SILICON-TERMINATED TELECHELIC POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARING THE SAME

• Main Authors: SUN, Lixin, CHOI, Jongwook, GRIGG, Robert David, DEVORE, David D, REDDEL, Jordan, HUSTAD, Phillip D, MURPHY, Jaclyn, ONDARI, Mark E
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 27.01.2021
• Subjects: ACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAININGELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN,SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVINGCARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONSONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING; USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ASCOMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS

The present disclosure is directed to a silicon-terminated telechelic polyolefin composition comprising a compound of formula (I). Embodiments related to a process for preparing the silicon-terminated telechelic polyolefin composition comprising a compound of formula (I), the process comprising combining starting materials comprising (A) a silicon-terminated organo-metal compound and (B) a silicon-based functionalization agent, thereby obtaining a product comprising the silicon-terminated telechelic polyolefin composition. In further embodiments, the starting materials of the process may further comprise (C) a nitrogen containing heterocycle. In further embodiments, the starting materials of the process may further comprise (D) a solvent.