PREPARATION OF A COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ORGANIC PEROXIDE BY SOLVENT TRANSFER
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a mixture comprising an organic peroxide and an additional compound by transferring said organic peroxide of a solvent into a composition comprising the additional compound.
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15 . A process for preparing a mixture comprising an organic peroxide and an additional compound, the process comprising the steps of:
a) bringing:
a first composition comprising said organic peroxide and a solvent, into contact with
a second composition comprising said additional compound, and
b) removing the solvent from a third composition thus obtained;
the additional compound being chosen from the group consisting of a monomer, an additional solvent, and an additional organic peroxide.
16 . The process as claimed in claim 15 , wherein said first composition is obtained by synthesizing said organic peroxide in said solvent.
17 . The process as claimed in claim 15 , wherein said organic peroxide is selected from the group consisting of OO-tert-alkyl O-alkyl monoperoxycarbonate, diisopropyl peroxycarbonate, polyether poly(tert-butyl peroxycarbonate), tert-amyl peroxypivalate, tert-butyl peroxypivalate, 2,2-di-(tert-butylperoxy)butane, 2,2-di-(tert-amylperoxy)butane, 1,1-di-(tert-butylperoxy)-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane, 1,1-di-(tert-butylperoxy)cyclohexane, 1,1-di-(tert-amylperoxy)cyclohexane and combinations thereof.
18 . The process as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the solvent of the first composition is selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbon, a chlorinated hydrocarbon, a fluorinated hydrocarbon, and combinations thereof.
19 . The process as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the additional compound is a monomer selected from the group consisting of a carbonate and an ester.
20 . The process as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the additional compound is a monomer and the organic peroxide is a polymerization initiator for said monomer.
21 . The process as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the additional compound is an additional solvent.
22 . The process as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the additional compound is an additional organic peroxide.
23 . The process as claimed in claim 19 , wherein the mixture is selected from the group consisting of:
OO-tert-amyl O-(2-isopropyl) monoperoxycarbonate and diethylene glycol bis(allyl carbonate),
OO-tert-butyl O-(2-isopropyl) monoperoxycarbonate and diethylene glycol bis(allyl carbonate),
1,1-di-(tert-amylperoxy) cyclohexane and diethylene glycol bis(allyl carbonate),
OO-tert-amyl O-(2-isopropyl) monoperoxycarbonate and OO-tert-butyl O-(2-ethylhexyl) monoperoxycarbonate,
OO-tert-butyl O-(2-isopropyl) monoperoxycarbonate and OO-tert-butyl O-(2-ethylhexyl) monoperoxycarbonate,
OO-tert-amyl O-(2-isopropyl) monoperoxycarbonate and OO-tert-amyl O-(2-ethylhexyl) monoperoxycarbonate, and
OO-tert-butyl O-(2-isopropyl) monoperoxycarbonate and OO-tert-amyl O-(2-ethylhexyl) monoperoxycarbonate.
24 . The process as claimed in claim 15 , wherein step b) is carried out by heating the composition obtained in step a), by a process selected from the group consisting of vacuum distillation, air stripping, and steam stripping.
25 . A mixture comprising an organic peroxide and an additional compound that can be obtained by the process according to claim 15 , wherein the mixture is selected from the group consisting of:
a mixture of TAIC and ADC,
a mixture of TBIC and ADC,
a mixture of 1,1-di-(tert-amylperoxy)cyclohexane and ADC,
a mixture of TAIC and TBEC,
a mixture of TBIC and TBEC,
a mixture of TAIC and TAEC, and
a mixture of TBIC and TAEC.
26 . The mixture as claimed in claim 25 , comprising less than 10,000 ppm of solvent other than the additional compound relative to the mixture comprising the organic peroxide and the additional compound.
27 . A process for polymerizing a monomer comprising
a) bringing a mixture comprising an organic peroxide and an additional compound into contact with the monomer to be polymerized; and
b) polymerizing said monomer, wherein the mixture is selected from the group consisting of:
a mixture of TAIC and ADC,
a mixture of TBIC and ADC,
a mixture of 1,1-di-(tert-amylperoxy)cyclohexane and ADC,
a mixture of TAIC and TBEC,
a mixture of TBIC and TBEC,
a mixture of TAIC and TAEC, and
a mixture of TBIC and TAEC.
28 . The process as claimed in claim 19 , wherein the carbonate is selected from the group consisting of diethylene glycol bis(allyl carbonate), ethylene glycol divinyl carbonate and glycerin tris(vinyl carbonate), and the ester is 2,5,8,11-tetraoxa-dodecanedioic acid, diethylenyl ester.
29 . The process as claimed in claim 21 , wherein the additional compound is not water.
30 . The process as claimed in claim 21 , wherein the additional compound is selected from the group consisting of esters, diesters, malonates and adipates, maleic anhydrides and esters, fumarates, cinnamates, stilbene, olefins, and cyclic alkenes.
31 . The process as claimed in claim 22 , wherein the additional organic peroxide is selected from the group consisting of OO-tert-butyl O-(2-ethylhexyl) monoperoxycarbonate, OO-tert-butyl O-(2-isopropyl) monoperoxycarbonate, OO-tert-amyl O-(2-ethylhexyl) monoperoxycarbonate, and OO-tert-amyl O-(2-isopropyl) monoperoxycarbonate, tert-amyl peroxypivalate, tert-butyl peroxypivalate or polyether poly-(tert-butyl) peroxycarbonate, diisopropyl peroxycarbonate, 2,2-di-(tert-butylperoxy)butane, 2,2-di-(tert-amylperoxy)butane, 1,1-di-(tert-butylperoxy)-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane, 1,1-di-(tert-butylperoxy)cyclohexane, and 1,1-di-(tert-amylperoxy)cyclohexane, and combinations thereof.