Patent ID: 7081500

Claim:
A process of manufacturing a filled rubber comprising the steps of mixing a rubber, an inorganic filler, and a blocked mercaptosilane of the formula [[(ROC(═O)) p -(G) j ] k -Y—S] r -G-(SiX 3 ) s (1); wherein Y is a polyvalent species (Q) z A(═E) selected from the group consisting of —C(═NR)—;—SC(═NR)—; —SC(═O)—; —OC(═O)—; —S(═O)—; —S(═O) 2 —; —OS(═O) 2 —; (—NR)S(═O) 2 —; —SS(═O)—; —OS(═O)—; (—NR)S(═O)—; —SS(═O) 2 —; (—S) 2 P(═O)—; —(—S)P(═O)—; —P(═O)(—) 2 ; (—S) 2 P(═S)—; —(—S)P(═S)—; —P(═S)(—) 2 ; (—NR) 2 P(═O)—; (—NR)(—S)P(═O)—; (—O)(—NR)P(═O)—; (—O)(—S)P(═O)—; (—O) 2 P(═O)—; —(—O)P(═O)—; —(—NR)P(═O)—; (—NR) 2 P(═S)—; (—NR)(—S)P(═S)—; (—O)(—NR)P(═S)—; (—O)(—S)P(═S)—; (—O) 2 P(═S)—; —(—O)P(═S)—; and —(—NR)P(═S)—; wherein the atom A, attached to the unsaturated heteroatom E, is attached to the sulfur which in turn is linked via a group G to the silicon atom; each R is chosen independently from hydrogen, straight, cyclic, or branched alkyl that may or may not contain unsaturation, alkenyl groups, aryl groups, and aralkyl groups, with each R containing from 1 to 18 carbon atoms; each G is independently a monovalent or polyvalent group derived by substitution of alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, or aralkyl wherein G can contain from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, with the proviso that G is not such that the blocked mercaptosilane would contain an α,β-unsaturated carbonyl that can undergo polymerization reactions, and if G is univalent, G can be a hydrogen atom; X is independently selected from the group consisting of —Cl, —Br, RO—, RC(═O)O—, R 2 C═NO—, R 2 NO—, R 2 N—, —R, and —(OSiR 2 ) t (OSiR 3 ) wherein each R is as above and at least one X is not —R; p is 0 to 5; r is 1 to 3; z is 0 to 2; j is 0 to 1, but it may be 0 only if p is 1; t is 0 to 5; s is 1 to 3; k is 1 to 2; with the provisos that (I) if A is carbon, sulfur, or sulfonyl, then k is 1; and (II) if A is phosphorus, then k is 2; to produce a rubber mixture; mixing into the rubber mixture (i) a deblocking agent to deblock the blocked mercaptosilane, and (ii) a curing agent; and allowing the rubber mixture to cure.