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Granted Patent B2
US 10,184,020 · App. 15/509,733 · Granted Jan 22, 2019

Conjugated diene polymer and conjugated diene polymer composition

Inventor: Koichiro Tajima (Pittsburgh, PA)
Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
C08F236/10C08C19/22C08C19/25C08C19/44C08F8/00C08F236/06C08L9/06C08L15/00
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Patent No.
US 10,184,020
App. No.
15/509,733
Granted
Jan 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a conjugated diene polymer obtained by a polymerization reaction in a polymerization solution comprising a conjugated diene, a compound represented by the following formula (1) or formula (2), and an organoalkali metal compound as a polymerization initiator: wherein R 102 in formula (1) represents an alkenyl group having 2 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms.

Claims (17)

1. A conjugated diene polymer obtained by a polymerization reaction in a polymerization solution comprising a conjugated diene; a compound represented by the following formula (1) or formula (2), and an organoalkali metal compound as a polymerization initiator:

wherein R 101 , R 103 , R 104 , R 105 , R 106 , R 107 , R 108 , R 109 , and R 110 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbyl group having 1 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms, R 102 represents an alkenyl group having 2 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms, and R 102 and R 103 may be bonded to each other to form an alkenylene group having 3 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms; and

wherein R 201 , R 202 , R 203 , R 204 , R 205 , R 206 , R 207 , R 208 , R 209 , and R 210 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbyl group having 1 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms, and R 202 and R 203 may be bonded to each other to form a hydrocarbylene group having 2 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms,

wherein a total content of the compound represented by formula (1) and the compound represented by formula (2) in the polymerization solution is 0.5 mol or more and 40 mol or less per mol of an alkali metal of the organoalkali metal compound.

2. The conjugated diene polymer according to claim 1 , having a modifying group bonded to a molecular chain terminal of the conjugated diene polymer, the modifying group being derived from an alkoxysilane compound, a halogen-containing silicon compound, a ketone compound, or a tin compound.

3. The conjugated diene polymer according to claim 1 , wherein, when Mw is a weight average molecular weight of the conjugated diene polymer, Mn is a number average molecular weight of the conjugated diene polymer, and the weight average molecular weight and the number average molecular weight are values in terms of polystyrene by gel permeation chromatography, Mw is 50000 or more and 2000000 or less, and Mw/Mn is 1.0 or more and 1.5 or less.

4. A conjugated diene polymer composition comprising:

the conjugated diene polymer according to claim 1 ; and

a reinforcing agent,

a content of the reinforcing agent being 10 parts by mass or more and 150 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the conjugated diene polymer.

5. A method for manufacturing a conjugated diene polymer, comprising:

a step of producing the conjugated diene polymer by a polymerization reaction in a polymerization solution comprising a conjugated diene, a compound represented by the following formula (1) or formula (2), and an organoalkali metal compound as a polymerization initiator:

wherein R 101 , R 103 , R 104 , R 105 , R 106 , R 107 , R 108 , R 109 , and R 110 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbyl group having 1 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms, R 102 represents an alkenyl group having 2 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms, and R 102 and 8103 may be bonded to each other to form an alkenylene group having 3 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms; and

wherein R 201 , R 202 , R 203 , R 204 , R 205 , R 206 , R 207 , R 208 , R 209 , and R 210 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbyl group having 1 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms, and R 202 and R 203 may be bonded to each other to form a hydrocarbylene group having 2 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms,

wherein a total content of the compound represented by formula (1) and the compound represented by formula (2) in the polymerization solution is 0.5 mol or more and 40 mol or less per mol of an alkali metal of the organoalkali metal compound.

6. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising a step of introducing a modifying group derived from an alkoxysilane compound, a halogen-containing silicon compound, a ketone compound, or a tin compound into a terminal of the polymer produced by the polymerization reaction.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein, when Mw is a weight average molecular weight of the conjugated diene polymer, Mn is a number average molecular weight of the conjugated diene polymer, and the weight average molecular weight and the number average molecular weight are values in terms of polystyrene by gel permeation chromatography, Mw is 50000 or more and 2000000 or less, and Mw/Mn is 1.0 or more and 1.5 or less.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2025
From: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
To: ZEON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070481/0713 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2017
From: TAJIMA, KOICHIRO
To: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 042672/0102 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-183904 · Sep 10, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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