| abstract |
Disclosed is the production of isobutylene homopolymer or copolymer derivatives comprising a hydrophobic polyisobutylene polymer residue that has a number average molecular weight of 110 to 250,000 and low-molecular polar groups containing amino functions, nitro groups, hydroxyl groups, mercaptan groups, carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid derivative functions, sulfonic acid or sulfonic acid derivative functions, aldehyde functions and/or silyl groups. According to the invention, isobutylene or a monomer mixture containing isobutylene is polymerized in the presence of an iron halide donor complex acting as a polymerization catalyst, an aluminum trihalide donor complex or an aluminum alkyl halide donor complex containing an organic compound having an ether function or a carboxylic acid ester function as a donor, or a Lewis acid complex containing organic sulfonic acids and optional donors, the resulting highly reactive isobutylene polymer is reacted with a compound introducing the low-molecular polar group or a substructure thereof, and in case the reaction is performed using a substructure, the formation of the low-molecular polar group is completed by performing successive reactions. |