid was not used.

The adhesive strength of each of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets of Examples 1 to 3 and Comparative Examples 2, 3, and 5 was examined. As a result, Example 1 had a width of 23 N / 20 mm, Example 2 had a width of 21 N / 20 mm, and Example 3 In Comparative Example 2, the width was 19 N / 20 mm, Comparative Example 3 was 10 N / 20 mm, and Comparative Example 5 was 6 N / 20 mm.

As is clear from this result, according to the present invention, dimer acid, dimer diol and 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propionic acid are used, and these are obtained by two-stage condensation reaction at a specific ratio. It can be seen that a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet having improved adhesion to an adherend having polarity such as metal can be obtained by using a polyester having a carboxyl group in the molecular side chain as a main component.

Claims (4)

1 to 8 molar equivalents of aliphatic diol and 9 to 2 molar equivalents of dimethylol alkyl acid (however, the total amount of aliphatic diol and dimethylol alkyl acid is 10 molar equivalents) with respect to 10 molar equivalents of aliphatic dicarboxylic acid A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising, as a main component, a polyester having a carboxyl group in a molecular side chain obtained by a condensation reaction.

As a first reaction, 1 to 8 molar equivalents of an aliphatic diol are subjected to a condensation reaction with respect to 10 molar equivalents of an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, and 9 to 2 molar equivalents of a dimethylol alkyl acid as a second reaction (however, an aliphatic diol and dimethylol) Pressure-sensitive adhesive, characterized in that a polyester having a carboxyl group in the molecular side chain is obtained by subjecting a condensation reaction to a total amount of 10 mol equivalents with an alkyl acid to produce a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing the polyester as a main component. A method for producing the composition.

A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet comprising the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to claim 1.

A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is produced by the method according to claim 2, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet is produced using the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition.