Manufacturing method of polyalkylene carbonate resin

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9732187-B2
Application number	US-201415035458-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 18, 2014
Priority date	Nov 18, 2013
Publication date	Aug 15, 2017
Grant date	Aug 15, 2017

Abstract

The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of a polyalkylene carbonate resin capable of suppressing agglomeration among catalyst particles during polymerization to maintain an excellent catalytic activity in a polymerization process,
wherein the manufacturing method of a polyalkylene carbonate resin may include polymerizing epoxide and a monomer including carbon dioxide in the presence of a zinc dicarboxylate-based organic zinc catalyst and a dispersant, and the dispersant may include at least one selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 alkyl acrylate, C1-C10 alkyl methacrylate, C1-C20 monocarboxylic acid having an oxo group in a molecular structure, and a polyether-based polymer having C2-C6 alkylene oxide repeating units.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A manufacturing method of a polyalkylene carbonate resin comprising:
polymerizing epoxide and a monomer including carbon dioxide in the presence of a zinc dicarboxylate-based organic zinc catalyst and a dispersant,
wherein the dispersant includes at least one selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 alkyl acrylate, C1-C10 alkyl methacrylate, C1-C20 monocarboxylic acid having an oxo group in a molecular structure, and a polyether-based polymer having C2-C6 alkylene oxide repeating units.

2. The manufacturing method of claim 1 , wherein:
the dispersant includes at least one selected from the group consisting of hexyl methacrylate, 3,5-dioxohexanoic acid, 3,5,7-trioxo-dodecanoic acid, and a propylene oxide (PO)-ethylene oxide (EO) block copolymer.

3. The manufacturing method of claim 1 , wherein:
the zinc dicarboxylate-based organic zinc catalyst is a catalyst obtained by reacting a zinc precursor with C3-C20 aliphatic dicarboxylic acid or C8-C40 aromatic dicarboxylic acid.

4. The manufacturing method of claim 3 , wherein:
the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid or the aromatic dicarboxylic acid includes a dicarboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of malonic acid, glutaric acid, succinic acid, adipic acid, terephthalic acid, isophthalic acid, homophthalic acid and phenylglutaric acid.

5. The manufacturing method of claim 3 , wherein:
the zinc precursor includes zinc oxide, zinc hydroxide, zinc acetate (Zn(O 2 CCH 3 ) 2 ), zinc nitrate (Zn(NO 3 ) 2 ) or zinc sulfate (ZnSO 4 ).

6. The manufacturing method of claim 3 , wherein:
the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid or the aromatic dicarboxylic acid is used and reacted at 1.0 to 1.5 molar ratio relative to 1 mol of the zinc precursor.

7. The manufacturing method of claim 1 , wherein:
the zinc dicarboxylate-based organic zinc catalyst is used for the polymerization, as a particle shape in which an average particle size is 0.3 to 1.0 μm, and a particle size standard deviation is 0.3 μm or less.

8. The manufacturing method of claim 1 , wherein:
the manufacturing method is performed in an organic solvent by solution polymerization.

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Sung-Kyoung
• Cho Hyun Ju
• Kang Seong Kyun
• Park Seung Young
• Choi Hyeon

Classifications

• C08G64/34 Primary

  and cyclic ethers · CPC title

• C08G64/0208

  saturated · CPC title

• B01J2531/26

  Zinc · CPC title

• B01J31/2239

  Bridging ligands, e.g. OAc in Cr2(OAc)4, Pt4(OAc)8 or dicarboxylate ligands · CPC title

• B01J2231/14

  Other (co) polymerisation, e.g. of lactides or epoxides · CPC title