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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1996
Kenneth Floyd Castner, Uniontown, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
It has been determined that 1,3-butadiene monomer can be polymerized into cis-1,4-polybutadiene rubber utilizing a cobalt-based catalyst system which is comprised of (a) an organocobalt compound, (b) a trialkylaluminum compound and (c) hexafluoro-2-propanol. The use of this catalyst system results in extremely fast rates of polymerization. The molecular weight of the cis-1,4-polybutadiene rubber made utilizing this cobalt-based catalyst system can be regulated by conducting the polymerization in the presence of 1,5-cyclooctadiene. This present invention more specifically discloses a catalyst system which is particularly useful for polymerizing 1,3-butadiene monomer into cis-1,4-polybutadiene, said catalyst system being comprised of (a) an organocobalt compound, (b) a trialkylaluminum compound and (c) hexafluoro-2-propanol. The subject invention further discloses a process for synthesizing cis-1,4-polybutadiene rubber which comprises polymerizing 1,3-butadiene in the presence of (a) an organocobalt compound, (b) a trialkylaluminum compound and (c) hexafluoro-2-propanol.