Regulating the reaction in the preparation of polyisobutylene
US5378779A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 21, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jan 3, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08F10/10
- WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for regulating the reaction in the preparation of polyisobutylene by polymerizing isobutylene at from -130.degree. to 0.degree. C. in the presence of from 0.01 to 1.0% by weight of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst, from 0.0001 to 0.1% by weight of a molecular weight regulator, and a low boiling point solvent that is inert under the reaction conditions, the percentages by weight being based in each case on isobutylene, in which the solvent that has evaporated in the polymerization is continuously removed, liquefied and recycled in the liquid state to the polymerization zone, wherein vinyl ethers are used as molecular weight regulators. The vinyl ether used in this process acts both as an accelerator and an inhibitor of the cationic polymerization.
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