Processes for the preparation of a monodisperse polymers, processes for the continuous polymerization of cyclic monomers, and polymers prepared thereby
US6191250A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 15, 1999 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08G63/64
- WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for preparing lactone polymers, carbonate polymers, lactone-carbonate block copolymers and lactone-arbonate random copolymers via a ring-opening addition reaction of a lactone monomer, a cyclic carbonate monomer or a mixture thereof using an initiator and in the presence of a specific titanium-type Lewis acid catalyst. The resulting polymers have a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) approximately equal to 1 or a extremely high purity of single-structure components. The polymer molecules range in an oligomer region to a molecular weight of approximately 200,000. The present invention also relates to a method for preparing lactone polymers, carbonate polymers and lactone-carbonate copolymers having a narrow molecular weight distribution and which can be obtained via a continuous polymerisation of a lactone monomer and/or a cyclic carbonate monomer using an initiator in an extruder in the presence of a specific titanium-type Lewis acid catalyst or an aluminium-type Lewis acid catalyst. The present invention also relates to these resulting polymers.
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