Method for producing polyisobutene

US7217773B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Hans Peter Rath · Havelsee, DE
• Thomas Perner · Eßlingen, DE
• Helmut Mach · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 23, 2004
• Grant date: May 15, 2007
• Expiry date: Mar 19, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/582
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process is described for preparing polyisobutene having a content of terminal vinylidene groups of at least 75 mol % by polymerizing isobutene or isobutenic hydrocarbon mixtures in the liquid phase in the presence of a boron trifluoride complex catalyst of the composition(BF3)a.L1b.L2c.L3dwhere L1 is water, a primary C1–C5-alkanol and/or a secondary C3–C5-alkanol, L2 is at least one aldehyde and/or one ketone, L3 is an ether having at least 5 carbon atoms, a secondary alkanol having at least 6 carbon atoms, a primary alkanol having at least 6 carbon atoms and/or a tertiary alkanol, the b:a ratio is in the range from 0.9 to 3.0, the c:a ratio is in the range from 0.01 to 0.5, and the d:a ratio is in the range from 0 to 1.0.