Silane functional amine compositions and their use in rubber
AssigneeMomentive Performance Materials Inc.
InventorsMatthew J. Pinnow, Adeyemi A. Adepetun, Richard W. Cruse, Lesley Hwang, Nancy Winchester, Linda Vecere, Yanjun Zhu
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Abstract
The present disclosures are directed to a composition comprising at least one silane functional amine; a method of preparing a silane functional amine; a rubber composition comprising at least one silane functional amine, at least one diene-based polymer, silica, at least one process aid, and a vulcanizing package comprising at least one vulcanizing agent comprising sulfur and at least one accelerator; and a process of preparing a rubber composition.
Claims22
A composition comprising at least one silane functional amine, wherein the at least one silane functional amine is a compound of formula (I):
- (R1)a-G-(NR2)b;
- and further wherein:
- G is an unsaturated cyclic moiety;
- each R1 is independently selected from the group consisting of an alkoxyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and an aralkyl group having from 7 to 14 carbon atoms;
- each R is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and -L-SiX1X2X3;
- with the proviso that at least one R is hydrogen and at least two R is -L-SiX1X2X3;
- each L is independently selected from the group consisting of an alkylene group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and optionally at least one heteroatom, an alkenylene group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkylene group having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms, an arylene group having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and an aralkylene group having from 7 to 14 carbon atoms;
- each X1 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, —OR2 and —OC(═O)R2;
- each X2 and each X3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, —OR2, —OC(═O)R2 and R2;
- each R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and an aralkyl group having from 7 to 14 carbon atoms;
- a is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or 11;
- and
- b is 2.
A rubber composition comprising:
- (a) a composition comprising at least one silane functional amine, wherein the at least one silane functional amine is a compound of formula (I):
- (R1)a-G-(NR2)b;
- and further wherein:
- G is a saturated or an unsaturated cyclic moiety;
- each R1 is independently selected from the group consisting of an alkoxyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and an aralkyl group having from 7 to 14 carbon atoms;
- each R is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and -L-SiX1X2X3, with the proviso that at least one R is hydrogen and at least one R is -L-SiX1X2X3;
- each L is independently selected from the group consisting of an alkylene group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and optionally at least one heteroatom, an alkenylene group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkylene group having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms, an arylene group having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and an aralkylene group having from 7 to 14 carbon atoms;
- each X1 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, —OR2 and —OC(═O)R2;
- each X2 and each X3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, —OR2, —OC(═O)R2 and R2;
- each R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and an aralkyl group having from 7 to 14 carbon atoms;
- a is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or 11;
- and
- b is 1 or 2;
- (b) at least one diene-based polymer;
- (c) silica;
- (d) at least one process aid;
- and
- (e) a vulcanizing package comprising at least one vulcanizing agent comprising sulfur and at least one accelerator.
A rubber composition comprising:
- (i) about 100 parts of rubber, where the weight of the rubber is the sum of the weights of each diene-based polymer containing at least one functional group used in the composition and the weights of each diene-based polymer containing no functional group used in the composition;
- (ii) about 1 to about 20 parts by weight per 100 parts rubber (i) of the composition comprising at least one silane functional amine, wherein the at least one silane functional amine is a compound of formula (I):
- (R1)a-G-(NR2)b;
- and further wherein:
- G is a saturated or an unsaturated cyclic moiety;
- each R1 is independently selected from the group consisting of an alkoxyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and an aralkyl group having from 7 to 14 carbon atoms;
- each R is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and -L-SiX1X2X3, with the proviso that at least one R is hydrogen and at least one R is -L-SiX1X2X3;
- each L is independently selected from the group consisting of an alkylene group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and optionally at least one heteroatom, an alkenylene group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkylene group having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms, an arylene group having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and an aralkylene group having from 7 to 14 carbon atoms;
- each X1 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, —OR2 and —OC(═O)R2;
- each X2 and each X3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, —OR2, —OC(═O)R2 and R2;
- each R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and an aralkyl group having from 7 to 14 carbon atoms;
- a is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or 11;
- and
- b is 1 or 2;
- (iii) about 5 to about 140 parts by weight per 100 parts rubber (i) of silica;
- (iv) about 0.1 to about 10 parts by weight per 100 parts rubber (i) of at least one process aid;
- and
- (v) about 0.1 to about 20 parts by weight per 100 parts rubber (i) of a vulcanization package comprising at least one vulcanizing agent comprising sulfur and at least one accelerator.
A process of preparing a rubber composition comprising adding a composition comprising at least one silane functional amine, wherein the at least one silane functional amine is a compound of formula (I):
- (R1)a-G-(NR2)b;
- and further wherein:
- G is a saturated or an unsaturated cyclic moiety;
- each R1 is independently selected from the group consisting of an alkoxyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and an aralkyl group having from 7 to 14 carbon atoms;
- each R is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and -L-SiX1X2X3;
- with the proviso that at least one R is hydrogen and at least one R is -L-SiX1X2X3;
- each L is independently selected from the group consisting of an alkylene group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and optionally at least one heteroatom, an alkenylene group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkylene group having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms, an arylene group having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and an aralkylene group having from 7 to 14 carbon atoms;
- each X1 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, —OR2 and —OC(═O)R2;
- each X2 and each X3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, —OR2, —OC(═O)R2 and R2;
- each R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and an aralkyl group having from 7 to 14 carbon atoms;
- a is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or 11;
- and
- b is 1 or 2;
- and silica to at least one diene-based polymer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.