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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
  • B60C1/00—Tyres characterised by the chemical composition or the physical arrangement or mixture of the composition
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Definitions

• the present invention relates to rubber compositions intended in particular for the manufacture of tires or semi-finished products for tires, as well as antireversion agents that can be used for the thermal protection of such compositions.
• the principle of vulcanization lies in the creation of bridges of sulfur between two macromolecules by reaction on the double bonds of these diene elastomers.
• One of the remarkable characteristics of vulcanization is the simplicity with which this reaction can be controlled by addition of compounds having an accelerating or retarding effect.
• By varying the respective rates of sulfur and accelerators it is possible in particular to control the vulcanization yield, to obtain bridges of sulfur of different configurations which lead, for a given rubber composition, to possible adjustments of the properties , both raw and cooked.
• the known disadvantage of sulfur vulcanization is that it leads to a limited resistance of the vulcanizates obtained, due to the thermal aging of the latter ("thermal aging").
• the vulcanizates of diene elastomers crosslinked from sulfur have a significant sensitivity to temperature when the latter reaches a value close to the initial firing temperature or vulcanization. This results in a drop in the density of sulfur bridges formed initially during vulcanization, the distribution of the vulcanization network evolving to a shortening, that is to say a reduction of polysulfide bridges in favor of monosulfide bridges. This phenomenon, known as reversion, is accompanied by a degradation of the mechanical properties of the vulcanizate.
• antireversion agents for thermally stabilizing the vulcanizates.
• a widely described family of antireversion agents is the maleimide compounds, more particularly the bismaleimides used alone or in combination with other compounds (see for example EP 191931 or US 4803250, EP 640114 or WO93 / 23467, EP 703943 or US 5872188, EP 709234 or US 5503940, EP 823453 or US 6079468, EP 988999, US 5328636, US 5616279, US 5623007, WO92 / 07904 or US 5426155, WO95 / 16738, JP2001-226528). . .
• a first object of the invention relates to a rubber composition usable for the manufacture of tires, based on at least (i) a diene elastomer, (ii) a reinforcing filler, (iii) a vulcanization system and (iv) a maleimide compound, characterized in that said maleimide compound is an itaconimidomaleimide of specific formula (R hydrocarbon radical):
• the invention also relates to a method for preparing a rubber composition that can be used for the manufacture of tires and having an improved resistance to reversion, this composition being based on a diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler and a vulcanization system, said method comprising the following steps: incorporating in a diene elastomer, during a first so-called “non-productive" step, at least one reinforcing filler, by thermomechanically kneading the whole, in one or more times, until reaching a maximum temperature of 110 ° C to 190 ° C; • cool the assembly to a temperature below 100 0 C;
• the invention also relates to the use of a composition according to the invention for the manufacture of a finished article or a semi-finished rubber product intended for any system of ground connection of motor vehicles, such as pneumatic, internal safety support for tire, wheel, rubber spring, elastomeric joint, other suspension element and anti-vibratory.
• motor vehicles such as pneumatic, internal safety support for tire, wheel, rubber spring, elastomeric joint, other suspension element and anti-vibratory.
• the subject of the invention is particularly the use of a composition according to the invention for the manufacture of tires or semi-finished rubber products intended for these tires, these semi-finished products being preferably chosen from the group consisting of by treads, crown reinforcement plies, sidewalls, carcass reinforcement plies, beads, guards, underlayments, rubber blocks and other internal rubbers, in particular decoupling rubbers , intended to provide the connection or the interface between the aforementioned zones of the tires.
• the invention also relates to finished articles and semi-finished products of rubber themselves, in particular tires and semi-finished products for tires, when they comprise an elastomeric composition according to the invention.
• the tires in accordance with the invention are intended in particular for passenger vehicles as well as for industrial vehicles chosen from vans, "heavy goods vehicles” - ie, metro, buses, road transport vehicles (trucks, tractors, trailers), off-road vehicles. la-route - agricultural or civil engineering machinery, airplanes, other transport or handling vehicles.
• the rubber compositions are characterized before and after firing, as indicated below.
• the mechanical properties indicated below are those measured at "optimum cooking", that is to say, in known manner, those obtained, for a determined cooking temperature, after the minimum cooking time to reach the maximum rheometric torque C max .
• the reversion can be analyzed according to different methods, the aim being to determine, indirectly, the evolution of the density of bridges of sulfur, between a so-called optimum cooking (corresponding to maximum torque C max ) and prolonged cooking. .
• the first approach consists in measuring the evolution (decrease) of the rheometric torque: the parameter AR 60 represents the evolution in% of the torque between C max and the torque measured after 60 min of cooking, at a determined cooking temperature (for example 150 ° C). The higher the ⁇ R 6 o parameter, the greater the reversion phenomenon.
• the second approach is to measure the evolution (decrease) of the aforementioned MA100 or MA300 modules: the parameters ⁇ MA100 and ⁇ MA300 correspond to the evolution in% of the respective modules measured at the optimum of cooking (C max ) and after a cooking of 6 hours, at a determined cooking temperature (15O 0 C).
• C max the optimum of cooking
• 15O 0 C the cooking temperature
• the rubber compositions according to the invention are based on at least one (that is to say one or more) diene elastomer (s), one (or more) reinforcing filler (s), a (one or more) crosslinking system (s) and one (or more) itaconimidomaleimide compound (s) of formula (I) above.
• composition based on means a composition comprising the mixture and / or the reaction product of the various constituents used, some of these basic constituents being capable of or intended to react with each other. at least in part during the various phases of manufacture of the composition, in particular during its vulcanization.
• elastomer or “diene” rubber is meant in known manner an elastomer derived at least in part (i.e. a homopolymer or a copolymer) of monomers dienes (monomers bearing two carbon-carbon double bonds, conjugated or not).
• diene elastomers can be classified into two categories: "essentially unsaturated” or "essentially saturated”.
• essentially unsaturated is generally understood to mean a diene elastomer derived at least in part from conjugated diene monomers having a level of units or units of diene origin (conjugated dienes) which is greater than 15% (mol%).
• diene elastomers such as butyl rubbers or copolymers of dienes and alpha-olefins of the EPDM type do not fall within the above definition and may in particular be described as "essentially saturated” diene elastomers. »(Low or very low diene origin, always less than 15%).
• the term "highly unsaturated" diene elastomer is particularly understood to mean an elastomer-diene having a degree of units of diene origin (conjugated dienes) which is greater than 50%.
• iene elastomer can more particularly be understood as being capable of being used in the compositions in accordance with the invention:
• diene elastomer any type of diene elastomer, one skilled in the art of the tire will understand that the present invention is first used with essentially unsaturated diene elastomers, in particular of the type (a) or ( b) above.
• conjugated dienes 1,3-butadiene, 2-methyl-1,3-butadiene, 2,3-di (C 1 -C 5 alkyl) -1,3-butadienes, such as for example 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene, 2,3-diethyl-1,3-butadiene, 2-methyl-3-ethyl-1,3-butadiene, 2-methyl-3-isopropyl-1 3-butadiene, aryl-1,3-butadiene, 1,3-pentadiene, 2,4-hexadiene.
• Suitable vinyl aromatic compounds are, for example, styrene, ortho-, meta-, para-methylstyrene, the "vinyl-toluene" commercial mixture, para-tert-butylstyrene, methoxystyrenes, chlorostyrenes, vinylmesitylene and divinylbenzene. vinyl naphthalene.
• the copolymers may contain between 99% and 20% by weight of diene units and between 1% and 80% by weight of vinyl aromatic units.
• the elastomers may have any microstructure which is a function of the polymerization conditions used, in particular the presence or absence of a modifying and / or randomizing agent and the amounts of modifying and / or randomizing agent used.
• the elastomers can be for example block, statistical, sequence, microsequential, and be prepared in dispersion or in solution; they can be coupled and / or star or functionalized with a coupling agent and / or starring or functionalization.
• butadiene-styrene-isoprene copolymers are especially suitable those having a styrene content of between 5% and 50% by weight and more particularly of between 10% and 40%, an isoprene content of between 15% and 60%.
• the diene elastomer of the composition according to the invention is preferably selected from the group of highly unsaturated diene elastomers consisting of polybutadienes (BR), polyisoprenes (IR), natural rubber (NR), copolymers of butadiene, isoprene copolymers and mixtures of these elastomers.
• Such copolymers are more preferably selected from the group consisting of butadiene-styrene copolymers (SBR), isoprene-butadiene copolymers (BIR), isoprene-styrene copolymers (SIR) and isoprene-copolymers.
• SBIR butadiene-styrene
• the diene elastomer is predominantly (that is to say for more than 50 phr) an SBR, whether it is an SBR prepared in emulsion ("ESBR”) or a solution-prepared SBR (“SSBR”), or a blend
• SBR / BR (mixture) SBR / BR, SBR / NR (or SBR / IR), or BR / NR (or BR / IR).
• SBR elastomer an SBR having a styrene content between
• the diene elastomer is predominantly (for more than 50 phr) an isoprene elastomer.
• the compositions of the invention are intended to constitute, in tires, the rubber matrices of certain treads (for example for industrial vehicles), crown reinforcing plies (for example work webs, protective webs or hoop webs), carcass reinforcement plies, flanks, beads, protectors, underlayments, rubber blocks and other internal gums providing the interface between aforementioned areas of the tires.
• compositions according to the invention are for example advantageously usable as "decoupling gums" in the areas of the tire (called “decoupling zones”) whose function is to provide a mechanical decoupling between two different parts of said tire, these zones being of known way exposed to the risks of heating, and therefore reversion most important. They can also advantageously form the annular gum profiles used to stiffen the sidewalls of tires designed for run-flat tires (see US Patent No. 5,427,166, for example).
• isoprene elastomer in known manner a homopolymer or copolymer of isoprene, in other words a diene elastomer chosen from the group consisting of natural rubber (NR), synthetic polyisoprenes (IR), different isoprene copolymers and mixtures of these elastomers.
• NR natural rubber
• IR synthetic polyisoprenes
• isoprene copolymers examples include isobutene-isoprene copolymers (butyl rubber-HR), isoprene-styrene copolymers (SIR), isoprene-butadiene copolymers (BIR) or isoprene-butadiene-styrene copolymers. (SBIR).
• This isoprene elastomer is preferably natural rubber or synthetic cis-1,4 polyisoprene; of these synthetic polyisoprenes, polyisoprenes having a content (mol%) of cis-1,4 bonds greater than 90%, more preferably still greater than 98%, are preferably used.
• the composition according to the invention may contain at least one essentially saturated diene elastomer, in particular at least one EPDM copolymer or a butyl rubber (optionally chlorinated or brominated), whether these copolymers are used alone or in a mixture with diene elastomers which are highly unsaturated as mentioned above, in particular NR or IR, BR or SBR.
• compositions of the invention may contain a single diene elastomer or a mixture of several diene elastomers, the diene elastomer (s) may be used in combination with any type of synthetic elastomer other than diene, or even with polymers other than elastomers, for example thermoplastic polymers.
• reinforcing filler known for its capacity to reinforce a rubber composition that can be used for manufacturing tires, for example an organic filler such as carbon black, or a reinforcing inorganic filler such as silica to which will be associated in this second case a coupling agent.
• Carbon blacks are suitable for all carbon blacks, in particular blacks of the HAF, ISAF, SAF type conventionally used in tires (so-called pneumatic grade blacks).
• the reinforcing carbon blacks of the 100, 200 or 300 series for example blacks Nl 15, N134, N234, N326, N330, N339, N347 or N375, or else, according to the targeted applications, the blacks of higher series (for example N660, N683, N772).
• -OH hydroxyl groups
• Suitable reinforcing inorganic fillers are mineral fillers of the siliceous type, in particular silica (SiO 2), or of the aluminous type, in particular alumina (Al 2 O 3).
• the silica used may be any reinforcing silica known to those skilled in the art, in particular any precipitated or fumed silica having a BET surface and a CTAB specific surface both less than 450 m 2 / g, preferably from 30 to 400 m 2 / g.
• HDS highly dispersible precipitated silicas
• reinforcing aluminas mention may be made of the "Baikalox”"A125” or “CR125” aluminas from the Baikowski company, Condea's “APA-100RDX”, Degussa's “Aluminoxid C”) or Sumitomo Chemicals "AKP-GO 15".
• a bifunctional coupling agent or bonding agent
• a bifunctional coupling agent will be used in a well-known manner to provide a sufficient chemical and / or physical connection between the inorganic filler (surface of its particles) and the diene elastomer, in particular organosilanes or bifunctional polyorganosiloxanes.
• the content of total reinforcing filler is between 20 and 200 phr, more preferably between 30 and 150 phr (parts by weight per hundred parts of elastomer), optimum being different depending on the intended applications: the level of reinforcement expected on a bicycle tire, for example, is known in a manner well below that required on a tire capable of driving at high speed in a sustained manner, for example a motorcycle tire, a tire for passenger vehicle or commercial vehicle such as Heavy weight.
• the rubber compositions of the invention have the novel and inventive characteristic of using, as antirversion agent, an itaconimidomaleimide compound having both a maleimide function and an itaconimide function, corresponding to the following formula (I):
• the radical R is any hydrocarbon radical, aromatic or aliphatic, cyclic or acyclic, substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched. Preferably, it comprises from 1 to 25 carbon atoms, and optionally one or more heteroatom (s) chosen (s) from O, N and S.
• R is selected from the group consisting of alkylenes having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, cycloalkylenes having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms. 24 carbon atoms, arylenes having 6 to 18 carbon atoms and aralkylenes having 7 to 25 carbon atoms.
• N- (itaconimido-ethyl) maleimide N- (itaconimido-hexamethyl) maleimide, N- (itaconimido-dodecamethyl) ) maleimide, N- (itaconimido-oxy-dipropyl) maleimide, N- (itaconimido-1,3-cyclohexyl) maleimide, N- (itaconimido-1,4-cyclohexyl) maleimide, N- (it- itaconimido-3,3'-dimethyl-4,4'-biphenyl) maleimide, N- (itaconimido-m-phenyl) maleimide, N- (itaconimido-p-phenyl) maleimide, N- (itaconimido-o- phen
• itaconimidomaleimide is more preferably selected from the group consisting of N- (itaconimido-m-phenyl) maleimide, N- (itaconimido-p-phenyl) maleimide, N (itaconimido-o-phenyl) maleimide, N- (3-itaconimido-4,6-dimethylphenyl) maleimide, N- (3-itaconimido-4-methyl-phenyl) maleimide, N- (3-itaconimido-4-methyl-phenyl) maleimide, itaconimido-6-methyl-phenyl) maleimide, N- (3-itaconimido-2-methylphenyl) maleimide, N- (1'-itaconimido-4,4'-methylene-bi-phenyl) maleimide, N [2- (methylene-itaconimido) -phenyl] -methylene-maleimide
• R is a phenylene group, the selected itaconimidomaleimide being even more preferably N- (itaconimido-p-phenyl) maleimide.
• the itaconimidomaleimide is present in the composition according to the invention at a preferential rate of between 0.1 and 10 phr. Below the minimum indicated, the intended technical effect may be insufficient, whereas beyond the maximum indicated, there is a double risk for the plasticizing compositions in the raw state and excessive stiffening at the same time. cooked state. For all these reasons, a more preferred level is used in a range of 0.2 to 5 phr. An amount within a range of 0.2 to 2.5 phr has proved particularly suitable for pneumatic application. - -
• the compounds of formula (I) described above can be prepared by double addition-elimination reaction of a diamine in the presence of maleic anhydride and itaconic anhydride, followed by a cyclization step.
• FIG. 1 illustrates a preferred synthesis route, comprising the following steps inspired by known methods (R having the above meanings):
• a first addition-elimination reaction occurs to give a non-isolated maleamic acid of formula (B) which, in the presence of anhydride itaconic in an inert organic solvent, will generate a second addition-elimination reaction similar to the previous one and lead to a maleamic and itaconamic diacid (product C), which may be in the form of two regioisomers (products C1 and C2) of respective formulas (Cl) and (C2):
• a cyclization step of the product C is carried out in the presence of an anhydrous organic solvent (for example toluene), a Lewis acid type catalyst (for example ZnCl 2 ) and a cyclization agent.
• an anhydrous organic solvent for example toluene
• a Lewis acid type catalyst for example ZnCl 2
• a cyclization agent such as hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) to generate the product of formula (I) referred to:
• the vulcanization system itself is based on sulfur (or a sulfur-donor agent) and a primary vulcanization accelerator.
• sulfur or a sulfur-donor agent
• a primary vulcanization accelerator To this basic vulcanization system are added, incorporated during the first non-productive phase and / or during the production phase as described later, various known secondary accelerators or vulcanization activators such as zinc oxide.
• Sulfur is used at a preferential level of between 0.5 and 10 phr, more preferably between 1 and 8 phr, in particular between 1 and 6 phr, when the composition of the invention is intended, according to a preferred embodiment of the invention. invention, to constitute an inner tire rubber, in particular a decoupling rubber.
• the primary vulcanization accelerator is used at a preferential rate of between 0.5 and 10 phr, more preferably between 0.5 and 5.0 phr.
• Such an accelerator it is known, must allow a crosslinking of the rubber compositions in industrially acceptable times, while preserving a minimum safety period ("toasting time") during which the compositions can be shaped without risk of premature vulcanization (“roasting").
• Any compound capable of acting as an accelerator for vulcanizing diene elastomers in the presence of sulfur may be used.
• accelerators of the thiazole type and their derivatives of formula (II) are suitable:
• R 1 represents a hydrogen atom, a 2-mercaptobenzothiazyl group of formula (III):
• said cycle may comprise at least one heteroatom such as S, O or N.
• Thiazole accelerators and preferred derivatives are especially selected from the group consisting of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole, 2-mercapto-benzothiazyl disulfide, N-cyclohexyl-2-benzothiazyl sulfenamide, N, N-dicyclohexyl-2-benzothiazyl sulfenamide, N tert-butyl-2-benzothiazylsulfenamide, N-cyclohexyl-2-benzothiazylsulfenimide, N-tert-butyl-2-benzothiazylsulfenimide and mixtures of these compounds.
• R 4 , R 5 , R 6 and R 7 each independently represent an alkyl group comprising from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, a benzyl group, a combination of R 4 and R 5 and a combination of R 6 and R 7 to form a cyclic pentamethylene group or a cyclic group methyl-pentamethylene and wherein R 4 and R 5 and R 6 and R 7 are connected to each other.
• Thiuram type accelerators are especially chosen from the preferred group consisting of tetramethyl-thiuram monosulfide, tetramethyl-thiuram disulfide, tetraethyl-thiuram disulfide, tetrabutyl-thiuram disulfide, tetraisobutyl disulfide.
• -thiuram, tetrabenzyl-thiuram disulfide and mixtures of these compounds are retained more preferably.
• accelerators that can be used in the compositions of the invention, mention may be made of zinc dithiocarbamates, in particular zinc tetramethyl dithiocarbamate, zinc tetraethyl dithiocarbamate and zinc tetrabenzyl dithiocarbamate. Among them, zinc tetrabenzyl dithiocarbamate is more preferably retained.
• the primary vulcanization accelerators used in the composition according to the invention are more preferably selected from the group consisting of 2-mercaptobenzothiazyl disulfide (abbreviated "MBTS”), N-cyclohexyl-2-benzothiazyl sulfenamide (abbreviated “ CBS “), N, N-dicyclohexyl-2-benzothiazylsulfenamide (abbreviated” DCBS “), N-tert-butyl-2-benzothiazylsulfenamide (abbreviated as” TBBS “), N-tert-butyl-2-benzothiazylsulfenimide (abbreviated as "TBSI”) and mixtures of these compounds.
• MBTS 2-mercaptobenzothiazyl disulfide
• CBS N-cyclohexyl-2-benzothiazyl sulfenamide
• DCBS N-dicyclohexyl-2-benzothiazyl
• the elastomeric compositions according to the invention may also comprise all or part of the usual additives used in rubber compositions intended for the manufacture of a tire, such as, for example, plasticizers or extension oils, that these are aromatic or non-aromatic nature, pigments, protective agents such as anti-ozone waxes, chemical antiozonants, anti-oxidants, anti-fatigue agents, adhesion promoters, coupling activators, reinforcing resins, acceptors and / or donors of methylene, or even other anti-eversion agents, for example conventional bismaleimides.
• plasticizers or extension oils that these are aromatic or non-aromatic nature, pigments, protective agents such as anti-ozone waxes, chemical antiozonants, anti-oxidants, anti-fatigue agents, adhesion promoters, coupling activators, reinforcing resins, acceptors and / or donors of methylene, or even other anti-eversion agents, for example conventional bismaleimides.
• these compositions comprise, as preferred non-aromatic or very weakly aromatic plasticizing agent, at least one compound selected from the group consisting of naphthenic, paraffinic, MES, TDAE oils, esters (especially trioleate) oils.
• glycerol the hydrocarbon plasticizing resins preferably having a high value of Tg (preferably greater than 30 ° C.), and mixtures of such compounds.
• the reinforcing filler used is an inorganic filler
• recovery agents for such an inorganic filler more generally, processing aid agents that are capable in a known manner, thanks to an improvement in the dispersion of the inorganic filler in the rubber matrix and a lowering of the viscosity of the compositions, to improve their ability to implement in the green state.
• compositions are manufactured in appropriate mixers, using two successive preparation phases well known to those skilled in the art: a first phase of work or thermomechanical mixing (so-called “non-productive” phase) at high temperature, up to a maximum of maximum temperature between 0 ° C and 190 ° C, preferably between 130 ° C and 180 ° C, followed by a second mechanical working phase (so-called “productive” phase) to a lower temperature, typically less than HO 0 C, for example between 40 ° C and 100 ° C, finishing phase during which is incorporated the vulcanization system.
• a first phase of work or thermomechanical mixing at high temperature, up to a maximum of maximum temperature between 0 ° C and 190 ° C, preferably between 130 ° C and 180 ° C
• a second mechanical working phase typically less than HO 0 C, for example between 40 ° C and 100 ° C, finishing phase during which is incorporated the vulcanization system.
• the method according to the invention for preparing a rubber composition having improved resistance to reversion comprises the following steps:
• At least one reinforcing filler by thermomechanically mixing the all, in one or more times, until a maximum temperature of between 0 ° C and 190 ° C is reached; cool the assembly to a temperature below 100 0 C;
• any one of the steps of the process comprises an itaconimidomaleimide compound of formula (I) above.
• the non-productive phase is carried out in a single thermomechanical step during which all the necessary basic constituents (diene elastomer) are introduced into a suitable mixer such as a conventional internal mixer. , reinforcing filler and coupling agent if necessary, optionally all or part of the itaconimidomaleimide compound), then in a second step, for example after one to two minutes of mixing, the other additives, any additional coating or processing agents, with the exception of the vulcanization system.
• the total mixing time in this non-productive phase is preferably between 1 and 15 minutes.
• the mixture thus obtained is then incorporated in an external mixer such as a roll mixer, maintained at low temperature (e.g. between 40 0 C and 100 0 C), the vulcanization system and the itaconimidomaléimide compound (all or the remaining part, if any).
• an external mixer such as a roll mixer, maintained at low temperature (e.g. between 40 0 C and 100 0 C), the vulcanization system and the itaconimidomaléimide compound (all or the remaining part, if any).
• the whole is then mixed (productive phase) for a few minutes, for example between 2 and 15 minutes.
• the final composition thus obtained can then be calendered, for example in the form of a sheet, a plate or extruded, for example to form a rubber profile used for the manufacture of a semi-finished tire product, such as webs, tapes, underlays, various rubber blocks, reinforced or not with textile or metal reinforcements, intended to form part of the tire structure.
• the vulcanization (or cooking) can then be carried out in a known manner at a temperature generally of between 130 ° C. and 200 ° C., preferably under pressure, for a sufficient time which may vary, for example, between 5 and 90 min, depending in particular on the firing temperature, the vulcanization system adopted and the vulcanization kinetics of the composition under consideration.
• the invention relates to the previously described rubber compositions both in the so-called “raw” state (ie before firing) and in the so-called “cooked” or vulcanized state (ie after vulcanization).
• N- (p-itaconimidophenyl) -maleimide is prepared by reaction of 1,4-phenylenediamine with maleic anhydride and then itaconic anhydride; the diacid then generated is then cyclized by taking inspiration from a process for synthesizing N-alkyl- and N-arylimide derivatives as described in J. Org. Chem., Vol. 62, No. 8, 2652-2654, 1997.
• 1,4-phenylenediamine (1) (10.50 g, ie 0.094 mol-1 equivalent) and 222 ml of THF (tetrahydrofuran) are added.
• THF tetrahydrofuran
• a solution of maleic anhydride (9.34 g or 0.094 mol - 1 eq) in 48 mL of THF under an argon atmosphere.
• a solution of itaconic anhydride (16.68 ml, ie 0.141 mol, 1.5 eq) in 6OmL of THF in 10 minutes is added to the medium, which has become heterogeneous and orange in color. .
• the medium is left stirring at room temperature for 16 hours.
• the precipitate is filtered on a sintered glass and then rinsed with ethyl ether. This is dried at room temperature; 30 g of 1,4-phenylene-N-itaconamic-N'-maleic acid diacid are thus obtained in the form of a fine, light yellow powder.
• the diacid (2a and 2b) (11.7 g, ie 0.0347 mol-1 eq) and 1.5 l of anhydrous toluene are introduced.
• the resulting mixture is subjected to mechanical stirring for a few minutes at room temperature, then ZnCl 2 (10.16 g, 0.728 mol - 2.1 eq) is added all at once.
• the reaction mixture is brought to 80 ° C. and the HMDS (18.16 ml, ie 0.0869 mol - 2.5 eq) is added over 10 minutes. It is left stirring vigorously and heating for 24 hours, then evaporated to dryness using a rotary evaporator (water bath at 80 ° C.
• an internal mixer is introduced with the usual "Banburry” type pallets (capacity: about 3.5 liters), 70% filled, and whose initial tank temperature is about 60 ° C., the diene elastomer (or the mixture of diene elastomers, if appropriate), the reinforcing filler (carbon black) and, after one to two minutes of mixing, the various other ingredients with the exception of vulcanization system and anti-eversion agent.
• Thermomechanical work (non-productive phase) is then carried out in one step (total mixing time equal to about 5 minutes), until a maximum temperature of "fall” of approximately 160 ° C. is reached. obtained, it is cooled then the vulcanization system is added and (if it is present in the composition) the anti-eversion agent on an external mixer (homo-finisher) at 40 ° C., mixing all (productive phase) during 3 to 4 minutes on this roller tool.
• compositions thus obtained are then calendered in the form of plates (thickness of 2 to 3 mm) or thin sheets of rubber for the measurement of their physical or mechanical properties, or extruded to form profiles that can be used directly, after cutting and / or assembly to the desired dimensions, as a semi-finished tire product.
• This test aims to demonstrate the improved resistance to reversion of a composition according to the invention intended to constitute a decoupling rubber located between the crown reinforcement and the radial carcass reinforcement of a tire of the civil engineering type. .
• composition according to the invention is compared with two control compositions, with or without an anti-eversion agent, the three compositions tested being identical, with the following differences:
• composition control without antireversion agent
• composition T-2 control with conventional antireversion agent (bis-maleimide)
• composition CI composition according to the invention (itaconimidomaleimide).
• the bismaleimide compound used in the control composition T-2 is meta-phenylenebismaleimide (abbreviated as "MPBM”), which is well known to those skilled in the art and corresponds to the following particular formula:
• MPBM meta-phenylenebismaleimide
• the essential characteristic distinguishing the two above compounds, and therefore the composition according to the invention CI, from the control composition T-2, is the presence on one and only one of the two cyclic groups imide of the double bond in the exo position. .
• Both maleimide compounds are used at an isomolar level.
• Tables 1 and 2 give the formulation of the various compositions (Table 1 - rate of the different products expressed in phr), the properties after firing, the rheometric properties as well as various parameters measuring the reversion.
• the evolution of the rheometric torque is followed after 60 min at 150 ° C.
• the thermal stability of the compositions is also assessed by the evolution of the nominal secant modulus at 100% and at 300% elongation, between the measurement at the optimum of cooking and after prolonged cooking for 6 hours (temperature of 15O 0 C ).

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