IP Library Granted Patent US 8,357,758
Granted Patent B2
US 8,357,758 · App. 13/001,487 · Granted Jan 22, 2013

Modified natural rubber particle, production method thereof, and modified natural rubber latex

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Patent No.
US 8,357,758
App. No.
13/001,487
Granted
Jan 22, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A modified natural rubber particle having carbon-carbon double bonds assigned to multifunctional vinyl monomers graft-copolymerized onto the surface of the modified natural rubber particle, which is prepared by graft-copolymerization of multifunctional vinyl monomers having two or more carbon-carbon double bonds onto natural rubber particles or deproteinized natural rubber particles. One of the methods for producing a modified natural rubber particle includes the steps of: forming inclusion complex of the multifunctional vinyl monomers having two or more carbon-carbon double bonds with a guest-protecting agent to protect at least one of the double bonds of the multifunctional vinyl monomers; graft-copolymerizing the resulting inclusion complex onto natural rubber particles or deproteinized natural rubber particles; and deprotecting the protected double bonds by removing the guest-protecting agent from the obtained graft-copolymer.

Claims (12)

1. Modified natural rubber particle having carbon-carbon double bonds of vinyl structures assigned to multifunctional vinyl monomers graft-copolymerized onto the surface of the modified natural rubber particle, which is prepared by a method comprising the steps of:

forming inclusion complex of one or more multifunctional vinyl monomers and cyclodextrin, the one or more multifunctional vinyl monomers having two or more carbon-carbon double bonds of vinyl structures and chosen from the following (a) to (c):

(a) a multifunctional vinyl monomer derived from a polyalcohol and an unsaturated carboxylic acid;

(b) a multifunctional vinyl monomer derived from a polyalcohol and a multifunctional (meth)allyl compound; and

(c) a styrene-based multifunctional vinyl monomer;

graft-copolymerizing the resulting inclusion complex onto natural rubber particles or deproteinized natural rubber particles; and

deprotecting the protected double bonds by removing the cyclodextrin from the obtained graft-copolymer.

2. Modified natural rubber latex containing the modified natural rubber particle according to claim 1 .

3. Method for producing modified natural rubber particle having carbon-carbon double bonds of vinyl structures assigned to multifunctional vinyl monomers graft-copolymerized onto the surface of the modified natural rubber particle, comprising the steps of:

forming inclusion complex of one or more multifunctional vinyl monomers and cyclodextrin, the one or more multifunctional vinyl monomers having two or more carbon-carbon double bonds of vinyl structures and chosen from (a) a multifunctional vinyl monomer derived from a polyalcohol and an unsaturated carboxylic acid, (b) a multifunctional vinyl monomer derived from a polyalcohol and a multifunctional (meth)allyl compound, and (c) a styrene-based multifunctional vinyl monomer, and the cyclodextrin protecting at least one of the double bonds of the multifunctional vinyl monomers;

graft-copolymerizing the resulting inclusion complex onto natural rubber particles or deproteinized natural rubber particles; and

deprotecting the protected double bonds by removing the cyclodextrin from the obtained graft-copolymer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 20, 2014
From: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 034016/0613 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2010
From: WAKISAKA, OSAMU; SHIBAHARA, AKIHIRO; KAWAHARA, SEIICHI; YAMAMOTO, YOSHIMASA; PUKKATE, NANTHAPORN
To: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.; NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025605/0961 →