{"id":667,"date":"2025-03-16T19:29:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T19:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/innovscience.com\/wordpress\/?p=667"},"modified":"2025-03-16T19:29:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T19:29:38","slug":"ultra-high-temperature-polymerizations-of-isobutene-in-the-absence-of-chlorinated-solvents-3-16-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/innovscience.com\/wordpress\/uncategorized\/ultra-high-temperature-polymerizations-of-isobutene-in-the-absence-of-chlorinated-solvents-3-16-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultra-High Temperature Polymerizations of Isobutene in the Absence of Chlorinated Solvents 3-16-25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our company is the top innovator of novel methods to effect the polymerization of olefins via a cationic mechanism.\u00a0 In yet another first we have developed a series of elevated temperature (T) initiator systems capable of producing isobutene based polymers of relatively high molecular weight (MW) without resorting to the use of halogenated solvents (Figure 1).\u00a0 These polymerizations can operate in aliphatic solvents or in neat monomer if desired and have been utilized at operating Ts ranging from cryogenic (ca. -80 \u00b0C) up to 50 \u00b0C.\u00a0 An Arrhenius plot of MWs shows that the performance of these systems is actually superior to AlBr<sub>3<\/sub>. \u00a0This is of significance since this acid was considered to have one of the best MW-T profiles for the solution production of such polymers.\u00a0 Most interestingly, the activity of the systems is tunable which allows for control over the rate of initiation so that reaction can produce polyisobutene (PIB) or other polymers at T well exceeding ambient without risking explosion.\u00a0 This technology is drop in to all existing manufacturing systems currently used for the production of PIB, butyl rubber, and polyterpenes to name a few and yet is highly cost effective compared to traditional methods of synthesis.\u00a0 Without a doubt, our chemistry is possibly the biggest game changer to the field of cationic polymerization in the past 100 years.\u00a0 Please direct all inquiries regarding obtaining licenses or ownership of this intellectual property to Dr. Lewis through our online contact form.  <strong>Make no mistake about it, we are the apex predator in the cationic polymerization realm far surpassing all others in both industry and academia.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\"  class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"http:\/\/innovscience.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Arrhenius-Plot-of-MW-Gammabulk-vs-High-T-and-AlBr-soln.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Figure 1.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-0c674d35-69f7-45f6-8ad9-1c0a257044c7\" href=\"http:\/\/innovscience.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Arrhenius-Plot-of-MW-Gammabulk-vs-High-T-and-AlBr-soln.pdf\">Figure 1<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/innovscience.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Arrhenius-Plot-of-MW-Gammabulk-vs-High-T-and-AlBr-soln.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-0c674d35-69f7-45f6-8ad9-1c0a257044c7\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our company is the top innovator of novel methods to effect the polymerization of olefins via a cationic mechanism.\u00a0 In yet another first we have developed a series of elevated temperature (T) initiator systems capable of producing isobutene based polymers &hellip; 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