US20040171778A1 - Low color, aromatic modified C5 hydrocaron resins - Google Patents

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US20040171778A1
US20040171778A1 US10/293,604 US29360402A US2004171778A1 US 20040171778 A1 US20040171778 A1 US 20040171778A1 US 29360402 A US29360402 A US 29360402A US 2004171778 A1 US2004171778 A1 US 2004171778A1
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  • This invention relates to tackifier resin compositions for use in adhesives and to methods for their preparation. More particularly, this invention relates to low color, aromatic-modified C 5 hydrocarbon compositions prepared from piperylene concentrate and vinyl aromatic compounds and their use in adhesive applications.
  • Tackifier resins can be used for making thermoplastic adhesives such as hot melt adhesives (HMA) and hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives (HMPSA).
  • HMA hot melt adhesives
  • HMPSA hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives
  • a hot melt adhesive is a solid, thermoplastic material that melts quickly upon heating. A hot melt adhesive then sets to a firm bond on cooling. A hot melt pressure sensitive adhesive retains its tackiness upon cooling. Most other types of adhesives set by evaporation of a solvent or free radical curing mechanisms. Hot melt adhesives offer quick bonding making them well suited for many automated operations.
  • the hot melt adhesives are made of elastomers, block copolymers, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), or amorphous polyolefins along with low molecular weight oligomer tackifiers.
  • a tackifier must generally be compatible with the adhesive application. Tackifiers are chosen to impart substantial adhesive strength, promote substrate wetting and generally enhance adhesive performance. Tackifiers are commonly made by polymerization of unsaturated aliphatic petroleum hydrocarbon feedstocks, such as feedstock from ethylene crackers in petroleum or petrochemical processing plants.
  • tackifiers are often made from unsaturated C 5 hydrocarbons having two double bonds, such as C 5 dienes and C 5 cyclodienes.
  • the C 5 resins are commonly made using AlCl 3 catalyst at a reaction temperature from about 30° to about 70° C. These resins have a softening point from 70°-120° C. for adequate wetting of a substrate, for maintaining adhesive properties and for ease of packaging. These resins often, however, have a Gardner color of about 5 to about 7 or greater, which is often too dark of a color for many adhesive applications.
  • C 5 resins with aromatic substitution often have high color and require post resin hydrogenation or hydrotreating. See, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,952,639 where C 5 resins substituted with vinyl monounsaturated aromatics have dark Gardner colors from about 5 to 7 before hydrogenation and Gardner color of less than 2 after hydrogenation of the C 5 resin. See also, U.S. Pat. No. 5,817,900 where hydrotreating of an aromatic-modified C 5 hydrocarbon resin was required to lower the Gardner color of the resin from about 7 to about 2.
  • Low color C 5 resins have been proposed without the use of post resin hydrogenation or hydrotreating. Such resins are, however, often limited in the amount of aromatic substitution.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 5,853,874 describes a low color, aromatic-modified C 5 resin with a Gardner color of about 3, but only describes about 5 to 15 percent weight substitution of a monovinyl aromatic into the resin. Such a substitution range on monovinyl aromatic substitution limits the usefulness of these C 5 resins as a tackifier in certain hot melt applications.
  • the present invention relates to a random copolymer hydrocarbon composition useful as a tackifier.
  • inventive resins are useful in hot melt adhesives and in hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives, such as with block copolymers of styrene-isoprene-styrene (SIS), block copolymers of styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS), multiblock (SB) n where n is from 100 to 1000, amorphous polyolefins, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) polymers and atactic polyalpha olefins (APAO).
  • SIS block copolymers of styrene-isoprene-styrene
  • SBS block copolymers of styrene-butadiene-styrene
  • SB multiblock
  • n is from 100 to 1000
  • amorphous polyolefins ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) polymers and atac
  • a hydrocarbon which is a reaction product of a first predominantly C 5 hydrocarbon stream containing unsaturated aliphatic monomers, such as piperylene monomers, less than about 2% weight cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene monomers and less than about 1% weight isoprene, and a second hydrocarbon stream which includes a monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomer.
  • the weight ratio of said unsaturated aliphatic monomers to the monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomers is from about 1.5/1 to about 6/1 to yield a unique resin having a Gardner color of less than about 4 and having a ring and ball softening point from about 85° C. to about 100° C.
  • the monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomer is ⁇ -methylstyrene.
  • the inventive resin may further include from about 0 to about 15 weight percent isobutylene, isoamylene or combinations thereof.
  • the resin has a Mz from about 2000 to 4000 and a polydispersity of about 1.7 to about 2.0. A resin having a Mz from about 2500 to 3700 is also useful.
  • a hydrocarbon resin which is a reaction product of a first predominantly C 5 hydrocarbon stream which includes: (i) unsaturated aliphatic monomers, such as piperylene monomers; (ii) less than about 2% weight cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene monomers; and (iii) less than about 1% weight isoprene; and a second hydrocarbon stream which includes a monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomer.
  • the weight ratio of the unsaturated aliphatic monomers to the monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomers is desirably from about 15/1 to about 50/1.
  • this resin has a Gardner color of less than about 4 and having a ring and ball softening point from about 85° C. to about 100° C.
  • the monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomer is ⁇ -methylstyrene.
  • the inventive resin may further include from about 15 to about 25 weight percent isobutylene, isoamylene or combinations thereof.
  • the resin has a Mz from about 2500 to 4000 and a polydispersity of about 1.7 to about 2.0. A resin having a Mz from about 3000 to 3500 is also useful.
  • the inventive hydrocarbon copolymer resins may be prepared by (a) providing a first predominantly C 5 hydrocarbon stream containing: (i) unsaturated aliphatic monomers, such as piperylene monomers; (ii) less than about 2% weight cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene monomers; and (iii) less than about 1% weight isoprene; (b) providing a second hydrocarbon stream comprising a monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomer; (c) combining the streams to obtain a weight ratio of the unsaturated aliphatic monomers to the monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomers from about 1.5/1 to about 25/1; (d) polymerizing the combined streams at a temperature from about 25 to about 75° C.; and (e) recovering the copolymer resin.
  • unsaturated aliphatic monomers such as piperylene monomers
  • ii less than about 2% weight cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene monomers
  • the inventive hydrocarbon resins may also be prepared by providing a C 4 to C 5 isoolefin, which is also an unsaturated aliphatic monomer.
  • a C 4 to C 5 isoolefin is provided as isobutylene and the monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomer is provided as ⁇ -methylstyrene.
  • the isobutylene and the ⁇ -methylstyrene are provided in substantially pure form, i.e., substantially free from other hydrocarbons.
  • the present invention is a random copolymer hydrocarbon resin useful as a tackifier.
  • the inventive resins have low color and suitable adhesives properties for use as tackifiers in hot melt and hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives.
  • the inventive resins are low color, aromatic modified hydrocarbon resins. These resins are a polymerization reaction product of unsaturated aliphatic monomers and monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomers.
  • Unsaturated aliphatic monomers include, but are not limited to, isobutylene, isoprene, isoamylene (2-methyl-2-butene), trans-piperlene (trans-1,3 pentadiene), cis-piperyene (cis-1,3 pentadiene), cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene. Desirably, the amounts of cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene monomers are limited to lower the Gardner color of the C 5 resin.
  • the C 5 resins of the present invention contain less than about 2 weight percent cyclopentadiene and/or dicyclopentadiene monomers. More desirably, the inventive C 5 resin contains less than about 1.2 weight percent cyclopentadiene and/or dicyclopentadiene monomers.
  • the concentrated piperylene stream desirably contains about 60 weight percent or more cis- and trans-piperylenes to provide, in part, a low color hydrocarbon resin.
  • useful concentrated piperylene streams also contain about 1 weight percent or less isoprene and about 2 weight percent or less of cyclopentadiene and/or dicyclopentadiene. Limiting the level of the isoprene, cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene in these ranges contributes to the improved lighter color of the copolymer hydrocarbon resin.
  • Useful monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomers in the present invention include, but are not limited to, styrene, meta-methylstryene, para-methylstyrene, ⁇ -methylstyrene, meta-methyl- ⁇ -methylstryene, para-methyl ⁇ -methylstyrene, tert-butylstyrene, and the like.
  • ⁇ -methylstyrene is desired as the monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomer in the inventive resins.
  • the inventive resins may also contain a C 4 to C 5 isoolefin, i.e., isobutylene or isoamylene.
  • a C 4 to C 5 isoolefin i.e., isobutylene or isoamylene.
  • the inclusion of the C 4 to C 5 isoolefin narrows the molecular weight range of the random copolymers formed from the polymerization reaction of the unsaturated aliphatic monomers and the monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomers.
  • a hydrocarbon copolymer resin comprises a reaction product of (a) a first predominantly C 5 hydrocarbon stream containing unsaturated aliphatic monomers and (b) a second hydrocarbon stream comprising a monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomer.
  • the unsaturated aliphatic monomers include a combination of (i) piperylene monomers; (ii) less than about 2% weight cyclopentadiene and/or dicyclopentadiene monomers; and (iii) less than about 1% weight isoprene.
  • the resin has a weight ratio of the unsaturated aliphatic monomers to the monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomers from about 1.5/1 to about 6/1 to yield an inventive resin having a Gardner color of less than about 4 and having a ring and ball softening point from about 85° C. to about 100° C.
  • this resin has a Mz from about 2000 to 4000 and a polydispersity of about 1.7 to about 2.0 to impart desirable adhesive characteristics to the resin.
  • a resin having a Mz from 2500 to 3700 is also useful as a low color resin.
  • the copolymers of the present invention are polydisperse.
  • the resins are composed of polymer chains of varying length and hence often exhibit a distribution of molecular weights. As such the resins are often characterized by different molecular weight expressions as described below:
  • M i molecular weight
  • n i is the number of moles
  • w i is the weight of the i component molecules of the polymer.
  • polydispersity and its variants refer to a ration of molecular weights of the resin, i.e., Mw/Mn.
  • Mn molecular weight contribute more to the Mz molecular weight than do less massive molecules.
  • the Mn molecular weight is sensitive to the presence of low-molecular weight tails.
  • the Mz gives an indication of a high molecular weight tail in the resin and has a pronounced effect on the compatibility of the resin in an adhesive base polymer. High Mz is generally undesirable.
  • Mw is an indication of the average molecular weight of the resin.
  • Mn provides information on the lower molecular weight portions of the resin.
  • the polydispersity describes the broadness of the molecular weight distribution and is the ratio of Mw/Mn Mz, Mn, and Mw can be determined by size exclusion chromatography using a refractive index detector.
  • One particulary useful monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomer is ⁇ -methylstyrene which provides, in part, low color and good adhesive characteristics to the resin.
  • the resin may further include from about 0 to about 15 weight percent of an isoolefin monomer, such as isobutylene, isoamylene and combinations thereof.
  • an isoolefin monomer such as isobutylene, isoamylene and combinations thereof.
  • the isoolefin monomer is considered part of the unsaturated aliphatic monomers in the above-described weight ratio of the resin.
  • a hydrocarbon copolymer resin is prepared as a reaction product of: (a) a first predominantly C 5 hydrocarbon stream containing unsaturated aliphatic monomers and (b) a second hydrocarbon stream comprising a monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomer.
  • the unsaturated aliphatic monomers include a combination of piperylene monomers, less than about 2% weight cyclopentadiene and/or dicyclopentadiene monomers and less than about 1% weight isoprene.
  • the resin desirably has a weight ratio of unsaturated aliphatic monomers to monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomers from about 15/1 to about 50/1 to yield a resin having a Gardner color of less than about 4 and having a ring and ball softening point from about 85° C. to about 100° C.
  • the resin has a Mz from about 2500 to 4000 and a polydispersity of about 1.7 to about 2.0.
  • a resin with a Mz from about 3000 to about 3500 is also useful.
  • This resin may further include from about 15 to about 25 weight percent of an isoolefin monomer, such as isobutylene, isoamylene and combinations thereof.
  • the inventive hydrocarbon copolymer resins of the present invention which have a Gardner color of less than about 4 and having a ring and ball softening point from about 85° C. to about 100° C., may be prepared by (a) providing a first predominantly C 5 hydrocarbon stream containing unsaturated aliphatic monomers; (b) providing a second hydrocarbon stream which includes a monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomer; (c) combining the streams to obtain a weight ratio of the unsaturated aliphatic monomers to the monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomers from about 1.5/1 to about 25/1; (d) polymerizing the combined streams at a temperature from about 25° C.
  • the unsaturated aliphatic monomers comprising a combination of piperylene monomers, cyclopentadiene and/or dicyclopentadiene monomers in amounts of about 2% less and less than about 1% weight isoprene.
  • a useful concentrated piperylene stream desirably contains about 60 weight percent or more, cis- and trans-piperylenes to provide, in part, a low color hydrocarbon resin.
  • the concentrated piperylene stream also contains about 1 weight percent or less isoprene and about 2 weight percent or less of cyclopentadiene and/or dicyclopentadiene. Limiting the levels of the isoprene, cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene improves the color of the copolymer hydrocarbon resin.
  • the concentrated piperylene stream is a heat-soaked stream to reduce the cyclodiene content therein.
  • cyclopentadiene is converted to dicyclopentadiene without substantial loss of the desirable piperylenes.
  • the heat-soak is performed at low temperature, such as about 30° C., for periods of time, such as up to about 6 weeks.
  • the heat-soaked piperylene stream is then distilled to remove a substantial portion of the dicyclopentadiene.
  • piperylene streams with low levels of cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene, such as heat-soaked piperylene streams form low color resins.
  • the piperylene stream often contains other C 5 hydrocarbons, such as C 5 monoolefins and C 5 paraffins.
  • the C 5 monoolefins such as but not limited to, 1-pentene, trans-2-pentene, cis-2-pentene, and cyclopentene, may react to some extent and form part of the resin copolymer.
  • the reactive C 5 monoolefins are reduced to lower levels as compared to a non-concentrated piperylene stream. Limiting the amount of reactive C 5 monoolefins provides a resin prepared by the process of the present invention with a more narrow range of polydispersity.
  • Piperylene streams are often commercially available from petroleum refining or petrochemical complexes. Such streams may result from the catalytic cracking of crude oil components or the steam cracking of light hydrocarbons. Distillation is one technique commonly used to concentrate the piperylenes from other hydrocarbons.
  • a useful piperylene stream for the practice of the present invention includes on a weight basis about 0.4% isoprene, about 0.8% trans-2-pentene, about 1.8% cis-2-pentene, about 6.6% 2-me-2-butene (isoamylene), about 43.3% trans-1,3-pentadiene (trans-piperylene), about 1.2% cyclopentadiene, about 23.9% cis-1,3-pentadiene (cis-piperylene), about 17.1% cyclopentene, about 3.4% cyclopentane, and about 0.1% dicyclopentadiene.
  • Useful monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomers in the present invention include, but are not limited to, styrene, meta-methylstryene, para-methylstyrene, ⁇ -methylstyrene, meta-methyl- ⁇ -methylstryene, para-methyl ⁇ -methylstyrene, tert-butylstyrene, and the like.
  • an ⁇ -methylstyrene stream is provided for use as the monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomer in the inventive process.
  • the ⁇ -methylstyrene stream is substantially pure, i.e., substantially free of other monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomers, unsaturated aliphatic monomers and reactive monoolefins.
  • the use of a substantially pure ⁇ -methylstyrene stream aids in the preparation of a low color resin by reducing impurities therein.
  • the ⁇ -methylstyrene stream contains at least about 98 weight percent ⁇ -methylstyrene. More desirably, the ⁇ -methylstyrene stream contains at least about 99 weight percent ⁇ -methylstyrene
  • the inventive resins may also contain a C 4 to C 5 isoolefin, i.e., isobutylene or isoamylene.
  • a C 4 to C 5 isoolefin i.e., isobutylene or isoamylene.
  • the inclusion of the C 4 to C 5 isoolefins is often useful in providing a C 5 resin with a narrow molecular weight range of the random copolymers formed from the polymerization reaction of the unsaturated aliphatic monomers and the monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomers.
  • a typical concentrated piperylene stream may contain some amounts of isoamylene, such as up to about 10 weight percent isoamylene. Additional amounts of C 4 to C 5 isoolefins may be advantageously added to the reaction mixture to control the molecular weight and polydispersity of the resin.
  • the additional amounts of C 4 to C 5 isoolefins are desirably added as a substantially pure isobutylene or a pure isoamylene stream to avoid the introduction of impurities that may increase the color of the copolymer resin formed therefrom.
  • providing a 98 weight percent pure isobutylene or isoamylene stream facilitates the generation of low color resins.
  • the process of the present invention combines the unsaturated aliphatic monomer stream, the monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomer stream, and the C 4 to C 5 isoolefin stream, if any, at a weight ratio of unsaturated aliphatic monomers, including C 4 and C 5 isoolefins, to the monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomers in the range of from about 23/1 to about 25/1 to provide a copolymer resin with a Gardner of 4 or less, a ring and ball softening point from about 90° C. to 100° C., a Mz from about 2500 to about 4000 daltons and a polydispersity of about 1.7 to about 2.0.
  • the process of the present invention combines the unsaturated aliphatic monomer stream, the monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomer stream, and the C 4 to C 5 isoolefin stream, if any, at a weight ratio of unsaturated aliphatic monomers, including C 4 and C 5 isoolefins, to the monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomers from about 3/1 to about 5/1 to yield a copolymer resin having a Gardner color of about 4 or less, a ring and ball softening point from about 85° C. to 95° C., a Mz from about 2700 to about 4000 daltons and a polydispersity of about 1.7 to about 2.0.
  • the process of the present invention combines the unsaturated aliphatic monomer stream, the monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomer stream, and the C 4 to C 5 isoolefin stream, if any, at a weight ratio of unsaturated aliphatic monomers, including C 4 and C 5 isoolefins, to the monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomers from about 1.5/1 to about 2.5/1 to yield a copolymer resin having a Gardner color of about 4 or less, a ring and ball softening point from about 85° C. to 95° C., a Mz from about 2000 to about 3800 daltons and a polydispersity of about 1.7 to about 2.0.
  • the resins of the present invention are desirably prepared by chemically reacting the unsaturated aliphatic monomer stream, the monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomer stream, and the C 4 to C 5 isoolefin stream, if any, at the above-described weight ratios of unsaturated aliphatic monomers, including C 4 and C 5 isoolefins, to the monovinyl aromatic C 8 to C 12 monomers. More specifically, monomers in the streams are polymerized to form the inventive resins. Cationic polymerization of the streams is useful, but other useful polymerization techniques, such as anionic polymerization, thermal polymerization, coordination polymerization utilizing Ziegler-Natta catalysts, and the like, may also be practiced with the present invention.
  • the process of the present invention includes the step of providing from about 1% to about 4% weight of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst for cationically polymerizing the reactive monomers.
  • the Friedel-Crafts catalyst is liquefied AlCl 3 /H 2 O/trimethylbenzene complex.
  • a particularly useful complex has a mole ratio of AlCl 3 to H 2 O from about 3/1 to about 7/1 and a mole ratio of trimethylbenzene to H 2 O from about 3/1 to about 7/1.
  • the process of the present invention may be conducted at any convenient reaction temperature, such as from about 0° C. to 100° C.
  • a useful reaction temperature is from about 30° C. to 70° C. Reaction temperature of about 50° C. is also useful.
  • the polymerization reaction is typically exothermic. To maintain the reaction temperature at a desirable temperature heat is often remove from a reaction vessel through a cooling mechanism, such as heat exchange equipment. Furthermore, the reaction mixture of monomers may be diluted with a solvent, such as toluene or other non-reactive hydrocarbons. Dilution of the reaction mixture with about 40 to 80 weight percent hydrocarbon solvent is useful.
  • a solvent such as toluene or other non-reactive hydrocarbons. Dilution of the reaction mixture with about 40 to 80 weight percent hydrocarbon solvent is useful.
  • the polymerization reaction is controlled in a reaction vessel, such as a batch reactor or a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR).
  • the polymerization catalyst is added into the reactor to initiate catalytic polymerization.
  • the reactor is equipped with a heat exchanger to control the reaction temperature.
  • the average residence time in a reactor is from about 15 minutes to about several hours.
  • the present invention is not limited to the use of a single reactor, but several reactors may be operated in series or parallel for the preparation of the inventive resins.
  • the reactor effluent drains into a mixer/settler combination, in which the polymer solution is washed with water. The washing and settling are done to deactivate and remove all catalyst, such as AlCl 3 , from the polymer solution.
  • the polymer solution is fed into an evaporator to remove undesirable hydrocarbons, such as the hydrocarbon solvent, from the polymerization mixture by distillation under reduced pressure.
  • the product effluent of the evaporator in the form of a molten resin stream, is pumped to a heated receiver tank. From this tank small drops of resin are formed and solidified on a cooling belt.
  • the solidified resin droplets are a convenient commercial form of the inventive resins.
  • a low color, aromatic modified C 5 hydrocarbon resin was prepared from a piperylene stream.
  • Typical component analysis of the piperylene stream is shown in Table 1.
  • Weight parts, as shown in Table 2, of the piperylene stream, ⁇ -methystyrene, isobutylene and toluene were combined into a reactor.
  • the amount of toluene, which is a non-reactive hydrocarbon solvent, was set at about 60 weight percent.
  • the amounts of the piperylene stream, the ⁇ -methylstyrene and isobutylene were controlled to a 96/4 weight ratio of unsaturated alphatic monomers to monovinyl aromatic monomers.
  • the unsaturated alphatic monomers included isobutylene, isoprene, isoamylene, trans-piperylene, cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene.
  • the monovinyl aromatic monomer included ⁇ -methylstyrene.
  • the product had a ring and ball softening point of 97° C., as measured according to procedure ASTM E28-67.
  • MMAP is a mixed methylcyclohexane aniline cloudpoint as determined by a modified ASTM D 611 procedure. Methylcyclohexane was substituted for heptane in the ASTM D 611 test procedure. The modified procedure used a sample of product/aniline/methylcyclonexane in a ratio of 1/2/1 (weight/volume/volume). The sample is heated and subsequently cooled until complete turbidity just occurs, which is the reported MMAP cloudpoint.
  • DACP is a diacetone cloud point and is determined by cooling a heated solution of equal weight parts of resin, xylene and diacetone to a point where the solution becomes cloudy.
  • the inventive composition had a DACP cloud point of 45° C.
  • a second inventive composition was prepared and analyzed as described in Example 1. The weight ratio of unsaturated aliphitic monomers to monovinyl aromatic monomers, however, was controlled at 80/20.
  • the product resin had a Gardner color of 3.8 and a ring and ball softening point of 91° C. Other details are presented in Table 3.
  • TABLE 3 Inventive Composition No. 2 Composition No. 2 Catalyst, Wt. % 2.4 Pipreylene Stream 28.8 ⁇ -Methylstyrene, 99.9% Wt. Purity 7.9 Isobutylene, 99.9% Wt.
  • a third inventive composition was prepared and analyzed as described in Example 1. The weight ratio of unsaturated aliphatic monomers to monovinyl aromatic monomers, however, was set at 65/35. Furthermore, isobutylene was not added into the reactor. The product resin had a Gardner color of 3.1 and a ring and ball softening point of 90° C. Other details are presented in Table 4. TABLE 4 Inventive Composition No. 3 Composition No. 3 Catalyst, Wt. % 2.1 Pipreylene Stream 26 ⁇ -Methylstyrene, 99.9% Wt. Purity 14 Isobutylene, 99.9% Wt.
  • compositions of Examples 1, 2 and 3 were combined into Styrene-Isoprene-Styrene Hot Melt Pressure Sensitive Adhesive (SIS HMPSA) formulations as shown in Table 5.
  • SIS HMPSA Styrene-Isoprene-Styrene Hot Melt Pressure Sensitive Adhesive
  • Kraton® D-1160 is a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer available form the Shell Co. or the Kraton Co.
  • Shellflex® 451 FC is a refined petroleum oil available from the Shell Co.
  • Irganox® 1010 is a hindered phenol antioxident available from the Ciba-Geigy.
  • SIS HMPSA formulations were also prepared with Piccotac® 212, a commercial hydrocarbin resin available from Hercules, Inc., and to Escorez® 2203 LC, a commercial modified alphatic resin available from Exxon-Mobil.
  • compositions of Examples 1, 2 and 3 were combined into Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene Hot Melt Pressure Sensitive Adhesive (SBS HMPSA) formulations as shown in Table 7.
  • SBS HMPSA Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene Hot Melt Pressure Sensitive Adhesive
  • Kraton® D-1102 is a styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer available from Shell Co. or Kraton Co.
  • Europrene® 1205 is styrene-butadiene random copolymer and available from Enichem.
  • the formulations with the inventive compositions had improved tack or peel adhesion as compared to formulations containing Escorez® 2203, a modified hydrocarbon resin available from Exxon-Mobil, or Wingtack® 86, a modified C 5 hydrocarbon resin available from Goodyear Chemical Co.
  • Escorez® 2203 a modified hydrocarbon resin available from Exxon-Mobil, or Wingtack® 86, a modified C 5 hydrocarbon resin available from Goodyear Chemical Co.
  • EVA Ethylene Vinylacetate

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Low color, aromatic modified C5 hydrocarbon resins are disclosed. The resins are predominantly an aromatic modified piperylene resin. The resins are useful as tackifies in hot melt adhesives and hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives.

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    FIELD OF THE INVENTION
  • This invention relates to tackifier resin compositions for use in adhesives and to methods for their preparation. More particularly, this invention relates to low color, aromatic-modified C[0001] 5 hydrocarbon compositions prepared from piperylene concentrate and vinyl aromatic compounds and their use in adhesive applications.
  • BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  • Tackifier resins can be used for making thermoplastic adhesives such as hot melt adhesives (HMA) and hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives (HMPSA). A hot melt adhesive is a solid, thermoplastic material that melts quickly upon heating. A hot melt adhesive then sets to a firm bond on cooling. A hot melt pressure sensitive adhesive retains its tackiness upon cooling. Most other types of adhesives set by evaporation of a solvent or free radical curing mechanisms. Hot melt adhesives offer quick bonding making them well suited for many automated operations. The hot melt adhesives are made of elastomers, block copolymers, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), or amorphous polyolefins along with low molecular weight oligomer tackifiers. [0002]
  • A tackifier must generally be compatible with the adhesive application. Tackifiers are chosen to impart substantial adhesive strength, promote substrate wetting and generally enhance adhesive performance. Tackifiers are commonly made by polymerization of unsaturated aliphatic petroleum hydrocarbon feedstocks, such as feedstock from ethylene crackers in petroleum or petrochemical processing plants. [0003]
  • More specifically, tackifiers are often made from unsaturated C[0004] 5 hydrocarbons having two double bonds, such as C5 dienes and C5 cyclodienes. The C5 resins are commonly made using AlCl3 catalyst at a reaction temperature from about 30° to about 70° C. These resins have a softening point from 70°-120° C. for adequate wetting of a substrate, for maintaining adhesive properties and for ease of packaging. These resins often, however, have a Gardner color of about 5 to about 7 or greater, which is often too dark of a color for many adhesive applications.
  • Reducing the amount of C[0005] 5 cyclodienes in a C5 resin will generally improve or lower the Gardner color, but adhesive properties of the C5 resin may also be influenced, such as a lower softening point and reduced adhesive properties. For low color tackifiers with a reduced C5 cyclodiene content, aromatics may be added to the C5 resin to improve the resin's adhesive characteristics. Such low cyclodiene resins often also require the use of a terpene, an unsaturated cyclic C10H16 hydrocarbon, to satisfy the adhesive requirements, such as color and softening point. See, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,994,516, requiring a C5 resin obtained from C5 piperylenes, unsaturated vinyl aromatics and terpenes to get adequate low color without loss of softening point. The use of terpenes, however, often require preparation of that feed stream, such as feed purification or hydrotreating prior to use, making the use of terpenes often more costly and complicated manufacturing process.
  • C[0006] 5 resins with aromatic substitution often have high color and require post resin hydrogenation or hydrotreating. See, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,952,639 where C5 resins substituted with vinyl monounsaturated aromatics have dark Gardner colors from about 5 to 7 before hydrogenation and Gardner color of less than 2 after hydrogenation of the C5 resin. See also, U.S. Pat. No. 5,817,900 where hydrotreating of an aromatic-modified C5 hydrocarbon resin was required to lower the Gardner color of the resin from about 7 to about 2.
  • Low color C[0007] 5 resins have been proposed without the use of post resin hydrogenation or hydrotreating. Such resins are, however, often limited in the amount of aromatic substitution. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,853,874 describes a low color, aromatic-modified C5 resin with a Gardner color of about 3, but only describes about 5 to 15 percent weight substitution of a monovinyl aromatic into the resin. Such a substitution range on monovinyl aromatic substitution limits the usefulness of these C5 resins as a tackifier in certain hot melt applications.
  • Other resins have been proposed with higher levels of monovinyl aromatic substitution, but require the use of a BF[0008] 3 catalyst, which is less active than the more commonly used AlCl3 catalyst, resulting in increased manufacturing complexity and cost. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,177,163 describes low color monovinyl aromatic substituted C5 resins having at least 30 percent by weight of a monovinyl aromatic component formed with a BF3 catalyst. The BF3 catalyst, however, must be neutralized with chemicals, such as lime or NH14OH, which is more costly as compared to a water wash neutralization of the more commonly used AlCl3 catalysts. The reaction temperature necessary for low color C5 resins are about from 0° C. to about 10° C. with the BF3 catalysts which is generally lower than reaction temperature requirements of the AlCl3 catalyst, resulting in longer reaction times and more costly processing. Furthermore, increasing the reaction temperature of the BF3 catalyst system to more economical conditions often results in undesirable molecular weights of the resulting C5 resin.
  • As such there is a need for a monovinyl aromatic substituted C[0009] 5 resins with low color and good adhesive qualities without the above-mentioned disadvantages of complicated or costly resin formation processing.
  • SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
  • The present invention relates to a random copolymer hydrocarbon composition useful as a tackifier. The inventive resins are useful in hot melt adhesives and in hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives, such as with block copolymers of styrene-isoprene-styrene (SIS), block copolymers of styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS), multiblock (SB)[0010] n where n is from 100 to 1000, amorphous polyolefins, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) polymers and atactic polyalpha olefins (APAO).
  • In one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hydrocarbon which is a reaction product of a first predominantly C[0011] 5 hydrocarbon stream containing unsaturated aliphatic monomers, such as piperylene monomers, less than about 2% weight cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene monomers and less than about 1% weight isoprene, and a second hydrocarbon stream which includes a monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomer. The weight ratio of said unsaturated aliphatic monomers to the monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomers is from about 1.5/1 to about 6/1 to yield a unique resin having a Gardner color of less than about 4 and having a ring and ball softening point from about 85° C. to about 100° C. Desirably, the monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomer is α-methylstyrene. The inventive resin may further include from about 0 to about 15 weight percent isobutylene, isoamylene or combinations thereof. Desirably, the resin has a Mz from about 2000 to 4000 and a polydispersity of about 1.7 to about 2.0. A resin having a Mz from about 2500 to 3700 is also useful.
  • In another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hydrocarbon resin which is a reaction product of a first predominantly C[0012] 5 hydrocarbon stream which includes: (i) unsaturated aliphatic monomers, such as piperylene monomers; (ii) less than about 2% weight cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene monomers; and (iii) less than about 1% weight isoprene; and a second hydrocarbon stream which includes a monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomer. The weight ratio of the unsaturated aliphatic monomers to the monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomers is desirably from about 15/1 to about 50/1. In this aspect of the invention, this resin has a Gardner color of less than about 4 and having a ring and ball softening point from about 85° C. to about 100° C. Desirably, the monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomer is α-methylstyrene. The inventive resin may further include from about 15 to about 25 weight percent isobutylene, isoamylene or combinations thereof. Desirably, the resin has a Mz from about 2500 to 4000 and a polydispersity of about 1.7 to about 2.0. A resin having a Mz from about 3000 to 3500 is also useful.
  • The inventive hydrocarbon copolymer resins may be prepared by (a) providing a first predominantly C[0013] 5 hydrocarbon stream containing: (i) unsaturated aliphatic monomers, such as piperylene monomers; (ii) less than about 2% weight cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene monomers; and (iii) less than about 1% weight isoprene; (b) providing a second hydrocarbon stream comprising a monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomer; (c) combining the streams to obtain a weight ratio of the unsaturated aliphatic monomers to the monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomers from about 1.5/1 to about 25/1; (d) polymerizing the combined streams at a temperature from about 25 to about 75° C.; and (e) recovering the copolymer resin.
  • The inventive hydrocarbon resins may also be prepared by providing a C[0014] 4 to C5 isoolefin, which is also an unsaturated aliphatic monomer. Desirably the C4 to C5 isoolefin is provided as isobutylene and the monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomer is provided as α-methylstyrene. In a further aspect of the present invention the isobutylene and the α-methylstyrene are provided in substantially pure form, i.e., substantially free from other hydrocarbons.
  • DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
  • The present invention is a random copolymer hydrocarbon resin useful as a tackifier. The inventive resins have low color and suitable adhesives properties for use as tackifiers in hot melt and hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives. [0015]
  • The inventive resins are low color, aromatic modified hydrocarbon resins. These resins are a polymerization reaction product of unsaturated aliphatic monomers and monovinyl aromatic C[0016] 8 to C12 monomers. Unsaturated aliphatic monomers include, but are not limited to, isobutylene, isoprene, isoamylene (2-methyl-2-butene), trans-piperlene (trans-1,3 pentadiene), cis-piperyene (cis-1,3 pentadiene), cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene. Desirably, the amounts of cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene monomers are limited to lower the Gardner color of the C5 resin. Moreover, the C5 resins of the present invention contain less than about 2 weight percent cyclopentadiene and/or dicyclopentadiene monomers. More desirably, the inventive C5 resin contains less than about 1.2 weight percent cyclopentadiene and/or dicyclopentadiene monomers.
  • Many of the unsaturated aliphatic monomers are provided via a concentrated piperylene stream. The concentrated piperylene stream desirably contains about 60 weight percent or more cis- and trans-piperylenes to provide, in part, a low color hydrocarbon resin. In the present invention, useful concentrated piperylene streams also contain about 1 weight percent or less isoprene and about 2 weight percent or less of cyclopentadiene and/or dicyclopentadiene. Limiting the level of the isoprene, cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene in these ranges contributes to the improved lighter color of the copolymer hydrocarbon resin. [0017]
  • Useful monovinyl aromatic C[0018] 8 to C12 monomers in the present invention include, but are not limited to, styrene, meta-methylstryene, para-methylstyrene, α-methylstyrene, meta-methyl-α-methylstryene, para-methyl α-methylstyrene, tert-butylstyrene, and the like. In one aspect of the present invention, α-methylstyrene is desired as the monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomer in the inventive resins.
  • The inventive resins may also contain a C[0019] 4 to C5 isoolefin, i.e., isobutylene or isoamylene. The inclusion of the C4 to C5 isoolefin narrows the molecular weight range of the random copolymers formed from the polymerization reaction of the unsaturated aliphatic monomers and the monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomers.
  • In one aspect of the present invention, a hydrocarbon copolymer resin comprises a reaction product of (a) a first predominantly C[0020] 5 hydrocarbon stream containing unsaturated aliphatic monomers and (b) a second hydrocarbon stream comprising a monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomer. The unsaturated aliphatic monomers include a combination of (i) piperylene monomers; (ii) less than about 2% weight cyclopentadiene and/or dicyclopentadiene monomers; and (iii) less than about 1% weight isoprene. The resin has a weight ratio of the unsaturated aliphatic monomers to the monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomers from about 1.5/1 to about 6/1 to yield an inventive resin having a Gardner color of less than about 4 and having a ring and ball softening point from about 85° C. to about 100° C.
  • Desirably, this resin has a Mz from about 2000 to 4000 and a polydispersity of about 1.7 to about 2.0 to impart desirable adhesive characteristics to the resin. A resin having a Mz from 2500 to 3700 is also useful as a low color resin. Unlike low-molecular weight compounds where the molecular weight in a sample is uniform, the copolymers of the present invention are polydisperse. The resins are composed of polymer chains of varying length and hence often exhibit a distribution of molecular weights. As such the resins are often characterized by different molecular weight expressions as described below: [0021]
  • Number average molecular weight, [0022] M n = n i M i n i ,
    Figure US20040171778A1-20040902-M00001
  • Weight average molecular weight, [0023] M w = w i M i w i ,
    Figure US20040171778A1-20040902-M00002
  • and [0024]
  • Z-average molecular weight, [0025] M z = n i M i 3 n i M i 2 ,
    Figure US20040171778A1-20040902-M00003
  • where M[0026] i is molecular weight, ni is the number of moles and wi is the weight of the i component molecules of the polymer. As used herein the term polydispersity and its variants refer to a ration of molecular weights of the resin, i.e., Mw/Mn.
  • Molecules of greater mass contribute more to the Mz molecular weight than do less massive molecules. The Mn molecular weight is sensitive to the presence of low-molecular weight tails. The Mz gives an indication of a high molecular weight tail in the resin and has a pronounced effect on the compatibility of the resin in an adhesive base polymer. High Mz is generally undesirable. Mw is an indication of the average molecular weight of the resin. Mn provides information on the lower molecular weight portions of the resin. The polydispersity describes the broadness of the molecular weight distribution and is the ratio of Mw/Mn Mz, Mn, and Mw can be determined by size exclusion chromatography using a refractive index detector. [0027]
  • One particulary useful monovinyl aromatic C[0028] 8 to C12 monomer is α-methylstyrene which provides, in part, low color and good adhesive characteristics to the resin. The resin may further include from about 0 to about 15 weight percent of an isoolefin monomer, such as isobutylene, isoamylene and combinations thereof. When the isoolefin monomer is included in the reaction composition, the isoolefin monomer is considered part of the unsaturated aliphatic monomers in the above-described weight ratio of the resin.
  • In another aspect of the present invention, a hydrocarbon copolymer resin is prepared as a reaction product of: (a) a first predominantly C[0029] 5 hydrocarbon stream containing unsaturated aliphatic monomers and (b) a second hydrocarbon stream comprising a monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomer. The unsaturated aliphatic monomers include a combination of piperylene monomers, less than about 2% weight cyclopentadiene and/or dicyclopentadiene monomers and less than about 1% weight isoprene. The resin desirably has a weight ratio of unsaturated aliphatic monomers to monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomers from about 15/1 to about 50/1 to yield a resin having a Gardner color of less than about 4 and having a ring and ball softening point from about 85° C. to about 100° C. Desirably, the resin has a Mz from about 2500 to 4000 and a polydispersity of about 1.7 to about 2.0. A resin with a Mz from about 3000 to about 3500 is also useful. This resin may further include from about 15 to about 25 weight percent of an isoolefin monomer, such as isobutylene, isoamylene and combinations thereof.
  • The inventive hydrocarbon copolymer resins of the present invention, which have a Gardner color of less than about 4 and having a ring and ball softening point from about 85° C. to about 100° C., may be prepared by (a) providing a first predominantly C[0030] 5 hydrocarbon stream containing unsaturated aliphatic monomers; (b) providing a second hydrocarbon stream which includes a monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomer; (c) combining the streams to obtain a weight ratio of the unsaturated aliphatic monomers to the monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomers from about 1.5/1 to about 25/1; (d) polymerizing the combined streams at a temperature from about 25° C. to about 75° C.; and (e) recovering the copolymer resin. The unsaturated aliphatic monomers comprising a combination of piperylene monomers, cyclopentadiene and/or dicyclopentadiene monomers in amounts of about 2% less and less than about 1% weight isoprene.
  • In accordance with the present invention, it has been found that a useful concentrated piperylene stream desirably contains about 60 weight percent or more, cis- and trans-piperylenes to provide, in part, a low color hydrocarbon resin. As previously stated, the concentrated piperylene stream also contains about 1 weight percent or less isoprene and about 2 weight percent or less of cyclopentadiene and/or dicyclopentadiene. Limiting the levels of the isoprene, cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene improves the color of the copolymer hydrocarbon resin. Desirably, the concentrated piperylene stream is a heat-soaked stream to reduce the cyclodiene content therein. During the heat-soak operation, cyclopentadiene is converted to dicyclopentadiene without substantial loss of the desirable piperylenes. The heat-soak is performed at low temperature, such as about 30° C., for periods of time, such as up to about 6 weeks. The heat-soaked piperylene stream is then distilled to remove a substantial portion of the dicyclopentadiene. In the present invention, piperylene streams with low levels of cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene, such as heat-soaked piperylene streams, form low color resins. [0031]
  • The piperylene stream often contains other C[0032] 5 hydrocarbons, such as C5 monoolefins and C5 paraffins. The C5 monoolefins, such as but not limited to, 1-pentene, trans-2-pentene, cis-2-pentene, and cyclopentene, may react to some extent and form part of the resin copolymer. By preparing a resin with a concentrated piperylene stream, the reactive C5 monoolefins are reduced to lower levels as compared to a non-concentrated piperylene stream. Limiting the amount of reactive C5 monoolefins provides a resin prepared by the process of the present invention with a more narrow range of polydispersity. Such a narrow range of polydispersity is often desirable for compatibility of the resin with the base polymer of the adhesive. Piperylene streams are often commercially available from petroleum refining or petrochemical complexes. Such streams may result from the catalytic cracking of crude oil components or the steam cracking of light hydrocarbons. Distillation is one technique commonly used to concentrate the piperylenes from other hydrocarbons.
  • A useful piperylene stream for the practice of the present invention includes on a weight basis about 0.4% isoprene, about 0.8% trans-2-pentene, about 1.8% cis-2-pentene, about 6.6% 2-me-2-butene (isoamylene), about 43.3% trans-1,3-pentadiene (trans-piperylene), about 1.2% cyclopentadiene, about 23.9% cis-1,3-pentadiene (cis-piperylene), about 17.1% cyclopentene, about 3.4% cyclopentane, and about 0.1% dicyclopentadiene. [0033]
  • Useful monovinyl aromatic C[0034] 8 to C12 monomers in the present invention include, but are not limited to, styrene, meta-methylstryene, para-methylstyrene, α-methylstyrene, meta-methyl-α-methylstryene, para-methyl α-methylstyrene, tert-butylstyrene, and the like. In one aspect of the present invention, an α-methylstyrene stream is provided for use as the monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomer in the inventive process. Desirably the α-methylstyrene stream is substantially pure, i.e., substantially free of other monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomers, unsaturated aliphatic monomers and reactive monoolefins. The use of a substantially pure α-methylstyrene stream aids in the preparation of a low color resin by reducing impurities therein. Desirably, the α-methylstyrene stream contains at least about 98 weight percent α-methylstyrene. More desirably, the α-methylstyrene stream contains at least about 99 weight percent α-methylstyrene
  • The inventive resins may also contain a C[0035] 4 to C5 isoolefin, i.e., isobutylene or isoamylene. The inclusion of the C4 to C5 isoolefins is often useful in providing a C5 resin with a narrow molecular weight range of the random copolymers formed from the polymerization reaction of the unsaturated aliphatic monomers and the monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomers. A typical concentrated piperylene stream may contain some amounts of isoamylene, such as up to about 10 weight percent isoamylene. Additional amounts of C4 to C5 isoolefins may be advantageously added to the reaction mixture to control the molecular weight and polydispersity of the resin. The additional amounts of C4 to C5 isoolefins are desirably added as a substantially pure isobutylene or a pure isoamylene stream to avoid the introduction of impurities that may increase the color of the copolymer resin formed therefrom. Desirably, providing a 98 weight percent pure isobutylene or isoamylene stream facilitates the generation of low color resins. Even more desirably is a 99 weight percent pure isobutylene or isoamylene stream.
  • In one aspect the process of the present invention combines the unsaturated aliphatic monomer stream, the monovinyl aromatic C[0036] 8 to C12 monomer stream, and the C4 to C5 isoolefin stream, if any, at a weight ratio of unsaturated aliphatic monomers, including C4 and C5 isoolefins, to the monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomers in the range of from about 23/1 to about 25/1 to provide a copolymer resin with a Gardner of 4 or less, a ring and ball softening point from about 90° C. to 100° C., a Mz from about 2500 to about 4000 daltons and a polydispersity of about 1.7 to about 2.0.
  • In another aspect the process of the present invention combines the unsaturated aliphatic monomer stream, the monovinyl aromatic C[0037] 8 to C12 monomer stream, and the C4 to C5 isoolefin stream, if any, at a weight ratio of unsaturated aliphatic monomers, including C4 and C5 isoolefins, to the monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomers from about 3/1 to about 5/1 to yield a copolymer resin having a Gardner color of about 4 or less, a ring and ball softening point from about 85° C. to 95° C., a Mz from about 2700 to about 4000 daltons and a polydispersity of about 1.7 to about 2.0.
  • In yet another aspect of the present invention, the process of the present invention combines the unsaturated aliphatic monomer stream, the monovinyl aromatic C[0038] 8 to C12 monomer stream, and the C4 to C5 isoolefin stream, if any, at a weight ratio of unsaturated aliphatic monomers, including C4 and C5 isoolefins, to the monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomers from about 1.5/1 to about 2.5/1 to yield a copolymer resin having a Gardner color of about 4 or less, a ring and ball softening point from about 85° C. to 95° C., a Mz from about 2000 to about 3800 daltons and a polydispersity of about 1.7 to about 2.0.
  • The resins of the present invention are desirably prepared by chemically reacting the unsaturated aliphatic monomer stream, the monovinyl aromatic C[0039] 8 to C12 monomer stream, and the C4 to C5 isoolefin stream, if any, at the above-described weight ratios of unsaturated aliphatic monomers, including C4 and C5 isoolefins, to the monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomers. More specifically, monomers in the streams are polymerized to form the inventive resins. Cationic polymerization of the streams is useful, but other useful polymerization techniques, such as anionic polymerization, thermal polymerization, coordination polymerization utilizing Ziegler-Natta catalysts, and the like, may also be practiced with the present invention.
  • In one aspect the process of the present invention includes the step of providing from about 1% to about 4% weight of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst for cationically polymerizing the reactive monomers. Desirably, the Friedel-Crafts catalyst is liquefied AlCl[0040] 3/H2O/trimethylbenzene complex. A particularly useful complex has a mole ratio of AlCl3 to H2O from about 3/1 to about 7/1 and a mole ratio of trimethylbenzene to H2O from about 3/1 to about 7/1.
  • The process of the present invention may be conducted at any convenient reaction temperature, such as from about 0° C. to 100° C. A useful reaction temperature is from about 30° C. to 70° C. Reaction temperature of about 50° C. is also useful. [0041]
  • The polymerization reaction is typically exothermic. To maintain the reaction temperature at a desirable temperature heat is often remove from a reaction vessel through a cooling mechanism, such as heat exchange equipment. Furthermore, the reaction mixture of monomers may be diluted with a solvent, such as toluene or other non-reactive hydrocarbons. Dilution of the reaction mixture with about 40 to 80 weight percent hydrocarbon solvent is useful. [0042]
  • The polymerization reaction is controlled in a reaction vessel, such as a batch reactor or a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR). The polymerization catalyst is added into the reactor to initiate catalytic polymerization. The reactor is equipped with a heat exchanger to control the reaction temperature. The average residence time in a reactor is from about 15 minutes to about several hours. The present invention is not limited to the use of a single reactor, but several reactors may be operated in series or parallel for the preparation of the inventive resins. [0043]
  • The reactor effluent drains into a mixer/settler combination, in which the polymer solution is washed with water. The washing and settling are done to deactivate and remove all catalyst, such as AlCl[0044] 3, from the polymer solution. The polymer solution is fed into an evaporator to remove undesirable hydrocarbons, such as the hydrocarbon solvent, from the polymerization mixture by distillation under reduced pressure. The product effluent of the evaporator, in the form of a molten resin stream, is pumped to a heated receiver tank. From this tank small drops of resin are formed and solidified on a cooling belt. The solidified resin droplets are a convenient commercial form of the inventive resins.
  • The present invention is further described with reference to the following non-limiting examples. [0045]
  • EXAMPLES Example 1
  • A low color, aromatic modified C[0046] 5 hydrocarbon resin was prepared from a piperylene stream. Typical component analysis of the piperylene stream is shown in Table 1. Weight parts, as shown in Table 2, of the piperylene stream, α-methystyrene, isobutylene and toluene were combined into a reactor. The amount of toluene, which is a non-reactive hydrocarbon solvent, was set at about 60 weight percent. The amounts of the piperylene stream, the α-methylstyrene and isobutylene were controlled to a 96/4 weight ratio of unsaturated alphatic monomers to monovinyl aromatic monomers. The unsaturated alphatic monomers included isobutylene, isoprene, isoamylene, trans-piperylene, cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene. The monovinyl aromatic monomer included α-methylstyrene.
  • About 3% weight catalyst was added to the reactor. The catalyst used was a liquified AlCl[0047] 3/H2O/trimethylbenzene complex in a mole ratio of 5/1/05.
  • While maintaining a reaction temperature of about 50° C., a polymerization reaction product was recovered after about two hours. This product, i.e., inventive composition No. 1, had a Gardner color of about 3.5. Gardner color was determined by mixing equal weight parts of product with reagent grade toluene at room temperature until the product dissolves. The Gardner color of the product is determined according to method ASTM D-1544-80 (also ISO 4630) on a LICO-200 photometer available from Nederland B. V., Kesteren, The Netherlands. The color values on this test range from about 1 to about 18, with 18 being the darkest. A color of less than Gardner 1 indicates a water white solution. [0048]
  • The product had a ring and ball softening point of 97° C., as measured according to procedure ASTM E28-67. [0049]
  • Furthermore, the product had a MMAP cloud point of 86° C. MMAP is a mixed methylcyclohexane aniline cloudpoint as determined by a modified ASTM D 611 procedure. Methylcyclohexane was substituted for heptane in the ASTM D 611 test procedure. The modified procedure used a sample of product/aniline/methylcyclonexane in a ratio of 1/2/1 (weight/volume/volume). The sample is heated and subsequently cooled until complete turbidity just occurs, which is the reported MMAP cloudpoint. [0050]
  • DACP is a diacetone cloud point and is determined by cooling a heated solution of equal weight parts of resin, xylene and diacetone to a point where the solution becomes cloudy. The inventive composition had a DACP cloud point of 45° C. [0051]
  • Molecular weights were measured by size exclusion chromatography and are previously defined herein. [0052]
    TABLE 1
    Typical Component Analysis of the Piperylene Stream
    Component Weight Percent
    Isobutylene 0
    Isopentane 0
    1-pentene 0
    2-methyl-1-butene 0
    n-pentane 0
    Isoprene 0.4
    trans-2-pentene 0.8
    cis-2-pentene 1.8
    2-me-2-butene (isoamylene) 6.6
    trans-1,3-pentadiene (trans-piperylene) 43.3
    cyclopentadiene 1.2
    cis-1,3-pentadiene (cis-piperylene) 23.9
    Cyclopentene 17.1
    Cyclopentane 3.4
    dicyclopentadiene 0.1
    Unknowns 1.4
    Total 100
  • [0053]
    TABLE 2
    Inventive Composition No. 1
    Composition
    No. 1
    Catalyst, Wt. % 3.0
    Piperylene Stream 30.4
    α-Methylstyrene, 99.9% Wt. Purity 1.8
    Isobutylene, 99.9% Wt. Purity 7.8
    Toluene 60
    Total Monomer content 40
    Unsaturated Aliphatic/Monovinyl 96/4
    Aromatic Monomers
    Reaction Temperature ° C. 50
    Results:
    Resin Yield 43.1
    Softening Point, Ring and Ball (° C.) 97
    Gardner Color 3.5
    MMAP ° C. 86
    DACP ° C. 45
    Mn DRI (daltons) 1066
    Mw DRI (daltons) 1764
    Mz DRI (daltons) 3100
    Mw/Mn 1.7
  • Example 2
  • A second inventive composition was prepared and analyzed as described in Example 1. The weight ratio of unsaturated aliphitic monomers to monovinyl aromatic monomers, however, was controlled at 80/20. The product resin had a Gardner color of 3.8 and a ring and ball softening point of 91° C. Other details are presented in Table 3. [0054]
    TABLE 3
    Inventive Composition No. 2
    Composition
    No. 2
    Catalyst, Wt. % 2.4
    Pipreylene Stream 28.8
    α-Methylstyrene, 99.9% Wt. Purity 7.9
    Isobutylene, 99.9% Wt. Purity 3.3
    Toluene 60
    Total Monomer content 40
    Unsatured Aliphatic/Monovinyl 80/20
    Aromatic Monomers
    Reaction Temperature ° C. 50
    Results:
    Resin Yield 42.3
    Softening Point, Ring and Ball (° C.) 91
    Gardner Color 3.8
    MMAP ° C. 75
    DACP ° C. 26
    Mn DRI (daltons) 938
    Mw DRI (daltons) 1754
    Mz DRI (daltons) 3540
    Mw/Mn 1.9
  • Example 3
  • A third inventive composition was prepared and analyzed as described in Example 1. The weight ratio of unsaturated aliphatic monomers to monovinyl aromatic monomers, however, was set at 65/35. Furthermore, isobutylene was not added into the reactor. The product resin had a Gardner color of 3.1 and a ring and ball softening point of 90° C. Other details are presented in Table 4. [0055]
    TABLE 4
    Inventive Composition No. 3
    Composition
    No. 3
    Catalyst, Wt. % 2.1
    Pipreylene Stream 26
    α-Methylstyrene, 99.9% Wt. Purity 14
    Isobutylene, 99.9% Wt. Purity 0
    Toluene 60
    Total Monomer content 40
    Unsaturated Aliphatic/Monovinyl 65/35
    Aromatic Monomers
    Reaction Temperature ° C. 50
    Results:
    Resin Yield 42.4
    Softening Point, Ring and Ball (° C.) 90
    Gardner Color 3.1
    MMAP ° C. 52
    DACP ° C. 7
    Mn DRI (daltons) 890
    Mw DRI (daltons) 1500
    Mz DRI (daltons) 2730
    Mw/Mn 1.7
  • Example 4
  • The compositions of Examples 1, 2 and 3 were combined into Styrene-Isoprene-Styrene Hot Melt Pressure Sensitive Adhesive (SIS HMPSA) formulations as shown in Table 5. Kraton® D-1160 is a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer available form the Shell Co. or the Kraton Co. Shellflex® 451 FC is a refined petroleum oil available from the Shell Co. Irganox® 1010 is a hindered phenol antioxident available from the Ciba-Geigy. [0056]
  • SIS HMPSA formulations were also prepared with Piccotac® 212, a commercial hydrocarbin resin available from Hercules, Inc., and to Escorez® 2203 LC, a commercial modified alphatic resin available from Exxon-Mobil. [0057]
  • The SIS HMPSA formulations with the compositions of Examples 1, 2 and 3 proved to be effective adhesives. In particular, the formulations with the inventive compositions had improved tack, as indicated by lower roll ball tack and lower loop tack. Shear Adhesion Failure Temperature (SAFT) is a measurement of a temperature at which a lap shear bond fails under load. [0058]
    TABLE 5
    HMPSA SIS Formulations
    Parts by weight
    Components
    Kraton ® D-1160 100 100 100 100 100
    Composition No. 1 120
    Composition No. 2 120
    Composition No. 3 120
    Piccotac ® 212 120
    Escorez ® 2203 LC 120
    Shellflex ® 451 FC 20 20 20 20 20
    Irganox ® 1010 2 2 2 2 2
    Results
    Coating weight (grams) 21 18 19 20 19
    Viscosity at 175° C. 85,400 51,200 40,800 70,800 74,800
    (mPa)
    Peel adhesion to steel 10.6 12.3 11.2 10.6 10.0
    at N/2.5 kg (minutes)
    Rolling ball tack (cm) 5 7 6 11 16
    Loop tack (N/25 mm) 13.4 13.6 16.4 16.7 15.3
    SAFT, 0.5 kg ° C. 96 99 91 97 95
  • Example 5
  • Additional SIS HMPSA formulations were prepared by using less Shellflex® 451 FC as compared to Example 4, which generally resulted in more viscous formulations. The SIS HMPSA formulations formed from the compositions of Examples 1, 2 and 3 had improved adhesive properties as compared to the other formulations. [0059]
    TABLE 6
    HMPSA SIS Formulations
    Parts by weight
    Components
    Kraton ® D-1160 100 100 100 100 100
    Composition No. 1 110
    Composition No. 2 110
    Composition No. 3 110
    Piccotac ® 212 110
    Escorez ® 2203 110
    Shellflex ® 451 FC 10 10 10 10 10
    Irganox ® 1010 2 2 2 2 2
    Results
    Coating weight (grams) 19 19 19 20 18
    Viscosity at 175° C. 145,600 79,800 53,000 121,000 166,000
    (mPa)
    Peel adhesion to steel 12.5 11.9 9.2 10.6 11.3
    at N/2.5 kg (minutes)
    Rolling ball tack (cm) 6 9 14 16-30 13-30
    Loop tack (N/25 mm) 16.4 17.3 15.3 17.5 17.3
    SAFT, 0.5 kg ° C. 99 101 100 99 100
  • Example 6
  • The compositions of Examples 1, 2 and 3 were combined into Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene Hot Melt Pressure Sensitive Adhesive (SBS HMPSA) formulations as shown in Table 7. Kraton® D-1102 is a styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer available from Shell Co. or Kraton Co. Europrene® 1205 is styrene-butadiene random copolymer and available from Enichem. The formulations with the inventive compositions had improved tack or peel adhesion as compared to formulations containing Escorez® 2203, a modified hydrocarbon resin available from Exxon-Mobil, or Wingtack® 86, a modified C[0060] 5 hydrocarbon resin available from Goodyear Chemical Co.
    TABLE 7
    HMPSA SBS Formulations
    Components Parts by weight
    Kraton ® D-1102 75 75 75 75 75
    Europrene ® 1205 25 25 25 25 25
    Composition No. 1 175
    Composition No. 2 175
    Composition No. 3 175
    Escorez ® 2203 175
    Wingtack ® 86 175
    Shellflex ® 451 FC 50 50 50 50 50
    Irganox ® 1010 2 2 2 2 2
    Coating weight (grams) 21 21 21 21 20
    Viscosity at 175° C. 9,120 8,840 9,320 9,100 8,080
    (mPa)
    Peel adhesion to steel 4.6 6.1 13.3 6.3 8.5
    at N/2.5 kg (minutes)
    Rolling ball tack (cm) >30 >30 12-30 >30 >30
    Loop tack (N/25 mm) 0.4 1.7 24.2 0.2 11.5
    SAFT, 0.5 kg ° C. Ntd 67 74 65 72
  • Example 7
  • The compositions of Examples 1, 2, and 3 were combined into Ethylene Vinylacetate (EVA) formulations as shown in Table 8. Evatane® 18150 is an ethylene vinylacetate polymer available from Elf Atochem. Paraffinwax 58/60 is paraffin wax having a melting point of about 60° C. available from BP Oil Co and Exxon-Mobil. The EVA formulations, based on the compositions from Examples 1, 2 and 3, had adequate adhesive characteristics as compared to other formulations. [0061]
    TABLE 8
    EVA Formulations
    Parts by weight
    Components
    Evatane ® 18150 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
    Composition No. 1 45
    Composition No. 2 45
    Composition No. 3 45
    Escorez ® 2203 45
    Wingtack ® 86 45
    Permalym ® 6110 45
    Permalym ® 5095 45
    Sylvalite ® PE100S 45
    Paraffinwax 58/60 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
    Irganox ® 1010 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
    Results
    Cloud Point (° C.) 64 60 61 64 68 74 74 66
    Tensile Properties
    Yield Point (N/mm2) 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.8
    Break Force (N/mm2) 1.7 1.8 1.9 2 1.8 2.7 1.8 2.3
    Elongation (%) 52 49 53 4 60 84 96 79
    Tensile Strength (N/mm2) 4.1 4 4.1 4.3 3.9 4.3 4 4.3
    Modulus (Mpa) 124 131 118 131 119 101 103 122
    Viscosity (mPas)
    120° C. 2190 2300 2375 2270 2200 2645 2400 2680
    140° C. 1167 1217 1262 1195 1165 1377 1260 1390
    160° C. 690 713 740 685 671 793 735 791
    180° C. 422 439 457 424 418 485 456 490
    Aluminum T-Peel 1.7 2 2.4 1.2 3.3 3.7 3.4 3.2
    (N/mm2)
  • Example 8
  • The compositions of Examples 1, 2 and 3 were combined into EVA formulations as shown in Table 8. Evatane® 28420 is an ethylene vinylacetate polymer available from Elf Atochem. The EVA formulations, based on the compositions from Examples 1, 2 and 3 had adequate adhesive characteristics as compared to other formulations. [0062]
    TABLE 9
    EVA Formulations
    Parts by weight
    Components
    Evatane ® 28420 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
    Composition No. 1 45
    Composition No. 2 45
    Composition No. 3 45
    Escorez ® 2203 45
    Wingtack ® 86 45
    Permalym ® 6110 45
    Permalym ® 5095 45
    Sylvalite ® PE100S 45
    Paraffinwax 58/60 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
    Irganox ® 1010 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
    Results
    Cloud Point (° C.) 82 61 64 97 60 54 60 60
    Tensile Properties
    Yield Point (N/mm2) 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
    Break Force (N/mm2) 1.1 0.9 0.8 1.2 0.7 1.3 1.3 1.3
    Elongation (%) 61 60 65 55 72 176 174 196
    Tensile Strength (N/mm2) 2.9 2.9 2.8 3.2 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.7
    Modulus (Mpa) 82 69 65 83 59 51 41 50
    Viscosity (mPas)
    120° C. 1270 1337 1397 1320 1250 1562 1390 1610
    140° C. 671 705 737 696 658 813 732 825
    160° C. 394 414 432 406 687 474 428 476
    180° C. 246 259 273 255 242 287 268 295
    Aluminum T-Peel 1.2 4.5 4.9 0.9 5.9 8.3 7.7 7.8
    (N/mm2)
  • In the foregoing the invention has been described by means of specific embodiments, but it will be understood that various changes and modifications may be performed without deviating from the scope and spirit of the invention. [0063]

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We claim:
1. A process for making a hydrocarbon copolymer resin having a Gardner color of less than about 4 and having a ring and ball softening point from about 85 to about 100° C. comprising:
(a) providing a first predominantly C5 hydrocarbon stream containing unsaturated aliphatic monomers, said unsaturated aliphatic monomers comprising a combination of piperylene monomers, less than about 2% weight cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene monomers and less than about 1% weight isoprene;
(b) providing a second hydrocarbon stream comprising a monovinyl aromatic C5 to C12 monomer;
(c) combining said streams to obtain a weight ratio of said unsaturated aliphatic monomers to said monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomers from about 1.5/1 to about 25/1;
(d) polymerizing said combined streams at a temperature from about 25 to about 75° C.; and
(e) recovering said copolymer resin.
2. The process of claim 1 wherein said unsaturated aliphatic monomer further includes a C4 to C5 isoolefin.
3. The process of claim 1 wherein said combining of said streams is at a weight ratio of said unsaturated aliphatic monomers to said monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomers from about 23/1 to about 25/1, and further wherein said copolymer resin, a ring and ball softening point from about 90° to 100° C.
4. The process of claim 3 wherein said copolymer resin has a Mz from about 2500 to about 4000 daltons and a polydispersity of about 1.7 to about 2.0.
5. The process of claim 1 wherein said combining of said streams is at a weight ratio of said unsaturated aliphatic monomers to said monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomers from about 3/1 to about 5/1, and further wherein said copolymer resin, a ring and ball softening point from about 850 to 95° C.
6. The process of claim 5 wherein said copolymer resin has a Mz from about 2700 to about 4000 daltons and a polydispersity of about 1.7 to about 2.0.
7. The process of claim 1 wherein said combining of said streams is at a weight ratio of said unsaturated aliphatic monomers to said monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomers from about 1.5/1 to about 2.5/1, and further wherein said copolymer resin, a ring and ball softening point from about 850 to 95° C.
8. The process of claim 7 wherein said copolymer resin has a Mz from about 2000 to about 3800 daltons and a polydispersity of about 1.7 to about 2.0.
9. The process of claim 2 wherein said isoolefin is isobutylene.
10. The process of claim 9 wherein said isobutylene is provided in a third stream, said third stream being substantially free of said monomers.
11. The process of claim 10 wherein said third stream contains at least 99% weight of said isobutylene.
12. The process of claim 1, wherein said monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomer is α-methylstyrene.
13. The process of claim 12 wherein said third stream contains at least 99% weight of said α-methylstyrene.
14. The process of claim 1 further including the step of providing from about 1 to about 4% weight of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst for cationically polymerizing said streams.
15. The process of claim 14 wherein said Friedel-Crafts catalyst is liquefied AlCl3/H2O/trimethylbenzene complex.
16. The process of claim 15 wherein said complex has a mole ratio of AlCl3 to H2O from about 3/1 to about 7/1 and a mole ratio of trimethylbenzene to H2O from about 3/1 to about 7/1.
17. A tackifier made by the process of claim 1.
18. A hydrocarbon copolymer resin comprising a reaction product of:
(a) a first predominantly C5 hydrocarbon stream containing unsaturated aliphatic monomers, said unsaturated aliphatic monomers comprising a combination of piperylene monomers, less than about 2% weight cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene monomers and less than about 1% weight isoprene; and
(b) a second hydrocarbon stream comprising a monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomer;
wherein a weight ratio of said unsaturated aliphatic monomers to said monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomers is from about 1.5/1 to about 6/1 to yield said resin having a Gardner color of less than about 4 and having a ring and ball softening point from about 85 to about 100° C.
19. The resin of claim 18 wherein said resin has a Mz from about 2000 to 4000 and a polydispersity of about 1.7 to about 2.0.
20. The resin of claim 18 wherein said monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomer is α-methylstyrene.
21. The resin of claim 18 further comprising from about 0 to about 15 weight percent of an isoolefin monomer, wherein said isoolefin monomer is selected from the group consisting of isobutylene, isoamylene and combinations thereof and further wherein said isoolefin monomer is included as said unsaturated aliphatic monomers in said weight ratio.
22. A hydrocarbon copolymer resin comprising a reaction product of:
(a) a first predominantly C5 hydrocarbon stream containing unsaturated aliphatic monomers, said unsaturated aliphatic monomers comprising a combination of piperylene monomers, less than about 2% weight cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene monomers and less than about 1% weight isoprene; and
(b) a second hydrocarbon stream comprising a monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomer;
wherein a weight ratio of said unsaturated aliphatic monomers to said monovinyl aromatic C8 to C12 monomers is from about 15/1 to about 50/1 to yield said resin having a Gardner color of less than about 4 and having a ring and ball softening point from about 85 to about 100° C.
23. The resin of claim 22 wherein said resin has a Mz from about 2500 to 4000 and a polydispersity of about 1.7 to about 2.0.
24. The resin of claim 22 wherein said monovinyl aromatic C8 to C 12 monomer is α-methylstyrene.
25. The resin of claim 22 further comprising from about 15 to about 25 weight percent of an isoolefin monomer, wherein said isoolefin monomer is selected from the group consisting of isobutylene, isoamylene and combinations thereof and further wherein said isoolefin monomer is included as said unsaturated aliphatic monomers in said weight ratio.
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