Claims
- 1. A compound comprised of polypropylene and the reaction product of a functionalized polypropylene and polyether amine.
- 2. The compound of claim 1 wherein the functionalized polypropylene is derived from the free radical reaction of polypropylene and an olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid.
- 3. The compound of claim 2 wherein the olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid is a monocarboxylic acid comprised of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, and the corresponding esters.
- 4. The compound of claim 2 wherein the olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid is a dicarboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of fumaric acid, maleic acid, and itaconic acid.
- 5. The compound of claim 1 wherein the functionalized polypropylene is derived from the reaction of polypropylene and mono- and/or di- esters of olefinically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids comprising mono- or di- fumarate and mono- or di- maleate.
- 6. The compound of claim 1 wherein the functionalized polypropylene is derived from the reaction of polypropylene and an olefinically unsaturated carboxylic anhydride.
- 7. The compound of claim 1 wherein the functionalized polypropylene is derived from the reaction of polypropylene and sulfo- or sulfonyl-containing olefinically unsaturated monomers comprising p-styrenesulfonic acid, 2-(meth)acrylamido-2-methylpropenesulfonic acid and 2-sulfonyl-(meth)acrylate.
- 8. The compound of claim 1 wherein the functionalized polypropylene is derived from the reaction of polypropylene and oxazolinyl-containing olefinically unsaturated monomers comprising vinyloxazolines and vinyloxazoline derivatives.
- 9. The compound of claim 1 wherein the functionalized polypropylene is derived from the reaction of polypropylene and epoxy-containing olefinically unsaturated monomers, selected from the group comprising glycidyl (meth)acrylate and allyl glycidyl ether.
- 10. The compound of claim 1 wherein the polyether amine is selected from the group consisting of monoamines, diamines and triamines and has a molecular weight of from about 148 to 12,000.
- 11. A compound comprised of polypropylene and the reaction product of maleated polypropylene and polyether amine.
- 12. The compound of claim 11 wherein the reaction product of maleated polypropylene and the polyether amine has the fromula: ##STR10## wherein a is from about 5 to 50,000, for b:c from about 0:100 to 100:0, x is from about 1 to 3, and R is an alkyl radical.
- 13. The compound of claim 11 wherein the maleated polypropylene is selected from the group consisting of the structures having the formulae wherein PP is polypropylene: ##STR11##
- 14. The compound of claim 11 wherein the polyether block is selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol and copolymers of polyethylene glycol and polypropylene glycol.
- 15. The compound of claim 11 comprised of a) from 70 to 80 wt % of polypropylene
- b) from 20 to 30 wt % of maleated polypropylene
- c) from 2 to 10 wt % of polyetheramine.
- 16. The compound of claim 15 wherein the polyetheramine has the following structure: ##STR12## where R=H, CH.sub.3, m is from about 3 to 32, and n is from about 10 to 32.
- 17. The compound of claim 15 wherein the polyetheramine has the following structures: ##STR13## where b is about 40.5 and a+c is about 2.5, b is about 86.0 and a+c is about 2.5, and b is about 132.0 and a+c is about 3.0.
- 18. The compound of claim 15 wherein the polyetheramine has the following formula: ##STR14##
- 19. The compound of claim 11 wherein the polyether amine is selected from the group consisting of monoamines, diamines and triamines and has a molecular weight of from about 148 to 12,000.
- 20. The compound of claim 19 wherein the polyether amine is a monoamine selected from the group having a molecular weight from about 200 to 4000.
- 21. The compound of claim 20 wherein the monoamine has the following structure:
- 22. The compound of claim 20 wherein the monoamine has the following structure: where R=H, CH.sub.3, m is from about 3 to 32, and n is from about 10 to 32.
- 23. The compound of claim 19 wherein the polyether amine is a diamine selected from the group having a molecular weight of from about 148 to 6000.
- 24. The compound of claim 23 wherein the diamine is selected from the group consisting of compounds of the following structure: ##STR15## where b is about 8.5 and a+c is about 2.5, b is about 15.5 and a+c is about 2.5, b is about 40.5 and a+c is about 2.5, b is about 86.0 and a+c is about 2.5, and b is about 132.0 and a+c is about 3.0.
- 25. The compound of claim 23 wherein the diamine is selected from the group consisting of compounds of the following structure: ##STR16## where x is about 33, x is about 68, and x is about 5.6.
- 26. The compound of claim 19 wherein the polyether amine is a triamine having the molecular weight of from about 200 to 4000.
- 27. The compound of claim 26 wherein the triamine is selected from the group consisting of compounds having the following structure: ##STR17## where x+y+z=50 and x+y+z=83.
- 28. The compound of claim 26 wherein the triamine has the following structure: ##STR18## where x+y+z=57 and a+b+c=4.
- 29. A process for producing the reaction product of a maleated polypropylene and a polyetheramine wherein the polyetheramine is grafted onto the maleated polypropylene in the presence of polypropylene by melting the components in a customary mixing apparatus at a temperature of from about 175 to 300.degree. C. in the course of a residence time of from about 25 to 300 seconds.
- 30. The process of claim 29 wherein the reaction is carried out from about 190 to 260.degree. C. in an extruder.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/962,785, filed Nov. 3, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,942,756, which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/515,706, filed Aug. 16, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,721,315, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/222,508, filed Apr. 4, 1994, now abandoned, which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/090,675, filed Jul. 13, 1993, now abandoned.
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