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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2004
Jake Alexandre Dalphond, Copley, OH (US);
Steven Kristofer Henning, Hudson, OH (US);
Stephan Rodewald, Canal Fulton, OH (US);
Jake Alexandre Dalphond, Copley, OH (US);
Steven Kristofer Henning, Hudson, OH (US);
Stephan Rodewald, Canal Fulton, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
This invention discloses a rubbery polymer which is comprised of repeat units that are derived from (1) at least one conjugated diolefin monomer, and (2) at least one leaving group-bearing monomer having the structural formula:wherein R represents an alkyl group containing from 1 to about 10 carbon atoms or a hydrogen atom, wherein R' represents a methyl group or a hydrogen atom, with the proviso that if R represents an alkyl group then R′ represents a hydrogen atom, and wherein Rand Rcan be the same or different, wherein Rrepresents an alkyl group that is functionalized with a leaving group, wherein Rrepresents a moiety selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups containing from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, aryl groups containing from 6 to 18 carbon atoms, alkaryl groups containing from 7 to 18 carbon atoms, and alkyl groups that are functionalized with a leaving group.