Metal carbonate initiator and method for polymerizing isocyanates using the same
AssigneeGwangju Institute of Science and Technology
InventorsJae-Suk Lee, Hee-Soo Yoo, Shahinur Rahman
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a metal enolate initiator for polymerizing isocyanates and a method for polymerizing isocyanates by anionic polymerization using the same, in which the initiator forms a cluster upon the initiation and protects stability of terminal anions at the end of the chain to cause controlled polymerization, thus preventing depolymerizaton and improving reaction time and efficiency without the use of a separate additive.
Claims3
A method for polymerizing isocyanates by anionic polymerization using an isocyanate monomer and an initiator, wherein the initiator is a metal enolate initiator represented by the following Formula 1:
- wherein M is an alkali metal selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, and Cs, and R1 and R2 represent an alkyl group or an aromatic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.