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Process for preparing low molecular weight, highly reactive polyisobutylene
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorHans Peter Rath
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InventorHans Peter Rath
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Low molecular weight, highly reactive polyisobutene having an average molecular weight M.sub.n of from 500 to 20000 Dalton and containing over 80 mol % of terminal double bonds is prepared by the polymerization of isobutene or an isobutene-containing hydrocarbon stream in the liquid phase and with the aid of a boron trifluoride complex catalyst at from -40 to 0.degree. C. and at from 1 to 20 bar, by a process in which the polymerization reaction is carried out in at least two polymerization stages, the added isobutene being polymerized to a partial conversion of up to 95% in the first polymerization stage and the polymerization of the remaining isobutene being continued in one or more subsequent polymerization stages, without or after prior isolation of the polyisobutene formed in the first polymerization stage.
A process for the preparation of low molecular weight, highly reactive polyisobutene having an average molecular weight M.sub.n of from 500 to 20000 Dalton and containing over 80 mol % of terminal double bonds by the polymerization of isobutene or an isobutene-containing hydrocarbon stream in the liquid phase and with the aid of a boron trifluoride complex catalyst at from -40 to 0.degree. C. and at from 1 to 20 bar, which comprises carrying out the polymerization reaction in at least two polymerization stages, the isobutene being polymerized to a partial conversion of from 5 to 98% in the first polymerization stage and the polymerization of the remaining isobutene being continued in one or more subsequent polymerization stages, without or after prior isolation of the polyisobutene formed in the first polymerization stage.
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