Abstract:
IN SUMMARY, ISOPRENE IS POLYMERIZED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS INVENTION, TO A POLYISOPRENE HAVING ELASTIC AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES PRACTICALLY IDENTICAL WITH THOSE OF NATURAL RUBBER, BY SUBJECTING THE MONOMER TO POLYMERIZING CONDITIONS IN CONTACT WITH A CATALYST PREPARED FROM THE THREE COMPONENTS: (1) TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE (2) AN ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND ALR2CL IN WHICH R IS AN ALKYL GROUP CONTAINING 1 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS; AND (3) A SILICIUM COMPOUND OF THE FORMULA RASI(OR'')B WHEREIN R AND R'' ARE THE SAME OR DIFFERENT ALKYL GROUPS; A IS ZERO OR A WHOLE NUMBER FROM 1 TO 3; AND B IS A WHOLE NUMBER FROM 1 TO 4, A+B BEING EQUAL TO 4.
Abstract:
A catalyst which is stereospecific in respect of polymerizing butadiene to the cis-1:4-structure comprises a hydrocarbon soluble cobalt dinitrosyl halide (excluding the fluoride) and a Group II or III organometallic compound (e.g. of Al, Be, Zn, Ng or Ca, such as Al dialkyl monochloride, specifically AlEt2Cl) in a hydrocarbon solvent which may be aliphatic (e.g. propane, butane or n-heptane) or aromatic (e.g. benzene) or monomeric butadiene. Preferably the concentration of Co compound does not exceed 0,2 millimols per litre of solvent. Specifications 833,831 and 873,046 are referred to.
Abstract:
ISOPRENE IS POLYMERIZED TO HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYISOPRENE HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY CIS-1,4 STRUCTURE PRACTICALLY IDENTICAL WITH THAT OF NATURAL RUBBER, USING TERNARY CATALYTIC SYSTEMS PREPARED FROM TITANIUM TETRA-ALKOXIDES, ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS OF ALUMINUM, AND A SILICON COMPOUND.