Synthesis and Thermo-Oxidative Aging Resistance of Hydroxyl Terminated Polybutadiene Bound 2,2-Thiobis(4-methyl-6-tert-butylphenol)

Abstract

A novel polymeric antioxidant HTPB-IPDI-TPH was synthesized by the reaction between 2,2-thiobis (4-methyl-6-tert-butylphenol) (TPH) and an adduct (HTPB-IPDI) from hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) and isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI). The effects of raw materials ratio and the reaction condition were investigated by measuring the content of the residual –NCO groups of the reactants during the reaction. The structure of HTPB-IPDI-TPH was characterized by FTIR and ¹H NMR. Thermo-oxidative aging resistance of HTPB-IPDI-TPH was evaluated by oxidation induction time (OIT) from DSC of natural rubber vulcanizates. The optimal reaction conditions between IPDI and HTPB were that the amount of dibutyltin dilaurate (DBTDL) was 0.6 wt% based on IPDI, and the temperature and time were 40°C and 270 min, respectively. The reaction conditions between TPH and HTPB-IPDI were that the molar ratio of TPH to –NCO in HTPB-IPDI was 3:1, and the amount of DBTDL was 1.6 wt% based on the total of reactants, and the temperature and time were 75°C and 360 min, respectively. Thermo-oxidative aging resistance of HTPB-IPDI-TPH was obviously superior to the corresponding low molecular counterpart (TPH) for natural rubber vulcanizates.

Keywords:

• 2,2-Thiobis (4-methyl-6-tert-butylphenol)
• Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene
• Isophorone diisocyanate
• Polymeric antioxidant
• Synthesis

Notes

^a phr is the abbreviation of parts per hundreds of rubber.

^b HTPB-IPDI-TPH contains approximately 10 wt% of TPH structural unit.