Perfluoroether moiety-containing polymer and a surface treating agent comprising the same
The present invention relates to a perfluoropolyoxyalkylene group-containing polymer represented by the following formula (1), wherein Rf is a group having a perfluoropolyoxyalkylene group; W 1 is a divalent organosiloxane group having at least one group represented by the following formula (2); W 2 is a monovalent group selected from an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkenyloxyalkyl group, an aryl group and an organosiloxane group represented by the following formula (3), and the combinations thereof, the monovalent group having 1 to 300 carbon atoms and being optionally substituted with one or more fluorine atoms; Q is, independently of each other, a divalent linking group having 2 to 12 carbon atoms, optionally containing one or more oxygen atoms, nitrogen atoms, or fluorine atoms; and p is an integer of from 1 to 20, wherein X is a hydrolysable group; R 1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a phenyl group; y is an integer of from 1 to 5; and a is 2 or 3, wherein, R 2 and R 3 each are, independently of each other, a group selected from an alkyl group and an aryl group, have 1 to 200 carbon atoms and may optionally be substituted with one or more fluorine atoms and; and n is an integer of from 0 to 50.
1. A perfluoropolyoxyalkylene group-containing polymer represented by the following formula (1),
wherein Rf is a group having a perfluoropolyoxyalkylene group; W 1 is a divalent organosiloxane group having at least one group represented by the following formula (2); W 2 is a monovalent group selected from an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkenyloxyalkyl group, an aryl group and an organosiloxane group represented by the following formula (3), and the combinations thereof, the monovalent group having 1 to 300 carbon atoms and being optionally substituted with one or more fluorine atoms and; Q is, independently of each other, a divalent linking group having 2 to 12 carbon atoms, optionally containing one or more oxygen atoms, nitrogen atoms, or fluorine atoms; and p is an integer of from 1 to 20,
wherein X is a hydrolysable group; R 1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a phenyl group; y is an integer of from 1 to 5; and a is 2 or 3,
wherein R 2 and R 3 each are, independently of each other, a group selected from an alkyl group having 1 to 200 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 1 to 200 carbon atoms, and an alkyloxyalkyleneoxyalkyl group having 1 to 200 carbon atoms and may optionally be substituted with one or more fluorine atoms; and n is an integer of from 0 to 50.
2. The perfluoropolyoxyalkylene group-containing polymer according to claim 1 , wherein Rf in formula (1) is a group containing a divalent perfluorooxyalkylene group represented by the following formula,
—(C c F 2c O) d —
wherein c in the repeating unit is, independently of each other, an integer of from 1 to 6; and d is an integer of from 2 to 100.
3. The perfluorooxyalkylene group-containing polymer according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein Rf in formula (1) is selected from the group consisting of the groups represented by the following general formula (4), (5), or (6),
wherein Y is, independently of each other, F or CF 3 ; e is an integer of from 1 to 3; g is an integer of from 2 to 6, f and i each are an integer of from 0 to 100, provided that a total off and i is from 2 to 100; h is an integer of from 0 to 6; and these repeating units may be sequenced at random,
—C e F 2e (OCF 2 CF 2 CF 2 ) j OC e F 2e — (5)
wherein j is an integer of from 1 to 100; and e is an integer of from 1 to 3,
wherein Y is F or a CF 3 group; e is an integer of from 1 to 3; k and l each are an integer of from 0 to 100, provided that a total of k and l is from 2 to 100; and these repeating units may be sequenced at random.
4. The perfluorooxyalkylene group-containing polymer according to claim 3 , wherein Rf in formula (1) is represented by the following general formula (7),
—CF 2 (OCF 2 CF 2 ) m (OCF 2 ) n OCF 2 — (7)
wherein m is an integer of from 0 to 50; and n is an integer of from 1 to 50, provided that a total of m and n is an integer of from 2 to 60.
5. The perfluoropolyoxyalkylene group-containing polymer according to claim 1 , wherein W 1 is a group represented by the following general formula (A) or (B),
Si n R 4 2n-k (C y H 2y SiR 1 3-a X a ) k O n-1 (A)
Si m R 4 2m-2-k (C y H 2y SiR 1 3-a X a ) k O m (B)
wherein R 1 , y, a, and X are as defined above; R 4 is, independently of each other, a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group; n is an integer of from 4 to 42; k is an integer of from 1 to 5; and m is an integer of from 3 to 5.
6. The perfluoropolyoxyalkylene group-containing polymer according to claim 1 , wherein X in formula (2) is an alkoxy group; and W 1 is represented by the following formula (8) or (10-1)
7. The perfluoropolyoxyalkylene group-containing polymer according to claim 1 , wherein X is an alkoxy group; and W 2 is an organosiloxane group represented by formula (3), wherein R 2 and R 3 are an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a phenyl group; and n is 1.
8. The perfluoropolyoxyalkylene group-containing polymer according to claim 1 , wherein X in formula (2) is an alkoxy group and W 2 is an alkenyl group.
9. The perfluoropolyoxyalkylene group-containing polymer according to claim 1 , wherein X in formula (2) is an alkoxy group and W 2 is an organosiloxane group represented by formula (3), wherein at least one R 2 in formula (3) is a partially or wholly fluorinated alkyloxyalkyleneoxyalkyl group.
10. The perfluoropolyoxyalkylene group-containing polymer according to claim 1 , wherein Q in formula (1) is a group having an amide bond, an ether bond, an ester bond or a vinyl bond.
11. A surface treating agent composition comprising the perfluoropolyoxyalkylene group-containing polymer according to claim 1 and/or a partial hydrolysis condensate thereof.
12. An article having a cured coating made from the perfluoropolyoxyalkylene group-containing polymer according to claim 1 and/or a partial hydrolysis condensate thereof on the surface thereof.