# US 10,119,015 B2 · Moisture-curable polymeric compositions having halogenated polymers and metal mercaptides > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,119,015 B2 - Document ID: US10119015B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/315,620 - Filed: 2015-05-20 - Published: 2017-05-04 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2014-06-18 - Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC; Rohm and Haas Company - Applicants: Dow Global Technologies LLC; Rohm and Haas Company - Inventors: Bharat I. Chaudhary; Amy L. Waxman; Aleksander Gorshenin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10119015B2 ## CPC - C08L 23/0892: with monomers containing atoms other than carbon, hydrogen or oxygen - C08K 5/37: Thiols - C08K 5/58: containing sulfur - C08L 23/0846: with unsaturated hydrocarbons containing atoms other than carbon or hydrogen - C08L 27/06: Homopolymers or copolymers of vinyl chloride - C08L 43/04: Homopolymers or copolymers of monomers containing silicon - C08L 51/06: grafted on to homopolymers or copolymers of aliphatic hydrocarbons containing only one carbon-to-carbon double bond - C08L 2201/02: Flame or fire retardant/resistant - C08L 2205/025: containing two or more polymers of the same hierarchy C08L, and differing only in parameters such as density, comonomer content, molecular weight, structure - C08L 2205/03: containing three or more polymers in a blend - C08L 2205/035: containing four or more polymers in a blend - C08L: COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS (compositions based on polymerisable monomers C08F, C08G; artificial filaments or fibres D01F; textile treating compositions D06) - C08K: Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients (paints, inks, varnishes, dyes, polishes, adhesives C09) ## Abstract A moisture-curable polymeric composition comprising a polyolefin having hydrolyzable silane groups, a halogenated polymer, and a metal mercaptide. Such moisture-curable polymeric compositions, and crosslinked compositions prepared therefrom, can be used in the production of various articles of manufacture, such as coated conductors. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A moisture-curable polymeric composition, comprising: (a) a polyolefin having hydrolyzable silane groups; (b) a halogenated polymer; and (c) a metal mercaptide. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The moisture-curable polymeric composition of claim 1, wherein said polyolefin having hydrolyzable silane groups is present in an amount ranging from 35 to 75 weight percent, based on the total weight of said moisture-curable polymeric composition; wherein said halogenated polymer is present in an amount ranging from 5 to 60 weight percent, based on the total weight of said moisture-curable polymeric composition; wherein said metal mercaptide is present in an amount ranging from 0.1 to 5 weight percent, based on the total weight of said moisture-curable polymeric composition. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The moisture-curable polymeric composition of claim 1, wherein said moisture-curable polymeric composition contains no additional silanol condensation catalyst that is present in an amount sufficient to catalyze moisture crosslinking of said moisture-curable polymeric composition upon exposure to a humid environment. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The moisture-curable polymeric composition of claim 1, wherein said metal mercaptide has the following formula: R1x[M]y(SR2)z wherein each R1 is independently selected from an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an alkaryl group, a cycloalkyl group, and a cycloalkenyl group; wherein each R2 is independently selected from an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an alkaryl group, a cycloalkyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, or a structure selected from the following formulas (1) through (6): wherein R3 is selected from an alkylene group having at least 2 carbon atoms, an arylene group, an alkenylene group, a cycloalkylene group, or a cycloalkenylene group, wherein R4 is selected from an alkylene group, an arylene group, and alkenylene group, a cycloalkylene group, or a cycloalkenylene group, wherein R5 is —H or R6, wherein R6 is selected from an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an alkaryl group, a cycloalkyl group, and a cycloalkenyl group, wherein M is a metal selected from tin, antimony, zinc, and calcium, wherein y is equal to the oxidation state of metal M, wherein x can be any integer from 0 to y−1, inclusive, wherein z can be any integer from 1 to y, inclusive, wherein x+z=y. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The moisture-curable polymeric composition of claim 4, wherein M is tin; wherein R1 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; wherein R2 is formula (1); wherein R4 is an alkylene group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; wherein R5 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms; wherein y is 4; wherein x is from 1 to 2, inclusive; wherein z is from 2 to 3, inclusive. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The moisture-curable polymeric composition of claim 5, wherein said metal mercaptide is selected from the following formulas (7) and (8), and mixtures thereof: ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The moisture-curable polymeric composition of claim 1, wherein said halogenated polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl chloride (“PVC”); chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (“CPVC”); chlorinated polyethylene; chlorinated natural and synthetic rubber; rubber hydrochloride; chlorinated polystyrene; brominated polystyrene; brominated natural and synthetic rubber; polyvinyl bromide; butadiene styrene brominated copolymer; polyvinyl fluoride; copolymers of vinyl chloride with a copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated material selected from vinyl acetate, vinyl butyrate, vinyl benzoate, vinylidene chloride, an alkyl fumarate, an alkyl maleate, vinyl propionate, an alkyl acrylate, an alkyl methacrylate, methyl alpha-chloroacrylate, styrene, trichloroethylene, a vinyl ether, a vinyl ketone, 1-fluoro-2-chloroethylene, acrylonitrile, chloroacrylonitrile, allylidene diacetate, chloroallylidene diacetate, and mixtures of two or more thereof; wherein said polyolefin having hydrolyzable silane groups is selected from the group consisting of (i) an interpolymer of ethylene and a hydrolyzable silane, (ii) an interpolymer of ethylene, one or more C3 or higher α-olefins and/or unsaturated esters, and a hydrolyzable silane, (iii) a homopolymer of ethylene having a hydrolyzable silane grafted to its backbone, and (iv) an interpolymer of ethylene and one or more C3 or higher α-olefins and/or unsaturated esters, such interpolymer having a hydrolyzable silane grafted to its backbone. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A crosslinked polymeric composition prepared from the moisture-curable polymeric composition of claim 1. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The crosslinked polymeric composition of claim 8, wherein said crosslinked polymeric composition has a hot creep of less than 175%, wherein said crosslinked polymeric composition has a gel content of at least 30 weight percent, based on the entire weight of said crosslinked polymeric composition, wherein said crosslinked polymeric composition has a limiting oxygen index of at least 20%. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) A coated conductor, comprising: (a) a conductive core; and (b) at least a portion of said crosslinked polymeric composition of claim 8 surrounding at least a portion of said conductive core.