Studies on Hydrogenation of Liquid Natural Rubber Using Diimide

Table 2

Effect of diimide source on the hydrogenation of LNR.

Experiment	Source of diimide	Percentage of hydrogenation (%)	Reaction time
1	TSH	41.4	4 hours
2	MSH	68.4	50 minutes

Condition: weight ratio of (TSH/MSH)/LNR = 1 : 1, = 130°C, and solvent = -xylene.