# US 5,352,765 A · Preparation of copolymers of carbon monoxide and olefinically unsaturated compounds

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- Number: US 5,352,765 A
- Document ID: US5352765A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/150,933
- Filed: 1993-11-10
- Granted: 1994-10-04
- Earliest claimed: 1992-11-17
- Assignees: Shell Oil Company
- Inventors: Eit Drent; Eric Kragtwijk
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5352765A

## CPC

- C08G 67/02: Copolymers of carbon monoxide and aliphatic unsaturated compounds
- C08G: MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS

## Abstract

A process for the preparation of copolymers of carbon monoxide and olefinically unsaturated compounds in the presence of an aprotic solvent and a catalyst system consisting essentially of: (a) a Group VIII metal, (b) an acid or an anion thereof having a pKa of less than 2, and (c) a phosphorus bidentate ligand of the general formula R.sup.1 R.sup.2 P-R-P-R.sup.1 R.sup.2, wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represent identical or different aliphatic alkyl groups and R is a divalent organic bridging group containing at least two carbon atoms in the bridge connecting the two phosphorus atoms, wherein the copolymerization is carried out in the additional presence of hydrogen, while the molar ratio of catalyst component (c) to catalyst component (a) is in the range of from 1 to 10.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A process for the preparation of copolymers of carbon monoxide and olefinically unsaturated compounds in the presence of an aprotic solvent and a catalyst system consisting essentially of:
(a) a Group VIII metal,
(b) an acid or an anion thereof having a pKa of less than 2, and
(c) a phosphorus bidentate ligand of the general formula R.sup.1 R.sup.2 P-R-P-R.sup.1 R.sup.2, wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represent identical or different aliphatic alkyl groups and R is a divalent organic bridging group containing at least two carbon atoms
in the bridge connecting the two phosphorus atoms, characterized in that the copolymerization is carried out in the additional presence of hydrogen, while the molar ratio of catalyst components (c) to (a) is in the range of from above 2 to 10.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A process as in claim 1 wherein the hydrogen partial pressure is between 1 and 50 bar.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A process as in claim 1 wherein the molar ratio of catalyst component (c) to catalyst component (a) is in the range of from above 2 to 5.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A process as in claim 1 wherein said copolymerization is carried out in the additional presence of an organic acidic compound having a pKa in the range of from 2 to 7.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

A process as in claim 4 wherein said organic acidic compound has a pKa in the range of from 4 to 6.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

A process as in claim 5 wherein said organic acidic compound is a carboxylic acid.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

A process as in claim 6 wherein said carboxylic acid is acetic acid.

### Claim 8 (depends on 4)

A process as in claim 4 wherein the molar ratio of organic acid to Group VIII metal is in the range of from 15 to 10,000.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

A process as in claim 8 wherein the molar ratio of organic acid to Group VIII metal is in the range of from 25 to 5000.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

A process as in claim 9 wherein the molar ratio of organic acid to Group VIII metal is in the range of from 50 to 3500.