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• the invention relates to thermplastic molding compositions, comprising
• the invention further relates to the use of the inventive molding compositions for production of fibers, of foils, and of moldings, and also to the resultant moldings of any type.
• Low-molecular-weight additives are usually added to thermoplastics in order to improve flowability.
• the action of these additives is subject to severe restriction, because, for example, the fall-off in mechanical properties becomes unacceptable when the added amount of the additive increases
• Dendritic polymers having a perfectly symmetrical structure can be prepared starting from one central molecule via controlled stepwise linkage of, in each case, two or more di- or polyfunctional monomers to each previously bonded monomer.
• Each linkage step here exponentially increases the number of monomer end groups (and therefore of linkages), and this gives polymers with dendritic structures, in the ideal case spherical, the branches of which comprise exactly the same number of monomer units.
• This perfect structure provides advantageous polymer properties, and by way of example surprisingly low viscosity is found, as is high reactivity, due to the large number of functional groups on the surface of the sphere.
• a and B the functionality of A and B, respectively.
• a trifunctional monomer having a reactive group A and having two reactive groups B is reacted to give a highly branched or hyperbranched polymer.
• a x and B y synthesis taking the example of A 2 +B3 synthesis, a difunctional monomer A 2 is reacted with a trifunctional monomer B 3 . This first gives a 1:1 adduct composed of A and B having an average of one functional group A and two functional groups B, and this can then likewise react to give a highly branched or hyperbranched polymer.
• WO-97/45474 discloses thermoplastic compositions which comprise dendrimeric polyesters as AB 2 molecule.
• a polyhydric alcohol as core molecule reacts with dimethylolpropionic acid as AB 2 molecule to give a dendrimeric polyester.
• This comprises only OH functions at the end of the chain.
• Disadvantages of these mixtures are high glass transition temperature of the dendrimeric polyesters, comparatively complicated preparation process, and especially poor solubility of the dendrimers in the polyester matrix.
• thermoplastic polyester molding compositions which have good flowability together with good mechanical properties.
• the additives or the additive combination is intended neither to exude nor to have any tendency to form mold deposit.
• the inventive molding compositions comprise, as component (A), from 10 to 98.9% by weight, preferably from 30 to 97% by weight, and in particular from 30 to 95% by weight, of at least one thermoplastic polyester.
• polyesters A based on aromatic dicarboxylic acids and on an aliphatic or aromatic dihydroxy compound.
• a first group of preferred polyesters is that of polyalkylene terephthalates, in particular those having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms in the alcohol moiety.
• Polyalkylene terephthalates of this type are known per se and are described in the literature. Their main chain comprises an aromatic ring which derives from the aromatic dicarboxylic acid. There may also be substitution in the aromatic ring, e.g. by halogen, such as chlorine or bromine, or by C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, such as methyl, ethyl, iso- or n-propyl, or n-, iso- or tert-butyl.
• halogen such as chlorine or bromine
• C 1 -C 4 -alkyl such as methyl, ethyl, iso- or n-propyl, or n-, iso- or tert-butyl.
• polyalkylene terephthalates may be prepared by reacting aromatic dicarboxylic acids, or their esters or other esterforming derivatives, with aliphatic dihydroxy compounds in a manner known per se.
• Preferred dicarboxylic acids are 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, terephthalic acid and isophthalic acid, and mixtures of these. Up to 30 mol %, preferably not more than 10 mol % of the aromatic dicarboxylic acids may be replaced by aliphatic or cycloaliphatic dicarboxylic acids, such as adipic acid, azelaic acid, sebacic acid, dodecanedioic acids and cyclohexanedicarboxylic acids.
• Preferred aliphatic dihydroxy compounds are diols having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, in particular 1,2-ethanediol, 1,3-propanediol, 1,4-butanediol, 1,6-hexanediol, 1,4-hexanediol, 1,4-cyclohexanediol, 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol and neopentyl glycol, and mixtures of these.
• polyesters (A) are polyalkylene terephthalates derived from alkanediols having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms.
• PET and/or PBT which comprise, as other monomer units, up to 1% by weight, preferably up to 0.75% by weight, of 1,6-hexanediol and/or 2-methyl-1,5-pentanediol.
• the viscosity number of the polyesters (A) is generally in the range from 50 to 220, preferably from 80 to 160 (measured in 0.5% strength by weight solution in a phenol/o-dichlorobenzene mixture in a weight ratio of 1:1 at 25° C.) in accordance with ISO 1628.
• polyesters whose carboxyl end group content is up to 100 meq/kg of polyester, preferably up to 50 meq/kg of polyester and in particular up to 40 meq/kg of polyester.
• Polyesters of this type may be prepared, for example, by the process of DE-A 44 01 055.
• the carboxyl end group content is usually determined by titration methods (e.g. potentiometry).
• Particularly preferred molding compositions comprise, as component A), a mixture of polyesters other than PBT, for example polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
• PBT polyethylene terephthalate
• the proportion of the polyethylene terephthalate, for example, in the mixture is preferably up to 50% by weight, in particular from 10 to 35% by weight, based on 100% by weight of A).
• Recycled materials are generally:
• Both types of recycled material may be used either as ground material or in the form of pellets.
• the crude recycled materials are separated and purified and then melted and pelletized using an extruder. This usually facilitates handling and free flow, and metering for further steps in processing.
• the recycled materials used may be either pelletized or in the form of regrind.
• the edge length should not be more than 10 mm, preferably less than 8 mm.
• polyesters undergo hydrolytic cleavage during processing (due to traces of moisture) it is advisable to predry the recycled material.
• the residual moisture content after drying is preferably ⁇ 0.2%, in particular ⁇ 0.05%.
• Suitable aromatic dicarboxylic acids are the compounds previously mentioned for the polyalkylene terephthalates.
• the mixtures preferably used are composed of from 5 to 100 mol % of isophthalic acid and from 0 to 95 mol % of terephthalic acid, in particular mixtures of about 80% of terephthalic acid and about 20% of isophthalic acid, up to approximately equivalent mixtures of these two acids.
• the aromatic dihydroxy compounds preferably have the general formula
• Z is an alkylene or cycloalkylene group having up to 8 carbon atoms, an arylene group having up to 12 carbon atoms, a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group, an oxygen or sulfur atom, or a chemical bond, and m is from 0 to 2.
• the phenylene groups of the compounds may also have substitution by C 1 -C 6 -alkyl or alkoxy and fluorine, chlorine or bromine.
• polyalkylene terephthalates and fully aromatic polyesters. These generally comprise from 20 to 98% by weight of the polyalkylene terephthalate and from 2 to 80% by weight of the fully aromatic polyester.
• polyester block copolymers such as copolyetheresters. Products of this type are known per se and are described in the literature, e.g. in U.S. Pat. No. 3,651,014. Corresponding products are also available commercially, e.g. Hytrel® (DuPont).
• polyesters include halogen-free polycarbonates.
• suitable halogen-free polycarbonates are those based on diphenols of the general formula
• Q is a single bond, a C 1 -C 8 -alkylene, C 2 -C 3 - alkylidene, C 3 -C 6 -cycloalkylidene, C 6 -C 12 -arylene group, or —O—, —S— or —SO 2 —, and m is a whole number from 0 to 2.
• the phenylene radicals of the diphenols may also have substituents, such as C 1 -C 6 -alkyl or C 1 -C 6 -alkoxy.
• diphenols of the formula are hydroquinone, resorcinol, 4,4′-di-hydroxybiphenyl, 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane, 2,4-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-methylbutane and 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)cyclohexane. Particular preference is given to 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane and 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)cyclohexane, and also to 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane.
• Either homopolycarbonates or copolycarbonates are suitable as component A, and preference is given to the copolycarbonates of bisphenol A, as well as to bisphenol A homopolymer.
• Suitable polycarbonates may be branched in a known manner, specifically by incorporating from 0.05 to 2.0 mol %, based on the total of the diphenols used, of at least trifunctional compounds, for example those having three or more phenolic OH groups.
• Polycarbonates which have proven particularly suitable have relative viscosities ⁇ rel of from 1.10 to 1.50, in particular from 1.25 to 1.40. This corresponds to an average molar mass M w (weight-average) of from 10 000 to 200 000 g/mol, preferably from 20 000 to 80 000 g/mol.
• the diphenols of the general formula are known per se or can be prepared by known processes.
• the polycarbonates may, for example, be prepared by reacting the diphenols with phosgene in the interfacial process, or with phosgene in the homogeneous-phase process (known as the pyridine process), and in each case the desired molecular weight may be achieved in a known manner by using an appropriate amount of known chain terminators.
• phosgene in the interfacial process or with phosgene in the homogeneous-phase process (known as the pyridine process)
• chain terminators are phenol, p-tert-butylphenol, or else long-chain alkylphenols, such as 4-(1,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenol as in DE-A 28 42 005, or monoalkylphenols, or dialkylphenols with a total of from 8 to 20 carbon atoms in the alkyl substituents as in DE-A-35 06 472, such as p-nonylphenol, 3,5-di-tert-butylphenol, p-tert-octylphenol, p-dodecylphenol, 2-(3,5-dimethylheptyl)phenol and 4-(3,5-dimethylheptyl)phenol.
• long-chain alkylphenols such as 4-(1,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenol as in DE-A 28 42 005, or monoalkylphenols, or dialkylphenols with a total of from 8 to 20 carbon atoms in the alkyl substituents as in DE-A
• halogen-free polycarbonates are polycarbonates composed of halogen-free diphenols, of halogen-free chain terminators and, if used, halogen-free branching agents, where the content of subordinate amounts at the ppm level of hydrolyzable chlorine, resulting, for example, from the preparation of the polycarbonates with phosgene in the interfacial process, is not regarded as meriting the term halogen-containing for the purposes of the invention.
• Polycarbonates of this type with contents of hydrolyzable chlorine at the ppm level are halogen-free polycarbonates for the purposes of the present invention.
• Suitable components A) which may be mentioned are amorphous polyester carbonates, where during the preparation process phosgene has been replaced by aromatic dicarboxylic acid units, such as isophthalic acid and/or terephthalic acid units. Reference may be made at this point to EP-A 711 810 for further details.
• EP-A 365 916 describes other suitable copolycarbonates having cycloalkyl radicals as monomer units.
• bisphenol A it is also possible for bisphenol A to be replaced by bisphenol TMC.
• Polycarbonates of this type are obtainable from Bayer with the trademark APEC HT®.
• the inventive molding compositions comprise, as component B), from 0.01 to 50% by weight, preferably from 0.5 to 20% by weight, and in particular from 0.7 to 10% by weight, of B1) from at least one highly branched or hyperbranched polycarbonate, preferably with an OH number of below 1 to 600 mg KOH/g of polycarbonate, with preference from 10 to 550 mg KOH/g of polycarbonate, and in particular from 50 to 550 mg KOH/g of polycarbonate (to DIN 53240, Part 2), or of at least one hyperbranched polyester as component B2), or a mixture of these, as explained above.
• hyperbranched polycarbonates B1) are non-crosslinked macromolecules having hydroxy groups and carbonate groups, these having both structural and molecular non-uniformity. Their structure may firstly be based on a central molecule in the same way as dendrimers, but with non-uniform chain length of the branches. Secondly, they may also have a linear structure with functional pendant groups, or else they may combine the two extremes, having linear and branched molecular portions. See also P. J. Flory, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1952, 74, 2718, and H. Frey et al., Chem. Eur. J. 2000, 6, no. 14, 2499 for the definition of dendrimeric and hyperbranched polymers.
• “Hyperbranched” in the context of the present invention means that the degree of branching (DB), i.e. the average number of dendritic linkages plus the average number of end groups per molecule, is from 10 to 99.9%, preferably from 20 to 99%, particularly preferably from 20 to 95%.
• DB degree of branching
• “Dendrimeric” in the context of the present invention means that the degree of branching is from 99.9 to 100%. See H. Frey et al., Acta Polym. 1997, 48, 30 for the definition of “degree of branching”.
• the DB (degree of branching) of the relevant substrates is defined as
• T is the average number of terminal monomer units
• Z is the average number of branched monomer units
• L is the average number of linear monomer units in the macromolecules of the respective substances.
• Component B1) preferably has a number-average molar mass M n of from 100 to 15 000 g/mol, preferably from 200 to 12 000 g/mol, and in particular from 500 to 10 000 g/mol (GPC, PMMA standard).
• the glass transition temperature Tg is in particular from ⁇ 80 to +140° C., preferably from ⁇ 60 to 120° C. (according to DSC, DIN 53765).
• the viscosity (mpas) at 23° C. is from 50 to 200 000, in particular from 100 to 150 000, and very particularly preferably from 200 to 100 000.
• Component B1) is preferably obtainable via a process which comprises at least the following steps:
• Phosgene, diphosgene, or triphosgene may be used as starting material, but preference is given to organic carbonates.
• Each of the radicals R of the organic carbonates (A) used as starting material and having the general formula RO(CO) n OR is, independently of the others, a straight-chain or branched aliphatic, aromatic/aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
• the two radicals R may also have bonding to one another to form a ring.
• the radical is preferably an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical, and particularly preferably a straight-chain or branched alkyl radical having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl radical.
• n is preferably from 1 to 3, in particular 1.
• dialkyl or diaryl carbonates may be prepared from the reaction of aliphatic, araliphatic, or aromatic alcohols, preferably monoalcohols, with phosgene. They may also be prepared by way of oxidative carbonylation of the alcohols or phenols by means of CO in the presence of noble metals, oxygen, or NO x .
• preparation methods for diaryl or dialkyl carbonates see also “Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry”, 6th edition, 2000 Electronic Release, Verlag Wiley-VCH,
• suitable carbonates comprise aliphatic, aromatic/aliphatic or aromatic carbonates, such as ethylene carbonate, propylene 1,2- or 1,3-carbonate, diphenyl carbonate, ditolyl carbonate, dixylyl carbonate, dinaphthyl carbonate, ethyl phenyl carbonate, dibenzyl carbonate, dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, dipropyl carbonate, dibutyl carbonate, diisobutyl carbonate, dipentyl carbonate, dihexyl carbonate, dicyclohexyl carbonate, diheptyl carbonate, dioctyl carbonate, didecyl carbonate, or didodecyl carbonate.
• ethylene carbonate propylene 1,2- or 1,3-carbonate
• diphenyl carbonate ditolyl carbonate
• dixylyl carbonate dinaphthyl carbonate
• ethyl phenyl carbonate dibenzyl carbonate
• Examples of carbonates where n is greater than 1 comprise dialkyl dicarbonates, such as di(tert-butyl) dicarbonate, or dialkyl tricarbonates, such as di(tert-butyl) tricarbonate.
• aliphatic carbonates in particular those in which the radicals comprise from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, e.g. dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, dipropyl carbonate, dibutyl carbonate, or diisobutyl carbonate.
• the organic carbonates are reacted with at least one aliphatic alcohol (B) which has at least 3 OH groups, or with mixtures of two or more different alcohols.
• Examples of compounds having at least three OH groups comprise glycerol, trimethylolmethane, trimethylolethane, trimethylol propane, 1,2,4-butanetriol, tris(hydroxymethyl)amine, tris(hydroxyethyl)amine, tris(hydroxypropyl)amine, pentaerythritol, diglycerol, triglycerol, polyglycerols, bis(trimethylolpropane), tris(hydroxymethyl) isocyanurate, tris(hydroxyethyl) isocyanurate, phloroglucinol, trihydroxytoluene, trihydroxydimethylbenzene, phloroglucides, hexahydroxybenzene, 1,3,5-benzenetrimethanol, 1,1,1-tris(4′-hydroxyphenyl)methane, 1,1,1-tris(4′-hydroxyphenyl)ethane, or sugars, e.g.
• glucose trihydric or higher polyhydric polyetherols based on trihydric or higher polyhydric alcohols and ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, or butylene oxide, or polyesterols.
• Particular preference is given here to glycerol, trimethylolethane, trimethylolpropane, 1,2,4-butanetriol, pentaerythritol, and also their polyetherols based on ethylene oxide or propylene oxide.
• polyhydric alcohols may also be used in a mixture with dihydric alcohols (B′), with the proviso that the average total OH functionality of all of the alcohols used is greater than 2.
• suitable compounds having two OH groups comprise ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, 1,2- and 1,3-propanediol, dipropylene glycol, tripropylene glycol, neopentyl glycol, 1,2-, 1,3-, and 1,4-butanediol, 1,2-, 1,3-, and 1,5-pentanediol, hexanediol, cyclopentanediol, cyclohexanediol, cyclohexanedimethanol, bis(4-hydroxycyclohexyl)methane, bis(4-hydroxycyclohexyl)ethane, 2,2-bis(4-hydroxycyclohexyl)propane, 1,1′-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)
• the diols serve for fine adjustment of the properties of the polycarbonate. If use is made of dihydric alcohols, the ratio of dihydric alcohols B)′, to the at least trihydric alcohols (B) is set by the person skilled in the art and depends on the desired properties of the polycarbonate.
• the amount of the alcohol(s) (B′) is generally from 0 to 50 mol %, based on the total amount of all of the alcohols (B) and (B′) taken together.
• the amount is preferably from 0 to 45 mol %, particularly preferably from 0 to 35 mol %, and very particularly preferably from 0 to 30 mol %.
• reaction of phosgene, diphosgene, or triphosgene with the alcohol or alcohol mixture generally takes place with elimination of hydrogen chloride, and the reaction of the carbonates with the alcohol or alcohol mixture to give the inventive highly functional highly branched polycarbonate takes place with elimination of the monofunctional alcohol or phenol from the carbonate molecule.
• the highly functional highly branched polycarbonates formed by the inventive process have termination by hydroxy groups and/or by carbonate groups after the reaction, i.e. with no further modification. They have good solubility in various solvents, e.g. in water, alcohols, such as methanol, ethanol, butanol, alcohol/water mixtures, acetone, 2-butanone, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, methoxypropyl acetate, methoxyethyl acetate, tetrahydrofuran, dimethylformamide, dimethylacetamide, N-methylpyrrolidone, ethylene carbonate, or propylene carbonate.
• alcohols such as methanol, ethanol, butanol, alcohol/water mixtures, acetone, 2-butanone, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, methoxypropyl acetate, methoxyethyl acetate, tetrahydrofuran, dimethylformamide
• a highly functional polycarbonate is a product which, besides the carbonate groups which form the polymer skeleton, further has at least three, preferably at least six, more preferably at least ten, terminal or pendant functional groups.
• the functional groups are carbonate groups and/or OH groups.
• the highly functional polycarbonates of the present invention mostly have not more than 500 terminal or pendant functional groups, preferably not more than 100 terminal or pendant functional groups.
• condensate (K) comprises an average of either one carbonate group or carbamoyl group and more than one OH group or one OH group and more than one carbonate group or carbamoyl group.
• the simplest structure of the condensate (K) composed of a carbonate (A) and a di- or polyalcohol (B) here results in the arrangement XY n or Y n X, where X is a carbonate group, Y is a hydroxy group, and n is generally a number from 1 to 6, preferably from 1 to 4, particularly preferably from 1 to 3.
• the reactive group which is the single resultant group here is generally termed “focal group” below.
• R in the formulae 1-3 has the definition given at the outset, and R 1 is an aliphatic or aromatic radical.
• the condensate (K) may, by way of example, also be prepared from a carbonate and a trihydric alcohol, as illustrated by the general formula 4, the molar reaction ratio being 2:1.
• the average result is a molecule of X 2 Y type, an OH group being focal group here.
• R and R 1 are as defined in formulae 1-3.
• difunctional compounds e.g. a dicarbonate or a diol
• this extends the chains, as illustrated by way of example in the general formula 5.
• the average result is again a molecule Of XY 2 type, a carbonate group being focal group.
• R 2 is an organic, preferably aliphatic radical, and R and R 1 are as defined above.
• two or more condensates (K) for the synthesis.
• two or more alcohols or two or more carbonates may be used.
• mixtures of various condensates of different structure can be obtained via the selection of the ratio of the alcohols used and of the carbonates or the phosgenes. This may be illustrated taking the example of the reaction of a carbonate with a trihydric alcohol. If the starting products are reacted in a ratio of 1:1, as shown in (II), the result is an XY 2 molecule. If the starting products are reacted in a ratio of 2:1, as shown in (IV), the result is an X 2 Y molecule. If the ratio is from 1:1 to 2:1, the result is a mixture of XY 2 and X 2 Y molecules.
• the simple condensates (K) described by way of example in the formulae 1-5 preferentially react intermolecularly to form highly functional polycondensates, hereinafter termed polycondensates (P).
• the reaction to give the condensate (K) and to give the polycondensate (P) usually takes place at a temperature of from 0 to 250° C., preferably from 60 to 160° C., in bulk or in solution.
• Use may generally be made here of any of the solvents which are inert with respect to the respective starting materials.
• the condensation reaction is carried out in bulk.
• the phenol or the monohydric alcohol ROH liberated during the reaction can be removed by distillation from the reaction equilibrium if appropriate at reduced pressure.
• Catalysts or catalyst mixtures may also be added to accelerate the reaction.
• Suitable catalysts are compounds which catalyze esterification or transesterification reactions, e.g. alkali metal hydroxides, alkali metal carbonates, alkali metal hydrogencarbonates, preferably of sodium, of potassium, or of cesium, tertiary amines, guanidines, ammonium compounds, phosphonium compounds, organoaluminum, organotin, organozinc, organotitanium, organozirconium, or organobismuth compounds, or else what are known as double metal cyanide (DMC) catalysts, e.g. as described in DE 10138216 or DE 10147712.
• DMC double metal cyanide
• potassium hydroxide potassium carbonate, potassium hydrogencarbonate, diazabicyclooctane (DABCO), diazabicyclononene (DBN), diazabicycloundecene (DBU), imidazoles, such as imidazole, 1-methylimidazole, or 1,2-dimethylimidazole, titanium tetrabutoxide, titanium tetraisopropoxide, dibutyltin oxide, dibutyltin dilaurate, stannous dioctoate, zirconium acetylacetonate, or mixtures thereof.
• DABCO diazabicyclooctane
• DBN diazabicyclononene
• DBU diazabicycloundecene
• imidazoles such as imidazole, 1-methylimidazole, or 1,2-dimethylimidazole
• titanium tetrabutoxide titanium tetraisopropoxide
• dibutyltin oxide di
• the amount of catalyst generally added is from 50 to 10 000 ppm by weight, preferably from 100 to 5000 ppm by weight, based on the amount of the alcohol mixture or alcohol used.
• the average molecular weight of the polymer (P) may moreover be adjusted by way of the composition of the starting components and by way of the residence time.
• the condensates (K) and the polycondensates (P) prepared at an elevated temperature are usually stable at room temperature for a relatively long period.
• the nature of the condensates (K) permits polycondensates (P) with different structures to result from the condensation reaction, these having branching but no crosslinking. Furthermore, in the ideal case, the polycondensates (P) have either one carbonate group as focal group and more than two OH groups or else one OH group as focal group and more than two carbonate groups.
• the number of the reactive groups here is the result of the nature of the condensates (K) used and the degree of polycondensation.
• a condensate (K) according to the general formula 2 can react via triple intermolecular condensation to give two different polycondensates (P), represented in the general formulae 6 and 7.
• R and R 1 are as defined above.
• the temperature may be lowered to a range where the reaction stops and the product (K) or the polycondensate (P) is storage-stable.
• a product having groups reactive toward the focal group of (P) may be added to the product (P) to terminate the reaction.
• a product having groups reactive toward the focal group of (P) may be added to the product (P) to terminate the reaction.
• a carbonate group as focal group by way of example, a mono-, di-, or polyamine may be added.
• a hydroxy group as focal group by way of example, a mono-, di-, or polyisocyanate, or a compound comprising epoxy groups, or an acid derivative which reacts with OH groups, can be added to the product (P).
• the inventive highly functional polycarbonates are mostly prepared in the pressure range from 0.1 mbar to 20 bar, preferably at from 1 mbar to 5 bar, in reactors or reaction cascades which are operated batchwise, semicontinuously, or continuously.
• inventive products can be further processed without further purification after their preparation by virtue of the abovementioned adjustment of the reaction conditions and, if appropriate, by virtue of the selection of the suitable solvent.
• the product is stripped, i.e. freed from low-molecular-weight, volatile compounds.
• the catalyst may optionally be deactivated and the low-molecular-weight volatile constituents, e.g. monoalcohols, phenols, carbonates, hydrogen chloride, or volatile oligomeric or cyclic compounds, can be removed by distillation, if appropriate with introduction of a gas, preferably nitrogen, carbon dioxide, or air, if appropriate at reduced pressure.
• the inventive polycarbonates may comprise other functional groups besides the functional groups present at this stage by virtue of the reaction.
• the functionalization may take place during the process to increase molecular weight, or else subsequently, i.e. after completion of the actual polycondensation.
• Effects of this type can, by way of example, be achieved via addition, during the polycondensation, of compounds which bear other functional groups or functional elements, such as mercapto groups, primary, secondary or tertiary amino groups, ether groups, derivatives of carboxylic acids, derivatives of sulfonic acids, derivatives of phosphonic acids, silane groups, siloxane groups, aryl radicals, or long-chain alkyl radicals, besides hydroxy groups, carbonate groups or carbamoyl groups.
• other functional groups or functional elements such as mercapto groups, primary, secondary or tertiary amino groups, ether groups, derivatives of carboxylic acids, derivatives of sulfonic acids, derivatives of phosphonic acids, silane groups, siloxane groups, aryl radicals, or long-chain alkyl radicals, besides hydroxy groups, carbonate groups or carbamoyl groups.
• Examples of compounds which may be used for modification by means of carbamate groups are ethanolamine, propanolamine, isopropanolamine, 2-(butylamino)ethanol, 2-(cyclohexylamino)ethanol, 2-amino-1-butanol, 2-(2′-aminoethoxy)ethanol or higher alkoxylation products of ammonia, 4-hydroxypiperidine, 1-hydroxyethylpiperazine, diethanolamine, dipropanolamine, diisopropanolamine, tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane, tris(hydroxyethyl)aminomethane, ethylenediamine, propylenediamine, hexamethylenediamine or isophoronediamine.
• mercaptoethanol An example of a compound which can be used for modification with mercapto groups is mercaptoethanol.
• tertiary amino groups can be produced via incorporation of N-methyldiethanolamine, N-methyldipropanolamine or N,N-dimethylethanolamine.
• ether groups may be generated via co-condensation of dihydric or higher polyhydric polyetherols.
• Long-chain alkyl radicals can be introduced via reaction with long-chain alkanediols, and reaction with alkyl or aryl diisocyanates generates polycarbonates having alkyl, aryl, and urethane groups, or urea groups.
• Ester groups can be produced via addition of dicarboxylic acids, tricarboxylic acids, or, for example, dimethyl terephalate, or tricarboxylic esters.
• step c) Subsequent functionalization can be achieved by using an additional step of the process (step c)) to react the resultant highly functional highly branched, or highly functional hyperbranched polycarbonate with a suitable functionalizing reagent which can react with the OH and/or carbonate groups or carbamoyl groups of the polycarbonate.
• highly functional highly branched, or highly functional hyperbranched polycarbonates comprising hydroxy groups can be modified via addition of molecules comprising acid groups or isocyanate groups.
• polycarbonates comprising acid groups can be obtained via reaction with compounds comprising anhydride groups.
• Highly functional polycarbonates comprising hydroxy groups may moreover also be converted into highly functional polycarbonate polyether polyols via reaction with alkylene oxides, e.g. ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, or butylene oxide.
• alkylene oxides e.g. ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, or butylene oxide.
• the inventive molding compositions may comprise, as component B2), at least one hyperbranched polyester of A x B y type, where
• An A x B y -type polyester is a condensate composed of an x-functional molecule A and a y-functional molecule B.
• hyperbranched polyesters B2 are non-crosslinked macromolecules having hydroxy groups and carbonate groups, these having both structural and molecular non-uniformity
• Their structure may firstly be based on a central molecule in the same way as dendrimers, but with non-uniform chain length of the branches. Secondly, they may also have a linear structure with functional pendant groups, or else they may combine the two extremes, having linear and branched molecular portions. See also P. J. Flory, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1952, 74, 2718, and H. Frey et al., Chem. Eur. J. 2000, 6, no. 14, 2499 for the definition of dendrimeric and hyperbranched polymers.
• “Hyperbranched” in the context of the present invention means that the degree of branching (DB), i.e. the average number of dendritic linkages plus the average number of end groups per molecule, is from 10 to 99.9%, preferably from 20 to 99%, particularly preferably from 20 to 95%. “Dendrimer” in the context of the present invention means that the degree of branching is from 99.9 to 100%. See H. Frey et al., Acta Polym. 1997, 48, 30 and formula cited above under B1) for the definition of “degree of branching”.
• Component B2) preferably has an M n of from 300 to 30 000 g/mol, in particular from 400 to 25 000 g/mol, and very particularly from 500 to 20 000 g/mol, determined by means of GPC, PMMA standard, dimethylacetamide eluent.
• B2 preferably has an OH number of from 0 to 600 mg KOH/g of polyester, preferably of from 1 to 500 mg KOH/g of polyester, in particular from 20 to 500 mg KOH/g of polyester to DIN 53240, and preferably a COOH number of from 0 to 600 mg KOH/g of polyester, preferably from 1 to 500 mg KOH/g of polyester, and in particular from 2 to 500 mg KOH/g of polyester.
• the T g is preferably from ⁇ 50° C. to 140° C., and in particular from ⁇ 50 to 100° C. (by means of DSC, to DIN 53765).
• the inventive component B2) is in particular obtainable via the processes described below, specifically by reacting
• highly functional hyperbranched polyesters B2 have molecular and structural non-uniformity. Their molecular non-uniformity distinguishes them from dendrimers, and they can therefore be prepared at considerably lower cost.
• dicarboxylic acids which can be reacted according to variant (a) are, by way of example, oxalic acid, malonic acid, succnic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, pimelic acid, suberic acid, azelaic acid, sebacic acid, undecane- ⁇ , ⁇ -dicarboxylic acid, dodecane- ⁇ , ⁇ -dicarboxylic acid, cis- and trans-cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid, cis- and trans-cyclohexane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid, cis- and trans-cyclohexane-1,4-di-carboxylic acid, cis- and trans-cyclopentane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid, and cis- and trans-cyclopentane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid,
• dicarboxylic acids may have substitution by one or more radicals selected from
• Examples which may be mentioned as representatives of substituted dicarboxylic acids are: 2-methylmalonic acid, 2-ethylmalonic acid, 2-phenylmalonic acid, 2-methylsuccinic acid, 2-ethylsuccinic acid, 2-phenylsuccinic acid, itaconic acid, 3,3-dimethylglutaric acid.
• dicarboxylic acids which can be reacted according to variant (a) are also ethylenically unsaturated acids, such as maleic acid and fumaric acid, and aromatic dicarboxylic acids, such as phthalic acid, isophthalic acid or terephthalic acid.
• the dicarboxylic acids may either be used as they stand or be used in the form of derivatives.
• succinic acid glutaric acid, adipic acid, phthalic acid, isophthalic acid, terephthalic acid, or the mono- or dimethyl esters thereof. It is very particularly preferable to use adipic acid.
• Examples of at least trihydric alcohols which may be reacted are: glycerol, butane-1,2,4-triol, n-pentane-1,2,5-triol, n-pentane-1,3,5-triol, n-hexane-1,2,6-triol, n-hexane-1,2,5-triol, n-hexane-1,3,6-triol, trimethylolbutane, trimethylolpropane or ditrimethylolpropane, trimethylolethane, pentaerythritol or dipentaerythritol; sugar alcohols, such as mesoerythritol, threitol, sorbitol, mannitol, or mixtures of the above at least trihydric alcohols. It is preferable to use glycerol, trimethylolpropane, trimethylolethane, and pentaerythritol.
• tricarboxylic acids or polycarboxylic acids which can be reacted according to variant (b) are benzene-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid, benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid, benzene-1,2,4,5-tetracarboxylic acid, and mellitic acid.
• Tricarboxylic acids or polycarboxylic acids may be used in the inventive reaction either as they stand or else in the form of derivatives.
• diols used for variant (b) of the present invention are ethylene glycol, propane-1,2-diol, propane-1,3-diol, butane-1,2-diol, butane-1,3-diol, butane-1,4-diol, butane-2,3-diol, pentane-1,2-diol, pentane-1,3-diol, pentane-1,4-diol, pentane-1,5-diol, pentane-2,3-diol, pentane-2,4-diol, hexane-1,2-diol, hexane-1,3-diol, hexane-1,4-diol, hexane-1,5-diol, hexane-1,6-diol, hexane-2,5-diol, heptan-1,2-
• hydroxy groups here in the abovementioned diols may also be replaced by SH groups.
• the molar ratio of the molecules A to molecules B in the A x B y polyester in the variants (a) and (b) is from 4:1 to 1:4, in particular from 2:1 to 1:2.
• the at least trihydric alcohols reacted according to variant (a) of the process may have hydroxy groups of which all have identical reactivity. Preference is also given here to at least trihydric alcohols whose OH groups initially have identical reactivity, but where reaction with at least one acid group can induce a fall-off in reactivity of the remaining OH groups as a result of steric or electronic effects. By way of example, this applies when trimethylolpropane or pentaerythritol is used.
• the at least trihydric alcohols reacted according to variant (a) may also have hydroxy groups having at least two different chemical reactivities.
• the different reactivity of the functional groups here may derive either from chemical causes (e.g. primary/secondary/tertiary OH group) or from steric causes.
• the triol may comprise a triol which has primary and secondary hydroxy groups, a preferred example being glycerol.
• the triol or the mixture of at least trihydric alcohols may also have been mixed with dihydric alcohols, preferably up to 50 mol %, based on the entire alcohol mixture, but it is preferable to operate in the absence of diols and of monohydric alcohols.
• the tricarboxylic acid or the mixture of at least tribasic carboxylic acids may also have been mixed with dibasic carboxylic acids, preferably up to 50 mol %, based on the entire acid mixture, but it is preferable to operate in the absence of mono- or dicarboxylic acids.
• hydrocarbons are suitable, such as paraffins or aromatics.
• paraffins are n-heptan and cyclohexane.
• aromatics are toluene, ortho-xylene, meta-xylene, para-xylene, xylene in the form of an isomer mixture, ethylbenzene, chlorobenzene, and ortho- and meta-dichlorobenzene.
• ethers such as dioxane or tetrahydrofuran
• ketones such as methyl ethyl ketone and methyl isobutyl ketone
• the amount of solvent added is at least 0.1% by weight, based on the weight of the starting materials used and to be reacted, preferably at least 1% by weight, and particularly preferably at least 10% by weight. It is also possible to use excesses of solvent, based on the weight of starting materials used and to be reacted, e.g. from 1.01 to 10 times the amount. Solvent amounts of more than 100 times the weight of the starting materials used and to be reacted are not advantageous, because the reaction rate decreases markedly at markedly lower concentrations of the reactants, giving uneconomically long reaction times.
• operations may be carried out in the presence of a dehydrating agent as additive, added at the start of the reaction.
• a dehydrating agent as additive, added at the start of the reaction.
• Suitable examples are molecular sieves, in particular 4 ⁇ molecular sieve, MgSO 4 , and Na 2 SO 4 .
• MgSO 4 molecular sieve
• Na 2 SO 4 Na 2 SO 4 .
• the reaction may be carried out in the absence of acidic catalysts. It is preferable to operate in the presence of an acidic inorganic, organometallic, or organic catalyst, or a mixture composed of two or more acidic inorganic, organometallic, or organic catalysts.
• examples of other compounds which can be used as acidic inorganic catalysts are aluminum compounds of the general formula Al(OR) 3 and titanates of the general formula Tl(OR) 4 , where each of the radicals R may be identical or different and is selected independently of the others from
• Each of the radicals R in Al(OR) 3 or Ti(OR) 4 is preferably identical and selected from isopropyl or 2-ethylhexyl.
• Examples of preferred acidic organometallic catalysts are selected from dialkyltin oxides R 2 SnO, where R is defined as above.
• a particularly preferred representative compound for acidic organometallic catalysts is di-n-butyltin oxide, which is commercially available as “oxo-tin”, or di-n-butyltin dilaurate.
• Preferred acidic organic catalysts are acidic organic compounds having, by way of example, phosphate groups, sulfonic acid groups, sulfate groups, or phosphonic acid groups. Particular preference is given to sulfonic acids, such as para-toluenesulfonic acid. Acidic ion exchangers may also be used as acidic organic catalysts, e.g. polystyrene resins comprising sulfonic acid groups and crosslinked with about 2 mol % of divinylbenzene.
• the amount used is from 0.1 to 10% by weight, preferably from 0.2 to 2% by weight, of catalyst.
• the inventive process is carried out under inert gas, e.g. under carbon dioxide, nitrogen, or a noble gas, among which mention may particularly be made of argon.
• inert gas e.g. under carbon dioxide, nitrogen, or a noble gas, among which mention may particularly be made of argon.
• the inventive process is carried out at temperatures of from 60 to 200° C. It is preferable to operate at temperatures of from 130 to 180° C., in particular up to 150° C. or below that temperature. Maximum temperatures up to 145° C. are particularly preferred, and temperatures up to 135° C. are very particularly preferred.
• the pressure conditions for the inventive process are not critical per se. It is possible to operate at markedly reduced pressure, e.g. at from 10 to 500 mbar. The inventive process may also be carried out at pressures above 500 mbar. A reaction at atmospheric pressure is preferred for reasons of simplicity; however, conduct at slightly increased pressure is also possible, e.g. up to 1200 mbar. It is also possible to operate at markedly increased pressure, e.g. at pressures up to 10 bar. Reaction at atmospheric pressure is preferred.
• the reaction time for the inventive process is usually from 10 minutes to 25 hours, preferably from 30 minutes to 10 hours, and particularly preferably from one to 8 hours.
• the highly functional hyperbranched polyesters can easily be isolated, e.g. by removing the catalyst by filtration and concentrating the mixture, the concentration process here usually being carried out at reduced pressure.
• Other work-up methods with good suitability are precipitation after addition of water, followed by washing and drying.
• Component B2) can also be prepared in the presence of enzymes or decomposition products of enzymes (according to DE-A 101 63163).
• acidic organic catalysts does not include the dicarboxylic acids reacted according to the invention.
• Lipases and esterases with good suitability are Candida cylindracea, Candida lipolytica, Candida rugosa, Candida antarctica, Candida utilis, Chromobacterium viscosum, Geotrichum viscosum, Geotrichum candidum, Mucor javanicus, Mucor mihei, pig pancreas, pseudomonas spp., pseudomonas fluorescens, Pseudomonas cepacia, Rhizopus arrhizus, Rhizopus delemar, Rhizopus niveus, Rhizopus oryzae, Aspergillus niger, Penicillium roquefortii, Penicillium camembertii, or esterase from Bacillus spp. and Bacillus thermoglucosidasius.
• Candida antarctica lipase B is particularly preferred.
• the enzymes listed are commercially available, for example from Novozymes Biotech Inc., Denmark.
• the enzyme is preferably used in immobilized form, for example on silica gel or Lewatit®.
• the processes for immobilizing enzymes are known per se, e.g. from Kurt Faber, “Biotransformations in organic chemistry”, 3rd edition 1997, Springer Verlag, Chapter 3.2 “Immobilization” pp. 345-356. Immobilized enzymes are commercially available, for example from Novozymes Biotech Inc., Denmark.
• the amount of immobilized enzyme used is from 0.1 to 20% by weight, in particular from 10 to 15% by weight, based on the total weight of the starting materials used and to be reacted.
• the inventive process is carried out at temperatures above 60° C. It is preferable to operate at temperatures of 100° C. or below that temperature. Preference is given to temperatures up to 80° C., very particular preference is given to temperatures of from 62 to 75° C., and still more preference is given to temperatures of from 65 to 75° C.
• Suitable compounds are hydrocarbons, such as paraffins or aromatics.
• paraffins are n-heptane and cyclohexane.
• aromatics are toluene, ortho-xylene, meta-xylene, para-xylene, xylene in the form of an isomer mixture, ethylbenzene, chlorobenzene and ortho- and meta-dichlorobenzene.
• Other very particularly suitable solvents are: ethers, such as dioxane or tetrahydrofuran, and ketones, such as methyl ethyl ketone and methyl isobutyl ketone.
• the amount of solvent added is at least 5 parts by weight, based on the weight of the starting materials used and to be reacted, preferably at least 50 parts by weight, and particularly preferably at least 100 parts by weight. Amounts of more than 10 000 parts by weight of solvent are undesirable, because the reaction rate decreases markedly at markedly lower concentrations, giving uneconomically long reaction times.
• the inventive process is carried out at pressures above 500 mbar. Preference is given to the reaction at atmospheric pressure or slightly increased pressure, for example at up to 1200 mbar. It is also possible to operate under markedly increased pressure, for example at pressures up to 10 bar.
• the reaction at atmospheric pressure is preferred.
• the reaction time for the inventive process is usually from 4 hours to 6 days, preferably from 5 hours to 5 days, and particularly preferably from 8 hours to 4 days.
• the highly functional hyperbranched polyesters can be isolated, e.g. by removing the enzyme by filtration and concentrating the mixture, this concentration process usually being carried out at reduced pressure.
• Other work-up methods with good suitability are precipitation after addition of water, followed by washing and drying.
• the highly functional, hyperbranched polyesters obtainable by the inventive process feature particularly low contents of discolored and resinified material.
• hyperbranched polymers see also: P. J. Flory, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1952, 74, 2718, and A. Sunder et al., Chem. Eur. J. 2000, 6, no. 1, 1-8.
• “highly functional hyperbranched” means that the degree of branching, i.e. the average number of dendritic linkages plus the average number of end groups per molecule, is from 10 to 99.9%, preferably from 20 to 99%, particularly preferably from 30 to 90% (see in this connection H. Frey et al. Acta Polym. 1997, 48, 30).
• the inventive polyesters have a molar mass M w of from 500 to 50 000 g/mol, preferably from 1000 to 20 000 g/mol, particularly preferably from 1000 to 19 000 g/mol.
• the polydispersity is from 1.2 to 50, preferably from 1.4 to 40, particularly preferably from 1.5 to 30, and very particularly preferably from 1.5 to 10. They are usually very soluble, i.e. clear solutions can be prepared using up to 50% by weight, in some cases even up to 80% by weight, of the inventive polyesters in tetrahydrofuran (THF), n-butyl acetate, ethanol, and numerous other solvents, with no gel particles detectable by the naked eye.
• THF tetrahydrofuran
• n-butyl acetate ethanol
• numerous other solvents with no gel particles detectable by the naked eye.
• the inventive highly functional hyperbranched polyesters are carboxy-terminated, carboxy- and hydroxy-terminated, and preferably hydroxy-terminated.
• the ratios of the components B1) :B2) are preferably from 1:20 to 20:1, in particular from 1:15to 15:1, and very particularly from 1.5 to 5:1 if a mixture of these is used.
• the hyperbranched polycarbonates B1)/polyesters B2) used are nanoparticles.
• the size of the particles in the compounded material is from 20 to 500 nm, preferably from 50 to 300 nm.
• Compounded materials of this type are available commercially, e.g. in the form of Ultradur® high speed.
• the inventive molding compositions comprise, as component C), from 0.01 to 10% by weight, preferably from 0.5 to 7% by weight, and in particular from 1 to 5% by weight, of epoxidized naturally occurring oils or fatty acid esters, or a mixture of these.
• the epoxidized compounds preferably used as component C) are those whose epoxy groups are non-terminal (epoxy groups which may be called “internal” within the hydrocarbon chain).
• the content of epoxy groups is preferably from 1 to 20% by weight, with preference from 4 to 15% by weight, and in particular from 6 to 12% by weight, based on the respective component C).
• Preferred naturally occurring oils are olive oil, linseed oil, palm oil, peanut oil, coconut oil, tung oil, rapeseed oil, castor oil, cod liver oil, or a mixture of these, and particular preference is given here to soybean oil.
• the molecular weight of these oils is preferably from 500 to 1000, in particular from 600 to 900.
• These linseed or soybean oils are mixtures of fatty acid triglycerides, with predominant C 18 carboxylic acid fraction.
• the epoxidized fatty acid esters can generally be prepared from these naturally occurring oils by methods familiar to the person skilled in the art.
• the carboxylic acids may be monobasic or dibasic, and examples which may be mentioned are pelargonic acid, palmitic acid, lauric acid, margaric acid, dodecanedioic acid, behenic acid, and particularly preferably stearic acid, capric acid, and also montanic acid (a mixture of fatty acids having from 30 to 40 carbon atoms), linoleic acid, linolenic acid, and eleostearic acid, and oleic acid.
• the aliphatic alcohols may be mono- to tetrahydric.
• examples of alcohols are n-butanol, n-octanol, stearyl alcohol, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, neopentyl glycol, pentaerythritol, myricyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, and preference is given here to glycerol.
• Component C) preferably comprises unsaturated fatty acid fractions, corresponding to an iodine number (to DIN 53995) of from 130 to 180 mg of iodine per gram of substance, and in particular from 120 to 200 mg of iodine per gram of substance.
• inventive molding compositions may comprise, as component D), from 0 to 60% by weight, in particular up to 50% by weight, of other additives and processing aids.
• the inventive molding compositions may comprise, as component D), from 0 to 5% by weight, preferably from 0.05 to 3% by weight, and in particular from 0.1 to 2% by weight, of at least one ester or amide of saturated or unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acids having from 10 to 40 carbon atoms, preferably from 16 to 22 carbon atoms, with aliphatic saturated alcohols or amines having from 2 to 40 carbon atoms, preferably from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, these being other than component C).
• the carboxylic acids may be monobasic or dibasic. Examples which may be mentioned are pelargonic acid, palmitic acid, lauric acid, margaric acid, dodecanedioic acid, behenic acid, and particularly preferably stearic acid, capric acid, and also montanic acid (a mixture of fatty acids having from 30 to 40 carbon atoms).
• the aliphatic alcohols may be mono- to tetrahydric.
• examples of alcohols are n-butanol, n-octanol, stearyl alcohol, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, neopentyl glycol, pentaerythritol, preference being given to glycerol and pentaerythritol.
• the aliphatic amines may be mono-, di- or triamines. Examples of these are stearylamine, ethylenediamine, propylenediamine, hexamethylenediamine, di(6-aminohexyl)amine, particular preference being given to ethylenediamine and hexamethylenediamine.
• preferred esters or amides are glyceryl distearate, glyceryl tristearate, ethylenediamine distearate, glyceryl monopalmitate, glyceryl trilaurate, glyceryl monobehenate, and pentaerythrityl tetrastearate.
• Examples of amounts of usual additives D) are up to 40% by weight, preferably up to 30% by weight, of elastomeric polymers (also often termed impact modifiers, elastomers, or rubbers).
• copolymers which have preferably been built up from at least two of the following monomers: ethylene, propylene, butadiene, isobutene, isoprene, chloroprene, vinyl acetate, styrene, acrylonitrile and acrylates and/or methacrylates having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms in the alcohol component.
• EPM ethylene-propylene
• EPDM ethylene-propylene-diene
• EPM rubbers generally have practically no residual double bonds, whereas EPDM rubbers may have from 1 to 20 double bonds per 100 carbon atoms.
• diene monomers for EPDM rubbers are conjugated dienes, such as isoprene and butadiene, non-conjugated dienes having from 5 to 25 carbon atoms, such as 1,4-pentadiene, 1,4-hexadiene, 1,5-hexadiene, 2,5-dimethyl-1,5-hexadiene and 1,4-octadiene, cyclic dienes, such as cyclopentadiene, cyclohexadienes, cyclooctadienes and dicyclopentadiene, and also alkenylnorbornenes, such as 5-ethylidene-2-norbornene, 5-butylidene-2-norbornene, 2-methallyl-5-norbornene and 2-isopropenyl-5-norbornene, and tricyclodienes, such as 3-methyltricyclo[5.2.1 .0 2,6 ]-3,8-decadiene, and mixture
• the diene content of the EPDM rubbers is preferably from 0.5 to 50% by weight, in particular from 1 to 8% by weight, based on the total weight of the rubber.
• EPM and EPDM rubbers may preferably also have been grafted with reactive carboxylic acids or with derivatives of these.
• reactive carboxylic acids examples include acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and derivatives thereof, e.g. glycidyl (meth)acrylate, and also maleic anhydride.
• Copolymers of ethylene with acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid and/or with the esters of these acids are another group of preferred rubbers.
• the rubbers may also comprise dicarboxylic acids, such as maleic acid and fumaric acid, or derivatives of these acids, e.g. esters and anhydrides, and/or monomers comprising epoxy groups.
• dicarboxylic acids such as maleic acid and fumaric acid
• derivatives of these acids e.g. esters and anhydrides
• monomers comprising epoxy groups are preferably incorporated into the rubber by adding to the monomer mixture monomers comprising dicarboxylic acid groups and/or epoxy groups and having the general formula I, II, III, or IV
• R 1 to R 9 are hydrogen or alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and m is a whole number from 0 to 20, g is a whole number from 0 to 10 and p is a whole number from 0 to 5.
• R 1 to R 9 are preferably hydrogen, where m is 0 or 1 and g is 1.
• the corresponding compounds are maleic acid, fumaric acid, maleic anhydride, allyl glycidyl ether and vinyl glycidyl ether.
• Preferred compounds of the formulae I, II and IV are maleic acid, maleic anhydride and (meth)acrylates comprising epoxy groups, such as glycidyl acrylate and glycidyl methacrylate, and the esters with tertiary alcohols, such as tert-butyl acrylate. Although the latter have no free carboxy groups, their behavior approximates to that of the free acids and they are therefore termed monomers with latent carboxy groups.
• the copolymers are advantageously composed of from 50 to 98% by weight of ethylene, from 0.1 to 20% by weight of monomers comprising epoxy groups and/or methacrylic acid and/or monomers comprising anhydride groups, the remaining amount being (meth)acrylates.
• comonomers which may be used are vinyl esters and vinyl ethers.
• the ethylene copolymers described above may be prepared by processes known per se, preferably by random copolymerization at high pressure and elevated temperature. Appropriate processes are well known.
• elastomers are emulsion polymers whose preparation is described, for example, by Blackley in the monograph “Emulsion polymerization”.
• the emulsifiers and catalysts which can be used are known per se.
• the shell-type structure is determined by the sequence of addition of the individual monomers; the morphology of the polymers is also affected by this sequence of addition.
• Monomers which may be mentioned here, merely in a representative capacity, for the preparation of the rubber fraction of the elastomers are acrylates, such as n-butyl acrylate and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, corresponding methacrylates, butadiene and isoprene, and also mixtures of these. These monomers may be copolymerized with other monomers, such as styrene, acrylonitrile, vinyl ethers and with other acrylates or methacrylates, such as methyl methacrylate, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate or propyl acrylate.
• the soft or rubber phase (with a glass transition temperature of below 0° C.) of the elastomers may be the core, the outer envelope or an intermediate shell (in the case of elastomers whose structure has more than two shells).
• Elastomers having more than one shell may also have two or more shells composed of a rubber phase.
• hard components with glass transition temperatures above 20° C.
• these are generally prepared by polymerizing, as principal monomers, styrene, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, ⁇ -methylstyrene, p-methylstyrene, or acrylates or methacrylates, such as methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate or methyl methacrylate.
• styrene acrylonitrile
• methacrylonitrile ⁇ -methylstyrene
• p-methylstyrene acrylates or methacrylates, such as methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate or methyl methacrylate.
• emulsion polymers which have reactive groups at their surfaces.
• groups of this type are epoxy, carboxy, latent carboxy, amino and amide groups, and also functional groups which may be introduced by concomitant use of monomers of the formula
• the graft monomers described in EP-A 208 187 are also suitable for introducing reactive groups at the surface.
• acrylamide, methacrylamide and substituted acrylates or methacrylates such as (N-tert-butylamino)ethyl methacrylate, (N,N-dimethylamino)ethyl acrylate, (N,N-dimethylamino)methyl acrylate and (N,N-diethylamino)ethyl acrylate.
• the particles of the rubber phase may also have been crosslinked.
• crosslinking monomers are 1,3-butadiene, divinylbenzene, diallyl phthalate and dihydrodicyclopentadienyl acrylate, and also the compounds described in EP-A 50 265.
• graft-linking monomers i.e. monomers having two or more polymerizabie double bonds which react at different rates during the polymerization.
• graft-linking monomers i.e. monomers having two or more polymerizabie double bonds which react at different rates during the polymerization.
• the different polymerization rates give rise to a certain proportion of double-bond unsaturation in the rubber.
• another phase is then grafted onto a rubber of this type, at least some of the double bonds present in the rubber react with the graft monomers to form chemical bonds, i.e. the phase grafted on has at least some degree of chemical bonding to the graft base.
• graft-linking monomers of this type are monomers comprising allyl groups, in particular allyl esters of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids, for example allyl acrylate, allyl methacrylate, diallyl maleate, dialiyl fumarate and diallyl itaconate, and the corresponding monoallyl compounds of these dicarboxylic acids. Besides these there is a wide variety of other suitable graft-linking monomers. For further details reference may be made here, for example, to U.S. Pat. No. 4,148,846.
• the proportion of these crosslinking monomers in the impact-modifying polymer is generally up to 5% by weight, preferably not more than 3% by weight, based on the impact-modifying polymer.
• graft polymers with a core and with at least one outer shell, and having the following structure:
• Type Monomers for the core Monomers for the envelope I 1,3-butadiene, isoprene, n-butyl styrene, acrylonitrile, methyl acrylate, ethylhexyl acrylate, methacrylate or a mixture of these II as I, but with concomitant use of as I crosslinking agents III as I or II n-butyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, methyl acrylate, 1,3-butadiene, isoprene, ethylhexyl acrylate IV as I or II as I or III, but with concomitant use of monomers having reactive groups, as described herein V styrene, acrylonitrile, methyl first envelope composed of methacrylate, or a mixture of monomers as described under I these and II for the core, second envelope as described under I or IV for the envelope
• graft polymers in particular ABS polymers and/or ASA polymers, are preferably used in amounts of up to 40% by weight for the impact-modification of PBT, if appropriate in a mixture with up to 40% by weight of polyethylene terephthalate.
• Blend products of this type are obtainable with the trademark Ultradur®S (previously Ultrablend®S from BASF AG).
• graft polymers whose structure has more than one shell
• homogeneous, i.e. single-shell, elastomers composed of 1,3-butadiene, isoprene and n-butyl acrylate or of copolymers of these may be prepared by concomitant use of crosslinking monomers or of monomers having reactive groups.
• emulsion polymers examples include n-butyl acrylate-(meth)acrylic acid copolymers, n-butyl acrylate-glycidyl acrylate or n-butyl acrylate-glycidyl methacrylate copolymers, graft polymers with an inner core composed of n-butyl acrylate or based on butadiene and with an outer envelope composed of the abovementioned copolymers, and copolymers of ethylene with comonomers which supply reactive groups.
• the elastomers described may also be prepared by other conventional processes, e.g. by suspension polymerization.
• Fibrous or particulate fillers D which may be mentioned are carbon fibers, glass fibers, glass beads, amorphous silica, asbestos, calcium silicate, calcium metasilicate, magnesium carbonate, kaolin, chalk, powdered quartz, mica, barium sulfate and feldspar, used in amounts of up to 50% by weight, in particular up to 40%.
• Preferred fibrous fillers which may be mentioned are carbon fibers, aramid fibers and potassium titanate fibers, and particular preference is given to glass fibers in the form of E glass. These may be used as rovings or in the commercially available forms of chopped glass.
• the fibrous fillers may have been surface-pretreated with a silane compound to improve compatibility with the thermoplastic.
• Suitable silane compounds have the general formula:
• Preferred silane compounds are aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, aminobutyltrimethoxysilane, aminopropyltriethoxysilane and aminobutyltriethoxysilane, and also the corresponding silanes which comprise a glycidyl group as substituent X.
• the amounts of the silane compounds generally used for surface-coating are from 0.05 to 5% by weight, preferably from 0.5 to 1.5% by weight and in particular from 0.8 to 1% by weight (based on D).
• acicular mineral fillers are mineral fillers with strongly developed acicular character.
• An example is acicular wollastonite.
• the mineral preferably has an L/D (length to diameter) ratio of from 8:1 to 35:1, preferably from 8:1 to 11:1.
• the mineral filler may, if appropriate, have been pretreated with the abovementioned silane compounds, but the pretreatment is not essential.
• fillers which may be mentioned are kaolin, calcined kaolin, wollastonite, talc and chalk.
• thermoplastic molding compositions of the invention may comprise the usual processing aids, such as stabilizers, oxidation retarders, agents to counteract decomposition due to heat and decomposition due to ultraviolet light, lubricants and mold-release agents, colorants, such as dyes and pigments, nucleating agents, plasticizers, etc.
• processing aids such as stabilizers, oxidation retarders, agents to counteract decomposition due to heat and decomposition due to ultraviolet light, lubricants and mold-release agents, colorants, such as dyes and pigments, nucleating agents, plasticizers, etc.
• oxidation retarders and heat stabilizers examples are sterically hindered phenols and/or phosphites, hydroquinones, aromatic secondary amines, such as diphenylamines, various substituted members of these groups, and mixtures of these in concentrations of up to 1% by weight, based on the weight of the thermoplastic molding compositions.
• UV stabilizers which may be mentioned, and are generally used in amounts of up to 2% by weight, based on the molding composition, are various substituted resorcinols, salicylates, benzotriazoles, and benzophenones.
• Colorants which may be added are inorganic pigments, such as titanium dioxide, ultramarine blue, iron oxide, and carbon black, and also organic pigments, such as phthalocyanines, quinacridones and perylenes, and also dyes, such as nigrosine and anthraquinones.
• inorganic pigments such as titanium dioxide, ultramarine blue, iron oxide, and carbon black
• organic pigments such as phthalocyanines, quinacridones and perylenes
• dyes such as nigrosine and anthraquinones.
• Nucleating agents which may be used are sodium phenylphosphinate, alumina, silica, and preferably talc.
• lubricants and mold-release agents are usually used in amounts of up to 1% by weight.
• long-chain fatty acids e.g. stearic acid or behenic acid
• salts of these e.g. calcium stearate or zinc stearate
• montan waxes mixturetures of straight-chain saturated carboxylic acids having chain lengths of from 28 to 32 carbon atoms
• calcium montanate or sodium montanate or low-molecular-weight polyethylene waxes or low-molecular-weight polypropylene waxes.
• plasticizers which may be mentioned are dioctyl phthalates, dibenzyl phthalates, butyl benzyl phthalates, hydrocarbon oils and N-(n-butyl)benzenesulfonamide.
• the inventive molding compositions may also comprise from 0 to 2% by weight of fluorine-containing ethylene polymers. These are polymers of ethylene with a fluorine content of from 55 to 76% by weight, preferably from 70 to 76% by weight.
• PTFE polytetrafluoroethylene
• tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymers examples of these are polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymers and tetrafluoroethylene copolymers with relatively small proportions (generally up to 50% by weight) of copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomers.
• PTFE polytetrafluoroethylene
• tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymers examples of these are described, for example, by Schildknecht in “Vinyl and Related Polymers”, Wiley-Verlag, 1952, pages 484-494 and by Wall in “Fluoropolymers” (Wiley Interscience, 1972).
• fluorine-containing ethylene polymers have homogeneous distribution in the molding compositions and preferably have a particle size d 50 (numeric average) in the range from 0.05 to 10 ⁇ m, in particular from 0.1 to 5 ⁇ m. These small particle sizes can particularly preferably be achieved by the use of aqueous dispersions of fluorine-containing ethylene polymers and the incorporation of these into a polyester melt.
• the inventive thermoplastic molding compositions may be prepared by methods known per se, by mixing the starting components in conventional mixing apparatus, such as screw extruders, Brabender mixers or Banbury mixers, and then extruding them.
• the extrudate may be cooled and comminuted. It is also possible to premix individual components and then to add the remaining starting materials individually and/or likewise in a mixture.
• the mixing temperatures are generally from 230 to 290° C.
• components B) and C) and, if appropriate, D) may be mixed with a prepolymer, compounded, and pelletized.
• the resultant pellets are then solid-phase-condensed, continuously or batchwise, under an inert gas, at a temperature below the melting point of component A) until the desired viscosity has been reached.
• thermoplastic molding compositions feature good flowability together with good mechanical properties.
• the morphology of selected compounded materials was studied by transmission electron microscopy. Good dispersion of the particles in the blend was seen. Particle sizes of from 20 to 500 nm were found. The typical exudation of the additives was minimized.
• Component A is a compound having Component A:
• Polybutylene terephthalate with a viscosity number VN of 130 ml/g and with a carboxy end group content of 34 meq/kg (Ultradur® B 4500 from BASF AG) (VN measured in 0.5% strength by weight solution of phenol/o-dichlorobenzene, 1:1 mixture at 25° C.).
• reaction products were then analyzed by gel permeation chromatography, the eluent being dimethylacetamide and the standard being polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA).
• PMMA polymethyl methacrylate
• Components A) to D) were blended in a twin-screw extruder at 250 to 260° C. and extruded into a waterbath. After pelletization and drying, an injection molding machine was used to produce test specimens and these were tested.
• the pellets were injection molded to give dumbbell specimens to ISO 527-2, and a tensile test was carried out. Impact resistance to ISO 179-2 was also determined, as were viscosity (solvent for PBT to DIN 53728: phenol/1,2-dichlorobenzene (1:1) ISO 1628), MVR (ISO 1133), and also flow performance and flame retardancy to UL 94.

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