Preparation of multifunctional organolithium initiator in cyclohexane solutions

Multifunctional organolithium initiator was prepared in cyclohexane solvent.The process started with adding the cyclohexane solution of butadiene to naphthalene-lithium in batches to produce butadiene oligomer dilithium with 4-8 butadiene repeating units.In the first feeding,the maximum loading of cyclohexane and the minimum concentration of butadiene cyclohexane solution must be controlled under V_cyclohexane≤1.33V_THFand p≥40.6C_N.Then,SnCl₄ was added and eventually the multifunctional organolithium initiator containing Sn atom was synthesized through coupling reaction. Experiment results showed that adding the cyclohexane solution in batches was effective in overcoming some difficulties, such as insolubility of naphthalene-lithium in cyclohexane,low efficiency of naphthalene-lithium in initiating butadiene.In practice,benzene can be replaced by cyclohexane completely,which can not only reduce environmental pollution from benzene,but also overcome the difficulty of solvent recovery caused by similar boiling point between benzene and cyclohexane.Prepared with multifunctional organolithium containing Sn atom as initiator,the star-shaped solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber（star S-SBR）with better vulcanization performances,lower rolling resistance and higher wet-skid resistance was obtained.     

丙烯酰氯对丁苯共聚物活性链偶联反应的研究

以n BuLi为引发剂 ,四氢呋喃 (THF)为调节剂 ,抽余油为溶剂 ,采用丙烯酰氯为偶联剂对丁二烯 苯乙烯阴离子共聚体系进行偶联反应 ,研究了影响偶联反应的各种因素 ,如偶联剂用量、相对分子质量、偶联反应时间、偶联反应温度、THF用量、末端基团、单体浓度等 ;确定了偶联剂用量与聚合物相对臂数之间的关系及其偶联效率 .