Patent Application: US-78642310-A

Abstract:
products and processes relating to the synthesis of copolymers or terpolymers are described . in particular , poly , poly , poly - co - acrylate ester ), or poly - co - methacrylate ester ), by esterification of polyacrylic or polymethacrylic acid with alcohols assisted by the pervaporation technique for extracting water are described .

Description:
the present invention will now be described more specifically with reference to the following examples . it is to be noted that the following explanations are presented herein for the purposes of illustration and description only ; they are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed or claimed . [ ch 2 — choh ] n —+ m r — oh →—[ ch 2 — choh ] n ′ —[ ch 2 — choor ] m ′ —+ m ′ h 2 o + m ″ r — [ ch 2 — chco 2 h ] n —+ m r — oh + p r ′— oh →—[ ch 2 — chco 2 h ] n ′ —[ ch 2 — choor ] m ′ —[ ch 2 — choor ′] p ′ —+( m ′+ p ′ ) h 2 o + m ″ r — oh + p ″ r ′— oh the preferred process embodied in this invention utilizes the polyacrylic or polymethacrylic acid with low molecular weights ( 400 g / mol to 10 , 000 g / mol ) which may be esterified using one or more of the series of liquid alcohols . it is preferable to add some drops of sulfuric acid to the reaction mixture as a catalyst . concerning the lower alcanol such as methanol , ethanol , propanol , pentanol , isopropanol , and butanol , it is preferable to add this reactant in excess to compensate for the amount of risk which accompanies the water during its extraction in addition to its role as a solvent in which esterification is carried out . concerning viscous or higher alcohols , a raising of temperature is necessary for increasing the kinetics of the reaction . for example , the conditions of exemplary reactions are illustrated in tables 1 to 3 below . the membrane used in this process is confectioned in polyvinyl alcohol ( pva ), physically crosslinked . the crosslinked film produced was dried under vacuum at 30 ° c . to 70 ° c . for several hours . the thickness of each membrane was about 5 μm to 200 μm . the pervaporation apparatus used in this work is similar to that reported in the literature and comprises the following parts : stainless steel pervaporation cell ; pervaporation pyrex - made receiving set filled with vapor traps ; and primary vacuum pump . the different runs were carried out at a temperature in the range of from 30 ° c . to 80 ° c . the reaction mixture was in contact with the membrane for over 24 hours to reach a steady state before starting the experiment . different runs were at least in duplicate , and the results were quite reproducible . in addition to the previous parameters of the pva , its crystallinity degree was found to be 20 % to 30 %. the swelling performance of pva membrane with different constituents of the esterification reaction can be deduced from the curves ( swelling degree versus time at temperatures of 30 ° c . to 50 ° c .). the result shows a strong affinity between water and pva , whereas swelling in alcohol is very weak for the lower alcohol , and very weak or nil for the higher alcohol . the conversion of the reaction varies with time and temperature , for example , 80 % to 87 % after 6 hours to 7 hours at 40 ° c . to 50 ° c . preparation of a copolymer of acrylic acid and acrylate ester having an acid number 15 and benzyl alcohol as raw materials about 0 . 10 mol ( 100 g ) of polyacrylic acid containing 1 . 5 mol of acrylic acid units corresponds to 1 . 5 mol ( 162 g ) of benzyl alcohol for esterifying 100 % of acrylic acid in main chains . thus , after 18 hours of reaction assisted by pervaporation , a maximum of 87 % acid units in main chains have been esterified . the pervaporation apparatus employed in the present invention was previously described by bing cao et al . 6 accordingly , 100 g of polyacrylic acid is introduced into the pervaporation cell containing initially 162 g of benzyl alcohol and 3 drops of 10 − 1 n aqueous solution of sulfuric acid . it is preferable to add the benzyl alcohol in excess to compensate the amount which risk to be accompanied by water during its extraction . the reaction mixture was fixed at 50 ° c . and stirred using a magnetic stirrer . the thickness of the membrane was estimated to be 25 μm . the structure of copo ( acrylic acid / benzylacrylate ) at different compositions is confirmed by ir , nmr , and dsc analysis . preparation of a terpolymer of acrylic acid , cyclohexylacrylate , and benzylacrylate esters from polyacrylic acid , cyclohexylalcohol , and benzyl alcohol a solution containing about 100 g of polyacrylic acid , 162 g of benzyl alcohol , and 150 g of cyclohexanol is introduced into the pervaporation cell . three or four drops of an aqueous solution of sulfuric acid were added to the mixture . an alcohol was added in excess to compensate for the amount which risk accompanies the water during its extraction and is also considered as solvent in which the esterification is carried out . the mixture was stirred using a magnetic stirrer . thus , after 18 hours of reaction assisted by pervaporation , a maximum of 82 % esterification of acid units was achieved in main chains distributed statistically . the composition of terpolymers obtained in different units depends on the composition of the initial mixture , the reaction time , and the temperature of the reaction . the structure of terpolymers is confirmed by ir , nmr , and dsc analysis . 1 . p . dupont , j . c . vedrine , e . paumard , g . hecquet , f . lefebvre , applied catalysis a . : general 129 ( 1995 ) 2017 . 2 . hydrocarbon processing , november 1979 , nippon shokubai kagaku kogyo co ., p . 123 . 3 . g . a . olah , friede - crafts chemistry , wiley interscience , new york , 1973 . 4 . d . jaques and j . a . leisten , j . chem . soc . 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