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Process for polymerizing a methacrylic ester or an acrylic ester

US6630554B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 18, 2000
Grant dateOct 7, 2003
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Expiry dateSep 18, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08F212/08
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

(1) A methacrylic ester or an acrylic ester is anionically polymerized, using a polymerization initiator compound comprising an addition reaction product of a conjugated diene compound and an organic alkali metal compound, in the presence of a tertiary organoaluminum compound having in the molecule thereof a chemical structure represented by a formula: Al—O—Ar wherein Ar represents an aromatic ring; or(2) a methacrylic ester or an acrylic ester is anionically polymerized, using a polymerization initiator compound comprising an addition reaction product of an organic alkali metal compound and a compound having a 1,1-diaryl-1-alkene structure, by adding the ester in the form of a mixture with the above-mentioned specific tertiary organoaluminum compound to the polymerization system.In this way, various species of the esters can be anionically polymerized with a high initiation efficiency and a high living polymerization property in a solvent which can easily be recovered and reused under a mild cooling condition, using an organic alkali metal compound which has relatively good convenience.

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