HYDROCARBON POLYMER MODIFIERS HAVING HIGH AROMATICITY AND LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT AND USES THEREOF

• Main Authors: TRIPATHY, Ranjan, BONNETTE, Fabien, COPEY, Laurent, RAJA, Rajesh P, GEORJON, Olivier Jean Francois
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 06.12.2023
• Subjects: ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; ADHESIVES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; DYES; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVINGCARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PAINTS; POLISHES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES

Described herein are hydrocarbon polymer modifiers for use in various applications. The hydrocarbon polymer modifier comprises a cyclic component, and has a glass transition temperature and Mn defined by the following two equations: (1) Tg ≥ 95 - 2.2* (%H Ar), and (2) Tg ≥ -53 + (0.265 * Mn); an aromatic proton content (%H Ar) of from 12 mole % to 19 mole %; and an Mn of from 300 g/mole to 450 g/mole, wherein Tg is glass transition temperature as expressed in °C of the modifier, the %H Ar represents the content of aromatic protons in the hydrocarbon polymer modifier, Mn represents the number average molecular weight of the hydrocarbon polymer modifier, and the cyclic component is selected from the group of a distillation cut from a petroleum refinery stream, and/or C4, C5 or C6 cyclic olefins and mixtures thereof. Further, the hydrocarbon polymer modifier may be characterized by a Tg of from 70 °C to 95 °C and/or a z-average molecular weight (Mz) of the hydrocarbon polymer modifier of less than 1000 g/mole. The hydrocarbon modifiers are particularly useful in high Tg applications where low molecular weight resin is desirable.