Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin

Vincent Lafaquiere

Julien Thuilliez

Emma Moreso

Dominique Louis

Odile Ramaen

Christophe Boisson

Franck D'Agosto

Leyla Pehlivan

Benoît MacQueron

Claire Rannoux

José-Carlos Araujo Da Silva

Nathalie Coste

François Jean-Baptiste-Dit-Dominique

Severin Dronet

Aurélie Triguel

A copolymer of ethylene and of a 1,3-diene of formula CH═CR—CH═CHis provided. The copolymer bears an amine function, the symbol R representing a hydrocarbon chain having from 3 to 20 carbon atoms. Such a copolymer improves the compromise between the content of ethylene in the polymer, its crystallinity and the stiffness of a rubber composition containing it.

Functional ethylene and 1,3-diene copolymers

A terpolymer of ethylene, of a first 1,3-diene having from 4 to 6 carbon atoms and of a second 1,3-diene of formula CH═CR-CH═CHis provided. The terpolymer contains more than 50 mol % of ethylene units and at least 1 mol % of units of the second 1,3-diene, the symbol R representing a hydrocarbon chain having from 3 to 20 carbon atoms. Such a polymer gives an improved compromise between its ethylene content, its stiffness and its degree of crystallinity for use in tires.

Terpolymer of ethylene and 1,3-dienes

The present invention relates to a living cell, preferably a host cell, that is phloroglucinol resistant. The present invention also relates to a method for producing a phloroglucinol-resistant recombinant host cell. The present invention also relates to a method for producing phloroglucinol.

Phloroglucinol-resistant cell, in particular yeast

A copolymer of ethylene and of isoprene, which comprises from 10 to 35 mol % of isoprene units, at least 70% of which are in the 3,4 configuration and a portion of which is in the 1,2 configuration is provided. A copolymer of this type with a reduced crystallinity is synthesized with a much higher productivity than its homologues of ethylene and of butadiene, and also confers improved curing properties on rubber compositions.

Ethylene and isoprene copolymer

A terpolymer of ethylene, of 1,3-butadiene and of an aromatic α-monoolefin is provided. The terpolymer contains Such a diene terpolymer rich in ethylene units has the advantage of exhibiting a reduced, or even zero, crystallinity.

Terpolymers of ethylene, 1,3-butadiene and an aromatic a-monoolefin

The present invention relates to the use of type III polyketide synthases of bacteria, such as actinomycete bacteria, as phloroglucinol synthases. The present invention also relates to the isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding these type III polyketide synthases, and also to the vectors and the host cells comprising such nucleic acid molecules. The present invention also relates to methods for producing phloroglucinol.

Use of type III polyketide synthases from bacteria as phloroglucinol synthases

A tire comprises a rubber layer comprising from 50% to 100% by mass of a rubber crumb having a ratio of the chloroform extract to the acetone extract of less than 2, the chloroform and acetone extracts being expressed as percentages by mass.

Tire comprising a crumb rubber

A copolymer of ethylene and of a 1,3-diene of formula CH&#x2550;CR&#x2014;CH&#x2550;CHis provided. The ethylene units represent between 50 mol % and 95 mol % of the ethylene units and of the units of the 1,3-diene, and the units of the 1,3-diene of 1,2 and 3,4 configuration represent more than 50 mol % of the units of the 1,3-diene. The symbol R represents a hydrocarbon chain having from 3 to 20 carbon atoms. Such a copolymer exhibits an improved compromise between the degree of crystallinity and the stiffness and makes it possible to widen the field of application of ethylene-rich diene copolymers in rubber compositions.

Copolymer of ethylene and a 1,3-diene

Methods for producing phloroglucinol as well as methods of using type III polyketide synthases as phloroglucinol synthases, in particular the type III polyketide synthases of algae, such as eukaryotic ochrophyte algae, are described herein. In addition, polypeptides that have phloroglucinol synthase activity, the isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding these type III polyketide synthases, and the vectors and the host cells comprising such nucleic acid molecules are also described.

Use of type III polyketide synthases as phloroglucinol synthases

A copolymer of ethylene and of myrcene, in which the ethylene units represent between 50 mol % and 95 mol % of the ethylene units and of the myrcene units, and the myrcene units of 1,2 and 3,4 configuration represent more than 50 mol % of the myrcene units, is provided. Such a copolymer exhibits an improved compromise between the degree of crystallinity and the stiffness. It therefore makes it possible to widen the field of application of ethylene-rich diene copolymers in rubber compositions, and also to increase the production capacity of a unit for the synthesis of ethylene-rich diene polymers.

Copolymer of ethylene and of myrcene

A block polymer comprising a first block and a second block is provided. The first block contains aromatic &#x3b1;-mono-olefin units, and the second block contains both 1,3-diene units and mono-olefin units.

Block polymers

An ethylene/1,3-butadiene copolymer containing ethylene units, butadiene units and UD units of cyclic, 1,2-cyclohexanediyl structure, and bearing, at one of its chain ends, an alkoxysilyl or silanol function, functional group Fis provided. The UD units of cyclic structure are of the following formula: 

Functional ethylene and 1,3-butadiene copolymer

A catalytic system based at least on a preformation monomer selected from the group consisting of 1,3-dienes, ethylene, &#x3b1;-olefins and their mixtures, on a metallocene of formula {P(Cp)(Flu)LnG} and on an organometallic compound as cocatalyst is provided. In the formula, Ln denotes a metal atom which is a rare earth metal, G denotes a group comprising the borohydride BHunit or denotes a halogen atom X selected from the group consisting of chlorine, fluorine, bromine and iodine, Cp denotes a cyclopentadienyl group of formula CH, Flu denotes a fluorenyl group of formula CH, P being a group bridging the two Cp and Flu groups and comprising a silicon or carbon atom. Such a catalytic system exhibits an improved stability of the catalytic activity over time, in particular on storage.

Preformed catalytic system comprising a rare earth metal metallocene

A copolymer of a 1,3-diene and of an olefin selected from the group consisting of &#x3b1;-monoolefins, ethylene and mixtures thereof is provided. The copolymer bears, at one of its chain ends, an alkoxysilyl or silanol function, functional group F, and the copolymer is different from a copolymer of a 1,3-diene and a vinylaromatic monomer.

Functional copolymer consisting of a 1,3-diene and an olefine

A catalytic system based at least on a preformation monomer which is ethylene or a mixture of ethylene and of a conjugated diene, on a metallocene of formula {P(Cp)(Cp)Y} or CpCpY and on an organometallic compound as cocatalyst, Y denoting a group comprising a metal atom which is a rare earth metal, the Cp, Cp, Cpand Cpgroups, which are identical or different, being selected from the group consisting of fluorenyl groups, cyclopentadienyl groups and indenyl groups, the groups being substituted or unsubstituted, and P being a group bridging the two Cpand Cpgroups and comprising a silicon or carbon atom, is provided. Such a catalytic system exhibits an improved stability of the catalytic activity over time, in particular on storage.

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