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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1991
Linda Rae Chamberlain, Richmond, TX (US);
Carma J Gibler, Houston, TX (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
This is an improvement in a process for the hydrogenation of conjugated diolefin polymers which comprises polymerizing or copolymerizing at least one conjugated diolefin with an organo alkali metal polymerization initiator in a suitable solvent thereby creating a living polymer, terminating the polymerization by the addition of hydrogen, thereby generating an alkali metal hydride, and effecting selective hydrogenation of the unsaturated double bonds in the conjugated diolefin units of the terminated polymer by contacting the polymer, in the absence of hydrocarbon lithium and alkoxy lithium compounds, with hydrogen in the presence of at least one bis(cyclopentadienyl)titanium compound. The improvement comprises treating the polymer, before hydrogenation, with a reagent to increase catalyst activity, the reagent being such that it will react with the alkali metal hydride present in the polymer.