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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2018
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shigenaga Takano, Kodaira, JP;
Shojiro Kaita, Tokyo, JP;
Kohtaro Osakada, Yokohama, JP;
Daisuke Takeuchi, Aomori, JP;
Shinji Yamakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a catalyst composition having high polymerization activity. To provide a polymer manufacturing method. To provide a polymer manufactured by the polymer manufacturing method. To provide a rubber composition including the polymer. To provide a tire using the rubber composition. A catalyst composition including a compound represented by Structural Formula I below, wherein the compound has an OH group at at least one position of the bipyridyl ring; M is a transition metal, a lanthanoid, scandium, or yttrium; Rand Rare a hydrocarbon group having one or more carbon atoms or a halogen atom; and Rand Rmay be the same or different from each other. A polymer manufacturing method including a step of polymerizing one or more selected from the group consisting of a conjugated diene compound and a compound having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond in the presence of the catalyst composition. A polymer manufactured by the manufacturing method. A rubber composition including the polymer. A tire using the rubber composition.