Polysar Limited

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Ernest Jack Buckler

A process is provided for the polymerization of butadiene-1,3 to yield a high cis-1,4-polybutadiene in which the diluent for the polymerization is a mixture of cyclohexane and either or both of benzene and butene-1, wherein the amount of benzene is markedly reduced in comparison with that generally used. The polybutadiene may be used in the manufacture of tires and in impact polystyrene.

Low benzene butadiene polymerization

Synthetic elastomer compositions of high green strength comprise the reaction product of a rubbery polymer of a conjugated alkadiene having a small number of aldehyde groups attached to and randomly distributed along the polymer chain, and a polyamine having at least two non-tertiary amine groups. An example is a copolymer of styrene, butadiene and cinnamaldehyde (0.5 parts by weight) reacted with p-phenylene diamine, in an amount of 1 mole diamine per mole of cinnamaldehyde.

Aldehyde modified polymers

Synthetic rubber compositions of improved green strength are prepared by incorporating in a synthetic rubber polymer, such as NBR or SBR, a small number of tertiary amine groups, and reacting this polymer with a halogen compound of general formula X--CH.sub.2 --R--CH.sub.2 --Y where X and Y represent chlorine, bromine or iodine, and R represents an aromatic group, and where X and Y are capable of forming quaternary ammonium salts with the tertiary amine groups on the polymer.

Amine modified polymers reacted with halogen compounds

Synthetic rubber compositions of improved green strength are prepared by incorporating in a synthetic rubber polymer, such as NBR or SBR, a small number of tertiary amine groups, and reacting this polymer with a halogen compound containing two or more halogen atoms capable of forming quarternary ammonium salts with the tertiary amine groups on the polymer. 1,4-dibromobutene-2 is a suitable halogen compound. The tertiary amine groups can be incorporated by copolymerizing dimethylaminoethyl acrylate with the rubbery copolymer forming monomers.

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