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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1996
Adel Farhan Halasa, Bath, OH (US);
Wen-Liang Hsu, Akron, OH (US);
David John Zanzig, Uniontown, OH (US);
Paul Harry Sandstrom, Tallmadge, OH (US);
Steven Kristofer Henning, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Danielle Lucas, Welsdorf, LU;
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
This invention reveals a process for preparing high vinyl polybutadiene rubber which comprises polymerizing 1,3-butadiene monomer with a lithium initiator at a temperature which is within the range of about 5.degree. C. to about 100.degree. in the presence of a sodium alkoxide and a polar modifier, wherein the molar ratio of the sodium alkoxide to the polar modifier is within the range of about 0.1:1 to about 10:1; and wherein the molar ratio of the sodium alkoxide to the lithium initiator is within the range of about 0.05:1 to about 10:1.