Quaternary bisphenolates, methods for their preparation, and uses thereof
US5756843A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 17, 1996 |
| Grant date | May 26, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01J2531/98
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Quaternary salts having a double helix structure are prepared by the reaction of dihydroxyaromatic compound, preferably a bisphenol, with an alkali metal hydroxide and a quaternary salt, such as a tetraalkylammonium or hexaalkylguanidinium chloride. The quaternary salts and their alkaline hydrolysis products are useful as catalysts in various reactions, including imide formation from bisphenol salts and halo- or nitro-substituted phthalimides and redistribution and equilibration of polycarbonates.
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