METHOD FOR SYNTHESIS OF FUNCTIONALISED POLY(1,3-ALKADIENES) AND USE THEREOF IN PRODUCING IMPACT-RESISTANT VINYL AROMATIC POLYMERS Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC C08F2/38 C08F136/04 C08F279/04 C08C19/44 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a method for synthesis of functionalised poly(1,3-alkadienes) and use thereof in producing impact-resistant vinyl aromatic polymers. Described is a method for synthesis of functionalised poly(1,3-alkadienes), which involves anionic polymerisation of at least one 1,3-alkadiene monomer with 4-8 carbon atoms in the presence of an organolithium compound and a non-polar solvent with a low boiling point and carrying out a step for chain termination of the 1,3-alkadiene-based polymer at the end of polymerisation by adding a bromoalkane to the polymerisation mixture, where the alkane contains 1-12 carbon atoms, after which a product containing a stable nitroxyl radical, characterised by presence of a -NO• group, soluble in said non-polar solvent, is added. The invention also describes functionalised poly(1,3-alkadienes), obtained using said method. Described is a method of producing vinyl aromatic (co)polymers that are grafted on unsaturated poly(1,3-alkadiene) in a controlled manner, involving: a) dissolving said functionalised poly(1,3-alkadiene) in a liquid phase consisting of a mixture of vinyl aromatic monomers and a polymerisation solvent in a weight ratio ranging from 60/40 to 100/0, preferably from 60/40 to 90/10; b) adding at least one radical initiator to the mixture containing the functionalised poly(1,3-alkadiene) in a solution, and polymerising the obtained mixture at a temperature equal to higher than 120°C; c) extracting the vinyl aromatic (co) polymer obtained at the end of polymerisation, and removing volatile components therefrom in a vacuum in order to extract the solvent and unreacted monomers, and d) recycling the mixture of solvent and monomers obtained when removing volatile components to step (a). Described also is an impact-resistant vinyl aromatic (co)polymer, which contains a continuous phase essentially consisting of a matrix containing at least 50 wt % vinyl aromatic monomer, and a dispersion phase essentially consisting of said functionalised elastomer in amount of 1-25 wt % relative total weight, wherein elastomer particles have a "core/cladding" morphology, and average diameter thereof ranges from 0.1 mcm to 1 mcm.

EFFECT: obtaining a functionalised compound which can then be used to produce an impact-resistant vinyl aromatic copolymer with the morphology of an elastomer phase of the core-cladding type.

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