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Definitions

• the 4-alkoxyphenol stabilizer may be, for example, 2,6-ditertiary-butyl-4-methoxyphenol or 2,2'-dihydroxy-3,3'-ditertiary-butyl-5,5-dimethoxydiphenylmethane.
• This invention relates to stabilised monomers and more particularly to acrylic and methacrylic monomers. It is known that certain substituted phenols are useful as antioxidants, for example in stabilising rubber, petrol, and edible fats and oils against deterioration due to oxidation reactions. It is also known to use hydroquinone and 4-methoxyphenol (the monomethyl ether of hydroquinone) as polymerisation inhibitors in the storage or transport of acrylic and methacrylic esters. The use of 'hydroquinone and of 4-methoxyphenol is described, for example, in Monomeric Acrylic Esters by E. H. Riddle (Reinhold, New York, 1954). However, not all compounds which are effective as antioxidants are effective in preventing polymerisation of monomers during transport or storage.
• an improved stabilised monomer composition comprising an acrylic or methacrylic ester together with a minor proportion of a 4-alkoxyphenol containing fewer than 4 carbon atoms in the 4-alkoxy group and carrying as substituent in one or both of the 2 and 6 positions a secondary or tertiary alkyl group containing at least 4 carbon atoms.
• the alkyl substituent in one or both of the 2 and 6 positions may suitably contain, for example, up to 8 carbon atoms.
• alkyl substituent in one or both of the 2 and :6 positions should be a tertiary alkly group; the tertiary butyl group is especially preferred.
• Other substituents may also be used, for example the secondary butyl group.
• the preferred 4-alkoxyphenols are 4-methoxyphenols.
• Suitable 4 methoxyphenols include 2 tertiary butyl-4- methoxyphenol, 2,6-ditertiary-butyl-4-methoxyphenol and 2-secondary-butyl-4-methoxyphenol.
• the stabiliser is a 4-alkoxypheno1 carrying a tertiary-alkyl substituent in the 2-position and a 2-hydroxy-3-tertiaryalkyl-5-alkoxyphenolmethyl substituent in the 6-position, i.e. when the stabiliser is a 2,2'-dihydroxy-3,3'-ditertiaryalkyl-5,5'-dialkoxy-diphenylmethane.
• Suitable 2,-2'-dihydroxy-3,3 ditertiary-alkyl-S,5-dialkoxy-diphenylmethanes are those represented by the following formula (
• R and R are tertiary-alkyl groups and may be the same or different; R and R are alkoxy groups or substituted alkoxy groups and may be the same or different; R and R are hydrogen atoms or alkyl groups and may be the same or different.
• 2,2-dihydroxy-3,3'- ditertiary-butyl-5,5 dimethoxy-diphenylmethane which may be regarded as two molecules of 2-teriary-butyl-4- methoxyphenol linked together in their 6-positions by a methylene group.
• the proportion of the stabiliser to be used may be, for example, in the range 0.25 to parts by weight per million parts by weight of the monomer. Proportions below the said range may, however, provide a useful improvement in stability in some cases. Proportions above the said range may be used when extremely high storage stability is required but such higher proportions may interfere to some extent with the subsequent polymerization reaction. In general we prefer to use from 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of the stabiliser per million parts by weight of the monomer.
• substituted 4-alkoxyphenols as defined herein are especially advantageous when the monomer is methyl methacrylate but may also be used in the stabilisation of other alkyl or alkoxyalkyl acrylates or methacrylates.
• a wide range of polymerisation catalysts may be used, including organic peroxides and hydroperoxides (for example benzoyl peroxide), lauryl peroxide, tertiarybutyl hydroperoxide, azo catalysts in which the valencies of the azo group are attached to different non-aromatic, preferably tertiary, carbon atoms (for example aux-a20- di-isobutyronitrile) and the water-soluble persulphates and peroxides (for example ammonium persulphate, potassium persulphate and hydrogen peroxide).
• organic peroxides and hydroperoxides for example benzoyl peroxide
• lauryl peroxide for example benzoyl peroxide
• tertiarybutyl hydroperoxide azo catalysts in which the valencies of the azo group are attached to different non-aromatic, preferably tertiary, carbon atoms (for example aux-a20- di-isobutyronit
• the monomer-soluble catalysts are used in bulk polymerisation and granular polymerisation processes; the water-soluble catalysts are used in aqueous emulsion polymerisation processes.
• Example 1 Methyl methacrylate was freshly distilled and one part of 2,6-ditertiary butyl-4-methoxyphen0l was added as stabiliser to one million parts of the distilled monomer. Samples of the stabilised monomer were stored at 45 C. in sealed glass tubes, an air space being left in the sealed tube. The storage stability, measured as the time elapsed before the occurrence of a marked increase in the viscosity of the sample, denoting the onset of polymerisation, was between 6 weeks and 9 weeks By way of comparison, one part of hydroquinone was added to one million parts of another portion of the distilled methyl methacrylate. The storage stability at 45 C. was 10 days.
• Example 2 The procedure of Example 1 was repeated except that the samples were stored at 35 C.
• Example 3 The procedure of Example 1 was repeated except that five parts of 2,6-ditertiary-butyl-4-methoxyphenol were added to one million parts of the distilled methyl methacrylate.
• the storage stability at 45 C. was weeks.
• the storage stability at 45 C. was between 90 and 100 days.
• Example 5 The procedure ofExample 1 was repeated except that live parts of 2-secondary-butyl-4-methoxyphenol were added to one million parts of the distilled methyl methacrylate in the absence of any other added stabiliser.
• the storage stability at 45 C. was 24 weeks.
• Example 6 The procedure of Example 1 was repeated except that one part of 2-tertiary-butyl-4-methoxy-phenol was added to one million parts of the distilled methyl methacrylate in the absence of any other added stabiliser.
• the storage stability at 45 C. was between 100 and 120 days.
• Example 7 n-Butyl methacrylate was freshly distilled and one part of,2,6-ditertiary-butyl-4-methoxyphenol was added as stabiliser. to one million parts'of the distilled monomer.
• Example 8 Ethyl acrylate was freshly distilled and one part of 2,6- ditertiary-butyl-4-methoxyphenol was added as stabiliser to one million parts of the distilled monomer. The storage stability, measured at C., was 12 hours.
• Example 9 n-Butyl acrylate was freshly distilled and one part of 2,6-ditertiary-butyl-4-methoxyphenol was added as stabiliser to one million parts of the distilled monomer.
• Example 10 tion initiator The initial temperature of the syrup was- 60 C. The time taken, under standard conditions, for the temperature of the contents of the cell to reach a maximum was taken as a measure of the rate of polymerisation. When the methyl methacrylate monomer contained 5 parts by weight of 2,6-ditertiary-butyl-4-methoxy-phenol per million parts by weight of monomer the maximum temperature was reached after 2-68 minutes.
• Example 11 Casting syrups were polymerised as described in Ex- I ample 10, except that the resultant sheets were Vs inch thick and the initial temperature was 36 C.
• methyl methacrylate monomer contained 5 parts by weight of 2,6-ditertiary-butyl-4-methoxyphenol per million parts by weight of monomer the maximum temperature was reached after 26 hours.
• Example 12 Casting syrups were polymerisedas described in EX- ample 10, except that the resultant sheets were A inch thick and the initial temperature was 49 C.
• methyl methacrylate monomer contained 5 parts by weight of 2,2-dihydroxy-3,3'-ditertiary-butyl- 5,5-dimethoxy-diphenylmethane per million parts by weight of monomer the maximum temperature was reached after 10 hours.
• Example 13 Casting syrups were polymerised as described in Example 10 except that the initial temperature was 54 C. and that a,o-azo-di-isobutyronitrile (0.1% by weight of the syrup) was used as polymerisation initiator.
• methyl methacrylate monomer contained 5 parts by weight of 2,6-ditertiary-butyl-4-methoxyphenol per million parts by weight of monomer the maximum temperature was reached after 292 minutes.
• a stabilized composition comprising an alkyl acrylate or methacrylate together with a stabilizing proportion of a 4-alkoxyphenol containing fewer than four carbon atoms in the 4-alkoxy group and carrying as substituent in one or both of the 2 and 6 positions a secondary or tertiary alkyl group containing at least four carbon atoms.
• composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein the 4- alkoxyphenol is a 4-methoxyphenol.
• composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein the alkyl group is a tertiary alkyl group.
• composition as claimed in claim 3 wherein the alkyl group is a tertiary butyl group.
• composition as claimed in claim 4 wherein the 4-alkoxyphenol is Z-tertiary-butyl-4-methoxyphenol.
• composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein the 4- alkoxyphenol is a 2,2'-dihydroxy-3,3-ditertiary-a1kyl-5,5'- dialkoxydiphenylmethane.
• composition as claimed in claim 7 wherein the 4- alkoxyphenol is 2,2'-dihydroxy-3,3'-ditertiary-butyl-5,5- dimethoxydiphenylmethane.
• composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein the 4- alkoxyphenol is Z-secondary-butyl-4-methoxyphenol.
• a composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein the proportion of the 4-aikoxyphenol is from 0.25 to parts by weight per million parts of the acrylic or methacrylic ester.
• a composition as claimed in claim 10 wherein the proportion of the 4-alkoxypheuol is from 0.5 to 5 parts by weight per million parts by weight of the acrylic or methacrylic ester.
• composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein the ester is methyl methacrylate.

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