Patent Description:
TAIC may be produced, for example, according to the following reaction route in which <NUM>,<NUM>,<NUM>-trichloro-<NUM>,<NUM>,<NUM>-triazine (cyanuric chloride) is reacted with allyl alcohol to obtain triallyl cyanurate (hereinafter referred to merely as "TAC") (Non-Patent Document <NUM>), and then the thus obtained TAC is subjected to rearrangement reaction (Patent Document <NUM>).

TAIC is useful as a crosslinking agent having excellent heat resistance and chemical resistance, and it is expected to use TAIC in extensive applications such as electronic materials, liquid crystals, semiconductors and solar cells. For example, in printed circuit boards, i.e., plate- or film-shaped members constituting electronic circuits in which a number of electronic parts such as integrated circuits, resistors and capacitors are fixed on a surface thereof and connected to each other through wirings, there is proposed the method in which TAIC is used as a sealing material for preventing penetration of substances such as liquids and gases into the respective electronic parts (Patent Document <NUM>). In such a proposed method, TAIC is used as a liquid sealing material because the TAIC is present in the form of a viscous liquid (melting point: <NUM>) at an ordinary temperature. In addition, in order to enhance a wettability of TAIC, a silane coupling agent is added thereto. Also, TAIC is used as a crosslinking agent for crosslinkable polymers (Patent Document <NUM>).

Meanwhile, although there is no report for impurities included in TAIC obtained by the above rearrangement of TAC, the impurities which may cause metal corrosion must be removed from TAIC to reduce their content to a level as small as possible.

The present invention has been accomplished in view of the above conventional problems. An object of the present invention is to provide TAIC having a less content of corrosive substances by identifying the corrosive substances among impurities included therein.

As a result of the present inventors' earnest study for achieving the above object, the following knowledges have been attained.

The present invention has been attained on the basis of the above findings and includes a a process for producing triallyl isocyanurate, comprising the steps of:.

Further embodiments of the process for producing triallyl isocyanurate as well as a process for producing a cured sealing for electronic materials, semiconductors and solar cell materials, and a process for producing a cured coating material for coating electric wires are described below and in the appended claims.

The triallyl isocyanurate produced by the process according to the present invention is free from occurrence of metal corrosion due to impurities therein, and therefore can be suitably used, for example, as a sealing material for printed circuit boards.

First, for the sake of explanation, the respective processes for producing TAC and TAIC according to the present invention are described.

The production of the above TAC, i.e., the reaction between cyanuric chloride and allyl alcohol, is carried out under heating in the presence of a basic catalyst (for example, sodium hydroxide). In general, TAC is produced by adding cyanuric chloride to a solution comprising allyl alcohol in an effective amount as a reaction solvent, and given amounts of the basic catalyst and water at room temperature, and then stirring the obtained mixture for a predetermined time. The details of the reaction conditions can be recognized by referring to the above Non-Patent Document <NUM>. The thus obtained crude TAC comprises the organic chlorine compounds represented by the above chemical formulae (I) and (II). The content of the organic chlorine compound represented by the chemical formula (I) in the crude TAC is usually <NUM> to <NUM> ppm, whereas the content of the organic chlorine compound represented by the chemical formula (II) in the crude TAC is usually <NUM> to <NUM>,<NUM> ppm.

In the present invention, in order to selectively hydrolyze the organic chlorine compounds represented by the chemical formulae (I) and (II) without decomposing TAC, the crude TAC is treated in a strong base aqueous solution having a low concentration at a relatively low temperature. More specifically, the treatment of the crude TAC is carried out as follows.

That is, a salt precipitated from a TAC production reaction solution (for example, sodium chloride) is first removed by filtration to recover a filtrate therefrom. The thus recovered filtrate is concentrated to recover a crude TAC as an oily material. Next, the crude TAC (the above oily material) is subjected to stirring treatment in the strong base aqueous solution having a concentration of usually <NUM> to <NUM>% by weight and preferably <NUM> to <NUM>% by weight at a temperature of usually <NUM> to <NUM> and preferably <NUM> to <NUM>. The treating time is usually <NUM> to <NUM> hr and preferably <NUM> to <NUM> hr. When the respective treating conditions are less than the above-specified ranges, it may be difficult to hydrolyze the organic chlorine compounds represented by the above chemical formulae (I) and (II). When the respective treating conditions are more than the above-specified ranges, TAC tends to be hydrolyzed.

The production of the above TAIC, i.e., the rearrangement reaction of TAC, is carried out by heat-treating TAC in the presence of a catalyst. The details of the reaction conditions can be recognized by referring to the above Patent Document <NUM>. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the rearrangement reaction is carried out in a reaction solvent (for example, xylene) in the presence of a copper catalyst. The reaction temperature is usually <NUM> to <NUM> and preferably <NUM> to <NUM>. After completion of the reaction, the reaction solvent is distilled off under reduced pressure to recover an oily product. The thus recovered oily product is subjected to distillation under reduced pressure to obtain crystals of TAIC.

Next, TAC is described. TAC is characterized by comprising the organic chlorine compounds represented by the following chemical formulae (I) and (II) in a total amount of not more than <NUM> ppm. <CHM>
<CHM>
wherein R<NUM> and R<NUM> are respectively a chlorine atom or an allyoxy group with the proviso that at least one of R<NUM> and R<NUM> is a chlorine atom.

The total content of the organic chlorine compounds represented by the following chemical formulae (I) and (II) in TAC is preferably not more than <NUM> ppm and more preferably not more than <NUM> ppm. The TAC can be suitably used, for example, as a raw material for production of TAIC. As a result, it is possible to produce TAIC having a less content of impurities which may cause metal corrosion.

Next, TAIC produced by the process according to the present invention is described. The TAIC produced by the process according to the present invention is characterized by comprising the organic chlorine compound represented by the above chemical formula (I) in an amount of not more than <NUM> ppm. The content of the organic chlorine compound represented by the above chemical formula (I) in the TAIC produced by the process according to the present invention is preferably not more than <NUM> ppm and more preferably not more than <NUM> ppm. The TAIC according to the present invention has a less content of impurities which may cause metal corrosion, and therefore can be suitably used as a sealing material for printed circuit boards. In addition, the TAIC produced by the process according to the present invention may be mixed with a crosslinkable elastomer and then cured by heating, radiation or the like, and the resulting cured product can be used as a sealing material for electronic materials, semiconductors, solar cell materials, etc. Further, the TAIC produced by the process according to the present invention may be mixed with a crosslinkable thermoplastic resin and then cured by irradiation with electron beams, etc., and the resulting cured product can be suitably used for coating electric wires, etc..

The present invention is described in more detail below by Examples. However, these Examples are only illustrative and not intended to limit the present invention thereto, and various changes or modifications are possible unless they depart from the scope of the appended claims. Meanwhile, the analyzing methods used in the following Examples and Comparative Examples are as follows.

The analysis of the organic chlorine compounds were carried out using a gas chromatograph (by an area percentage method). The conditions for the analysis are shown in Table <NUM>. Meanwhile, a detection limit of the device used was <NUM> ppm.

A solution comprising <NUM> of allyl alcohol, <NUM> of NaOH and <NUM> of water was mixed with <NUM> of cyanuric chloride at room temperature. The resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for <NUM> hr, and sodium chloride precipitated was removed by filtration to recover a filtrate. The thus recovered filtrate was concentrated to obtain an oily material. Next, the thus obtained oily material was washed with water and then subjected to distillative purification to obtain crystals of TAC (yield: <NUM>%). The thus obtained TAC comprised <NUM> ppm of a mixture (A) comprising an organic chlorine compound of the chemical formula (I) in which R<NUM> is an allyoxy group and R<NUM> is a chlorine atom (<NUM>-allyoxy-<NUM>,<NUM>,<NUM>-trichloropyrimidine) and an organic chlorine compound of the chemical formula (I) in which R<NUM> is a chlorine atom and R<NUM> is an allyoxy group (<NUM>-allyoxy-<NUM>,<NUM>,<NUM>-trichloropyrimidine), and <NUM> ppm of an organic chlorine compound of the chemical formula (II) (<NUM>,<NUM>-diallyloxy-<NUM>-chlorotriazine).

Next, <NUM> of the above TAC and <NUM> of cupric chloride hydrate were added to <NUM> of xylene, and the resulting mixture was stirred at <NUM> for <NUM> hr to subject the TAC to rearrangement reaction. Thereafter, the obtained reaction solution was cooled and placed under reduced pressure to distil off xylene therefrom, thereby obtaining an oily material. Next, the thus obtained oily material was subjected to distillation under a reduced pressure of <NUM> Torr at <NUM> to obtain crystals of TAIC (yield: <NUM>%). The thus obtained TAIC comprised <NUM> ppm of the mixture (A) of the organic chlorine compounds and <NUM> ppm of the organic compound of the chemical formula (II).

The oily material produced in the same manner as defined in Comparative Example <NUM> was subjected to heating and stirring treatment in a <NUM>% by weight NaOH aqueous solution at <NUM> for <NUM> hr. Next, the obtained reaction solution was neutralized with hydrochloric acid, and an organic layer was separated therefrom and then subjected to distillative purification to obtain crystals of TAC (yield: <NUM>%). It was confirmed that neither the organic chloride compounds mixture (A) nor the organic chloride compound of the chemical formula (II) were detected in the thus obtained TAC (less than <NUM> ppm).

Next, the above TAC was subjected to the same procedure subsequent to the rearrangement reaction as defined in Comparative Example <NUM>, thereby obtaining TAIC (yield: <NUM>%). It was also confirmed that neither the mixture (A) of the organic chloride compounds nor the organic chloride compound of the chemical formula (II) were detected in the thus obtained TAIC (less than <NUM> ppm).

The oily material produced in the same manner as defined in Comparative Example <NUM> was subjected to heating and stirring treatment in a <NUM>% by weight NaOH aqueous solution at <NUM> for <NUM> hr. Next, the obtained reaction solution was neutralized with hydrochloric acid, and an organic layer was separated therefrom and then subjected to distillative purification to obtain crystals of TAC (yield: <NUM>%). It was confirmed that the thus obtained TAC comprised <NUM> ppm of the mixture (A) of the organic chloride compounds and <NUM> ppm of the organic chloride compound of the chemical formula (II).

Next, the above TAC was subjected to the same procedure subsequent to the rearrangement reaction as defined in Comparative Example <NUM>, thereby obtaining TAIC (yield: <NUM>%). It was confirmed that the thus obtained TAIC comprised <NUM> ppm of the organic chloride compounds the mixture (A), but no organic chloride compound of the chemical formula (II) was detected therein (less than <NUM> ppm).

A Teflon (registered trademark) pressure container was charged with <NUM> of each of the TAICs obtained in the above Examples, etc., and <NUM> of water, and the contents of the container were heated at <NUM> for <NUM> hr to measure a chlorine ion concentration in water. The measurement of the chlorine ion concentration in water was carried out using an ion chromatograph (column used: "DIONEX Ion Pack AS12A"; eluent used: <NUM>-Na<NUM>CO<NUM>/<NUM>-NaHCO<NUM>). The detection limit of the measuring device used was <NUM> ppm. The results are shown in Table <NUM>.

According to the following procedure, the corrosive substance was synthesized, and subjected to hydrolysis under accelerated conditions.

Into a solution comprising <NUM> (<NUM> mol) of <NUM>,<NUM>,<NUM>,<NUM>-tetrachloropyrimidine produced by Tokyo Chemical Industry Co. , <NUM> (<NUM> mol) of NaOH and <NUM> of <NUM>,<NUM>-dioxane, were added dropwise <NUM> (<NUM> mol) of allyl alcohol at <NUM> over <NUM> hr. Further, the reaction mixture was reacted at <NUM> for <NUM> hr, cooled and then subjected to filtration to distil off dioxane in vacuo. The resulting reaction product was purified by silica gel chromatography (ethyl acetate/n-hexane = <NUM>/<NUM>), thereby obtaining <NUM> of <NUM>-allyloxy-<NUM>,<NUM>,<NUM>-trichloropyrimidine (yield: <NUM>% by weight). The identification of the reaction product was carried out by GC-MS analysis. For reference, the measurement results of the GC-MS analysis are shown in Table <NUM> below.

Claim 1:
A process for producing triallyl isocyanurate, comprising the steps of:
reacting cyanuric chloride with allyl alcohol to obtain triallyl cyanurate;
subjecting the thus obtained triallyl cyanurate to stirring treatment in a strong base aqueous solution having a concentration of <NUM> to <NUM> % by weight at a temperature of <NUM> to <NUM> for <NUM> to <NUM> hours; and
subjecting the thus treated triallyl cyanurate to rearrangement reaction,
wherein the triallyl cyanurate subjected to the stirring treatment comprises organic chlorine compounds represented by the following general formulae (I) and (II) in a total amount of not more than <NUM> ppm:
<CHM>
<CHM>
wherein R<NUM> and R<NUM> are respectively a chlorine atom or an allyloxy group with the proviso that at least one of R<NUM> and R<NUM> is a chlorine atom,
and wherein the triallyl isocyanurate comprises an organic chlorine compound represented by the general formula (I) as an impurity in an amount of not more than <NUM> ppm.