The Dow Chemical Company

Frank E Mark

Garnet E McConchie

James B Akers, Jr

Hans-Gunter Hollmann

Charles B Carpenter

The concentration of hydrogen chloride in an aqueous suspension of a macromolecular chlorinated hydrocarbon containing said hydrogen chloride is reduced by contacting liquid phase of the suspension with a strong basic ion exchange resin containing exchangeable hydroxy groups or with a weak basic ion exchange resin.

Removal of residual acid from chlorinated polymers

Organic esters such as propylene glycol diacetate are prepared in a single organic reaction phase from the corresponding halocarbon having from 3 to 8 carbon atoms, e.g., 1,2-dicholorpropane and the alkali or alkaline earth metal salt of a carboxylic acid. The inorganic salt formed thereby is not soluble in the organic phase. The reaction rate and selectivity are surprisingly good when the reaction contains little or no water.

Method for preparing organic esters from halocarbons and alkali metal

Moist halogenated resins separated from an aqueous acid suspension of said resins are dried and stripped of residual acid with a heated inert drying gas. The resins are not washed to lower residual acid or treated with a base compound to neutralize residual acid before drying begins. Inert drying gases include nitrogen, helium, argon and the like. The dried resin has low residual acid and moisture levels. It is white and free of visually detectable areas of discoloration. It also has high thermal stability, particularly when admixed with minor amounts of a thermal stabilizer such as calcium stearate.

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Frank E Mark