Patent Publication Number: US-4060539-A

Title: Sulfurous organic silicon compounds, a process for their preparation, and their use as adhesivizing agents

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The subject matter of the present invention is sulfurous organic silicon compounds which are suitable as adhesivizing agents between organic and inorganic materials. The invention further concerns methods of preparing the sulfurous organic silicon compounds and their use as adhesivizing agents. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The new sulfurous organosilicon compounds are characterized by the following general formula ##STR2## IN WHICH R represents a C 1-4  alkyl, a cycloalkyl, e.g., C 6 to C 8 cycloalkyl, a C 2-4  alkyloxyalkyl or a or a phenyl radical, 
     R&#39;= a branched or unbranched alkylene radical of 1-6 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene or benzylene radical, 
     R&#34;= oxygen or sulfur atom, 
     R&#39;&#39;&#39;= hydrogen or CH 3 , 
     x= 1 or 2, and 
     n= 1 or 2. 
     The invention further relates to the siloxanes developed by hydrolysis of the compound of formula 1 which siloxanes have the formula ##STR3## 
     By the method of the invention, the sulfurous organo-silicon compounds of the above formula are obtained by producing a reaction in the cold, e.g., -20° to +10° C, in the presence of polymerization inhibitors and tertiary amines, between the corresponding mercaptoalkyl-silicon compounds of the general formula 
     
         (RO).sub.3 --Si--R&#39;--SH                                    (2) 
    
     wherein R and R&#39; have the same meaning as in formula 1 and a methacrylic acid or its derivatives such as a saturated or unsaturated ester or acid halide, acrylic acid or its derivatives such as a saturated or unsaturated ester or acid halide, a monothiomethacrylic or monothioacrylic acid, saturated or unsaturated acid, or acid halide or a compound of the general formula ##STR4## wherein R&#39;&#39; and R&#39;&#39;&#39; have the meaning given in formula 1 and X represents a reactive group such as Cl, Br, --NH 2  or CH 3  O hydrazide amido. The reactive group X should be in a position to react with the proton on the sulfur atom. The H--X bond thus becomes free and an S--C bond is formed. 
     Examples of particularly suitable mercaptosilicon compounds are β-mercaptoethyltrimethoxysilane or γ-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane. However, the corresponding ω-mercaptobutyl or -hexyl or p-mercaptophenyltrimethoxy or triethoxysilanes can also be used. These compounds are prepared by generally known methods. 
     Also contemplated are the siloxanes produced by hydrolysis of the new sulfurous organosilicon compounds of formula 1 above. The hydrolysis of these organosilicon compounds there is formed through a condensation reaction the siloxanes of the above formula. Generally speaking, a partial or complete hydrolysis can be effected depending upon the desired degree of condensation. Where a partial hydrolysis is to be effected less than a full stoichiometric amount of water is present. Where full condensation to a fully condensed siloxane is desired water is present in at least a stoichiometric amount. 
     Generally speaking the hydrolysis can be conducted at temperatures between 0° and 100° C although room temperature is suitable. It is conducted at a pH of between 3 and 8. While subatmospheric and superatmospheric pressures can be employed during the condensation it is suitable to carry out the condensation at room temperature. Other process paramaters for the production of the corresponding siloxanes include the following: 
     The alcohol; splitt off during the hydrolysis, is distilled during or at the end of the hydrolysis. 
     Typical acrylate and methacrylate compounds that are used are methacrylic acid chloride, acrylic acid chloride. 
     However, the C 1-4  alkyl esters of acrylic or methacrylic acid can also be used as compounds of General Formula 3. The preferred esters are the methyl esters. 
     The temperatures necessary in the reaction, and the choice of the solvent and of any catalysts that may be necessary, are to be adapted to the special nature of the acrylic and methacrylic compounds involved. It is thus recommendable, when using the acid halides of methacrylic or acrylic acid, to perform the reactions in the presence of tertiary amines and polymerization inhibitors, and at temperatures around 0° C, e.g., -20° to +10° C. Generally, the tertiary amine is present in stoichiometric amounts, based on the acrylic compound. When esters of methacrylic and acrylic acid are used, however, it is advantageous to work in the presence of known transesterification catalysts and polymerization inhibitors and at temperatures between 40° and 60° C, under a vacuum if necessary. 
     Typical transesterification catalysts are, for example, titanic esters; typical polymerization inhibitors that can be used for the process of the invention are hydroquinone and di-tert.-butyl paracresol. These catalysts are employed in an amount of 0.1 to 5.0 weight percent, based on the weight of the reaction mixture. 
     The new sulfurous organic silicon compounds can also be prepared by producing a reaction, in the presence of the the above-named inhibitors and platinum compounds, and in the presence or absence of inert organic solvents, between alkenylthioacrylate and alkenylthiomethacrylate compounds of the general formula ##STR5## wherein R&#34; = an oxygen or sulfur atom 
     R&#39;&#39;&#39; = a hydrogen atom or methyl radical 
     R iv  and R V  = same or different = H, alkyl, e.g., C 1  -C 3  alkyl, group, or phenyl group and 
     a = 1 and 2 
     and alkoxyhydrogen silanes of the general formula 
     
         (RO).sub.4-b --SiH.sub.b 
    
     wherein 
     b = 1 or 2, 
     R = c 1  to C 4  alkyl 
     Typical representatives of the alkenylthioacrylates and alkenylthiomethacrylates are the following: ##STR6## 
     Especially suitable alkoxysilanes are trimethoxysilane, triethoxysilane, dimethoxysilane and diethoxysilane. The reaction, however, will also take place if tributoxysilane or triethoxymethoxysilane is used. 
     The platinum compounds are H 2  Pt CI 6  or complex Pt(IV) compounds, such as for example the platinum mesityl oxide complex compound as described in German Federal Pat. No. 1,937,904 hereby incorporated herein by reference. 
     The polymerization inhibitors can be compounds such as hydroquinone, quinone in conjunction with hydroquinone and aminophenols. The inhibitors are present in the reaction mixture in amount 1 to 10 weight percent. 
     The silanes of the invention are soluble in low concentration in an aqueous medium with hydrolysis, and they can be applied to solid inorganic surfaces of fillers and reinforcing substances, oxides and metals, by dipping, brushing or spraying, and can be solidified by a drying procedure. However, solvents containing water, in which the silane is dissolved, can also be used for the pretreatment. Other solvents for the silane include: Alcohols, such as Methanol, Ethanol and higher alcohols with 3 to 10 C-atomes, Ketones, such as Methyl- ethylketone and others. 
     Such a solution of silane can be used for application of the silane to a surface of an inorganic material. 
     For the preparation of reinforced or filled products, the substances pretreated with the silanes of the invention are wetted with resins containing aliphatic unsaturated monomers, such as, for example, polyester styrene resins, and the combination is solidified by polymerization. 
     The boundary surface between the resin and the inorganic material is formed, on the one hand by the reaction of the unsaturated double bonds of the resin and of the silane, and secondary by the reaction of the silanol groups formed in the hydrolysis with the inorganic metal surface. The bodies thus obtained have very high strengths, the silanes of the invention being superior to the products previously known and used (methacrylic ester and vinyl silanes), as is shown by the experiments described hereinbelow. 
     The aliphatic unsaturated monomers which are suitable for the preparation of the above-described reinforced or filled combination materials include, for example, styrene, acrylonitrile-butadienestyrene, acrylonitrilestyrene, styrene-butadiene, isobutene, ethylene, propylene, vinyl acetate, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride and methyl methacrylate. The polymers produced by polymerization may be hard substances, such as polyester resins, or they may be elastomeric substances such as styrenebutadiene-rubber. 
     The oxidic and metallic surfaces for whose pretreatment the said silanes are used in accordance with the invention comprise both oxidic and metallic surfaces as well as those of synthetically made products. Examples of mineral products are asbestos, mica, quartz, corundum, diatomaceous earth, and oxides of iron, chromium and titanium. 
     Examples of synthetic products having oxidic surfaces are glass fibers, spun and woven glass, glass balls, electrical corundum, calcium carbonate, Fe 2  O 3 , and CrO 2  . Examples of metals are Al, Fe, Zn, Mg, Sn and Ti and their alloys in which these metals are the principal components. 
     The silane solutions are used in concentrations between 0.05 and 5%, according to how great the specific surface area of the substance to be treated is. Normally, the oxidic or metal surface is pretreated with the silane in question in order to obtain a stronger bond with the polymer. It is also possible, however, to obtain the same effect by adding to the polymer small amounts, e.g., 0.1 to 5% of the weight of the polymer of the corresponding silane. The polymer can be either a thermosetting plastic or a thermoplastic. 
     In order to more fully illustrate the nature of the invention and the manner of practicing the same, the following examples are presented. 
    
    
     E X A M P L E S 
     EXAMPLE 1 
     In a 2-liter three-necked flask, equipped with a reflux condenser, a dropper funnel, a stirrer and a device for cooling the flask, 196 g (1 mole) of γ-mercaptopropyl trimethoxysilane, 106 g (1.05 moles) of triethylamine, 10 g of hydroquinone and 1000 ml of xylene are placed and cooled with stirring at 0° C. Then 104 g (1 mole) of methacrylic acid chloride is added, drop by drop, through the dropping funnel over a period of 1 hour. After removal of the cooling device, stirring is continued for 1 hour and then the precipitated triethylammonium hydrochloride is removed by filtration. The filtrate is subjected to fractional distillation. At 127° C and a pressure of 2 Torr, 135 g (51%) of a colorless fluid passes over, which has the following properties: 
     
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Molecular weight: Theoretical                                             
                       264                                                
Found                  268                                                
Index of refraction n.sub.D.sup.25 :                                      
                       1.4511                                             
Density (d.sub.4.sup.25):                                                 
                       1.077                                              
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Elemental analysis                                                        
               Theoretical   Found                                        
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C              45.4%         45.2%                                        
H              7.6%          7.7%                                         
O              24.2%         24.0%                                        
Si             10.6%         10.7%                                        
S              12.1%         12.0%                                        
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     The product accordingly has the formula: ##STR7## 
     EXAMPLE 2 
     224 g (1 mole) of β-mercaptoethyltriethoxysilane, 106 g (1.05 moles) of triethylamine, 10 g of hydroquinone and 1000 ml of xylene are placed in the apparatus described under Example 1, and cooled to -5° C. Over a period of 1.5 hours, 104 g (1 mole) of methacrylic acid is added drop by drop. After the cooling is stopped, the mixture is stirred for another hour. The triethylammonium hydrochloride is filtered out and the filtrate is subjected to fractional distillation in vacuo. 
     At 104° C and at a pressure of 2 Torr, 157 g (54%) of a colorless fluid passes over, which has the following properties: 
     
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Molecular weight: Theoretical                                             
                       292                                                
Found                  311                                                
Index of refraction n.sub.D.sup.25                                        
                       1.4691                                             
Density (d.sub.4.sup.25)                                                  
                       1.097                                              
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Elemental analysis:                                                       
                 Theor.      Found                                        
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C                49.3%       49.0%                                        
H                8.2%        7.9%                                         
O                21.9%       22.3%                                        
Si               9.6%        10.0%                                        
S                11.6%       11.65%                                       
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     The discovered product accordingly has the formula: ##STR8## 
     EXAMPLE 3 
     196 g (1 mole) of γ-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane, 106 g (1.05 moles) of triethylamine, 10 g of hydroquinone and 1000 ml of xylene are placed in the apparatus described in Example 1 and are cooled to -10° C. Over a period of 1.5 hours, 90 g (1 mole) of acrylic acid chloride is added, drop by drop. At +5° C, stirring is continued for 1 hour and then the triethylammonium chloride is filtered out. After the addition of 5 g of hydroquinone to the filtrate, the latter is fractionally distilled in vacuo. At 125° C and a pressure of 2 Torr, 120 g (48%) of a colorless liquid passes over, which has the following characteristics: 
     
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Molecular weight Theor.                                                   
                       250                                                
Found                  248                                                
Index of refraction n.sub.D.sup.25                                        
                       1.4491                                             
Density (d.sub.4.sup.25)                                                  
                       1.056                                              
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Elemental Analysis:                                                       
                 Theor.      Found                                        
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C                43.2%       43.3%                                        
H                7.2%        7.3%                                         
O                25.6%       25.2%                                        
Si               11.2%       10.9%                                        
S                12.8%       12.7%                                        
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     The discovered product has the formula ##STR9## 
     EXAMPLE 4 
     196 g (1 mole) of γ-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane, 106 g (1.05 moles) of triethylamine, 10 g of hydroquinone and 1000 ml of xylene are placed in the apparatus described in Example 1 and cooled to -10° C. Over a period of 2 hours 120 g (1.0 mole) of thiomethacrylic acid chloride is added, drop by drop, with vigorous stirring, while maintaining the reaction temperature constant. At +5° C, stirring is continued for another hour, and then the trimethylammonium chloride is separated from the filtrate. An additional 14 g of hydroquinone is added to the filtrate and the latter is fractionally distilled in vacuo. At 140° C and a pressure of 2 Torr, 59 g (21%) of a slightly yellowish liquid passes over, which has the following characteristics: 
     
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Molecular weight Theor.                                                   
                       280                                                
Found                  278                                                
Index of refraction n.sub.D.sup.25                                        
                       1.4702                                             
Density (d.sub.4.sup.25)                                                  
                       1.10                                               
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Elemental analysis:                                                       
                 Theor.      Found                                        
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C                42.8%       42.5%                                        
H                7.1%        7.0%                                         
O                17.1%       16.9%                                        
Si               10.0%       9.8%                                         
S                11.4%       11.5%                                        
Structural formula:                                                       
 ##STR10##                                                                
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     example 5 
     in a 2-liter jacketed three-necked flask connected to a thermostat and equipped with a stirrer, a dropping funnel and a reflux condenser, 122 g (1 mole) of trimethoxysilane and 250 ml of toluene are placed. 50 mg of H 2  PtCl 6  . 6 H 2  O dissolved in 10 ml of acetone, and 10 g of hydroquinone are added. 
     With the temperature of the flask contents at 68° C, the addition of 149 g (1.05 moles) of allyl the thiomethacrylate is started, and ends 15 minutes later. During the addition of the allyl thiomethiocrylate the temperature is held constant at 72° C by cooling. The reaction mixture is then allowed to continue reacting for 15 minutes longer, and then is cooled to room temperature. After the addition of 15 g of hydroquinone, the mixture is fractionally distilled in vacuo in the reaction evaporator. At 123° C and a pressure of 1 Torr, 135 g (51%) of a colorless fluid passes over, whose characteristics are the same as those of the substance obtained in Example 1. 
     EXAMPLE 6 
     1%, by weight, of the silane having the formula 
     
         H.sub.2 C═CH--COS--(CH.sub.2).sub.3 Si(OCH.sub.3).sub.3 
    
     plus benzoyl peroxide are added to styrene and polymerized on a glass plate. The polymer obtained sticks substantially more strongly to the glass surface than a corresponding specimen containing no silane. This good bond is sustained even when the glass is immersed in water for 4 hours at 30° C. 
     EXAMPLE 7 
     Water-dressed glass fibers are immersed in an 0.25% ethanolic solution of γ-methacrylthiopropyltrimethoxysilane, drained, and then dried for 15 minutes in a circulating air drying oven at 130° C. Then the glass fibers thus pretreated are wetted with unsaturated polyester resin and drawn into glass tubes 4 mm thick and hardened at 100° C for 2 hours. After the finished glass fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester rods were released from the glass tubes, they were cured for 15 h at 130° C and the bending strength of the rods was determined in accordance with test standard Deutsche Industrie Norm 53,452. 
     Furthermore, the bending strength was determined of specimens which were immersed for 72 hours in boiling water and wiped dry. For comparison, the same tests were performed using γ-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane. 
     
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               Bending strength of glass fiber-                           
               reinforced unsaturated polyester                           
% Silane in the                                                           
               round rods in kp/cm.sup.2                                  
dressing       Dry          Moist                                         
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0.25% γ-methacryloxy-                                               
 propyltrimeth-                                                           
               10800        7400                                          
 oxysilane                                                                
0.25% γ-methacrylthio-                                              
 propyltrimeth-                                                           
               12400        9200                                          
 oxysilane                                                                
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     EXAMPLE 8 
     The bending strengths of glass fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester rods made as in Example 7 with the use of 0.5% solutions of the β-methacrylthioethyltriethoxysilane, and the following values were obtained. 
     Dry: 11400 kp/cm 2   
     Dry: 11400 kp/cm 2   
     Moist: 10300 kp/cm 2   
     EXAMPLE 9 
     Water-dressed glass fibers are wetted as in Example 7 with unsaturated polyester resins to which 0.5% of the β-acrylothioethyltriethoxysilane has been added, and are made into glass fiber reinforced resin rods of round cross section. The bending strength values are the same as those of Example 7. 
     EXAMPLE 10 
     One weight-percent of ##STR11## was added to a commercial varnish based on methacrylic acid ester, and the latter was then applied to glass plates air dried for 24 hours. Then the varnish was heated at 120° C for 1 hour and the adhesion was tested by the Erichsen method of criss-cross slashing. The adhesion was very good. In contrast, the adhesion of the untreated varnish to glass plates was very poor. 
     Similar results were obtained with aluminum plates