Method for producing elastomeric copolyesters

US7829654B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lurgi Zimmer GmbH · DE

Inventor

• Rudolf Kampf · Ortenburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 23, 2005
• Grant date: Nov 9, 2010
• Expiry date: Feb 21, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08G63/672
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for continuous or discontinuous synthesis of elastomeric copolyesters from polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) and polyoxytetramethylene glycol is described in which the tetrahydrofuran (THF) obtained as a byproduct in synthesis of polybutylene terephthalate from 1,4-butanediol is rectified and then reacted by ring-opening polymerization to form polyoxytetramethylene glycol which condenses with the free or esterified carboxyl groups of PBT to form the copolyester, whereby chain termination and catalyst deactivation are accomplished by adding 1,4-butanediol without separating the catalyst.