Repsol Quimica, S.a.

Dynasol Elastomeros S.a.

Juan Antonio Barrio Calle

Maria Dolores Parellada Ferrer

Luis Mendez Llatas

Carlos Gonzalez

Pascual Royo Gracia

Agreda Tomas C

Jos&eacute; Sancho Royo

Juan Antonio Prieto Noguera

Juan C Serrano

The invention relates to compositions for cables filling wherein a styrene-butadiene block copolymer with radial structure is used as a gelling agent. This polymer is obtained through styrene and butadiene sequential polymerization and subsequent reaction with a coupling agent preferably of type Cl MR , wherein M&equals;Sn or Si, R is an alkyl or aryl group and n is an integer from 0 to 2, and hydrogenation of the resulting polymer. This type of copolymer brings a higher stability to the final properties of the gel as compared with the linear hydrogenated synthetic rubbers usually used in the prior art.

Compositions for cables filling

Procedure for the preparation of aromatic derivatives of titanocene

Procedure of olefin hydrogenation in liquid phase in the presence of homogeneous catalysts that contain, as essential component, a titanocene of general formula Cp CpTiR.sub.2, Cp CpTiR.sub.2, Cp Cp[CpTiR.sub.2 ].sub.2, or Cp Cp[Cp TiR.sub.2 ].sub.2 where Cp is a pentamethylcyclopentadienyl, Cp cyclopentadienyl, Cp Cp are two cyclopentadienyl rings linked together by a dimethylsililene (Me.sub.2 Si), and R is an alyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or alcoxide group containing between 1 and 20 carbon atoms or a halogen atom, a PPh.sub.2, CH.sub.2 SiMe.sub.3, CH.sub.2 PPh.sub.2, or H. These catalysts are very active in the hydrogenation of linear and branched, internal and external olefins, cycloolefins and diolefins. In addition, they are able to selectively hydrogenate double bonds of diene groups in conjugated diene polymers and copolymers, of medium molecular weight between approximately 500 and 1,000,000 and, in particular the random copolymers and styrene and butadiene or isoprene block copolymers, containing the latter at least one styrene block and a polybutadiene and/or isoprene block.

Olefin hydrogenation procedure

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Madrid, Spain

Juan Antonio Barrio Calle