Liquid polybutadiene, and preparation method therefor and application thereof, composition, polymer coating, adhesive, and crosslinking agent

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12516183-B2
Application number	US-202017999281-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2020
Priority date	May 21, 2020
Publication date	Jan 6, 2026
Grant date	Jan 6, 2026

Abstract

Liquid polybutadiene, and a preparation method therefor and an application thereof are provided. The liquid polybutadiene has a number-average molecular weight of 2,500-5,500 and a molecular weight distribution index of 1-1.2. Based on the total amount of the liquid polybutadiene, the content of a 1,2-structural unit in the liquid polybutadiene is 85-95 wt %, the content of a 1,4-structural unit in the liquid polybutadiene is 5-15 wt %, and the molar ratio of a cis-1,4-structural unit to a trans-1,4-structural unit in the liquid polybutadiene is 1-2:1; and the dynamic viscosity of the liquid polybutadiene at 45° C. is 100-500 P. The liquid polybutadiene has good flowability, good film formability, and good coating performance, and a formed coating has an improved adhesion force to a substrate.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A liquid polybutadiene, having a number-average molecular weight of 2,500-5,500, and a molecular weight distribution index of 1-1.2, wherein based on the total amount of the liquid polybutadiene, the content of a 1,2-structural unit in the liquid polybutadiene is 85-95 wt %, and the content of a 1,4-structural unit in the liquid polybutadiene is 5-15 wt %, wherein a molar ratio of a cis-1,4-structural unit to a trans-1,4-structural unit in the liquid polybutadiene is 1-2:1; and the dynamic viscosity of the liquid polybutadiene at 45° C. is 100-500 P.

2 . The liquid polybutadiene according to claim 1 , wherein the molar ratio of the cis-1,4-structural unit to the trans-1,4-structural unit in the liquid polybutadiene is 1.3-1.9:1 or 1.65-1.75:1.

3 . The liquid polybutadiene according to claim 1 , wherein the content of the 1,2-structural unit in the liquid polybutadiene is 87-94 wt % or 90-93 wt %, based on the total amount of the liquid polybutadiene.

4 . The liquid polybutadiene according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid polybutadiene has a number-average molecular weight of 2,800-5,000 or 3,000-4,500; or
the liquid polybutadiene has a molecular weight distribution index of 1.01-1.09, preferably or 1.02-1.06.

5 . The liquid polybutadiene according to claim 1 , wherein the weight content of metal elements in the liquid polybutadiene is 200 ppm or less, or 100 ppm or less, or 50 ppm or less, or 20 ppm or less based on the total amount of the liquid polybutadiene.

6 . The liquid polybutadiene according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid polybutadiene has a glass transition temperature of −32° C. to −12° C. or −27° C. to −17° C.

7 . The liquid polybutadiene according to claim 1 , wherein the dynamic viscosity of the liquid polybutadiene at 45° C. is 150-350P, or 170-300P, or 180-250P.

8 . The liquid polybutadiene according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid polybutadiene has a number-average molecular weight of 2,500-4,000 or 3,000-4,000, or the dynamic viscosity of the liquid polybutadiene at 45° C. is 100-280P or 150-260P; or
the liquid polybutadiene has a molecular weight distribution index of 1-1.05.

9 . The liquid polybutadiene according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid polybutadiene has a number-average molecular weight of greater than 4000 and not more than 5500, and the dynamic viscosity of the liquid polybutadiene at 45° C. is greater than 280 P and not more than 500P or 280-480P; or
the liquid polybutadiene has a molecular weight distribution index of 1-1.08.

10 . A preparation method for liquid polybutadiene, comprising contacting 1,3-butadiene with a structure modifier and an organolithium initiator in a polymerization solvent under anionic polymerization reaction conditions to obtain a polymerization reaction mixture comprising polybutadiene, wherein the contacting is carried out at a temperature of-10° C. to 20° C.; the structure modifier comprises a component A and a component B, wherein the component A is one or two or more selected from the group consisting of ethers and amines, and the component B is one or two or more selected from the group consisting of alkali metal alkoxides; a molar ratio of the organolithium initiator to the component A to the component B is 1:0.05-0.3:0.03-0.2, the amount organolithium initiator is calculated based on lithium; the component A is one or two or more selected from the group consisting of diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, diethylene glycol diethyl ether, diethylene glycol di-n-propyl ether, diethylene glycol di-n-butyl ether, and a compound shown in formula II,

in formula II, R 5 and R 6 are the same or different, and are each independently a hydrogen atom or C 1 -C 6 alkyl,
R 7 and Rs are the same or different, and are each independently C 1 -C 6 alkylene, and R 9 , R 10 , R 11 , R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are the same or different, and are each independently a hydrogen atom or C 1 -C 6 alkyl, and
m is an integer of 1-5.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the component A is one or two or more selected from the group consisting of diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, diethylene glycol diethyl ether, diethylene glycol di-n-propyl ether, diethylene glycol di-n-butyl ether, and 1,2-dipiperidylethane.

12 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the alkali metal alkoxide is one or two or more selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formula III,
R 17 —O-M   III
in formula III, R 17 is C 1 -C 20 alkyl, C 6 -C 30 aryl or C 4 -C 20 cycloalkyl, and M is an alkali metal atom; or the component B is one or two or more selected from the group consisting of sodium tert-butoxide, sodium tert-amylate, sodium mentholate, sodium ethoxide, and sodium n-hexylate.

13 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the molar ratio of the organolithium initiator to the component A to the component B is 1:0.1-0.2:0.05-0.15, and the amount of the organolithium initiator is calculated based on lithium; or
a molar ratio of the component B to the component A is 0.4-1.5:1 or 0.5-1:1.

14 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the organolithium initiator is used in an amount such that the prepared liquid polybutadiene has a number-average molecular weight of 2,500-5,500, or 2,800-5,000, or 3,000-4,500; or
the organolithium initiator is one or more selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formula IV,
R 18 Li   IV

in formula IV, R 18 is C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 3 -C 12 cycloalkyl, C 7 -C 14 aralkyl, or C 6 -C 12 aryl; or the organolithium initiator is n-butyllithium and/or sec-butyllithium.

15 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the contacting is carried out at a temperature of −5° C. to 10° C.; or
the content of 1,3-butadiene is 1-15 wt % or 4-10 wt % based on the total amount of the polymerization solvent and 1,3-butadiene.

16 . A liquid polybutadiene prepared by the method according to claim 10 .

17 . A composition, comprising liquid polybutadiene and at least one additive, wherein the liquid polybutadiene is the liquid polybutadiene according to claim 1 .

18 . A polymer coating, comprising the liquid polybutadiene according to claim 1 .

19 . An adhesive, comprising the liquid polybutadiene according to claim 1 .

20 . A crosslinking agent, comprising the liquid polybutadiene according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• China Petroleum & Chem Corp
• Beijing Res Inst Chemical Ind China Petroleum & Chemical Corp

Inventors

• Li Jiancheng
• Xu Lin
• Wang Xue
• Shao Mingbo

Classifications

• C09D109/00

  Coating compositions based on homopolymers or copolymers of conjugated diene hydrocarbons · CPC title

• C08L2201/52

  Aqueous emulsion or latex, e.g. containing polymers of a glass transition temperature (Tg) below 20°C · CPC title

• C08K5/56

  Organo-metallic compounds, i.e. organic compounds containing a metal-to-carbon bond · CPC title

• C08K5/06

  Ethers; Acetals; Ketals; Ortho-esters · CPC title

• C08F136/06 Primary

  Butadiene · CPC title