摘要:
A thermoplastic norbornene resin having a number-average molecular weight (Mn) of 12,000 or more in terms of polyisoprene value measured by gel permeation chromatography and excellent in low birefringence property and resistance to deterioration with greases and oils is obtained by ring-opening polymerizing a polycyclic norbornene monomer containing at least 70% by weight of a norbornene monomer represented by the following formula I (for example, 1,4-methano-1,4,4a,9a-tetrahydrofluorene): ##STR1## (wherein the lower 6-membered ring structure may have a double bond) and hydrogenating the polymer so that the hydrogenation rate of double bond in the main chain is at least 98% and the hydrogenation rate of the 6-membered ring structure is at least 90%.
摘要:
A polymerizable composition which contains a cycloolefin monomer and a ruthenium carbene complex which is expressed by the following general formula (I): (in which general formula (I), R1 and R2 respectively independently represent a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, or cyclic or chain C1 to C20 hydrocarbon group which may contain a halogen atom, oxygen atom, nitrogen atom, sulfur atom, phosphorus atom, or silicon atom; X1 and X2 respectively independently represent an anionic ligand; L1 and L2 respectively independently represent a neutral electron donor ligand; L2 is a group with a higher three-dimensionally bulk than L1, where L1 and L2 are at cis positions with each other; R1 and R2 may bond with each other to form an aliphatic ring or aromatic ring which may contain a hetero atom; and R1, R2, X1, X2, L1, and L2 may bond with each other in any combination to form a multidentate chelating ligand).
摘要:
A thermoplastic resin comprising a block copolymer or a graft copolymer possessing (A) a crystalline hydrogenated norbornene ring-opening polymer unit and (B) a non-crystalline polymer unit having a glass transition temperature of 40 to 300° C.; A method for producing thermoplastic resin comprising hydrogenating a block copolymer or a graft copolymer possessing a norbornene ring-opening polymer unit (C) and a polymer unit (D) which is converted into the above-mentioned non-crystalline polymer unit (B) after hydrogenation, in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst; and a molding material comprising the thermoplastic resin are provided. The thermoplastic resin of the present invention excels in transparency, heat resistance, and mechanical strength.
摘要:
A process for producing a cycloolefin addition polymer comprising addition-polymerizing a cycloolefin in the presence of a catalyst comprising a combination of a specific transition metal compound of Group 4 of the Periodic Table, with an organoaluminum oxy compound, and/or a compound capable of reacting with the Group 4 transition metal compound to form an ion pair. The specific group 4 transition metal compound preferably has a structure such that the group 4 transition metal is bonded to a cyclopentadienyl ring in an η1 mode. The above-mentioned catalyst exhibits high activity for both of addition homopolymerization of a cycloolefin and addition copolymerization of a cycloolefin with an α-olefin.
摘要:
An insulating material comprising a cycloolefin polymer, specifically, an interlayer insulating material for a high-density assembly board having interlayer-connecting via holes at most 200 &mgr;m in diameter, comprising a cycloolefin polymer containing at least 50 mol % of a repeating unit derived from a cycloolefin monomer; a dry film formed from a curable resin composition comprising a polymer having a number average molecular weight within a range of 1,000 to 1,000,000 as measured by gel permeation chromatography, and a hardener; and a resin-attached metal foil obtained by forming a film of a cycloolefin polymer on one side of a metal foil. Laminates, multi-layer laminates and build-up multi-layer laminates making use of these materials, and production processes thereof.
摘要:
There is provided a ring-opening polymer of cyclopentene wherein a cis ratio of the cyclopentene-derived structural units is 30% or more, a weight average molecular weight (Mw) is 100,000 to 1,000,000, and a functional group containing a structure represented by the general formula (1) or (2) is included at an end of the polymer chain. —Y—H (1) (in the above general formula (1), Y represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.) —NH-Q (2) (in the above general formula (2), Q represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group or a silyl group which may have a substituent group.)
摘要:
[Problems] To provide a film comprising a norbornene (NB) compound addition polymer that is excellent in chemical resistance, optical properties and the like, has a high Tg, a low water absorption ratio and a low linear expansion coefficient, and is soluble in an ordinary solvent.[Means for Solving Problems] A film comprising a NB compound addition polymer essentially consisting of repeating units derived from NB compound monomers, wherein the addition polymer has a specific Mw and has a sum of the units (A1) and (A2) of 70% by mol or more based on the total units, wherein the molar number of each unit satisfies the following equations: 70/30≦[{(A1)+(A2)}/(B)]≦100 and 10/90≦(A1)/(A2)≦98/2, or the addition polymer has a specific Mw and Mn and essentially consists of the units (A1) and (B), wherein the molar number of each unit satisfies the following equation: 70/30≦[(A1)/(B)]≦98/2: (A1) a unit derived from a NB compound monomer (a1) consisting of carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms with all the carbon atoms being involved in constitution of a condensed ring skeleton; (A2) a unit derived from a monomer having a structure wherein a part of hydrogen atoms of the monomer (a1) is substituted with only a hydrocarbon group having 2 or less carbon atoms; and (B) a unit derived from a monomer having a structure wherein a part of hydrogen atoms of the monomer (a1) is substituted with only a functional group having 2 or less carbon atoms, or with only a functional group having 2 or less carbon atoms and a hydrocarbon group having 2 or less carbon atoms.
摘要:
[PROBLEMS] To provide: a norbornene compound addition polymer which has excellent heat resistance and suffers no decrease in the excellent transparency and mechanical properties even when exposed to high temperatures during molding, processing, or use; and a process for producing the polymer.[MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The norbornene compound addition polymer comprises, as an essential ingredient, repeating structural units derived from a substituted norbornene compound monomer, wherein the total content of atoms of the transition metals in Group 10 of the Periodic Table, halogen atoms, phosphorus atoms, aluminum atoms, boron atoms, and sulfur atoms is 50 wt. ppm or lower. The process for producing a norbornene compound addition polymer comprises bringing a norbornene compound addition polymer comprising, as an essential ingredient, repeating structural units derived from a substituted norbornene compound monomer into contact with an ion-exchanging lamellar inorganic compound.
摘要:
A norbornene ring-opened polymer hydrogenated product having a syndiotactic structure and a process for producing the same are disclosed. The ring-opened polymer hydrogenated product contains a repeating unit originating from a polycyclic norbornene monomer with three or more rings in the polymer repeating units, having a weight average molecular weight of 500 to 1,000,000, and having a racemo diad proportion of 51% or more. The process comprises a step of polymerizing a polycyclic norbornene monomer having three or more rings by solution polymerization using a group 6 transition metal compound with a hydroxyl group-containing aryloxy group or the like bonded thereto as a polymerization catalyst to obtain a ring-opened polymer and a step of hydrogenating double bonds in the main chain of the ring-opened polymer.
摘要:
The present invention relates to ruthenium complex compound wherein a heteroatom-containing carbene compound having a six-membered ring structure is bonded to ruthenium and a process for the preparation thereof; a process for producing ring-opened cyclic olefin polymer by subjecting a cyclic olefin to ring-opening metathesis polymerization in the presence of such a ruthenium complex compound; and a process for producing hydrogenated product of ring-opened cyclic olefin polymers by hydrogenating the carbon-carbon double bonds of the above ring-opened polymers. The invention gives hydrogenated product of ring-opened cyclic olefin polymers having physical properties different from those of hydrogenated product of ring-opened polymers of the prior art. Particularly, the use of dicyclopentadiene can give a hydrogenated product of ring-opened cyclic olefin polymer excellent in heat resistance, and this product can be advantageously used as parts or formed products for medical appliances or electrical components.