Promotion of epsilon-caprolactam block copolymerization.

摘要

A process for polymerizing ε-caprolactam to form a nylon-6 block copolymer in which a reactant stream containing. ε-caprolactam, and a lactam polymerization initiator is brought into polymerizing admixture with a reactant stream containing 41-caprolactam and a lactam magnesium halide, wherein sufficient 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidinyl compound is added to the admixture either as 2-pyrrolidinone, 2-oxo-pyrrolidinyl magnesium halide or 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidinyl capped initiator compound to enhance the rate of polymerization of the ε-caprolactam. The lactam polymerization initiator is a telechelic oligomer or polymer containing a backbone which provides elastomeric segments in the nylon-6 block copolymer, and attached to the backbone are activated initiator groups which initiate the polymerization of ε-caprolactam in the presence of the lactam magnesium halide.