Mitsubishi Petrochemical Company Limited

Fumiyoshi Yamada

Yusuke Arashiro

Haruo Ohmura

Michiharu Kihira

Hiroshi Nakano

Mitsutoshi Aritomi

Takayuki Inoue

Shin-ichi Yamauchi

Fumiyo Ikehata

Shinako Mori

Michiharu Kihara

A thermoplastic resin composition comprising (A) from about 10 to about 90% by weight of a hydroxyalkylated polyphenylene ether represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A represents a residue of a polyphenylene ether from which a hydroxyl group is removed; and n represents an integer of from 1 to 10, and (B) from about 10 to about 90% by weight of a resin selected from a carboxyl-containing olefin resin, an epoxy-containing olefin resin, a hydroxyl-containing olefin resin, a polyamide resin, and a saturated polyester resin, provided that when (B) is the olefin resin, the hydroxyalkylated polyphenylene ether also can be represented by formula (II): ##STR2## wherein A is defined as above; X represents an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom; R.sup.1 represents an alkylene group having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 each represents a hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; s represents 1 when X is an oxygen atom, or 2 when X is a nitrogen atom; and t represents an integer of from 1 to 3.

Thermoplastic polyphenylene ether resin composition

A process for producing a terminal-modified polyphenylene ether represented by formula (III): ##STR1## wherein Q.sup.1 represents a halogen atom, a primary of secondary alkyl group, a phenyl group, an aminoalkyl group, a hydrocarbon oxy group, or a halo-hydrocarbon oxy group; Q.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a primary or secondary alkyl group, a phenyl group, a haloalkyl group, a hydrocarbon oxy group, or a halo-hydrocarbon oxy group; n represents an integer of at least 10; X represents an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom;

Process for producing silane-modified polyphenylene ether and

Thermoplastic resin composition comprising the following components A and B is presented which improves the compatibility of component resins, to achieve a thermoplastic resin having excellent molding property and mechanical strength:

Thermoplastic resin composition

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