COUPLED STYRENE-ISOPRENE-BUTADIENE RUBBER

The subject invention discloses a process for preparing a coupled styrene-isoprene-butadiene rubber which is particularly valuable for use in making automobile tire tread rubber compounds which comprises the steps of (1) solution terpolymerizing in an organic solvent from about 5 weight percent to a...

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Hauptverfasser:	HSU, WEN-LIANG, HALASA, ADEL F, AUSTIN, LAURIE E, MATRANA, BARRY A, CHRISTIAN, SCOTT M, GROSS, BILL B
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVINGCARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS METALLURGY ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS PERFORMING OPERATIONS REPAIRING, OR CONNECTING VALVES TO, INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIESIN GENERAL TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP TRANSPORTING TREATMENT OR CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF RUBBERS TYRE CHANGING OR REPAIRING TYRE INFLATION VEHICLE TYRES VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	The subject invention discloses a process for preparing a coupled styrene-isoprene-butadiene rubber which is particularly valuable for use in making automobile tire tread rubber compounds which comprises the steps of (1) solution terpolymerizing in an organic solvent from about 5 weight percent to about 40 weight percent styrene, from about 1 weight percent to about 10 weight percent isoprene, and from about 50 weight percent to about 94 weight percent 1,3butadiene, based on total monomers, to a conversion of at least about 90% to produce a living styreneisoprene-butadiene polymer, wherein the terpolymerization is initiated with an organolithium compound, and wherein the terpolymerization is conducted in the presence of a polar modifier at a molar ratio of the polar modifier to the organolithium compound, which is within the range of about 0.5:1 to about 5:1, and wherein the terpolymerization is conducted at a temperature which is within the range of about 20.degree.C to about 150.degree.C; and (2) coupling the living styrene-isoprene-butadiene polymer with a coupling agent selected from the group consisting of tin tetrachloride and silicon tetrachloride, wherein the molar ratio of the coupling agent to the organolithium compound is within the range of about 1:3 to 1:6.