WO2015098540A1 - Polymer having oxygen-containing saturated heterocycles and process for manufacturing same - Google Patents

Abstract

A novel polymer which has repeating units represented by formula (1) is obtained by polymerizing a divinyl ether which has an oxygen-containing saturated heterocyclic skeleton with a diol which has an oxygen-containing saturated heterocyclic skeleton. In the formula, each Z ring is a saturated heterocycle which contains an oxygen atom as a heteroatom and which may be substituted, and the Z rings may be one kind of saturated heterocycles set forth above or a combination of two or more kinds of saturated heterocycles set forth above.

Description

Polymer having oxygen-containing saturated heterocycle and process for producing the same

The present invention relates to a novel polymer having a skeleton formed from an oxygen-containing saturated heterocycle (heterocycle) and an acetal bond, and a method for producing the same.

A multimeric compound having an acetal structure (bond) as a repeating unit can be used for various applications, for example, it can be easily decomposed by an acid, and thus can be used for a resist material, an adhesive for temporary fixing, and the like.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2012-126887 (Patent Document 1) discloses a multimeric compound having a repeating unit represented by the following formula (A).

(Wherein R ¹¹ is a residue of a carbonyl compound, R ^12a and R ^12b are the same or different and are a hydrogen atom or a substituent, R ¹³ to R ¹⁵ are the same or different and are a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and R ¹⁶ is a substituent. R ¹³ or R ¹⁴ and R ¹⁶ may be bonded to each other to form a ring).

In this document, the compound is represented by the following formula (B) and the compound represented by the following formula (C) in the presence of an aluminum catalyst and / or a tin catalyst in an ether solvent. It is described that it can be obtained by reacting at a temperature of −30 ° C. to 50 ° C. below.

(Wherein R ¹¹ , R ^12a , R ^12b and R ¹³ to R ¹⁶ are the same as above).

However, since this multimeric compound is produced by cationic polymerization, strict moisture management is required and it is necessary to react at a low temperature using an expensive metal catalyst, which makes it difficult to improve the molecular weight. there were. Furthermore, since the manufacturing is difficult, the productivity is low.

JP 2012-128687 A (Claims, Examples)

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a novel polymer having an oxygen-containing saturated heterocycle and an acetal bond in the main chain, and a method for producing the same.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel polymer having an oxygen-containing saturated heterocycle and an acetal bond in the main chain and capable of being easily produced, and a method for producing the same.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a novel polymer which has adhesiveness and can be easily decomposed by an acid, and a method for producing the same.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel polymer having excellent adhesion to inorganic materials such as glass and silicon wafers and a method for producing the same.

As a result of intensive studies to achieve the above-mentioned problems, the present inventor polymerized a divinyl ether having an oxygen-containing saturated heterocyclic skeleton and a diol having an oxygen-containing saturated heterocyclic skeleton in a simple manner, thereby producing a main chain. The present inventors have found that a novel polymer having an oxygen-containing saturated heterocycle and an acetal bond can be obtained.

That is, the polymer of the present invention has a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1).

(In the formula, ring Z may have a substituent and represents a saturated heterocycle containing an oxygen atom as a heteroatom, and ring Z may be the same saturated heterocycle, It may be a combination of different saturated heterocycles).

The repeating unit (1) may be a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1a).

(Wherein R ¹ to R ⁸ represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent).

In the formula (1a), R ¹ to R ⁸ may be a hydrogen atom. The polymer of the present invention may have a weight average molecular weight of 1000 or more.

The present invention includes a method for producing the polymer including a reaction step in which a divinyl ether represented by the following formula (2) and a diol represented by the following formula (3) are reacted.

(In the formula, ring Z may have a substituent and represents a saturated heterocycle containing an oxygen atom as a heteroatom, and ring Z may be the same saturated heterocycle, and are different. It may be a combination of the above saturated heterocycles).

The divinyl ether (2) may be a divinyl ether represented by the following formula (2a), and the diol (3) may be a diol represented by the following formula (3a).

(Wherein R ¹ to R ⁸ represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent)
In the reaction step, the reaction may be performed in the presence of an acid catalyst (particularly a weak acid), or may be performed at a temperature of 0 to 50 ° C.

In the present invention, a novel polymer having an oxygen-containing saturated heterocyclic ring and an acetal bond in the main chain can be obtained by a simple method. This polymer has adhesiveness and is easily decomposed by acid. In particular, it is formed of an oxygen-containing saturated heterocycle and an acetal bond, and has a polar structure containing an oxygen atom, and therefore has high adhesion to inorganic materials such as glass and silicon wafers.

FIG. 1 is an NMR chart of the polymers obtained in the examples.

[Polymer having oxygen-containing saturated heterocycle]
The polymer of the present invention has a repeating unit represented by the formula (1). In the formula (1), the ring Z may be a saturated heterocycle containing an oxygen atom as a hetero atom. In the present invention, since the saturated heterocycle has a polar structure containing oxygen atoms, the adhesion of inorganic materials such as glass and silicon wafers is also excellent.

The saturated heterocycle may be a saturated monocyclic heterocycle (heteromonocycle) or a saturated condensed heterocycle.

Examples of the saturated heteromonocycle include oxacyclobutane, tetrahydrofuran (oxacyclopentane), tetrahydropyran (oxacyclohexane), oxacycloheptane, oxacyclooctane, and the like. Of these, tetrahydrofuran and tetrahydropyran (particularly tetrahydrofuran) are preferred.

The number of condensed condensed heterocycles (the number of condensed rings) may be two or more, and may be three or more (for example, 3 to 4 rings). It is cyclic. The number of saturated condensed heterocycles (total number of condensed rings) is, for example, about 6 to 20 members, preferably 7 to 15 members, more preferably 8 to 12 members (especially 8 to 10 members). . The number of oxygen atoms contained in the saturated condensed heterocycle may be 2 or more, for example, 2 to 6, preferably 2 to 4, and more preferably about 2 to 3. Two or more oxygen atoms may be contained in the same ring, but usually one or more (for example, 1 to 2, particularly 1) is contained in each ring.

Examples of the basic skeleton of the saturated condensed heterocycle (the structure of each ring constituting the condensed ring) include the saturated heteromonocyclic ring. Of the saturated heteromonocycles, tetrahydrofuran and tetrahydropyran (particularly tetrahydrofuran) are preferred. The condensed ring is composed of a combination of these rings, and may be a combination of the same ring or a combination of different rings.

Of these saturated heterocycles, a saturated condensed heterocycle is preferable as the ring Z from the viewpoint of adhesion and the like.

The substituent contained in the ring Z, for example, an alkyl group (a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, etc. C _1-10 alkyl groups such as isopropyl group), C, such as cycloalkyl groups (cyclohexyl group _{5- 8} cycloalkyl groups, etc.), aralkyl groups (C _6-10 aryl-C _1-4 alkyl groups such as benzyl groups), aryl groups (eg C _6-10 aryl groups such as phenyl groups), alkoxy groups ( A C _1-10 alkoxy group such as a methoxy group or an ethoxy group), a carboxyl group, an acyl group (such as a C _1-4 acyl group such as a formyl group or an acetyl group), an alkoxycarbonyl group (a C _{1- 1} such as a methoxycarbonyl group). ₄ alkoxy - carbonyl group), a nitro group, a cyano group, (substituted) amino group, a halogen atom (fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine Child, etc.), and the like.

Such a repeating unit (1) may be a repeating unit represented by the formula (1a). In the formula ^{(1a), R 1 ~ R} 8 may be a single group selected from these substituents and may be a hydrogen atom, a group composed of a combination of two or more. As R ¹ to R ⁸ , a C _1-4 alkyl group such as a hydrogen atom or a methyl group is preferable, and a hydrogen atom is particularly preferable, from the viewpoints of ease of production and availability of raw materials.

The polymer of the present invention can be obtained by reacting divinyl ether having an oxygen-containing saturated heterocyclic skeleton with a diol having an oxygen-containing saturated heterocyclic skeleton. The polymer of the present invention may be a homopolymer or a copolymer. The copolymer is a repeating unit represented by the formula (1), wherein the ring Z is a combination of different saturated heterocycles, for example, a combination of different saturated heteromonocycles, a combination of different saturated fused heterocycles, A copolymer such as a combination of a single ring and a saturated condensed heterocyclic ring may be used. That is, in the formula (1), the rings Z may be the same saturated heterocycle or a combination of different saturated heterocycles. Further, the copolymer is a copolymer of a repeating unit represented by the formula (1) and a unit formed of another copolymerizable monomer (another divinyl ether and / or another diol). There may be.

In the polymer of the present invention, the proportion of the repeating unit represented by the formula (1) may be 50 mol% or more, for example, 80 mol% or more (for example, 80 to 100 mol%), preferably 90 mol. % Or more (for example, 90 to 100 mol%), more preferably 95 mol% or more (particularly 99 mol% or more).

The terminal group of the polymer of the present invention is either a vinyl ether group or a hydroxyl group, and may be either alone or a combination of both groups. As described above, since the polymer of the present invention has a hydroxyl group and / or a vinyl group at the terminal, the hydroxyl group imparts adhesion to an inorganic material such as glass or a silicon wafer, or other polymerizability by the vinyl group. It is also possible to obtain a resin having an acid-decomposable crosslinked structure by polymerizing with a group.

The weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the polymer of the present invention may be, for example, 1000 or more in terms of polystyrene as measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), for example, 1000 to 100,000, preferably 2000 to It may be about 50000, more preferably about 3000 to 30000 (particularly 4000 to 10,000). In the present invention, a high molecular weight polymer can be obtained despite having an oxygen-containing saturated heterocycle.

The molecular weight distribution (Mw / Mn) of the polymer of the present invention is, for example, about 1 to 5, preferably about 1.1 to 3, more preferably about 1.2 to 2.8 (particularly about 1.5 to 2.5). It may be.

The polymer of the present invention may be a solid at normal temperature (for example, 15 to 25 ° C.) and may have hot melt adhesiveness that develops viscosity at a predetermined temperature. The adhesion temperature of the polymer (temperature at which hot melt adhesion is possible) is, for example, about 50 to 200 ° C., preferably about 80 to 150 ° C., and more preferably about 100 to 150 ° C.

Since the polymer of the present invention is excellent in solvent solubility, coating is easy and handling properties are excellent. Examples of the solvent capable of dissolving the polymer include ester solvents (for example, acetate esters such as ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, propylene glycol monomethyl ether monoacetate), ketone solvents (for example, chain ketones such as acetone). Cyclic ethers such as cyclohexanone), ether solvents (eg, chain ethers such as propylene glycol monomethyl ether and diethylene glycol dimethyl ether; cyclic ethers such as dioxane and tetrahydrofuran), aromatic solvents (eg, toluene, xylene, etc.); Aromatic hydrocarbons), halogenated solvents (for example, haloalkanes such as dichloromethane and chloroform), alcoholic solvents (for example, alkanols such as methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, and butanol). , Nitrile solvents (e.g., acetonitrile, and benzonitrile), nitro solvents (e.g., nitrobenzene etc.) and the like.

Since the polymer of the present invention has an acetal bond in the main chain, it has the property of being easily decomposed by an acid. For example, it can be decomposed by adding a strong acid such as hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid and heating. The heating temperature may be, for example, about 35 to 100 ° C., preferably about 40 to 80 ° C., and more preferably about 45 to 60 ° C. Therefore, it is suitable as a resist material or an adhesive for temporary fixing.

[Method for producing polymer having oxygen-containing saturated heterocycle]
The polymer of the present invention is a polymer obtained by a production method including a reaction step of reacting the divinyl ether represented by the formula (2) and the diol represented by the formula (3).

In the reaction step, the divinyl ether (2) may be a divinyl ether having the basic skeleton of the ring Z exemplified in the repeating unit (1), and particularly represented by the formula (2a) A divinyl ether having a substituent exemplified in the repeating unit (1a) is preferable. The diol (3) may be a diol having ring Z exemplified in the repeating unit (1) as a basic skeleton, and may be a diol represented by the formula (3a) (particularly the repeating unit (1a)). Diols having a substituted group are preferred.

In the reaction step, a copolymerizable monomer may be added in addition to divinyl ether (2) and diol (3). Examples of the copolymerizable monomer include other divinyl ethers (eg, butylene divinyl ether, cyclohexane divinyl ether, diethylene glycol divinyl ether, triethylene glycol divinyl ether, 2,2-norbornane dimethanol divinyl ether), and other diols ( For example, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, tetramethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, cyclohexane dimethanol, bisphenol A, etc.), hydroxyalkyl vinyl ether and the like can be mentioned.

Of these, an alternating polymer of divinyl ether (2) and diol (3) is preferred.

The ratio (molar ratio) of divinyl ether (2) to diol (3) can be selected from the range of the former / the latter = 10/1 to 1/10. From the viewpoint of polymerizability, for example, 2/1 to 1/2, preferably 1.5 / 1 to 1 / 1.5, more preferably about 1.2 / 1 to 1 / 1.2 (particularly 1.1 / 1 to 1 / 1.1) Usually, it is approximately equimolar.

The reaction may be performed in the presence of a catalyst. As the catalyst, a conventional catalyst can be used, but an acid catalyst is preferable from the viewpoint of high reaction acceleration. The acid catalyst may be a strong acid such as hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid or p-toluenesulfonic acid, but acetic acid, phosphoric acid, arenesulfonic acid (for example, A weak acid such as a salt of a base such as toluenesulfonic acid) and a base (for example, a weak base such as pyridine) is preferable, and toluene such as pyridinium paratoluenesulfonate is excellent in terms of excellent balance between stability and reactivity of the polymer. Sulfonate is preferred.

The ratio of the catalyst is, for example, 0.1 to 20 mol, preferably 0.3 to 0.1 mol with respect to 100 mol of the total mol of polymerization components (for example, the total mol of divinyl ether (2) and diol (3)). The amount is about 15 mol, more preferably about 0.5 to 10 mol (particularly 1 to 5 mol). If the ratio of the catalyst is too small, the reactivity decreases, and if it is too large, the physical properties of the polymer may be adversely affected.

The reaction may be performed in a solvent, and the solvent is not particularly limited as long as it is a non-reactive solvent with respect to the divinyl ether and diol. For example, hydrocarbons (toluene, xylene, etc.), halogen-based solvents Solvent (methylene chloride, chloroform, etc.), ethers (dialkyl ethers such as diethyl ether, cyclic ethers such as tetrahydrofuran), ketones (acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, etc.), esters (methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, etc.) And cellosolve acetates (C _1-4 alkyl cellosolve acetate such as ethyl cellosolve acetate, propylene glycol mono C _1-4 alkyl ether acetate such as propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate) and the like. These solvents can be used alone or in combination of two or more. Among these solvents, cellosolve acetates (for example, propylene glycol mono C _1-4 alkyl ether acetate such as propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate) are widely used.

The amount of the solvent used is, for example, 10 to 1000 parts by weight, preferably 50 to 500 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the total amount of polymerization components (for example, the total amount of divinyl ether (2) and diol (3)). The amount may preferably be about 100 to 300 parts by weight (particularly 150 to 200 parts by weight).

The reaction may be performed by adding a conventional additive such as a polymerization accelerator or a polymerization inhibitor. Furthermore, moisture may be contained in the reaction system, and the reaction may be performed in the presence of moisture inevitably contained from raw materials.

In the reaction step, the reaction can proceed without excessive heating or cooling. The reaction temperature is, for example, 0 to 60 ° C., preferably 10 to 50 ° C., more preferably 20 to 45 ° C. (especially 30 to 30 ° C.). About 40 ° C.).

The reaction time may be, for example, 30 minutes to 48 hours, usually 1 to 36 hours, preferably about 2 to 24 hours. Note that the reaction may be performed in an inert atmosphere (an atmosphere of nitrogen, helium, argon, or the like).

The polymer obtained through the reaction step may be further subjected to a separation and purification step. In the separation and purification step, separation and purification may be performed by a conventional separation and purification treatment such as filtration, concentration, reprecipitation, extraction, crystallization (recrystallization, etc.). Further, when an acid catalyst is used, it may be neutralized with an alkali by a conventional method.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail based on examples, but the present invention is not limited to these examples. In addition, the characteristic of the obtained polymer was measured with the following method.

[Weight average molecular weight]
The weight average molecular weight (Mw) and number average molecular weight (Mn) of the polymers obtained in the examples were converted to polystyrene using a high-speed GPC device (“HLC-8220GPC” manufactured by Tosoh Corporation), and the mobile phase was tetrahydrofuran. Was measured by connecting three columns (“TSKgel-superHZM-M” manufactured by Tosoh Corporation) at a flow rate of 0.6 mL / min.

[NMR]
¹ H-NMR was measured at 500 MHz using a nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus (“JNM-ECA500” manufactured by JEOL Ltd.).

Example 1
Add 5 g of isosorbide (manufactured by Tokyo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.) and 0.43 g of pyridinium p-toluenesulfonate (manufactured by Tokyo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.) to 20 g of propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate (manufactured by Daicel Co., Ltd.) and add 30 g or less. Then, 6.78 g of isosorbide divinyl ether (manufactured by Daicel Corporation) was added dropwise. After dropping, the mixture was stirred at 40 ° C. for 4 hours. At the start of the reaction, an undissolved portion of isosorbide was present, but at the end of the reaction, the undissolved portion of isosorbide disappeared. After completion of the reaction, the organic layer was washed with 5 wt% aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and water, and the organic layer was concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain 7 g of a polymer. The polymer had a weight average molecular weight Mw of 5200 and a molecular weight distribution (Mw / Mn) of 2.2. The NMR data of the obtained polymer are shown below, and the NMR chart is shown in FIG.

(NMR data)
¹ H-NMR (CDCl ₃ ): δ (ppm) 1.334-1.344 (d), 1.386-1.397 (d), 3.858-4.006 (m) 4.029-4 0.063 (m), 4.232-4.352 (m), 4.410-4.419 (m), 4.526-4.567 (m), 5.045-5.091 (m), 6.352-6.487 (m).

Furthermore, 10 mg of the obtained polymer was dissolved in 4.5 g of tetrahydrofuran, 0.5 g of 1N hydrochloric acid was added, and the mixture was heated at 50 ° C. for 30 minutes. When the weight average molecular weight Mw of the hydrochloric acid-treated product was measured, the weight peak disappeared. On the other hand, when 10 mg of the obtained polymer was dissolved in 5 g of tetrahydrofuran and heated at 50 ° C. for 30 minutes and the weight average molecular weight Mw was measured, no change was confirmed in the peak of the weight body.

The polymer of the present invention can be used for various applications that make use of the structure formed by the oxygen-containing saturated heterocycle and the acetal bond, and in particular, has the adhesiveness and easily decomposes with an acid, It can be suitably used for various adhesives such as resist materials, temporary fixing adhesives and hot melt adhesives (for example, adhesives for inorganic materials such as glass and silicon wafers).

Claims (9)

1. The polymer which has a repeating unit represented by following formula (1).
   

   

   (In the formula, ring Z may have a substituent and represents a saturated heterocycle containing an oxygen atom as a heteroatom, and ring Z may be the same saturated heterocycle, and are different. It may be a combination of the above saturated heterocycles)
2. The polymer according to claim 1, wherein the repeating unit (1) is a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1a).
   (Wherein R ¹ to R ⁸ represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent)
3. The polymer according to claim 2, wherein, in the formula (1a), R ¹ to R ⁸ are hydrogen atoms.
4. The polymer according to any one of claims 1 to 3, having a weight average molecular weight of 1000 or more.
5. The method for producing a polymer according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a reaction step of reacting a divinyl ether represented by the following formula (2) with a diol represented by the following formula (3).
   

   

   (In the formula, ring Z may have a substituent and represents a saturated heterocycle containing an oxygen atom as a heteroatom, and ring Z may be the same saturated heterocycle, and are different. It may be a combination of the above saturated heterocycles)
6. The production method according to claim 5, wherein the divinyl ether (2) is a divinyl ether represented by the following formula (2a), and the diol (3) is a diol represented by the following formula (3a).
   

   

   (Wherein R ¹ to R ⁸ represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent)
7. The production method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of an acid catalyst in the reaction step.
8. The production method according to claim 7, wherein the acid catalyst is a weak acid.
9. The production method according to any one of claims 5 to 8, wherein the reaction is carried out at a temperature of 0 to 50 ° C in the reaction step.

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