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Process for producing polycarbonate resin

US6252036A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 13, 1999
Grant dateJun 26, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08G64/307
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The purpose of this invention is to produce a stabilized terminal-blocked polycarbonate resin with a limited number of the terminal hydroxy groups having excellent thermal stability, color stability and hydrolysis resistance by an industrially advantageous method using a terminal blocking agent. In the production of a polycarbonate by the melt-polycondensation of an aromatic dihydroxy compound with an aromatic carbonic acid diester in the presence of a polycondensation catalyst, a terminal blocking agent expressed by the following formula (1) ##STR1## [in the formula, R.sup.1 is chlorine atom, methoxycarbonyl group or ethoxycarbonyl group; R.sup.2 is an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 30, an alkoxy group having a carbon number of 1 to 30, an aryl group having a carbon number of 6 to 30 or an aryloxy group having a carbon number of 6-30] is added after the melt-polycondensation to the system in an amount of 0.3 to 4 mol-equivalent based on the hydroxy terminal group amount of the polycarbonate at 200 to 350.degree. C. under a pressure of 1,013 hPa (760 mmHg) or below for 0.1 second or longer and, thereafter, a stabilizer is added and kneaded into the system at 200 to 350.…

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