Patent ID: 8729167

Claim:
An elastomeric polymer composition comprising the reaction product of at least the following: i) a living anionic elastomeric polymer; ii) a silane modifier compound represented by the Formula 1 or Formula 2: (R 1 O) 3 Si—R 4 —S—SiR 3 3 , Formula 1 (R 13 O) 3 Si—R 9 —N(SiR 10 R 11 R 12 ) 2 Formula 2 wherein: Si is silicon; S is sulfur; O is oxygen; N is nitrogen; R 4 and R 9 are the same or different, and each is independently a group selected from a (C 7 -C 100 ) aralkyl, a (C 6 -C 100 ) aryl, a (C 1 -C 100 ) alkyl, or a (C 2 -C 100 ) dialkylether (alkyl-O-alkyl); and wherein each alkyl may be linear or branched, and saturated or unsaturated; R 1 , R 3 , R 10 , R 11 , R 12 and R 13 are the same or different, and are each, independently, selected from hydrogen (H), a (C 1 -C 16 ) alkyl, a (C 6 -C 16 ) aryl, a (C 7 -C 16 ) aralkyl or a (C 3 -C 30 ) tri(hydrocarbyl)silyl, and wherein the hydrocarbyl groups are each, independently, selected from a (C 1 -C 16 ) alkyl, a (C 6 -C 16 ) aryl, or a (C 7 -C 16 ) aralkyl; iii) a modifier compound represented by one of the following Formulas 3 to 6: wherein: Si is silicon; S is sulfur; O is oxygen; N is nitrogen, x and p are an integer selected from 1, and 2; y and q are an integer selected from 1, and 2; x+y=3; p+q=3; R 4 , R 9 and R 15 are the same or different, and each is independently a group selected from a (C 7 -C 100 ) aralkyl, a (C 6 -C 100 ) aryl, a (C 1 -C 100 ) alkyl, or a (C 2 -C 100 ) dialkylether (alkyl-O-alkyl); and wherein each alkyl may be linear or branched, and saturated or unsaturated; R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 10 , R 11 , R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 16 , R 17 , R 18 , R 19 , R 20 , and R 21 are the same or different, and are each, independently, selected from hydrogen (H), a (C 1 -C 16 ) alkyl, a (C 6 -C 16 ) aryl, a (C 7 -C 16 ) aralkyl, or a (C 3 -C 30 ) tri(hydrocarbyl)silyl, and wherein the hydrocarbyl groups are each independently selected from a (C 1 -C 16 ) alkyl, a (C 6 -C 16 ) aryl, or a (C 7 -C 16 ) aralkyl.