JPH06122710A - Terminal-modified polyolefin - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a nearly monodisperse polyolefin modified only at the terminals thereof with units derived from a (meth)acrylic acid derivative by reacting polypropylene or an ethylene/propylene random copolymer with the (meth)acrylic acid derivative. CONSTITUTION:Living polypropylene or a living ethylene/propylene random copolymer each obtained by polymerization in the presence of a catalyst comprising a combination of a V compound represented by formula I (wherein R<1>, R<2>, and R<3> each is H or a 1-8C hydrocarbon group, provided that at least one, but not all, of R<1> to R<3> is H) with an organic Al compound is reacted with a (meth)acrylic acid derivative represented by formula II (wherein R is H or CH3 and (n) is 2-4). Thus, the polymer is modified at the terminals thereof with substituents represented by formula III (wherein R and (n) are each as defined above) to obtain the objective polyolefin.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a polyolefin whose polymer end is modified with a (meth) acrylic acid derivative unit.

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2. Description of the Related Art In the polymerization of α-olefins such as propylene with conventional Ziegler-Natta type catalysts, chain transfer reaction and termination reaction occur, so that it is difficult to modify only the end of the obtained polymer with a substituent or the like. Is.

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DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a polyolefin in which only terminals of polypropylene or an ethylene-propylene random copolymer are modified with a methacrylic acid (acrylic acid) derivative unit and which is nearly monodisperse. To aim.

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As a result of earnest studies, the inventors of the present invention have found that a living polypropylene or ethylene-propylene random copolymer obtained by using a specific polymerization catalyst without chain transfer reaction or termination reaction. The present invention has been completed by finding that the object of the present invention can be achieved by reacting methacrylic acid (acrylic acid) derivative with.

[0005] SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Namely, the present invention is polypropylene or an ethylene - propylene random copolymer terminal is modified with a substituent represented by the following general formula I terminal modified polyolefin, the general formula I

[Chemical 2] [However, R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and n represents an integer of 2 to 4, respectively. ] Is the gist.

The end-modified polyolefin of the present invention is usually obtained in the form of a composition whose end is represented by the following general formula II. General formula II

[Chemical 3] [However, R and n have the same meaning as described above, and m is 0.1 to 0.1.
Represents the number of 100]

The terminal-modified polyolefin of the present invention has the following general formula III and general formula III

[Chemical 4] [R ^{1 to} R ³ represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms. However, at least one of R ^{1 to} R ³ must be a hydrogen atom, but all of R ^{1 to} R ³ must not be hydrogen atoms. ] In the presence of a catalyst composed of a vanadium compound and an organoaluminum compound represented by, living polypropylene obtained by polymerizing propylene or a living ethylene-propylene random copolymer obtained by randomly copolymerizing ethylene and propylene, General formula
IV

[Chemical 5] [However, R and n are as defined above. ] It can manufacture by making it react with the methacrylic acid (acrylic acid) derivative represented by this.

The catalyst (a) vanadium compound The vanadium compound used in the present invention has the general formula III:

[Chemical 6][However, R¹~ R³Has the same meaning as above. ] Is represented.
A specific example included in the above formula will be described below.・ R²Is a hydrogen atom, and R¹And R³Is a hydrocarbon group
If R¹/ R³: CH₃/ CH₃, CH₃/ C₂H_Five, C₂
H_Five/ C₂H_Five, CH ₃/ C₆H_Five, C₂H_Five/ C₆H
_Five, C₆H_Five/ C₆H_Five, CH₃/ C₆H_FiveCH₂, C
₆H_FiveCH₂/ C₆H_FiveCH₂, C₂H_Five/ C₆H_FiveC
H₂, C₆H_Five/ C₆H_FiveCH₂．・ R²Is a hydrocarbon group, R¹, R³One of them is water
When the other is a hydrocarbon group in an elementary atom. R²/ R¹Or R³: CH₃/ CH₃, C₂H_Five/ CH
₃, CH₃/ C₂H_Five, C₂H_Five/ C₂H_Five, C₂H_Five
/ CH₃, CH₃/ C₆H_Five, C₆H_Five/ C₂H_Five, C
₂H_Five/ C₆H_Five, C₆H_Five/ C₆H_Five, C₆H_FiveCH
₂/ CH₃, CH₃/ C₆H_FiveCH₂, C₆H_FiveCH₂
/ C₆H_FiveCH₂, C₆H_FiveCH₂/ C ₂H_Five, C₂H
_Five/ C₆H_FiveCH₂, C₆H_FiveCH₂/ C₆H_Five, C₆
H_Five/ C ₆H_FiveCH₂．・ R²Is a hydrogen atom, and R¹, R³Is hydrogen
When an atom is another hydrocarbon group. R¹Or R³: CH₃, C₂H_Five, C₆H_Five, C₆H_Five
CH₂ Among these, the following compounds are particularly desirable.
Good

[Chemical 7]

[Chemical 8]

[Chemical 9]

(B) Organoaluminum compound The organoaluminum compound has the general formula R _n AlX
_3-n (wherein R is an alkyl group or an aryl group, X is a halogen atom or a hydrogen atom, and n is an arbitrary number within the range of 1 ≦ n <3), for example, dialkyl Particularly preferred are alkylaluminum compounds having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, preferably 2 to 6 carbon atoms such as aluminum monohalide, monoalkylaluminum dihalide and alkylaluminum sesquihalide, or a mixture or complex compound thereof. Specifically, dimethyl aluminum chloride, diethyl aluminum chloride, diethyl aluminum bromide, diethyl aluminum iodide, dialkyl aluminum monohalide such as diisobutyl aluminum chloride, methyl aluminum dichloride, ethyl aluminum dichloride, methyl aluminum dibromide, ethyl aluminum dibromide, Examples thereof include monoalkyl aluminum dihalides such as ethyl aluminum diiodide and isobutyl aluminum dichloride, and alkyl aluminum sesquihalides such as ethyl aluminum sesquichloride.

The proportion of the vanadium compound and the organoaluminum compound used is 1 to 1,000 moles of the organoaluminum compound per mole of the vanadium compound.

Living Polymerization of Propylene Living polymerization of propylene includes, in addition to homopolymerization of propylene, a small amount of ethylene or 1-butene, 1
It is also possible to polymerize in the presence of an α-olefin such as -hexene or 4-methyl-1-pentene.

The polymerization reaction is inert to the polymerization reaction,
And it is desirable to carry out in a liquid solvent at the time of polymerization, as the solvent, saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons such as propane, butane, pentane, hexane and heptane, saturated alicyclic hydrocarbons such as cyclopropane and cyclohexane, benzene. , And aromatic hydrocarbons such as toluene and xylene.

The amount of the polymerization catalyst used during the polymerization of propylene is 1 × 10 ^{−4 to} 0.1 mol of vanadium compound per 1 mol of propylene or propylene and a small amount of a comonomer.
5 × 10 ^{−4 to} 5 × 10 ⁻² moles, organoaluminum compound 1 × 10 ^{−4 to} 0.5 moles, preferably 1 ×
It is 10 ^{−3 to} 0.1 mol. In addition, vanadium compound 1
The organoaluminum compound is preferably 4 to 4 moles.
100 mol is used.

Living polymerization is usually from -100 ° C to +10.
It is carried out at 0 ° C for 0.5 to 50 hours. The molecular weight and yield of the obtained living polypropylene can be adjusted by changing the reaction temperature and the reaction time. By setting the polymerization temperature to a low temperature, particularly -30 ° C or lower, a polymer having a molecular weight distribution close to monodispersion can be obtained. At −50 ° C. or lower, Mw (weight average molecular weight) / Mn (number average molecular weight)
Can be a living polymer having a ratio of 1.05 to 1.40.

A reaction accelerator may be used during the polymerization reaction. As the reaction accelerator, anisole, water, oxygen,
Examples thereof include alcohols (methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, etc.) and esters (ethyl benzoate, ethyl acetate, etc.). The amount of the accelerator used is usually 0.1 to 2 mol per mol of the vanadium compound. By the above-mentioned method, living polypropylene having a number average molecular weight of about 800 to about 400,000 and being nearly monodisperse can be produced.

The living random copolymerization polymerization reaction of ethylene-propylene is preferably carried out in a solvent which is inert to the polymerization reaction and which is liquid at the time of polymerization, and the solvent is propane, butane, pentane or hexane. And saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons such as heptane, saturated alicyclic hydrocarbons such as cyclopropane and cyclohexane, and aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene, toluene and xylene. The method of contacting ethylene and propylene with the polymerization catalyst can be arbitrarily selected, but is preferably a method of sequentially adding a solution of an organoaluminum compound and a solution of a vanadium compound to a solvent solution of ethylene and propylene, or contacting the organoaluminum. A method of adding ethylene and propylene to a solvent solution containing a compound and a vanadium compound and bringing them into contact with each other.

The amount of the polymerization catalyst used is such that the vanadium compound is 1 × 10 ^{−4 to} 0.
1 mol, preferably 5x10 ^-4 mol to 5x10 ^-2 mol,
The amount of the organoaluminum compound is 1 × 10 ^{−4 to} 0.5 mol, preferably 1 × 10 ^{−3 to} 0.1 mol. The organoaluminum compound is preferably used in an amount of 4 to 100 mol per mol of the vanadium compound. The molecular weight and yield of the resulting living copolymer can be adjusted by changing the reaction temperature and the reaction time. The present invention has a low polymerization temperature,
In particular, by setting the temperature to -30 ° C or lower, a polymer having a molecular weight distribution close to monodispersion can be obtained, and at -50 ° C or lower, Mw (weight average molecular weight) / Mn (number average molecular weight)
A living ethylene-propylene random copolymer having a ratio of 1.05 to 1.40 is obtained.

A reaction accelerator may be used during the polymerization reaction. As the reaction accelerator, anisole, water, oxygen,
Examples thereof include alcohols (methanol, ethanol, isopropanol), esters (ethyl benzoate, ethyl acetate, etc.). The amount of the accelerator used is usually 0.1 to 2 mol per mol of the vanadium compound. The proportion of ethylene and propylene in the living copolymer is usually up to 90 mol% ethylene. This can be adjusted by changing the use ratio of ethylene and propylene during living polymerization, but if the use ratio of ethylene is increased, the molecular weight distribution of the copolymer becomes wider, which is not desirable. When producing a living copolymer having a high ethylene content and a narrow molecular weight distribution, that is, a monodisperse living copolymer, a small amount of propylene is supplied to the polymerization system before the living copolymerization of ethylene and propylene. By holding for 1 hour, a large amount of ethylene can be introduced into the copolymer while the living copolymer has a narrow molecular weight distribution. As described above, a living ethylene-propylene random copolymer having a number average molecular weight of about 500 to 500,000 (converted to propylene, the same applies hereinafter) and being nearly monodisperse can be produced.

Reaction with methacrylic acid (acrylic acid) derivative Methacrylic acid (acrylic acid) reacted with living polypropylene or ethylene-propylene random copolymer
The derivative (hereinafter referred to as compound I) has the general formula IV,

[Chemical 10] It is represented by. In the formula, R and n are as described above. The reaction between the living polypropylene or the ethylene-propylene random copolymer and the compound I is preferably carried out by supplying the compound I to the reaction system in which the living polypropylene or the ethylene-propylene random copolymer is present and causing the reaction. The reaction is carried out at a temperature of -100 ° C to + 150 ° C for 5 minutes to 50 hours. By increasing the reaction temperature or increasing the reaction time, the modification rate of the polyolefin terminal with the compound I unit can be increased. Compound I is 1 to 1 mol of living polyolefin.
1,000 moles are used.

The reaction product of the living polypropylene or the ethylene-propylene random copolymer with the compound I is then contacted with a proton donor to obtain the terminal-modified polyolefin of the present invention. Examples of the proton donor include alcohols such as methanol, ethanol and phenol, and mineral acids such as hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid. The alcohol and the mineral acid may be used at the same time. The proton donor is usually used in large excess. The contact with the proton donor is
Usually, it is carried out at -100 ° C to + 100 ° C for 1 minute to 10 hours.

The polyolefin of the present invention obtained as described above follows the number average molecular weight (Mn) of about 800 to about 400,000, and the living polypropylene or ethylene-propylene random copolymer itself. Very narrow molecular weight distribution (Mw / Mn = 1.05-1.
40), and each end has 0.1 to 100
Preferably 0.2 to 50, more preferably 0.3
˜25 modified Compound I units described above.
Further, the terminal-modified polyolefin of the present invention is characterized in that the syndiotactic dyad fraction is 0.6 or more.

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EXAMPLES The present invention will be described below with reference to examples. The characterization of the polymer was carried out by the following method. -Molecular weight and molecular weight distribution GPC (gel permeation chromatography) model 150 manufactured by Waters was used. Solvent: o-dichlorobenzene, measurement temperature: 135 ° C, solvent flow rate: 1.0
ml / min. Column is Tohso GMH6HT (trade name)
It was used. In the measurement, a standard curve of polystyrene was obtained using a monodisperse polystyrene standard sample manufactured by Tosoh Corporation, and a standard curve of polypropylene was prepared from this by a universal method. Polymer structure determination ( ¹ H-NMR spectrum): JSX GSX-4
00 (trade name), Fourier transform type NMR spectrometer was used under the conditions of 400 MHz, 30 ° C. and pulse interval of 15 seconds. The sample was prepared by dissolving it in deuterated chloroform. ( ¹³ C-NMR spectrum): VFT XL-200 type (trade name) with PFT pulse Fourier transform device
Using, 50MHz, 120 ℃, pulse width 8.2μs
The measurement was performed under the conditions of π / 3, pulse interval of 4 seconds, and integration number of 5,000. Samples were trichlorobenzene and benzene (2:
It was adjusted by dissolving it in the mixed solvent of 1). (Infrared absorption spectrum): The polymer was cast on a KBr plate and measured using a model IR-810 (trade name) infrared spectrophotometer manufactured by JASCO Corporation.

Example 1 100 ml of toluene was placed in a 300 ml flask sufficiently replaced with nitrogen gas and cooled to -60 ° C. 100 mmol of propylene was added at the same temperature and liquefied and dissolved in toluene. Then, 15 mmol of a solution of Al (C ₂ H ₅ ) ₂ Cl in n-heptane and 1.5 mmol of a solution of V (2-methyl-1,3-butanedionate) _{3 in} toluene were added, and polymerization was started with stirring. Polymerization of propylene -60 ℃
I went there for 1 hour. Then, 100 mmol of ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGMA) was added and the reaction was carried out at the same temperature for 1 hour. Then, the reaction solution was poured into 500 ml of methanol to precipitate a polymer. The obtained polymer was washed 5 times with methanol and then dried under reduced pressure at room temperature to obtain 1.35 g of a polymer.

The GPC efflux curve of the resulting polymer was unimodal. Mn of this polymer was 4.0 × 10 ³ , M
w / Mn was 1.10, which was a value close to monodispersion. When the infrared absorption spectrum (IR) of this polymer was measured, 1
A peak based on the absorption of a carbonyl group was observed at 740 cm ^-1 . Furthermore, as a result of NMR analysis, in addition to the peak due to polypropylene (δ = 0.7 to 1.7 ppm), a peak having the following chemical shift value was observed, and EGMA was bound to the end of the polypropylene chain. found.

[Chemical 11] Also, the proton signal of the polypropylene part (δ = 0.7
(-1.7 ppm) and the area ratio of the proton signal (d) of the EGMA unit, it was confirmed that the obtained polymer had one EGMA unit bonded to the end of the polypropylene chain.

Example 2 400 ml of toluene was placed in a 1.5 liter autoclave sufficiently replaced with nitrogen gas and cooled to -60 ° C. 200 g of propylene was added at the same temperature and liquefied and dissolved in toluene. Then 50 mmol of Al (C ₂
H ₅ ) ₂ Cl in n-heptane and 0.6 mmol of V (2-methyl-1,3-butanedionate) ₃ in toluene were added, and propylene polymerization was initiated with stirring.
It lasted 5 hours. Then, after adding 500 mmol of EGMA at the same temperature, the temperature of the reaction system was raised to 0 ° C over 1 hour, and the reaction with EGMA was carried out at 0 ° C for 5 hours. Thereafter, the same treatment as in Example 1 was carried out to obtain a terminal-modified polypropylene having the properties shown in Table 1.

Example 3 100 ml of toluene was placed in a 300 ml flask sufficiently replaced with nitrogen gas and cooled to -78 ° C. 200 mmol of propylene was added at the same temperature and liquefied and dissolved in toluene. Then 15 mmol of Al (C ₂ H ₅ ) ₂ C
An ln-heptane solution and a 1.5 mmol V (acetylacetonato) ₃ toluene solution were added, and polymerization was started with stirring. Polymerization of propylene was carried out at -78 ° C for 3 hours. Then, a reaction with EGMA was carried out in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the reaction conditions were -40 ° C for 3 hours, to obtain a terminal-modified polypropylene having the properties shown in Table 1.

[0027]Example 4 1.0 liter autoclave fully replaced with nitrogen gas
Toluene (500 ml) was added and cooled to -60 ° C.
Then, at the same temperature, 25 mmol of Al (C₂H_Five) ₂Cl
n-heptane solution and 1.5 mmol of V (2-methyl
-1,3-butanedionate)₃Toluene solution
It was Next, after reducing the pressure in the system to 680 mmHg,
Mixed gas of ethylene and propylene (40/60 molar ratio)
Of ethylene and propylene
The polymerization was carried out at -60 ° C for 4 hours. Then E at the same temperature
After adding 500 mmol of GMA, the temperature of the reaction system was set to 1
The temperature was raised to -20 ° C over a period of time and the reaction was carried out at the same temperature for 1 hour.
Let Thereafter, the same treatment as in Example 1 was performed, and the properties shown in Table 1 were used.
A terminal modified ethylene-propylene random copolymer of
It was Of the obtained copolymer¹³C-NMR measurement is performed
Peak (S) attributed to carbon and peak attributed to tertiary carbon
The content of propylene from the area of
The amount was calculated. As a result, the propylene content in the copolymer
The amount was 54.7 mol%. Propylene content (mol%) = {T / 1/2 (S + T)}
x100 Incidentally, this copolymer was analyzed by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC).
As a result of thermal analysis, the
No transition temperature (about -10 ° C) was observed.

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[Table 1]

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INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The polymer of the present invention can be used as a compatibilizing agent for heterogeneous polymers, a polymer modifier for imparting dyeability or adhesiveness to polymers, a viscosity index improver for lubricating oils and the like.

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A terminal-modified polyolefin obtained by modifying the terminal of polypropylene or an ethylene-propylene random copolymer with a substituent represented by the following general formula I. General formula I [However, R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and n represents an integer of 2 to 4, respectively. ]