Thermally polymerized dicyclopentadiene/vinyl aromatic resins

摘要

A hydrocarbon resin is prepared by (1) thermally polymerizing a mixture consisting essentially of (a) about 40% to 90% by weight based on total monomers of a cyclic diolefin component comprising at least about 50% by weight dicyclopentadiene, and (b) about 60% to 10% by weight based on total monomers of a specified vinyl aromatic component, preferably alpha-methylstyrene; para-methyl- alpha -methyl-styrene; 2,4-diphenyl-4-methyl-1-pentene, or mixtures thereof, and (2) recovering a product having a Ring and Ball softening point of about 70 DEG to about 150 DEG C. Hydrogenation of this resin produces light colored, thermally stable products that are useful as tackifiers in adhesives.