General Electric Company

Ausimont

Ecp Enichem Polimeri S.r.l.

Enichem Tecnoresine S.p.a.

Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.v.

Francesco Pilati

Corrado Berti

Maurizio Fiorini

Martino Colonna

Elisabetta Marianucci

Maurizio Toselli

Massimo Messori

Piero Manaresi

Timothy Edward Banach

Alberto Petri

Antonio Chiolle

Daniel Joseph Brunelle

Claudio Tonelli

Italo Borghi

Leonardo Fiore

Bimal Ramesh Patel

Antonio Turturro

Laura Sisti

Virna Bonora

Ercole Gattiglia

Andrea Munari

Anna M Mastragostino

Maria C Bignozzi

Luca Meneghello

Paola Marchese

Paolo Zanirato

Annamaria Celli

Martino Collona

Poly(1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylate)s, especially poly(1,4-cyclohexanedimethylene-1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylate), are prepared from at least one relatively non-volatile diol, such as 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, and cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylic acid by an esterification process in the presence of a catalyst, at a maximum temperature of about 260&deg;. In one embodiment the procedure employs a two-step process, the second of which may be performed in the melt or in the solid state. A volatile diol such as ethylene glycol may also be present.

Method for preparing poly(cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylate)s from cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylic acid, and composition

Polyesters are prepared by the reaction of a dicarboxylic acid, preferably an aromatic acid such as terephthalic acid, or an ester or ester-forming derivative thereof with a dihydroxy compound such as 1,4-butanediol in the presence of a catalyst composition comprising the combination of a titanium-based compound such as tetra-n-butyl titanate, a zirconium-based compound such as zirconium tetrakis(2,4-pentanedionate) and a phosphate-forming compound such as sodium dihydrogen phosphate. This catalyst composition affords polyesters having relatively low melt viscosities in short reaction times and does not produce an excessive level of undesirable reaction by-products.

Phosphate-containing catalyst composition for the preparation of

A catalyst composition for use in the preparation of a polyester or copolyester is disclosed. The catalyst composition comprises the combination of (a) a titanium-based compound or zirconium-based compound, and (b) a lanthanide series compound or hafnium. Various titanium-based compounds and lanthanide-based compounds are described. Moreover, in some embodiments, the catalyst composition may further comprise a phosphate-forming compound. Another aspect of this invention is an improved method for preparing a polyester, based, for example, on the two-stage process of ester interchange and polycondensation. The method is carried out in the presence of the catalyst composition described above.

Catalyst composition for the preparation of polyesters, and related

Thermoplastic polyester compositions comprising polyester resin modified by introducing perfluoropolyether blocks in the polymeric chain characterized by high crystallization rate of the melted mass and therefore by an improved processability. In particular the use of such compositions in a process for preparing molded thermoplastic articles allows working at lower temperatures of the mold and with shorter molding times. Process for preparing modified resins.

Fluoromodified polyesters having improved processability

Conductive polymers with ionic conductance including a non-aqueous complex of a polyester having the formula ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylene radical; G is a bivalent group deriving from H --(--O--R.sub.3 --).sub.p --O--R.sub.3 --OH with p=0 or 1-10 and R.sub.3 a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylene radical; X is CH.sub.2, S or O, and n=5-100; with an ionic compound. The polyesters having formula (I) wherein: X=S; R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --; p=1-10 and n=5-100, are also new.

Conductive polymers with ionic conductance

A process for preparing aromatic polyesters having excellent physico-mechanical and solvent-resistance properties, consisting in reacting at least a dialkyl ester of an aromatic diacid with an aromatic polycarbonate and/or an aromatic dialkyldicarbonate in the presence of an esterification or transesterification catalyst.

Process for preparing aromatic polyesters

Bis-(1,2,3,triazol-1-yl)-derivatives of the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Y is a bivalent radical selected from: ##STR2## and ##STR3## and X is a bivalent radical selected from --O--, --S--; CR.sub.2 R.sub.3 ; --NR.sub.7 --; or an .alpha.-.alpha.'-alkylenedisubstituted cycloaliphaticketone.

Bis-(1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)-derivatives

In the present invention disclosed are high-molecular-weight, soluble, thermoplastic branched polycarbonates endowed with improved properties, and suitable to blow-moulding fabrication. Such polycarbonates are characterized by the presence, in their structure, of units deriving from the following double-ring aromatic compounds: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 indicates H, --COCL, --SO.sub.2 Cl; R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, equal to or different from each other, indicate --COCl or SO.sub.2 Cl. The above-said compounds are directly used in the syntheses.

Polycarbonate branched with double-ring aromatic compound

In the present invention disclosed are high-molecular-weight, soluble, thermoplastic branched polycarbonates endowed with improved properties, and suitable to blow-moulding fabrication. Such polycarbonates are characterized by the presence, in their structure, of units deriving from the following single-ring aromatic compounds: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 indicates H, --COCl, --SO.sub.2 Cl; R.sub.2, and R.sub.3, equal to or different from each other, indicate --COCl or SO.sub.2 Cl. The above-said compounds are directly used in the syntheses.

Branched polycarbonate derived from single-ring aromatic compound

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