IP Library Granted Patent US 7,781,606
Granted Patent B2
US 7,781,606 · App. 11/647,780 · Granted Aug 24, 2010

Blocked mercaptosilane coupling agents, process for making and uses in rubber

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Patent No.
US 7,781,606
App. No.
11/647,780
Granted
Aug 24, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to sulfur silane coupling agents containing multiple blocked mercapto groups which are in a state of reduced activity until activated. The coupling agents are advantageously used in rubber formulations, for example, for fabricating tires with low rolling resistance.

Claims (36)

1. A compound having formula 1:

[R k —Y—S(CH 2 ) n ] r -G-(CH 2 ) m —(SiX 1 X 2 X 3 )  (1)

wherein each occurrence of Y is selected from the group consisting of —C(═NR 1 )—; —SC(═NR 1 )—; (—NR 1 )C(═NR 1 )—; —SC(═O)—; (—NR 1 )C(═O)—; (—NR 1 )C(═S)—; —OC(═O)—; —OC(═S)—; —C(═O)—; —SC(═S)—; —C(═S)—; —S(═O)—; (—NR)S(═O) 2 —; —SS(═O)—; —OS(═O)—; (—NR 1 )S(═O)—; —SS(═O) 2 —; (—S) 2 P(═O)—; —(—S)P(═O)—; —P(═O)(—) 2 ; (—S) 2 P(═S)—;

—(—S)P(═S)—; —P(═S)(—) 2 ; (—NR 1 ) 2 P(═O)—; (—NR)(—S)P(═O)—; (—O)(—NR 1 )P(═O)—; (—O) 2 P(═O)—; —(—O)P(═O)—; —(NR 1 )P(═O)—; —(NR 1 ) 2 P(═S)—; (—NR 1 (—S)P(═S)—; (—O)(—NR 1 )P(═S)—; (—O)(—S)P(═S)—; (—O) 2 P(═S)—; —(—O)P(═S)—; and —(—NR 1 )P(═S), and wherein

each occurrence of R is chosen independently from hydrogen, straight, cyclic, or branched alkyl, alkenyl groups, aryl groups, and aralkyl groups, with each R containing up to about 18 carbon atoms;

each occurrence of G is chosen independently form a group consisting of a trivalent or polyvalent hydrocarbon group of 3 to 30 carbon atoms derived by substitution of alkane, alkene or aralkane or a trivalent or polyvalent heterocarbon group of 2 to 29 carbon atoms with the proviso that G contains a cyclic structure (ring);

each occurrence of X 1 is independently selected from the set of hydrolysable groups—group consisting of —Cl, —Br, R 1 O—, R 1 C(═O)O—, R 1 2 C═NO—, R 1 2 NO— or R 2 N—, wherein each R 1 is chosen independently from hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or aralkyl groups with each R 1 containing up to about 18 carbon atoms;

each occurrence of X 2 and X 3 are independently chosen from the group consisting of the members listed for R 1 and X 1 ; and,

k is 1 to 2; m=1 to 5; n=1 to 5; r is 2 to 4.

2. The compound of claim 1 wherein X 1 is selected from the group consisting of methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, isopropoxy, butoxy, phenoxy, benzyloxy, hydroxy, chloro and acetoxy, and X 2 and X 3 are each independently selected from the group consisting of methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, isopropoxy, butoxy, phenoxy, benzyloxy, hydroxy, chloro and acetoxy, methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, sec-butyl, phenyl, vinyl, cyclohexyl, butyl, hexyl, octyl, lauryl and octadecyl.

3. The compound of claim 1 wherein G is a structure derivable from vinylnorbornene, vinylcyclohexene, limonene, or trivinylcyclohexane, or any structure derivable by trisubstitution of cyclopentane, tetrahydrocyclopentadiene, cyclohexane, cyclodecane, cyclododecane, any of the cyclododecenes, any of the cyclododecadienes, cycloheptane, any of the cycloheptenes or any of the cycloheptadienes; trisubstituted cyanurate, piperazine, cyclohexanone, or cyclohexenone; any structure derivable from trisubstitued benzene, toluene, mestylene and naphthalene.

4. The compound of claim 1 wherein R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, hexyl, 2-ethylhexyl, octyl, dodecyl, octadecyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl, benzyl, phenethyl, methallyl and allyl.

5. The compound of claim 1 wherein Y is selected from the group consisting of —C(═NR)—, —SC(═NR)—, —NR 1 C(═NR 1 )—, —C(═O)—, —SC(═O)—, —OC(═O)—, —NR 1 C(═O)—, —C(═S), —NR 1 C(═S)— and —SC(═S)—.

6. The compound of claim 1 wherein Y is —C(═O)—.

7. The compound of claim 1 wherein m is 2-4 and n is 1-4.

8. The compound of claim 1 wherein each occurrence of the m is 2-4 and n is 2-4.

9. The compound of claim 1 wherein each occurrence of m is 2 and n is 2.

10. The compound of claim 1 wherein each occurrence of the G is a substituted hydrocarbon containing at least one ring and from 1 to 18 carbon atoms.

11. The compound of claim 1 wherein each occurrence of the G is selected from a group consisting of substituted cyclopentane, cyclohexane, cycloheptane, cyclooctane, cyclododecane and benzene.

12. The compound of claim 1 wherein each occurrence of the R is selected from a group consisting of a straight chain alkyl group from 1 to 8 carbon atoms.

13. The compound of claim 1 wherein each occurrence of the R is selected from a group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl and propyl.

14. The compound of claim 1 wherein the sum of the carbon atoms within the R groups within the molecule is from 2 to 16.

15. The compound of claim 1 wherein each occurrence of G is selected from a group consisting of a trisubstituted cyclohexane or benzene, R is a straight chain alkyl group possessing from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, r=2 and m=1 or 2, and n=1 or 2.

16. The compound of claim 1 wherein said compound is selected from the group consisting of 1-(2-triethoxysilylethyl)-3,5-bis-(3-thia-4-oxopentyl)benzene, 1-(2-triethoxysilylethyl)-3,5-bis-(3-thia-4-oxohexyl)benzene, 1-(2-triethoxysilylethyl)-3,5-bis-(3-thia-4-oxoheptyl)benzene, 1-(2-tripropoxysilylethyl)-3,5-bis-(3-thia-4-oxopentyl) benzene, 4 (2 triethoxysilylethyl)-1,2-bis-(2-thia-3-oxopentyl)benzene, 1-(2 diethoxymethylsilylethyl)-3,5-bis-(3-thia-4-oxopentyl)benzene, 4-(2-dimethylethoxysilylethyl)-1,2-bis-(3-thia-4-oxopentyl)benzene, 4-(2-triethoxysilylethyl)-1,2-bis-(2-thia-3-oxopentyl)cyclohexane, 1-(2-triethoxysilylethyl)-2,4-bis-(2-thia-3-oxopentyl)cyclohexane, 2-(2-triethoxysilylethyl)-1,4-bis-(2-thia-3-oxopentyl)cyclohexane, 4-(2-dimethylethoxysilylethyl)-1,2-bis-(3-thia-4-oxopentyl)cyclohexane, 4-(2-triethoxysilylethyl)-1,2-bis-(3-thia-4-oxohexyl)cyclohexane, 1-(2-triethoxysilylethyl)-2,4-bis-(3-thia-4-oxohexyl)cyclohexane, 2-(2-triethoxysilylethyl)-1,4-bis-(3-thia-4-oxohexyl)cyclohexane, 4-(2-triethoxysilylethyl)-1,2-bis-(3-thia-4-oxononyl)cyclohexane, 1-(2-triethoxysilylethyl)-2,4-bis-(3-thia-4-oxononyl)cyclohexane, 2-(2-triethoxysilylethyl)-1,4-bis-(3-thia-4-oxononyl)cyclohexane, 4-(2-triethoxysilylethyl)-1,2-bis-(3-thia-4-oxoundecyl)cyclohexane, 1-(2-triethoxysilylethyl)-2,4-bis-(3-thia-4-oxoundecyl)cyclohexane, 2-(2-triethoxysilylethyl)-1,4-bis-(3-thia-4-oxoundecyl)cyclohexane, 4-(2-dimethylethoxysilylethyl)-1,2-bis-(3-thia-4-oxododecyl)cyclohexane, 4-(2-triethoxysilylethyl)-1,2-bis-(3-thia-4-oxododecyl)cyclohexane, 4-(2-triethoxysilylethyl)-1,2-bis-(3-thia-4-oxo-5-aza-5-methyldodecyl)cyclohexane, 4-(2-triethoxysilylethyl)-1,2-bis-(3,5-dithia-4-oxododecyl)cyclohexane, 1-(2-triethoxysilylethyl)-3,5-bis-(3-thia-4-oxopenyl)mesitylene and 6-(2-triethoxysilylpropyl)-2,2-bis-(3-thia-4-oxopentyl)cyclohexanone, and mixtures thereof.

17. A method for making the compound of claim 1 comprising reacting a thioacid with an alkenyl functional silane under free radical addition reaction conditions.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the thioacid is a thiocarboxylic acid.

19. The method of claim 17 wherein the reaction conditions include a temperature of at least about 20 degrees C.

20. The method of claim 17 wherein the reaction is catalyzed by UV radiation.

21. The method of claim 17 wherein the reaction is conducted in the presence of a free radical initiator.

22. The method of claim 21 wherein the free radical initiator is selected from the group consisting of peracids, esters of peracids, peroxides, hydroperoxides, peroxy-acetals peroxy-ketals, azobisisobutyronitrile, 1,1-azobis(cyclohexanecarbonitrile) and azo-tert-butane.

23. A method for making the compound of claim 1 comprising reacting an alkali metal salt of a thioacid with a haloalkylsilane or a haloalkylethoxysilane in the presence of a solvent under reaction conditions sufficient to allow the reaction to proceed substantially to completion.

24. The method of claim 23 wherein the solvent is an alkanol.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein the alkanol is selected from the group consisting of propanol, isopropanol, n-butanol, isobutanol, t-butanol, methanol and ethanol.

26. The method of claim 23 wherein the solvent is a non-protic solvent.

27. The method of claim 23 wherein the solvent is selected from the group consisting of glyme, diglyme, dioxanes, N,N-dimethylformamide; N,N-dimethylacetamide; dimethylsulfoxide; N-methylpyrrolidinone; or hexamethylphosphoramide.

28. The method of claim 23 wherein the reaction conditions include a temperature of about 60 degrees C. to about 160 degrees C.

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