Modified conjugated diene-based polymer and rubber composition including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11254755-B2
Application number	US-201716338817-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 8, 2017
Priority date	Jan 3, 2017
Publication date	Feb 22, 2022
Grant date	Feb 22, 2022

Abstract

A modified conjugated diene-based polymer, and more particularly, a modified conjugated diene-based polymer having a unimodal molecular weight distribution curve measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), molecular weight distribution (PDI; MWD) of less than 1.7, and a Si content of 100 ppm or more based on weight, and including a repeating unit derived from an aromatic vinyl monomer in an amount of greater than 0 wt % and less than 15 wt %, and a rubber composition including the same.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A modified conjugated diene-based polymer having:
a unimodal molecular weight distribution curve measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC),
a molecular weight distribution of less than 1.7,
a Si content of 100 ppm or more based on a total weight of the modified conjugated diene-based polymer, wherein the Si content is measured by an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) analysis method, and
the modified conjugated diene-based polymer comprising a repeating unit derived from an aromatic vinyl monomer in an amount of greater than 0 wt% and less than 15 wt% based on the total weight of the modified conjugated diene-based polymer.

2. The modified conjugated diene-based polymer of claim 1 further comprising, a repeating unit derived from a conjugated diene-based monomer and a functional group derived from a modifier.

3. The modified conjugated diene-based polymer of claim 2 , wherein the modifier has an affinity with silica.

4. The modified conjugated diene-based polymer of claim 1 , wherein the modified conjugated diene-based polymer has a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 1,000 g/mol to 2,000,000 g/mol, and a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 1,000 g/mol to 3,000,000 g/mol.

5. The modified conjugated diene-based polymer of claim 1 , wherein the molecular weight distribution is from 1.0 to less than 1.7.

6. The modified conjugated diene-based polymer of claim 1 , wherein a Mooney viscosity is 30 or more at 100° C.

7. A modified conjugated diene-based polymer having: a unimodal molecular weight distribution curve of a polymer component having a molecular weight of 100,000 g/mol or more measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) with polystyrene as a standard for calculating molecular weight,
a molecular weight distribution of 2.0 or less,
a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 250,000 g/mol to 700,000 g/mol,
a vinyl content of a butadiene unit of 20 mol% to 80 mol%,
a Si content of 100 ppm or more based on a total weight of the modified conjugated diene-based polymer, wherein the Si content is measured by an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) analysis method,
a content of the polymer component having a functional group of 50 wt% or more based on the total weight of the modified conjugated diene-based polymer, and
the modified conjugated diene-based polymer comprising a repeating unit derived from an aromatic vinyl monomer in an amount of greater than 0 wt% and less than 15 wt% based on the total weight of the modified conjugated diene-based polymer.

8. A rubber composition comprising the modified conjugated diene-based polymer according to claim 1 , and a filler.

9. The rubber composition of claim 8 , wherein the rubber composition comprises 0.1 parts by weight to 200 parts by weight of the filler based on 100 parts by weight of the modified conjugated diene-based polymer.

10. The rubber composition of claim 8 , wherein the filler is a silica-based filler or a carbon black-based filler.

11. A rubber composition comprising the modified conjugated diene-based polymer according to claim 7 , and a filler.

12. The rubber composition of claim 11 , wherein the rubber composition comprises 0.1 parts by weight to 200 parts by weight of the filler based on 100 parts by weight of the modified conjugated diene-based polymer.

13. The modified conjugated diene-based polymer of claim 2 further comprising a repeating unit derived from a diene-based monomer of 1 to 10 carbon atoms in an amount greater than 0 wt% up to 1 wt% based on athe total weight of the modified conjugated diene-based polymer.

14. The modified conjugated diene-based polymer of claim 1 , wherein the Si content is 100 ppm to 10,000 ppm based on the total weight of the modified conjugated diene-based polymer.

15. The modified conjugated diene-based polymer of claim 6 , wherein the Mooney viscosity is 40 to 150 at 100° C.

16. The modified conjugated diene-based polymer of claim 3 , wherein the modifier is an alkoxysilane-based modifier comprising one or more heteroatoms including a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, and a sulfur atom.

17. The rubber composition of claim 10 further comprising a silane coupling agent,
wherein the filler is a silica-based filler.

18. A method for preparing the modified conjugated diene-based polymer of claim 1 comprising:
(S1) polymerizing a conjugated diene-based monomer, or an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and a conjugated diene-based monomer, in a hydrocarbon solvent including an organometallic compound to prepare an active polymer; and
(S2) reacting the active polymer prepared in (S1) with a modifier,
wherein the active polymer is coupled with an organometal,
the step (S1) is continuously performed in two or more polymerization reactors, and
a polymerization conversion ratio in a first polymerization reactor is 50% or less.

19. The method according to claim 18 , wherein the polymerization of step (S1) is conducted in a temperature range of 80° C. or less.

20. The method according to claim 18 , wherein the modifier is an alkoxysilane-based modifier comprising one or more heteroatoms including a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, and a sulfur atom.

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Mun Min Sik
• Lee Ro Mi
• Kim No Ma
• Kim Sun Keun
• Na Youk Reol
• Choi Heung Yeal

Classifications

• C08F236/06

  Butadiene · CPC title

• C08F136/06

  Butadiene · CPC title

• C08C19/25

  Incorporating silicon atoms into the molecule · CPC title

• C08C19/22 Primary

  Incorporating nitrogen atoms into the molecule · CPC title

• B60C1/00

  Tyres characterised by the chemical composition or the physical arrangement or mixture of the composition · CPC title