Abstract:
An industrially suitable process for producing linear dimers of acrylonitrile readily at high efficiency in a high yield by the use of a highly active catalyst excellent in stability without forming any by-product difficult of separation. The above process comprises making acrylonitrile react in the presence of a ruthenium complex composed of a ruthenium atom as the central atom and molecules of cyclopentadiene or a derivative thereof as the ligands. The above process gives adiponitrile, 1,4-dicyanobutene or 1,4-dicyanobutadiene as the product and these dimers are useful as the intermediates of hexamethylenediamine and adipic acid which are the raw materials of nylon 66, or the intermediates of rust inhibitors or vulcanization accelerator for rubbers.
Abstract:
An epoxy resin which is liquid in an ordinary state is disclosed, which is obtained by reacting a bisphenolic oligocarbonate having phenolic hydroxy terminal groups with an epihalohydrin, and dehydrohalogenating the product. This resin can form tough cured products with good bending strength and bending elastic modulus. A process for producing epoxy foam is also disclosed, which comprises crosslinking a polyepoxy compound with a carbonate oligomer having phenolic hydroxy terminal groups with foaming at the same time. The obtained foam has high flexibility against compression, bending and deflection.
Abstract:
A novel propylene elastomer having such characteristics that: (1) it is composed of 50-95 mole % of units derived from propylene and 50-5 mole % of units derived from 1-butene, (2) it has a triad tracticity (mm faction) of at least 90 % as determined by 13C-NMR spectrometry (in hexachlorobutadiene using tetramethylsilane as the internal standard), (3) it has a limiting viscosity of 0.1-12 dl/g (at 135 °C in decalin), (4) it has a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 3 or less, and (5) it has a randomness parameter (B) of 1.0 to 1.5, preferably 1.0 to 1.3. In addition, it is desirable that: (6) it has a melting point (Tm) of 60-140 °C and the following relationship holds between the Tm and the 1-butene unit content (M, mole %): -2.6 M + 130 « Tm « -2.3 M + 155, (7) the following relationship holds between the degree of crystallinity (C) and the 1-butene unit content (M, mole %) C » -1.5 M + 75, the elastomer is excellent in rigidity, heat and scratch resistances, transparency, heat sealability, and blocking resistance. It can be produced by using a specified transition metal compound as the catalyst.
Abstract:
A propylene polymer composition composed of a propylene polymer (A1) produced by using a metallocene catalyst and having a melt flow rate (MFR) of 0.01-30 g/10 min, a propylene polymer (A2) having an MFR of 30-1,000 g/10 min and, if necessary, a flexible polymer, wherein the ratio of the MFR of the polymer (A2) to that of the polymer (A1) is at least 30. A propylene polymer composition composed of a propylene polymer produced by using a titanium catalyst and having an MFR of 0.01-30 g/10 min, the above polymer (A2) and, if necessary, a flexible polymer. A propylene polymer composition composed of a propylene polymer produced by using a titanium catalyst and having an MFR of 0.01-50 g/10 min and an ethylene-olefin random copolymer produced by using a metallocene catalyst. A propylene polymer composition composed of a propylene polymer produced by using a catalyst containing a specified metallocene compound and at least one synthetic resin selected from among a propylene polymer other than the above propylene polymer, an olefin elastomer and an olefin polymer. All of the above polymer compositions are excellent in heat resistance, mechanical strengths and tensile elongation at break and are suitable for producing various structural materials of automobiles, household electric appliances, etc., daily necessities, films, sheets, and so forth.
Abstract:
The polycarbonate of the invention includes ones based on sucrose, oligosaccharides other than it, and monosaccharides each having a specified cyclic structure; ones derived from specified saccharides not containing any cyclic structure; ones having a skeleton of pentaerythritol, neopentyl glycol or trimethylolethane; and specified ones. The lubricant and electrical insulation oil of the invention contain the polycarbonate.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a process for preparing a cyclopentadienyl group-containing silicon compound or a cyclopentadienyl group-containing germanium compound, comprising reacting (i) a lithium, sodium or potassium salt of a cyclopentadiene derivative with (ii) a silicon halide compound or a germanium halide compound in the presence of a cyanide or a thiocyanate. The cyanide or the thiocyanate is preferably a copper salt. According to the process of the invention, a cyclopentadienyl group-containing silicon compound or a cyclopentadienyl group-containing germanium compound, which is very useful for the preparation of a metallocene complex catalyst component, can be prepared in a high yield for a short period of time.
Abstract:
A process for preparing a cyclic carbonate, which comprises reacting at least one 1,3-diol or 1,2-diol with a dialkylcarbonate in the presence of a basic catalyst.
Abstract:
A method of producing a polysilane compound which comprises polymerizing a monomeric silane of general formula wherein each R independently represents hydrogen or a hydrocarbon group provided that both R's are not hydrogen, in the presence of an organometallic complex of, as metal, Ni, Co, Ru, Pd or Ir.
Abstract:
A method of producing poysilane compounds which comprises: polymerizing a monomeric silane compound represented by the general formula of wherein R independently represents hydrogen or hydrocarbon group, but not both R's are hydrogen at the same time, in the presence of an organometallic complex of Ni, Co, Ru, Pd or Ir.