General Electric Company

Bert J Held

Martin H Oyevaar

Hendricus H Van Hout

Hendricus H Maria Van Hout

The invention relates to a method for the continuous preparation of carbonate oligomers by boundary face oligomerization of aromatic dihydroxy compounds with phosgene while adding base, in which the reaction is carried out in a loop-like reactor system in the absence of chain stopper and while using less than 200 ppm of catalyst related to the organic solvent using at least one static mixer and plug folw, optionally in combination with a stirred tank reactor.

Method for the continuous preparation of carbonate oligomers with loop

The invention relates to a method of preparing aromatic polycarbonate having a high molecular weight by boundary face condensation of carbonate oligomer in the presence of an aromatic monohydroxy compound as a chain stopper, base, water and organic solvent at a temperature of at most 70.degree. C., in which the components, among which the chain stopper, are mixed in static mixers to form a fine dispersion, reacting these in a residence zone with plug flow and repeating these steps at least once.

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Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands

Bert J Held