Abstract:
A NEW CURABLE AMORPHOUS TERPOLYMER HAVING A HIGH CURING RATE, WHICH CONSISTS OF TWO ALPHA OLEFINS, E.G., ETHYLENE AND PROPYLENE, AND A POLYENE HAVING TWO CONJUGATED DOUBLE BONDS AND REPRESENTED BY THE FORMULA:
WHEREIN R IS H OR ALKYL AND R1, R2, R3, R4, R'', R" MAY BE H, ALKYL OR ARYL, IS PREPARED BY POLYMERIZING THE TWO ALPHA OLEFINS AND THE POLYENE IN THE PRESENCE OF A COMPOUND OF A TRANSITION METAL OF GROUPS IV TO VIII OF THE PERIODIC TABLE AND A REDUCING ALUMINUM COMPOUND REPRESENTED BY THE FORMULA:
AIROX1X2.NZ
WHEREIN RO IS H OR A HYDROCARBON RADICAL HAVING 1 TO 10 C ATOMS; EACH OF X1 AND X2, WHICH MAY BE THE SAME OR DIFFERENT, IS H, AN HYDROCARBON RADICAL HAVING 1 TO 10 C ATOMS HALOGEN OR A SECONDARY AMINE RADICAL; Z IS A LEWIS BASE; AND N IS 0-2.
Abstract:
New, readily curable, amorphous terpolymers are disclosed which are prepared from ethylene, propylene and a polyene hydrocarbon which contains two double bonds and is represented by the formula: