WHAT ARE MALONATE MONOMERS?
Our methylene malonate monomers offer exciting new routes to improving the fundamental performance attributes of adhesives, coatings, sealants and other polymers. These unique monomers will help you create new polymer architectures and take advantage of efficient, sustainable polymerization mechanisms.
ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION
Our methylene malonate monomers are highly electron deficient, which enables a unique anionic polymerization mechanism that takes place at ambient temperature while offering:
- The ability to tune molecular weight by adjusting initiator concentration
- Basic substrate or surface initiation
- Stable polyolefin backbone
- The ability to use a broad range of benign initiators as a primer or to promote emulsion or solvent polymerization
- Living polymerization
- The ability to sequentially add monomers to form random and block copolymers
- Crosslinking of 2K systems
VERSATILE POLYMER CHEMISTRY
Methylene malonates are 1,1-disubstituted alkenes in which the central alkene unit bonds to two carbonyl groups, resulting in electron withdrawing characteristics. As a result, these malonates provide a number of alternate routes to polymerization and functionalization.
- Methylene malonates polymerize via anionic and Michael addition mechanisms as well as conventional free radical polymerization.
- Multi-functional variants of methylene malonates can be easily synthesized through a transesterification process to form oligomeric crosslinkers.
BUILDING BLOCKS
Chemilian™ DHMM
L3000 XP
Chemilian™ DCHMM
H4000 XP
Forza™
B3000 XP
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With its low glass transition temperature, Chemilian™ dihexyl methylene malonate (DHMM) delivers performance enhancements to laminating and pressure-sensitive adhesives as well as sealants and coatings.
- Low glass transition temperature (Tg) of -40ºC
- Thermoelastic properties
- Good flexibility
- Low viscosity
- Optical clarity
- AMES negative
Chemilian™ dicyclohexyl methylene malonate (DCHMM) can improve a variety of specialty adhesive and coating formulations that require thermal resistance.
- High glass transition temperature (Tg) of 140ºC
- High decomposition temperature (Td) of 260ºC
- Rigid solid
- Optically clear
- AMES negative
Forza™ methylene malonate macromers contain multiple alkene groups, providing a variety of crosslinking and polymerization options. The resulting polymers can exhibit high strength as well as thermal and chemical resistance.
- Broad chemical miscibility
- Low viscosity
- Optically clear
- Compatible with monofunctional in 2K coating systems