Use of C4-C6-polymercaptopolyols as regulators in solution or precipitation polymerization

US7084224B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Kathrin Michl · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Tilman Taeger · Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE
• Gunther Pabst · Neumarkt i.d.OPf., DE
• Philippe Lamalle · Lambsheim, DE
• Stephan Hueffer · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Stefan Schroeder · Neuleiningen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 12, 2004
• Grant date: Aug 1, 2006
• Expiry date: Jul 12, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08F2/10
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to C4–C6-polymercaptopolyols as regulators in the free-radically initiated solution and precipitation polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers.