US 12,448,466 B2
Method for producing perfluoroelastomer and composition
Soushi Tsuchiya, Osaka (JP); Taketo Kato, Osaka (JP); and Masaki Irie, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/687,354.
Application 17/687,354 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/033484, filed on Sep. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-162393 (JP), filed on Sep. 5, 2019; and application No. 2019-209161 (JP), filed on Nov. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0204658 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C08F 2/22 (2006.01); C08F 14/18 (2006.01); C08J 3/24 (2006.01); C08L 27/12 (2006.01)
CPC C08F 2/22 (2013.01) [C08F 14/185 (2013.01); C08J 3/24 (2013.01); C08L 27/12 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
 
1. A method for producing a perfluoroelastomer, comprising carrying out polymerization of a perfluoromonomer in an aqueous medium in the presence of a polymer (1) to provide a perfluoroelastomer, the polymer (1) having a number average molecular weight of 0.3×104 or more and containing a polymerized unit (1) derived from a monomer represented by the following general formula (1):
CX2═CY(—CZ2—O—Rf-A)  (1)
wherein X is the same or different and is —H or —F; Y is —H, —F, an alkyl group, or a fluorine-containing alkyl group; Z is the same or different and is —H, —F, an alkyl group, or a fluoroalkyl group; Rf is a fluorine-containing alkylene group having 1 to 40 carbon atoms or a fluorine-containing alkylene group having 2 to 100 carbon atoms and having an ether bond; and A is —COOM, —SO3M, —OSO3M, or —C(CF3)2OM, where M is —H, a metal atom, —NR74, imidazolium optionally having a substituent, pyridinium optionally having a substituent, or phosphonium optionally having a substituent and R7 is —H or an organic group, with the proviso that at least one of X, Y, and Z contains a fluorine atom,
wherein a content of the polymerized unit (1) in the polymer (1) is 90 mol % or more based on all polymerized units.