USRE23518E - Esters of unsaturated acid-branched - Google Patents

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Reissued July 1, 1952 ESTERS OF UN SATURATED ACID-BRANCHED CHAIN HEXADIENE POLYMER ADDUCTS Rupert 0. Morris, Berkeley, and John L. Van Winkle, San Lorenzo, Calii'., assignors to Shell Development Company, San Francisco, Calii'., a corporation of Delaware No Drawing. Original No. 2,555,595, dated June 5, 1951, Serial N 0. 24,447, April 30, 1948. Application for reissue November 23, 1951, Serial No.

7 Claims.

Matter enclosed in heavy brackets I: appears in the original patent but forms no part of this reissue specification; matter printed in italics indicates the additions made by reissue.

This invention relates to novel ester compositions and it is particularly directed to esters formed from adducts of various unsaturated acids, or their ester-forming derivatives, and low molecular weight, cyclic polymers of branched chain hexadienes. This application is a continuation-in-part of our co-pending application, Serial No. 562,743, filed November 9, 1944, now PatentNo.2,468,'769.

We have discovered that the esters of aliphatic, aromatic or armcatic aliphatic alcohols or their ester-forming derivatives with the adducts formed by reacting alpha,beta-unsaturatedalpha,beta-dicarboxylic acids or their ester-forming derivatives with low molecular weight, cyclic polymers of branched chain he'xadienes having in the molecule a straight chain of five carbon atoms, are particularly useful compounds possessing a widevariety of unusual and unexpected properties. For example, they are valuable as plasticizers and tackifiers for elastomers of many kinds. Many of the esters, particularly those formed from unsaturated alcohols, have drying qualities which render them of outstanding value in coating and impregnating compositions. Others, as those formed from polyhydric alcohols, are actually resinous in character, and can readily be converted into high molecular weight polymer esters of the alkyd resin" type. Inaddition to the foregoing properties, the various esters of the present invention are effective biocides and as such are valuable ingredients in many insecticida compositions.

The low molecular weight, cyclic polymers mentioned above are described in detail in our copending application, Serial No. 562,051, filed November 4, 1944, now Patent No. 2,429,582, as well as in the aforesaid parent application, Serial No. 562,743, and while reference is hereby made to said applications for a more complete disclosure on the score of the polymers, it may here be noted that one method of preparing the same is to polymerize a branch chain, 1,3-hexadiene, having a straight chain of five carbon atoms, in the presence of sulfur dioxide and of either'oxygen or an oxygen-yielding compound as catalyst. The polymerization is preferably conducted at elevated temperatures, as 80 C. or above, and with'a mixture of hexadienes, as 2-methyl-1,3-pentadiene and4-methyl-L3-pentadiene. Preferred oxygenyielding catalysts for thisfipurpose are such peroxidesas benzoyl peroxide, tertiary butyl hydroperoxide, and (ii-(tertiary butyD-peroxide:

appreciable yield of polymers may be obtained when only traces of peroxide are present. Amounts as small as about 5 mini-equivalents of active oxygen per liter of liquid hexadiene may be suflicient, though improved yields are obtained through the use of between 10 and 100 milliequivalents of active oxygen per liter of liquid hexadiene. The amount of sulfur dioxide employed may be-varied over a wide range, though it-is preferred to use at least one mol of this compound per mol of hexadiene reactant.

The low molecular weight polymerscan also be produced by the thermal cracking of one or more di-methyl-sulfolenes. The latter compounds are cyclic mono-sulfones which are obtainable by reacting in the liquid phase one or more of the aforedesignated hexadienes (preferably peroxidefree) with sulfur-dioxide, in the substantial absence of molecular oxygen and of oxygen-yielding substances, the reaction being conducted at an elevated temperature which is below that at which the mono-,sulfones formed are decomposed. Temperatures in the neighborhood of 100 C. are generally suitable. This method of preparing cyclic mono-sulfones is described in U. S. Patent- No. 2,420,834, issued May 20, 1947, and forms no part of the present invention. Typical, suitable cyclic mono-sulfones which may be employed in this manner are 2,2-dimethyl-3-sulfolene, 2,4-dimethyl-S-sulfolene and 2,5-dimethyl-3-sulfolene. The term sulfolene is employed herein to designate the unsaturated compound containing four carbon atoms and a sulfur atom in a ring, said structure having a single olefinic linkage between two adjoining carbon atoms, with the sulfur atom having two oxygen atoms attached thereto and with the remaining free bonds of the nuclear carbon atoms being attached to hydrogen atoms. The term is normally prefixed by either 2- or 3- so as to indicate the position of the double bond. This compound has also been termed thiacyclopentene-1,1-dioxide. In accordance with 'well recognized nomenclature practice, the term 2- or 3-sulfolene may also form a part of the name-of indicated-in the case of each particular compound.

The crude product obtained either fromthe designated monomericv hexadienes by polymeri zation in the presence of sulfur dioxide and of oxygen or oggygeneyielding substances, or by the crackingof fdlmethyl sulfolenes, ispa yellow viscous liquid co'nsisting" principally of a mixture of low molecular weight polymers of the hexadienes. I It may contain a very small amount (a trace) of sulfur-containing impurities and of unreacted hexadienes. These impurities canlbe removed and a stable, more uniform product obtained simply by maintaining the polymersat an elemore such unsaturated acid reactants (which term includes theacids, anhydrides, salts, esters and. other Qes'terJOrmir'ig; derivatives; {here described) may als obe employed. For technical and economic reasons maleic anhydride is the preferred reactant.

vated temperature, desirably zpil? to 225310., prefe erably under atmospheric or reduced pressures. Heating for 2 to 4 hours is ordinarily satisfactory, although shorter or longerperiods maybe employed. The thus purified mixture of polymers The amount, of, alpha,beta-unsaturated-alpha, beta-dicarboxylic acid which may be reacted with the low molecular weight cyclic hexadiene polymersmay be' varied over a wide range. The

fpropertiesfofithe polymers are significantly al- "1 tered andTval uable products are produced where gives a negative test for sulfur and sulfur-containing compounds. The mixture of polymers may be separated into several fractions by distil-i.

lation, preferably under reduced pressures, or by other methods such as solvent extraction, etc.

Fractions boiling' b'elow about'380" C. under at- This higher molecular weight fraction isjobtained as a yellow, very viscous, sticky liquid; soluble'in hydrocarbons. For most purposes the mix'tur'e of polymers need not-be fractionated but may be employed as-such. If'desired, however, any -frac-' tion or combination of fractions may housed in place of the whole mixture.

ratios as small as about one mol of alpha,beta unsaturated alphabeta-dicarboxylic acid are em.-

fployed for each about 120 carbon atoms of polymer, 1. e..,.fo reach hexadiene units combined in the polymer. Such products have improved body, faster drying and/or high oil solubility. Ratios as high as about one molecule of dicarbox'ylic acid'to eac hxad iie'funit' may be employed. The rescuers may be carried out in a simple manner by merely intimately mixing t yclic p lym r and ths elpb iheta-unseturated-alpha,beta-dicarboxylic acid and heatin the mixtureunder atmospheric pressures. Tidesired, one or both of the reactants may be added portion-wise to the reaction'mixture at intervals dur the reacti a thou h this nreqed reis ordinarily not necessary. Under most conditions no appreciable reaction oceurs at temperatures below about 175 0., although such, lowertemp atur s ay b suitable'in' omerases- .'1 m- The"aforesaidjhexadiene polymers may be re acted with substantially any alphabetaunsaturated-alpha;beta-dicarboxy1ic acid or ester-formei'ng derivative therejofin order to produce the I A polymer-acid adducts from which'tlie 'e'stercom' pounds ofthis invention are"prepared*'.' Bela-- tivelylow molecular weight unsaturated acids having not more than about 8 carbon atoms in the molecule are"preferred because of their greater reactivity. However, where the speed of reaction with the" po1ymers is*not of primary' importance higheracidsmay be employed. It has been found that the most useful adducts are produced from acidreactants or their derivatives having'at least one hydrogen atom attached directly to the alpha or beta carbon atom. in the case 'ofcompoundshaving a =cis configuration with respect to the carboxyl groups, itis-pre-. ferred -to use theacid anhydrides, rather than the acids themselves or other derivatives thereof. Representative examplessof preferredv acid anhya dride reactants are-maleicanhydride, monochloromaleic anhydride, citraconic anhydride, ita-- conic anhydride, and the like. The correspond: ing acids of the foregoing anhydrides, or. other. acids such as 'fumaric acid, .acetylenedicarboxylic acid, etc., as well as the salts, esters and/other ester-,forming derivatives of these and like compoundsmay be. employed. 'LMi rtures oi twoY-orl,

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The above-described polymer-acid addition products employed in forming the esters of this invention vary in viscosity from readily mobile liquids to hard, brittle solids, depending principally upon the nature and the proportions of the reactants. In the case of the reaction of maleic anhydride with an unfractionated mixture of low molecular weight cyclic hexadiene polymers such as may be obtained by the cracking of a dimethyl-sulfolene or by the reaction of a suitable hexadiene under the designated conditions, the influence of the relative proportions of anhydride and polymer in the adduct upon played here, as will be discussed more fully in subsequent portions of this description.

. The radical which is associated with the adduct to form the ester of this invention may be of either the aliphatic, aromatic or aromaticaliphatic type and can be derived, as stated above, from an alcohol or any ester-forming derivative thereof. Examples of suitable esterifying radicals are methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, normal butyl, 'isobutyl, secondary butyl, tertiary butyl, normal pentyl, isopentyl, secondary pentyl, hexyl normal octyl, isooctyl, normal decyl, isodecyl, dodecyl, tetradecyl, cetyl,

the properties thereof is shown in the followstearyl, trimethyl octadecyl, allyl, methallyl, ing table: crotyl, ethyl vinyl carbinyl, butenyl, pentenyl,

Reactants Polymer-Acid Adduct Hexa- Solubility lllaileic iiene n ycoindride bined in vlswsty (mols) polymer) In Dilute Alkali In Mineral Oil 1 (mols) l 2 Hard solid Readily soluble Slightly soluble. l 3 do Soluble Do. 1 4 Tacky solid "do Soluble. l 10 Viscous liquid. Slightly solublc Readilysoluble.

Water-white mineral oil consisting principally of saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons.

Representative analyses show that the above addition products correspond to the formula [(CsH1o) yC-1H2OB1x, wherein y represents the ratio of hexadiene monomer units to each mol of maleic anhydride in the adduct, and x is that number which, when multiplied by y, gives as product the number of hexadiene monomer units in the molecule. Knowing the molecular weight (M) of the polymer (or its average molecular weight), and the number of hexadiene monomer units remaining the same in both polymer and adduct molecules (averaging about 1.5 with unfractionated polymer mixtures), then x is equal to where 82 is the molecular weight of hexadiene. Conversion of the polymer-anhydride addition products to the acid form may be effected readily by heating a solution of the anhydride product in dilute aqueous alkali fora short time, followed by acidification and recovery of the precipitated acid product. Other methods will be obvious to those skilled in the art.

The ester compounds of the present invention are produced by known esterification procedures employing as reactants the polymer-acid adducts of the type described above and an appropriate alcohol or equivalent ester-forming compound. Alcohols are the preferred class of compounds for supplying the desired radical necessary to the formation of an ester with the adduct and may be employed when said adduct incorporates either acids, acid anhydrides, acid chlorides, or even esters (the desired ester here being formed by the mechanism of ester interchange). However, other compounds can be employed instead of alcohols toform the desired esters, alkyl halides, for example, reacting with the adducts formed from the polymer described above and an acid salt to form the desired ester. Those conditions which have been found conducive to esterification reactions in general may be emhexenyl, propargyl, geranyl, oleyl, phenyl, naphthyl, anthyl, tolyl, xylyl, secondary butyl-naphthyl, dipropyl-naphthyl, benzoyl, naphthyl-butyl, phenethyl, vinyl phenyl, crotonyl naphthyl, methallyl-phenyl, triallyl-naphthyl, naphthylallyl, Z-phenyl-ethenyl, phenyl vinyl carbinyl, cyclopentyl, ethyl-cyclohexyl, tributylwcyclohexyl, cyclopentenyl, cyclo-hexenyl and vinyl cyclohexenyl. These radicals may be substituted with other elements or groups, as the halides, which do; not interfere with the desired esterification reaction.

Esters in which some or all of the carboxyl or equivalent groups in the polymer adduct are esterified with alkyl, aryl, or aralkyl groups, as ethyl, phenyl, or ethylphenyl, are particularly valuable as biocides, though they are also useful as plasticizing compositions, and as organic intermediates.

Other useful ester compounds of this invention are these wherein the adducts are combined with one or more of various unsaturated alcohol radicals. Polymerizable esters of this type include those in which the adducts are esterified with allyl-type alcohols (compounds having a double bond of aliphatic character between two carbon atoms one of which is attached to a saturated carbon atom which in turn is attached to an alcoholic hydroxyl group) as represented by allyl alcohol, methallyl alcohol, chloroallyl alcohol, or crotyl alcohol; with propargyl-type alcohols (compounds having a triple bond of aliphatic character between two carbon atoms one of Which is attached to a saturated carbon atom which in turn is attached to an alcoholic hydroxyl group) as represented by propargyl alcohol, etc.; or with vinyl-type alcohols (compounds having a double bond of aliphatic character between two carbon atoms one of which is attached to an alcoholic hydroxyl group) as represented by vinyl alcohol, propen-1-ol-2, etc. Many of these unsaturated esters are useful as plasticizers and tackifiers for elastom-ers generally, but particularly for natural and synthetic rubbers. Others have drying properties which render'them valuable ingredients in coating and impregnating compositions. Further, these unsaturated esters are capable of being readily polymerized into resinous polymers of high molecular weight, this polymerization reaction generally going forward on the application of heat and optionally in the presence of a catalyst. Preferred catalysts for this purpose are peroxides as, for example, benzoyl peroxide, acetyl peroxide, bonzoyl acetyl peroxide, tertiary butyl perbenzoate, tertiary butyl hydroperoxide, di-(tertiary butyl) peroxide, peracetic acid, or the like. Such high molecular weight esters of this invention, besides having many of the useful qualities of the low molecular weight esters, are themselves useful plastic compositions.

The polymer-containing adducts may also be reacted with polyhydric alcohols to produce compounds known as polyesters. Representative polyhydric alcohols which are suitable for this purpose are glycol, diethylene glycol, triethyleneglycol, propylene glycol, butylene glycol, glycerol, diglycerol', pentaglycerol, pentaerythritol, polypentaerythritols, and polyhydric alcohols .produced (actually or theoretically) by the polymerization of unsaturated aliphatic alcohols, as allyl alcohol, or by the hydrolysis of a suitable polyhydric alcohol derivative. Thus, polyvinyl alcohol and polyallyl alcohol may be produced from the corresponding esters, acetals and the like. Instead of, or in addition to, polyhydric alcohols there may be used ester-forming derivatives thereof such as the corresponding epoxides, e. g., glycidol, epichlorohydrin, and the like.

In forming polyesters, it has been found that with adducts wherein the proportion of acid or anhydride to polymer is unusually high, gelling occurs before the esterification process is complete. Accordingly, in producing the polyester compounds of this invention it is preferable to make use of adducts containing no more than about 7% by weight of combined dicarboxylic acid, the range of from 4% to 7 being preferred. In other respects, no limitation need be placed on the ratio of either the components of the various reactants or upon the reactants themselves. Preferably, however, the esters of the present invention are produced under such circumstances that no excess of the alcohol or equivalent esterforming compound remains in the final ester product. The foregoing polyesters, in addition to having valuable plasticizing and insecticidal properties, are particularly well adapted for conversion into high molecular weight polyesters of the type known as alkyd resins. Alkyd resins can be produced from low molecular weight polyesters by heating the latter, preferably in the presence of a catalyst such as a suitable metal oxide, e. g., zinc, magnesium, or calcium oxide, or a finely divided metal, e. g., zinc or iron; a suitable liquid catalyst, e. g., furfural, or its derivatives and equivalents '(metnyl furfural, phenol methyl furfural, furfur-acetone) or a phenolformaldehyde condensation product. The resin can be produced in the fusible stage and, if desired, be subsequently infusibilized as by the further application of heat. The alkyd resins of this invention are of great value in the manufacture of plastic coating compositionsand the like, and many of them are rubbery in character.

The proportions in which the adduct and alcohol reactants are combined to form the esters. of

the present invention are not critical, thoughit is preferred that the reaction be conducted under such circumstances that the resulting product contains the maximum possible number of ester linkages. This result may best be obtained by conducting the reaction in the presence of an excess of the alcohol (or its equivalent ester-forming compound), with any excess of alcohol being removed at the end of the reaction.

The esterification reaction may be executed in the presence or absence of a catalyst. Suitable promoters or catalysts which may be used to accelerate the rate of esterification are the strong mineral acids such as H2804, HzPOr, B28201. HPO3, HCl, I-lZBr, H4P2O'r, HClOa, H0104, HNO3, and the like. Mineral acid substances of the type of SOzClz, SOClz, SOBIz, N02, N203, NOC PO13, -PC15, and the like may also be employed. Inorganic acid-acting salts such as ZIlSOs, ZnClz, ZnBrz, FeCla, A1013, C0012, NiC12, Fe2(SO4)a, A12 S0t)s, NaHSOi, NaHzPOa, and the like may also be used. Organic acid-acting compounds such as benzene sulfonic acid, p-toluene sulfonic acid, and their homologues and analogues, dialkyl and acid alkyl sulfates, alkylated phosphoric acid and sulfonic acids, etc., may also be employed alone or in combination with any of the abovementioned or other suitable substances as catalysts for the esterification reaction.

The esterification reaction may be executed in any number of ways. One method of esterification comprises heating the adduct in contact with the alcohol, preferably in a suitable reaction vessel equipped with agitating means. The reactants may be introduced into the reactor separately, or they may be mixed prior to their introduction thereinto. In many cases it is desirable to effect the esterification by heating the reactants at about the boiling temperature of the reaction mixture and at approximately atmospheric pressure, though in some instances the use of super-atmospheric pressures and/or higher temperatures may be found to speed up the reaction.

The rate of esterification may be increased and the occurrence of undesirable side reactions decreased by operating in such a manner that the water formed as the result of the esterification is removed from the reaction mixture substantially as soon as it is formed. In some instances this removal may be effected by allowing the process to take place at a temperature sufiiciently high to permit distillation of the water from the reaction mixture, though a preferred method is to add an azeotrope-forming agent such as benzene or other inert hydrocarbon.

The following examples illustrate the manner in which the present invention finds preferred embodiment:

EXAMPLE I Hexadiene polymer was produced by placing 964 parts of. 2,4-dimethyl-3-sulfo1ene (prepared, for example, by. a practice of the method set forth in detail in either of Examples VI or VII of the aforementioned U. S. Patent No. 2,420,834) in a glass reaction kettle under a water-cooled reflux condenser which was open to the atmosphere andth'e kettle was. heated slowly. When the kettle temperature reached 87 C. decomposition of the sulfone was-evident. The temperature was thereafter regulated to provide for the decomposition of the sulfone at such a rate that the sulfur dioxide evolved did not sweep any of the reactant or other products out of the kettle. Evolved sulfur dioxide was discarded. At theen'd of three hours, when the decomposition was substantially complete, the temperature had reached 151 C. Heating was continued foran additional four hours, the temperature being raised gradually to 191 0. The residue, 494 parts, was a crude mixture of low molecular weight polymers, containing 0.006% of sulfur. The polymer was stabilized and-purified by heating in an open vessel exposed to the air at 200-225 C. for four hours. No sulfur could be detected in the purified polymer. In order to obtain a polymer-anhydride adduct suitable for conversion into the ester form, a mixture of 250 parts of the hexadiene polymer, produced as described above, and 299 parts of maleic anhydride were heated under a blanket of nitrogen with constant stirring for 2% hours under atmospheric pressures. On cooling, the reaction mixture separated into two phases. The mixture was then heated for another 4 to 5 hours at 180 to 185 C., following which the reaction mixture on cooling consisted of only one phase. The reaction mixture was washed with hot water to remove unreacted maleic anhydride and then dried by heating at a relatively low temperature under reduced pressure. A yield of 387 parts of product having the composition was obtained. The product was soluble in dilute alkali and slightly soluble in light, saturated I mineral oil.

The foregoing addition product was then esterified with ethyl alcohol in the following manner: To a glass kettle attached to a separating head was charged a mixture of 156 parts of the addition product, 244 parts of benzene, 258 parts of ethyl alcohol, and 2 parts of para-toluene sulfonic acid. The mixture was refluxed for '76 hours during which time 19 parts of water were removed. The mixture was then washed With water and excess ethyl alcohol and benzene were removed under vacuum. The product was a viscous liquid having the approximate composition (Cd-I10) 2. (CHCOOCzI-Is) 21x It was found to have particular value as a plasticizer.

EXAIVIPLE' II A maleic anhydride-polymer adduct was produced in the manner described above in Example I except that here the proportion of polymer to anhydride was such that the resulting addition product had the approximate composition [(CsHmhCd-IzOsh. A mixture of 110 parts of the latter compound with 34 parts of diethylene glycol was then placed in a glass reaction kettle and stirred at atmospheric pressure in the presence of air for one hour and 5 minutes, the temperature being gradually increased from an initial value of about 55 C. at the start of the reaction to about 256 C. at its finish. The reaction product at 256 C. was a soft, dark solid having thread-forming properties and the properties of alkyd resins generally. Approximately 10% of the reaction product was soluble in a mixture of equal parts by volume of toluene and amyl acetate.

EXAMPLE III An alkyd resin was produced in accordance with the procedure outlined in Example II except that EXAMPLE IV An unsaturated ester composition is produced by reacting the adduct of Example I with methallyl alcohol, the reactants being employed in the ratio of one part of the adduct to 2.5 parts of the alcohol. The resulting ester has the approximate composition and proves useful as a component of various paints. The product is polymerized into an insoluble material on further heating in the presence of benzoyl peroxide.

Molecular weights referred to herein were determined according to the method described by B. J. Mair in the Bureau of Standards Journal of Research, 14, 345 (1935). The term unsaturated as used herein refers to carbon-to-carbon unsaturation of aliphatic character.

We claim as our invention:

1. An ester of a compound selected from the group consisting of the lower oxy-substituted alkyl alcohols, the lower alkyl monorhydric alcohols, the lower alkenyl monohydric alcohols, and the low oxy-substitutedalkenyl alcohols with an addition product made up of a compound selected from the group consisting of alpha,beta-unsaturated-alpha,beta-dicarboxylic aliphatic acids and the anhydrides, salts and esters of said acids in combination with a low molecular weight unsaturated, cyclic polymer of a branch-chain 1,3-

hexadiene having a straight chain of 5 carbon atoms in the molecule.

2. An ester of an alpha,beta-unsaturated lower alkenyl alcohol with an addition product made up of a compound selected from the group consisting of alpha,beta-unsaturated-alpha,beta-dicarboxylic aliphatic acids and the anhydrides, salts and esters of said acids in combination with a low molecular Weight unsaturated cyclic polymer of a branch-chain 1,3-hexadiene having a straight chain of 5 carbon atoms in the molecule.

3. The compound of claim 2 where the ester is polymerized to form a high molecular weight polymer.

4. An ester of a lower alkyl polyhydric alcohol with an addition product made up of a compound selected from the group consisting of alpha,betaunsaturated alpha,beta dicarboxylic aliphatic acids and the anhydrides, salts and esters of said acids in combination with a low molecular weight, unsaturated cyclic polymer of a branch-chain 1,3- hexadiene having a straight chain of 5 carbon atoms in the molecule.

5. An ester of ethyl alcohol with an addition product formed between maleic anhydride anda low molecular weight, unsaturated cyclic polymer of a branched-chain 1,3-hexadiene having a straight chain of 5 carbon atoms in the molecule.

6. An ester of diethylene glycol with an addition product formed between moleic anhydride and a low molecular weight, unsaturated cyclic polymer of a branched-chain 1,3-hexadiene having a straight chain of 5 carbon atoms in the molecule.

' 11 7. An ester of glycerol with an addition prod- REFERENCES CITED uct formed between maleic anhydride and The following references are of record in th molecular weight, unsaturated cyclic polymer of a. branched-chain 1,3-hexadiene having a. me of this patent or the original patent straight chain or 5 carbon atoms in the molecule. 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS RUPERT C. MORRIS. Number Name Date JOHN L. VAN WINKLE. 2,468,769 Morris May 3,1949