IP Library Patent Application 10945903
Patent Application
App. No. 10/945,903

Method for producing (meth) acrylic acid ester polymer

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10/945,903
Abstract

There is provided a (meth) acrylic ester polymer having A silicon-containing functions group capable of crosslinking Through formation of a siloxane bond, or a composition comprising the polymer, which does not contain any environment-hostile aromatic compound derived from a solvent, and of which TVOC (total volatile organic compound) emission is less than 1,500·g/m 3 . There is further provided a method for producing a polymer comprising a (meth) acrylic ester monomer unit as a molecular chain and having a silicon-containing functional group capable of crosslinking through formation of a siloxane bond, which comprises polymerizing a (meth)acrylic ester monomer using a solvent not containing any aromatic solvents as a polymerization solvent.

Claims (29)

1 . A method for producing a polymer comprising a (meth)acrylic ester monomer unit as a molecular chain and having a silicon-containing functional group capable of crosslinking through formation of a siloxane bond,

which comprises polymerizing the (meth)acrylic ester monomer using a solvent not containing any aromatic solvents as a polymerization solvent.

2 . The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the polymerization solvent is one or more members selected from the group consisting of alcohol solvents and carbonyl group-containing solvents.

3 . The method according to claim 2 ,

wherein the polymerization solvent is one or more members selected from the group consisting of aliphatic alcohols containing 3 or 4 carbon atoms and dialkyl carbonates.

4 . The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the (meth)acrylic ester monomer is a mixture of

(1) an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer containing an alkyl group of 1 to 8 carbon atoms and

(2) an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer containing an alkyl group containing 10 or more carbon atoms.

5 . A method for producing a polymer comprising a (meth)acrylic ester monomer unit as a molecular chain and having a silicon-containing functional group capable of crosslinking through formation of a siloxane bond,

which comprises polymerizing the (meth)acrylic ester monomer using a polymerization solvent containing one or more members selected from the group consisting of aliphatic alcohols containing 3 or 4 carbon atoms and dialkyl carbonates but not containing an aromatic compound in a concentration over 1,000 ppm based on the polymer.

6 . The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the polymerization solvent is 2-propyl alcohol.

7 . The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the polymerization solvent is dimethyl carbonate.

8 . The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein 2,2′-azobis(dimethylvaleronitrile) is used as a polymerization initiator.

9 - 17 . (canceled).

18 . The method according to claim 2 ,

wherein the (meth)acrylic ester monomer is a mixture of

(1) an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer containing an alkyl group of 1 to 8 carbon atoms and

(2) an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer containing an alkyl group containing 10 or more carbon atoms.

19 . The method according to claim 3 ,

wherein the (meth)acrylic ester monomer is a mixture of

(1) an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer containing an alkyl group of 1 to 8 carbon atoms and

(2) an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer containing an alkyl group containing 10 or more carbon atoms.

20 . The method according to claim 5 ,

wherein 2,2′-azobis(dimethylvaleronitrile) is used as a polymerization initiator.