JPH07292084A - Lactone polymer produced by ring-opening polymerization and containing phenolic hydroxyl group and production thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a lactone polymer produced by ring-opening polymerization which gives a which gives a polycarbonate resin excellent in flexibility, etc., by reacting a mixture of a specific phenol compound, a lactone, and a compound having active hydrogen with heating in the presence of a catalyst. CONSTITUTION:A mixture of a phenol compound represented by formula I (wherein R<1> is a 1-10C hydrocarbon etc.; R<2> is a 1-10C compound; and R<3> is a 1-10C hydrocarbon a lactone represented by formula II (wherein (s) is 2-5) (e.g. gamma-butyrolactone), and a compound having active hydrogen (e.g. benzoic acid) is reacted at 100-230 deg.C in the presence of a catalyst (e.g. tetramethyl titanate) to obtain the title polymer represented by formula III (wherein (m) and (n) each is 0 or 1-100). This polymer is used to produce a polycarbonate resin excellent in flowability, surface smoothness of moldings, etc.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a lactone ring-opening polymer having a phenolic hydroxyl group and a method for producing the same. More specifically, a phenolic hydroxyl group-containing lactone that is a raw material for the production of a polycarbonate resin having excellent resin flowability, surface smoothness of a molded article, and excellent flexibility not found in existing polycarbonate resins. The present invention relates to a ring-opening polymer and a method for producing the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Polycarbonate resin is a high molecular compound synthesized from a dioxy compound such as bisphenol A, phosgene and diallyl carbonate as a raw material, and has properties as a transparent flame-retardant thermoplastic resin. Such polycarbonate resin has an intermediate property of nylon, polyester, and fluororesin, and has excellent moldability and at the same time has heat resistance, aging resistance and impact resistance,
It is extremely strong. Therefore, polycarbonate resin is widely used for molded products (household products, building materials, automobile parts, tools, machine parts, electric appliances, electrical insulating materials, etc.), laminating, coating, film, sheet products, etc. There is.

However, even in the currently widely used polycarbonate resins, in the field where the flowability of the resin and the surface smoothness of the molded product are strongly required, it cannot be said that the above properties are sufficient. Further, there are various demands regarding the flexibility of the polycarbonate resin, but the present polycarbonate resin has not yet satisfied such demand.

[0004]

The object of the present invention is to provide a polycarbonate resin having excellent resin flowability, surface smoothness of a molded article, and excellent flexibility, which are not found in existing polycarbonate resins. To provide manufacturing raw materials.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems The inventors of the present invention have conducted extensive studies to solve the above problems, and as a result, a specific phenolic hydroxyl group-containing lactone ring-opening polymer is a novel polymer,
They have found that this is extremely useful as a raw material for producing a polycarbonate resin having excellent properties, and completed the present invention.

That is, the present invention relates to a phenolic hydroxyl group-containing lactone ring-opening polymer represented by the following general formula [1].

[0007]

[Chemical 5]

The present invention also provides a phenol compound represented by the following general formula [2], a lactone represented by the following general formula [3] and a compound having active hydrogen at 100 to 230 ° C. in the presence of a catalyst. A method for producing the lactone ring-opening polymer having a phenolic hydroxyl group, which is characterized by reacting. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail.

[0009]

[Chemical 6]

[0010]

[Chemical 7]

In the phenolic hydroxyl group-containing lactone ring-opening polymer represented by the general formula [1] of the present invention, R ¹ and R ³ are divalent hydrocarbon residues having 1 to 10 carbon atoms,
From the viewpoint of industrial availability, it is preferably a saturated hydrocarbon residue having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and particularly preferably a saturated hydrocarbon residue having 1 to 2 carbon atoms. The saturated hydrocarbon residue may be linear or branched, but is preferably linear. Specifically, a methylene group,
Ethylene group, trimethylene group, tetramethylene group, pentamethylene group, hexamethylene group, peptamethylene group,
Examples thereof include those having a straight-chain methylene chain such as octamethylene group, nonamethylene group and decamethylene group, and branched alkylene groups such as ethylidene group, isopropylidene group, propylene group and ethylethylene group. In addition, R ¹
Each of R ³ and R ³ need not necessarily be present in the polymer [1] of the present invention. That is, the polymer of the present invention [1]
In, the carbonyl group of the ester bond adjacent to R ¹ and R ³ in the formula may be directly bonded to the benzene ring.

R ² is a divalent compound residue having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and is preferably a compound residue having 1 to 8 carbon atoms from the viewpoint of industrial availability. Is a compound residue having 2 to 6 carbon atoms. The compound residue may be linear or branched,
It is preferably linear. Specifically, those having a linear methylene chain such as methylene group, ethylene group, trimethylene group, tetramethylene group, pentamethylene group, hexamethylene group, peptamethylene group, octamethylene group, nonamethylene group and decamethylene group, ethylidene group And branched alkylene groups such as isopropylidene group, propylene group and ethylethylene group. Furthermore, -CH
₂ OCH ₂ —, —CH ₂ OCH ₂ CH ₂ —, —CH ₂ CH ₂ O
_{CH 2 CH 2 -, - CH} 2 CH 2 CH 2 OCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 -
And a divalent group containing oxygen.

In the general formula [1], the positions of the two phenolic hydroxyl groups may be any of the ortho, meta and para positions with respect to the hydrocarbon residues R ¹ and R ³ or the direct bond. However, the para-position or meta is preferable from the viewpoint of the polymerization reactivity of the phenolic hydroxyl group-containing lactone ring-opening polymer.

S is an integer determined by the type of lactone used as described later, and is an integer of 2 to 5, preferably 3
It is an integer of ˜5, and particularly preferably 5.

M and n are the number of moles of the lactone ring-opening addition polymerization, and each is 0 or an integer of 1 to 100, preferably an integer of 1 to 50, particularly an integer of 1 to 20. Preferably there is. In addition, when m + n is an integer of 1 to 100 and each of n and m is an integer of 2 or more, each s in the formula is usually a single integer, but a mixed lactone chain of 2 or more kinds of integers. May be

Preferred examples of the phenolic hydroxyl group-containing lactone ring-opening polymer represented by the general formula [1] are as follows. In the following formula, m and n are each 0 or 1 to 100, provided that m +
It is selected so that n = 1 to 100.

[0017]

[Chemical 8]

Next, a method for producing the phenolic hydroxyl group-containing lactone ring-opening polymer represented by the general formula [1] will be described. The phenolic hydroxyl group-containing lactone ring-opening polymer represented by the general formula [1] is a phenol compound represented by the following general formula [2], a lactone represented by the following general formula [3] and a compound having active hydrogen. In the presence of a catalyst
It can be produced by reacting at 0 to 230 ° C.

[0019]

[Chemical 9]

[0020]

[Chemical 10]

In the general formulas [2] and [3],
As for R ¹ , R ² , and s, and further preferable ones thereof, those described in the general formula [1] can be applied as they are.

The phenol compound represented by the general formula [2] is a phenol compound represented by the following general formulas [4] and [5] and a dihydric alcohol represented by the general formula [6]. It can be obtained by the esterification reaction or transesterification reaction of. The general formula [4] and the general formula [5] may be the same phenol compound or different compounds.

[0023]

[Chemical 11]

[0024]

[Chemical 12]

R ¹ and R ³ in the general formula [4] and the general formula [5] are the same as those explained in the general formula [1]. As the lower alkyl group for R, a methyl group, an ethyl group, an n-propyl group, an i-propyl group, a butyl group, i
Examples thereof include -butyl group, t-butyl group, sec-butyl group and the like. The position of the phenolic hydroxyl group is
It may be at any of the ortho, meta and para positions with respect to R ¹ or the direct bond. Examples of preferable phenol compounds represented by the general formulas [4] and [5] include the following.

[0026]

[Chemical 13]

R ² of the divalent alcohol represented by the general formula [6] is as described in the general formula [1], and ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, 1,
4-butanediol, 1,3-butanediol, 1,4
-Cyclohexanedimethanol, propylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, polytetramethylene glycol and the like can be exemplified as preferable ones.

The reaction between the two is a normal esterification reaction or transesterification reaction, and proceeds by removing the produced alcohol or water by distillation or the like.

As the lactone represented by the general formula [3] which is another raw material, β-propiolactone in which s is 2; γ-butyrolactone in which s is 3 and δ-valero in which s is 4 Examples include lactone and ε-caprolactone in which s is 5. Among these, particularly preferable ε-caprolactone is industrially produced at a low cost by a commonly known method, for example, the Bayer-Villiger reaction of cyclohexanone with a peracid.

The compound having active hydrogen acting as a polymerization initiator is not particularly limited as long as it is a compound that can be used as a polymerization initiator of the lactone represented by the above general formula [3]. That is, water; alcohols such as ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, 1,4-butanediol, 1,3-butanediol, cyclohexanedimethanol, propylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, polytetramethylene glycol; formic acid, acetic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid Carboxylic acids such as benzoic acid; amines such as methylamine, ethylamine, propylamine, dimethylamine, diethylamine and dimethylaniline; thioalcohols such as ethylthioalcohol and propylthioalcohol can be widely used. In the present invention, alcohols are preferably used among the compounds having active hydrogen described above. And, the addition amount of the compound having active hydrogen is preferably enough to initiate the polymerization of the lactone and is as small as possible. If the amount of the compound having active hydrogen added is unnecessarily large, the hydroxyl group content of the product will be high, and as a result, the polycarbonate resin as the final product will have a reduced molecular weight, which is not preferable. Specifically, the amount added is in the range of 0.01 to 10% by weight, and more preferably 0.1 to 10% by weight, based on the total amount of the reaction raw material compounds.
It is preferably in the range of from 5 to 5% by weight, particularly from 0.2 to 4% by weight. More specifically, for example, commercially available ε
-Water as impurities contained in a small amount in caprolactone, or an unreacted dihydric alcohol component contained in a phenol compound represented by the general formula [2] is produced as a compound having the active hydrogen according to the present invention. It can also be used in the method.

Further, as the catalyst used in the above reaction, it is preferable to use a catalyst capable of simultaneously carrying out the polymerization of the lactone of the general formula [3] and the transesterification reaction. As the catalyst, a generally known catalyst having the above function can be used. Specifically, for example, organic titanium compounds such as tetramethyl titanate, tetraethyl titanate, tetrapropyl titanate, tetrabutyl titanate; tin octylate, dibutyl tin oxide,
Examples thereof include organotin compounds such as dibutyltin acetate; acetylacetonate compounds of various metals, such as acetylacetonate of copper or aluminum. Among the above, preferred catalysts include tetramethyl titanate, tetrabutyl titanate, and dibutyltin oxide. Further, more preferable examples include tetrabutyl titanate and dibutyltin oxide.

The catalyst is used in a catalytic amount, specifically 1 to 10
00 ppm, preferably 1 to 500 ppm, more preferably 1 to 100 ppm can be added. If the addition amount exceeds the above-mentioned catalyst amount, the final product tends to be colored, which is not preferable.

The above reaction can be carried out with or without an inert solvent. From the viewpoint of industrially inexpensive production, it is preferable to carry out the process without a solvent. Examples of the inert solvent include cyclohexanone, liquid paraffin, Solvesso-100 and the like. The reaction is preferably carried out in an inert gas atmosphere, for example, in a nitrogen atmosphere from the viewpoint of preventing coloration due to oxidation.

Further, the above reaction can be carried out at a reaction temperature of 100 to 230 ° C. If the reaction temperature is lower than 100 ° C, the reaction rate becomes slow, which is not preferable.
If it is higher, decomposition reaction occurs, which is not preferable. In addition,
In the above reaction, a preferable reaction temperature is 150 to 220 ° C. from the viewpoint of reaction rate and reaction stability, and a particularly preferable reaction temperature is 180 to 2 because it is industrially advantageous.
It is in the range of 20 ° C.

The amount ratio of the phenol compound represented by the general formula [2] and the lactone represented by the general formula [3] to be reacted affects the molecular weight of the phenolic hydroxyl group-containing lactone ring-opening polymer of the general formula [1]. However, from the viewpoint of flexibility and fluidity of the polycarbonate resin obtained by using the same, the latter is 1 to 100 mol, preferably 1 to 1 mol with respect to 1 mol of the former.
The amount is 50 mol, particularly preferably 1 to 20 mol.

General formula [1] produced by the above method
The phenolic hydroxyl group-containing lactone ring-opening polymer represented by can be used for producing a polycarbonate resin. The phenolic hydroxyl group-containing lactone ring-opening polymer provided by the present invention is bifunctional and can be used alone as a dihydric phenol, or can be used together with a conventionally used dihydric phenol. You can
This makes it possible to produce a polycarbonate resin having a structural unit in the molecular chain obtained by removing hydrogen from the phenolic hydroxyl group in the structural formula [1]. As the production method in this case, for example, a phenolic hydroxyl group-containing lactone ring-opening polymer represented by the general formula [1], an aromatic dihydric phenol such as bisphenol A, and phosgene are reacted by a known method. However, there are no particular restrictions on the conditions at that time. The polycarbonate resin thus obtained has flowability, surface smoothness of a molded product, and excellent flexibility.

[0037]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be specifically described below with reference to examples. However, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited by these examples.

[Synthesis Example 1] 664 g of methyl p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid ester, 106 g of diethylene glycol, and 0.02 g of tetrabutoxytitanium were added to a 1-liter flask equipped with a stirrer, a pressure reducing device, a nitrogen introducing tube, and a thermometer. did. The reaction temperature is 190 for 2 hours.
℃ was made. Methanol was distilled off as the reaction progressed, and about 8
Distillation of methanol ceased in time. The theoretical reaction amount calculated from the amount of distilled methanol was 74%. Then, heat to 150 ° C. at 1.9 Torr to remove unreacted materials,
The temperature is further raised to 170 ° C., the by-products are distilled off, and p
A phenol compound (9) having the following structure of hydroxyphenylacetic acid and diethylene glycol was obtained.

[0039]

[Chemical 14]

Example 1 160.0 g of the phenol compound (9) synthesized in Synthesis Example 1, 712.87 g of ε-caprolactone, and diethylene glycol 3.
87 g was charged into a 1-liter three-necked flask. The temperature was raised while flowing nitrogen, and the reaction was carried out at 220 ° C. for 12 hours. After completion of the reaction, the system was cooled and the reaction product was analyzed by ¹ H-NMR and IR. The results are shown below and again ¹
The H-NMR chart is shown in FIG. 1, and the IR chart is shown in FIG.
Shown in. From this result, the compound is represented by the following structural formula (10).
It is clear that

¹ H-NMR (δ ppm): (6.8-7.2,8H, aromatic proton), (6.2,2H, (phenolic proton), (4.2-4.3,4H,
(Proton derived from diethylene glycol), (3.6-3.8,4
H, a proton derived from diethylene glycol), (4.O-4.
2,40H, protons derived from ε-caprolactone), (3.5,4
H, p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid derived from methylene), (2.2-2.4,40H, ε-caprolactone derived proton), (1.6-1.8,80H, ε-caprolactone derived proton), (1.3- 1.5,40H, a proton derived from ε-caprolactone). IR (cm ^-1 ): 1724 (carbonyl), 3437 (hydroxyl group).

[0042]

[Chemical 15]

Example 2 The reaction was carried out in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the amount of ε-caprolactone used was 3.56 g, which was about half the amount of Example 1. After completion of the reaction, the system was cooled and the reaction product was analyzed by ¹ H-NMR and IR, and it was confirmed that the above structural formula (where m + n = 10) was satisfied.

Reference Example 1 44 g of bisphenol A, 0.27 g of 2.0N sodium hydroxide solution, and 160 g of methylene chloride were placed in a reactor equipped with a stirrer and having an internal capacity of 1 liter.
Was stirred and then bubbling phosgene for 70 minutes, after which the aqueous and organic phases were separated. The chloroformate concentration in this solution was 0.7 mol / liter. Methylene chloride solution of the obtained polycarbonate oligomer 0.1
L. and 26.54 g (0.01 mol) of the phenolic hydroxyl group-containing lactone ring-opening polymer obtained in Example 1, 5.05 g of bisphenol A, 0.88 g (5.88 mmol) of p-tert-butylphenol, 7.25 50% by weight aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, and methylene chloride 75
ml, and the emulsion interface area is 90-100 m ²
The reaction was carried out by stirring so that the amount became / liter. After 60 minutes, the resulting reaction mixture is separated into an aqueous phase and a methylene chloride phase containing the produced polymer, and the methylene chloride phase is washed with water,
It was washed in order with 0.1N hydrochloric acid. Methylene chloride was removed from this methylene chloride phase under reduced pressure at 40 ° C. to obtain a white polycarbonate resin powder. The weight average molecular weight of this polycarbonate resin was 67,100, the melt viscosity was 14,100 poise, and the melt tension was 10.0 g.

[0045]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention provides a lactone ring-opening polymer containing a phenolic hydroxyl group and a method for producing the same.
By using the phenolic hydroxyl group-containing lactone ring-opening polymer provided by the present invention in the production of a polycarbonate resin, not found in existing polycarbonate resins, excellent resin flowability and surface smoothness of molded products, Furthermore, a polycarbonate resin having excellent flexibility can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 ¹ H-NMR chart of a phenolic hydroxyl group-containing lactone ring-opening polymer obtained in Example 1.

FIG. 2 is an IR chart of the phenolic hydroxyl group-containing lactone ring-opening polymer obtained in Example 1.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A phenolic hydroxyl group-containing lactone ring-opening polymer represented by the following general formula [1]. [Chemical 1] 2. A phenolic hydroxyl group-containing lactone ring-opening polymer represented by any one of the following structural formulas. [Chemical 2] 3. A phenol compound represented by the following general formula [2], a lactone represented by the following general formula [3] and a compound having active hydrogen are added in an amount of 100 to 23 in the presence of a catalyst.
The method for producing a phenolic hydroxyl group-containing lactone ring-opening polymer according to claim 1, wherein the reaction is carried out at 0 ° C. [Chemical 3] [Chemical 4]