Rubber Chemicals from Cyclic Amines. V. Thiocarbamyl Sulfenamide Accelerators Derived from 3-Azabicyclo(3.2.2)Nonane
Abstract Evaluation of thiocarbamyl sulfenamides (I) prepared from 3-azabicyclo-(3.2.2) nonane and other amines indicates that the curing properties of stocks accelerated by (I) are influenced by the amino groups which constitute the thiocarbamyl and sulfenamide moieties, R and R′, respectively, and also vary with the formulation of the rubber stocks. The fastest cures are obtained when R is pyrrolidinyl or dimethyl and slowest cure when R′ is N-tert-butyl or N-morpholino. The lowest maximum crosslink density is obtained with morpholino- or piperidinothiocarbonyl sulfenamide. In a non-extended SBR black stock the crosslinking reaction generally proceeds as a second order reaction. The major part of the crosslinking reaction of the slower curing stocks proceeds by a fast first order rate followed by a slower first order rate.