MODIFIED VINYLAROMATIC COPOLYMER, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, MODIFIED CONJUGATED-DIENE COPOLYMER OBTAINED THEREFROM AND COMPOSITION THEREOF, CROSSLINKED RUBBER OBJECT, AND TIRE MEMBER

• Main Authors: KAWABE Masanao, KURATOMI Tadashi
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 27.09.2023
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVINGCARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; REPAIRING, OR CONNECTING VALVES TO, INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIESIN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OR CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF RUBBERS; TYRE CHANGING OR REPAIRING; TYRE INFLATION; VEHICLE TYRES; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

Provided are: a modified vinylaromatic copolymer having reactivity and solubility which make the copolymer usable in producing copolymer rubbers; and a copolymer rubber material obtained from the modified vinylaromatic copolymer and having all of processability, strength, and homogeneity. This modified vinylaromatic copolymer is characterized by comprising structural units (a) derived from a divinylaromatic compound and structural units (b) derived from a monovinylaromatic compound, at least some of the structural units (a) being crosslinking structure units (a1), and by including an end modified with a modification group having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of amino, hydroxyl, and alkoxysilyl groups.