Abstract:
THERE ARE DISCLOSED HIGH-MOLECULAR WEIGHT COPOLYMERS OF AT LEAST ONE POLYCYCLIC POLYENE HAVING CONDENSED NUCLEI AND IN WHICH EACH PAIR OF CONDENSED NUCLEI HAS TWO CARBON ATOMS IN COMMON, AND AT LEAST ONE MONOMER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ETHYLENE AND HIGHER ALPHA-OLEFINS OF THE GENERAL FORMULA R-CH2=CH2, WHEREIN R IS AN ALKYL GROUP CONTAINING 1 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS, AND MORE PARTICULARLY SUCH SUBSTANTIALLY LINEARAMORPHOUS COPOLYMERS WHICH ARE CAPABLE OF BEING VULCANIZED. ALSO DISCLOSED IS A PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE LINEAR AMORPHOUS HIGH-MOLECULAR WEIGHT COPOLYMERS CAPABLE OF BEING VULCANIZED. THE PROCESS COMPRISES THE USE OF CATALYSTS ACTING WITH A COORDINATE ANIONIC MECHANISM.
Abstract:
THERE ARE DISCLOSED HIGH-MOLECULAR WEIGHT COPOLYMERS AND MORE PARTICULARLY SUBSTANTIALLY LINEAR, AMORPHOUS COPOLYMERS OF A METHYL-SUBSTITUTED TETRAHYDROINDENE AND AT LEAST ONE MONOMER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ETHYLENE AND HIGHER ALPHA-OLEFINS OF THE GENERAL FORMULA R-CH=CH2 IN WHICH R IS AN ALKYL GROUP CONTAINING FROM 1 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS, WHICH ARE CAPABLE OF BEING VULCANIZED. THERE IS ALSO DISCLOSED A PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE LINEAR, AMORPHOUS, HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT COPOLYMERS CAPABLE OF BEING VULCANIZED. THE PROCESS COMPRIESES THE USE OF CATALYSTS ACTING WITH A COORDINATED ANIONIC MECHANISM.
Abstract:
Copolymers of a cycloalkadienonorbornene and, optionally dicyclopentadiene with ethylene and an aliphatic alpha olefin of the general formula R-CH = CH2, where R is a C1 to C6 alkyl group are made by copolymerizing a mixture of the monomers in the presence of a halogen-containing catalyst obtained from a vanadium compound and beryllium or aluminium organometallic compounds. The Specification contains long lists of suitable catalyst components. The preferred norbornene is 5,6-cyclododecadieno - 41,81 - norbornene - 2, and the alpha-olefin, propylene and/or butene-1. The catalyst preparation and the copolymerization are preferably effected between 0 DEG and - 80 DEG C. The copolymerization may be carried out in bulk, or in a hydrocarbon or halogenated hydrocarbon solvent. The copolymers, soluble in boiling n-heptane, are recovered by conventional low-pressure techniques. The copolymers may be sulphur vulcanized and are then insoluble in organic solvents.
Abstract:
THERE ARE DISCLOSED VULCANIZABLE, SUBSTANTIALLY LINEAR, SUBSTANTIALLY AMORPHOUS, HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT COPOLYMERIZATES OF ETHYLENE AND/OR A HIGHER ALPHA-OLEFIN HAVING THE GENERAL FORMULA CH2=CH-R IN WHICH R IS AN ALKYL GROUP CONTAINING 1 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS, AND POLYALKENYLCYCLOALKANES CONTAINING 3 TO 4 CARBON ATOMS IN THE CYCLE.