| 摘要 |
This invention discloses a process for making dilithium initiators in high purity. This process can be conducted in the absence of amines which is desirable since amines can act as modifiers for anionic polymerizations. The dilithium compounds made are highly desirable because they are soluble in aromatic solvents. The present invention more specifically discloses a process for synthesizing a dilithium initiator which comprises reacting diisopropenylbenzene with a tertiary alkyl lithium compound in an aromatic solvent at a temperature which is within the range of about 0° C. to about 100° C. The present invention further discloses a process for synthesizing m-di-(1-methyl-3,3-dimethylbutyllithio) benzene which comprises reacting diisopropenylbenzene with tertiary-butyllithium in an aromatic solvent at a temperature which is within the range of about 0° C. to about 100° C. The present invention also discloses a process for synthesizing a functionalized lithium initiator which comprises the steps of (1) reacting diisopropenylbenzene with a tertiary alkyl lithium compound in an aromatic solvent at a temperature which is within the range of about 0° C. to about 100° C. to produce a dilithium initiator; and (2) reacting the dilithium initiator with a halide compound selected from the group consisting of (a) tin halides, (b) silicon halides, (c) amine halides, and (d) phosphorus halides of the structural formula: wherein X represents a halogen atom, and wherein R1, R2, and R3 represent alkyl groups, aryl groups, and/or alkoxy groups containing from 1 to about 10 carbon atoms.
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