Crosslinkable curing super-branched polyester and cured product and preparation method thereof
View Patent ↗A crosslinkable curing super-branched polyester and the cured product and the preparation method thereof are disclosed. The super-branched polyester has high refractive index and comprises a compound represented by the following structural formula (I). In the formula (I), HBP is the backbone of the super-branched polyester; both a and b are positive integers; the sum of a and b is less than or equal to n; n is more than or equal to 10 and less than 80. In the super-branched polyester, A is represented by formula (II) and N is represented by formula (III), wherein R is methyl or hydrogen atom; the mole ratio of N relative to the total mole of A and N is more than 30 mol %, and the ratio of the total mole of A and N relative to the product of the total mole of HBP backbone and n is more than 0.5 and less than or equal to 1.
1. A crosslinkable curing super-branched polyester, comprising a compound represented by formula (I):
wherein HBP is the skeleton of the super-branched polyester; both a and b are positive integers; the sum of a and b is less than or equal to n; and n is greater than or equal to 10 but less than 80;
A is represented by formula (II):
wherein R is methyl or hydrogen atom;
N is represented by formula (III):
wherein the mole ratio of N relative to the total moles of A and N is greater than or equal to 30% by mole, and the ratio of the total moles of A and N relative to the total moles of HBP skeleton multiplied by n is greater than or equal to 0.5 but less than or equal to 1; wherein the super-branched polyester skeleton is derived from an aliphatic super-branched polyester having n hydroxyl-terminated groups.
2. The super-branched polyester of claim 1 , wherein the aliphatic super-branched polyester is one or more compound(s) selected from the following compounds:
3. The super-branched polyester of claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the total moles of A and N relative to the total moles of HBP skeletons multiplied by n is greater than or equal to 0.6.
4. The super-branched polyester of claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the total moles of A and N relative to the total moles of HBP skeletons multiplied by n is greater than or equal to 0.7.
5. The super-branched polyester of claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the mole of N relative to the total moles of A and N is greater than or equal to 40% by mole, but less than 90% by mole.
6. The super-branched polyester of claim 5 , wherein the ratio of the mole of N relative to the total moles of A and N is less than or equal to 80% by mole.
7. The super-branched polyester of claim 5 , wherein the ratio of the mole of N relative to the total moles of A and N is greater than or equal to 40% by mole, but less than or equal to 75% by mole.
8. The super-branched polyester of claim 7 , wherein the refractive index of the super-branched polyester is 1.50-1.60.
9. The super-branched polyester of claim 5 , wherein the sum of a and b is greater than or equal to 0.6 n but less than or equal to n.
10. A method for preparing the crosslinkable curing super-branched polyester of claim 1 , wherein the super-branched polyester is obtained from reaction of a super-branched polyester skeleton compound having n hydroxyl-terminated groups with the following compounds: at least one compound selected from (meth)acrylic acid and (meth)acryloyl halide; and at least one compound selected from naphthylacetic acid and naphthylacetyl halide; wherein the super-branched polyester skeleton compound having n hydroxyl-terminated groups is an aliphatic super-branched polyester.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the aliphatic super-branched polyester is one or more compound(s) selected from the following compounds:
12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the super-branched polyester is obtained from esterification reaction of the aliphatic super-branched polyester with acrylic acid and naphthylacetic acid.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the ratio of the additive amount of naphthylacetic acid relative to the total additive amount of acrylic acid and naphthylacetic acid is 30-80% by mole.
14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the ratio of the additive amount of naphthylacetic acid relative to the total additive amount of acrylic acid and naphthylacetic acid is 40-75% by mole.
15. A crosslinkable curing super-branched polyester composition, wherein the composition comprises the super-branched polyester of claim 1 and a photoinitiator.
16. The composition of claim 15 , wherein the photoinitiator is 0.5-5wt. % of the composition.
17. The composition of claim 15 , wherein the photoinitiator is 1-3wt. % of the composition.
18. The composition of claim 15 , wherein the photoinitiator is one or more initiator(s) selected from 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenyl-1-propanone 1-hydroxy-cyclohexyphenyl-ketone, 2-benzyl-2-(dimethylamino)-1-[4-(4-morpholinyl)phenyl]-1-butanone, alpha,alpha-dimethoxy-alpha-phenylacetophenone, phenyl bis(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl) phosphine oxide, 2-methyl-1-[4-(methylthio)phenyl]-2-(4-morpholnyl)-1-propanone, 2-hydroxy-1-[4-(2-hydroxyethoxy)phenyl]-2-methyl-1-propanone and 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyldiphenyl phosphine oxide.
19. A cured product, which is obtained from a curing reaction of the composition of claim 15 .
20. The cured product of claim 19 , wherein the refractive index of the cured product is 1.55-1.65.
21. The cured product of claim 19 , wherein the curing reaction is a photocuring reaction conducted by using an ultraviolet lamp, electron beam or visible light to irradiate the composition.