The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

James N Henderson

Anthony J Bell

Ken W Donbar

John J Barbour

Paul Harry Sandstrom

Wyndham Henry Boon

This invention specifically relates to blends of grossly incompatible polymers (polyethylene terephthalate and rubber) which are blended with a dispersion stabilizer (compatibilizing agent) to obtain optimum properties, particularly impact strength. The dispersion stabilizers disclosed herein are alkenyl succinic anhydrides wherein said alkenyl group contains from 8 to 30 carbon atoms; alkyl succinic anhydrides wherein said alkyl group contains from 8 to 30 carbon atoms; and dimers, oligomers, and polymers of the structural formula: ##STR1## wherein x and y are integers, wherein R and Z can be the same or different, wherein R and Z are selected from the group consisting of alkyl moieties containing from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, alkenyl moieties containing from 2 to 30 carbon atoms, and hydrogen, wherein the total number of carbon atoms in R and Z is between 8 and 30, and wherein the  indicates that the repeat units can be distributed in any order.

High performance rubber-polyester blends

The present invention discloses an aqueous polymerization medium comprising (1) a catalyst composition which contains (a) an organometallic compound and (b) a transition metal compound wherein said catalyst composition is microencapsulated in a polyene product; and (2) water. This invention also discloses an aqueous polymerization medium comprising (1) a catalyst composition which is prepared by dissolving in an inert organic solvent containing at least one polyene (a) a transition metal compound, and (b) an organometallic compound; and (2) water. This aqueous polymerization medium is very useful in the polymerization of unsaturated hydrocarbon monomers. It is of greatest value in the polymerization of conjugated diolefin monomers into stereo-regulated polymers. This invention reveals a very useful process for producing polybutadiene composed essentially of syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene in an aqueous medium comprising polymerizing 1,3-butadiene in said aqueous medium in the presence of (1) a catalyst composition microencapsulated in a polyene product which contains (a) at least one cobalt compound selected from the group consisting of (i) .beta.-diketone complexes of cobalt, (ii) .beta.-keto acid ester complexes of cobalt, (iii) cobalt salts of organic carboxylic acids having 6 to 15 carbon atoms, and (iv) complexes of halogenated cobalt compounds of the formula CoX.sub. n, wherein X represents a halogen atom and n represents 2 or 3, with an organic compound selected from the group consisting of tertiary amine alcohols, tertiary phosphines, ketones and N,N-dialkylamides, and (b) at least one organoaluminum compound of the formula AlR.sub.3, wherein R represents a hydrocarbon radical of 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and (2) carbon disulfide.

Microencapsulated aqueous polymerization catalyst

This invention reveals a very useful process for producing polybutadiene composed essentially of syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene in tetrahydrofuran comprising polymerizing 1,3-butadiene in said tetrahydrofuran in the presence of (1) a catalyst composition microencapsulated in a polyene product which contains (a) at least one cobalt compound selected from the group consisting of (i) .beta.-diketone complexes of cobalt, (ii) .beta.-keto acid ester complexes of cobalt, (iii) cobalt salts of organic carboxylic acids having 6 to 15 carbon atoms, and (iv) complexes of halogenated cobalt compounds of the formula CoX.sub.n, wherein X represents a halogen atom and n represents 2 or 3, with an organic compound selected from the group consisting of tertiary amines, alcohols, tertiary phosphines, ketones and N,N-dialkylamides, and (b) at least one organoaluminum compound of the formula AlR.sub.3, wherein R represents a hydrocarbon radical of 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and (2) carbon disulfide. This polymerization technique is very useful in the synthesis of syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene which will be used in articles for packaging, transportation, or storing of foods since it employs tetrahydrofuran as its polymerization medium.

Syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene synthesis process

Method and composite of forming an elastomer product which comprises (A) solvent solution polymerizing an olefin monomer in the presence of an organometallic catalyst, (B) shortstopping the reaction with an excess of a rosin acid which has not been submitted to a disproportionation process and (C) recovering the elastomer composite.

Polymerization process short stopped with undisproportionated rosin acid

There is disclosed copolymers of 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene with butadiene or isoprene in which the 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene content ranges from about 20 to about 80 mole percent, characterized in that the microstructure of the 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene segments range from about 55 to about 65 percent trans-1,4. Also disclosed are copolymers of 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene with butadiene or isoprene in which the 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene content ranges from about 20 to about 80 mole percent characterized in that the microstructure of the 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene segments range from about 40 to about 65 percent trans-1,4 and 1,2 content of said segments does not exceed 20 percent, said copolymers being prepared by bulk polymerization techniques.

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Hudson, OH, United States of America

James N Henderson