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Process for the purifying of polytetramethylene ether glycol or corresponding diester

US4480124A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 11, 1982
Grant dateOct 30, 1984
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08G65/322
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The subject invention relates to a process for purifying polytetramethylene ether glycol or the corresponding diester prepared by cationic polymerization of tetrahydrofuran comprising treating said glycol or diester with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogen catalyst. The resulting products have a low color number.

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