Denka Company Limited

Naoki Kabayashi

Yasushi Abe

Motohiro Ose

Ryochi Suzuki

Provided are a sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber with reduced exothermicity, a molding thereof, and a production method therefor. A sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber modified at the polymer terminals with at least one compound selected from tetramethylthiuram disulfide, tetraalkylthiuram disulfides with alkyl groups having a carbon number of 2 to 7 and dialkyldithiocarbamic acid salts with alkyl groups having a carbon number of 1 to 7, wherein there are peak tops at 3.55 to 3.61 ppm and at 3.41 to 3.47 ppm inH-NMR spectrum, as determined in deuterochloroform solvent, wherein the ratio (A/B) of the peak area (A) at 3.55 to 3.61 ppm to the peak area (B) at 4.2 to 6.5 ppm is 0.05/100 to 0.50/100, and the extract with ethanol/toluene azeotropic mixture, as specified by JIS K 6229, is 3.0 to 9.0 mass %.

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Naoki Kabayashi