General Electric Company

Gary R Faler

David Michel Dardaris

Daniel Joseph Brunelle

Thomas Link Guggenheim

Jerry C Lynch

Patrick Joseph McCloskey

James Anthony Cella

Roy Ray Odle

Peter David Phelps

Thomas L Evans

George R Loucks

Larry I Flowers

Joseph John Caringi

John Robert Campbell

Eugene Pauling Boden

Joseph A King, Jr

Thomas G Shannon

Jonathan D Rich

Luca P Fontana

Donald G Legrand

Ashok K Mendiratta

Philip J McDermott

Michael J Cipullo

Sharon J McCormick

James M Fukuyama

Terry E Krafft

Joseph W Guiles

Alice M Colley

Allen J Campbell

Geroge R Loucks

Hexasubstituted guanidinium chlorides are prepared by a method which affords them in high yield as aqueous solutions, optionally also containing alkali metal chlorides. The solutions may be employed as sources of hexasubstituted guanidinium salts useful as phase transfer catalysts for the reaction of alkali metal salts of dihydroxyaromatic compounds with substituted imides to form polyetherimides or their intermediates.

Aqueous hexasubstituted guanidinium chlorides and methods for their preparation and use

Hexasubstituted guanidinium chlorides are prepared by a method which affords them in high yield as aqueous solutions, optionally also containing alkali metal chlorides. The solutions may be employed as sources of hexasubstituted guanidinium salts useful as phase transfer catalysts and the reaction of alkali metal salts of dihydroxyaromatic compounds with substituted imides to form polyetherimides or their intermediates.

Aqueous hexasubstituted guanidinium chlorides and methods for their

A process for the redistribution of an organic polycarbonate composition. The process involves melt equilibrating a starting polycarbonate composition (which may be a single polycarbonate or a mixture of polycarbonates, and may be or include recycled polycarbonate) having an initial weight average molecular weight in the presence of a carbonate redistribution catalyst and in the absence of branching agents, under conditions such that a redistributed polycarbonate composition is formed having a weight average molecular weight different from, and typically lower than, the initial weight.

Redistribution of organic polycarbonate compositions

Pigmented polycarbonate compositions which are substantially stable with respect to molecular weight and melt viscosity are prepared by blending a redistributed polycarbonate with titanium dioxide free from polysiloxane coatings (i.e., 'unpacified' titanium dioxide).

Polycarbonate-titanium dioxide compositions and method

A method for making diphenyl carbonate free of color bodies is provided by reacting an organic hydroxy compound, such as phenol with carbon monoxide and oxygen in the presence of an effective amount of a palladium catalyst, in the form of a palladium material which is used in combination with a quaternary ammonium salt, an inorganic cocatalyst, such as cobalt diacetate and an organic cocatalyst such as benzophenone or 1,10-phenanthroline. Recycling of catalyst values is also provided.

Method for making organic carbonates

Macrocyclic oligomers, including polycarbonates, polyesters, polyamides, polyimides, polyetherketones and polyethersulfones, are conveniently prepared from various spiro(bis)indane compounds, especially the 6,6'-difunctional 3,3',3'-tetramethylspiro(bis)indanes. The macrocyclic oligomers may be conveniently converted to linear polymers.

Macrocyclic oligomers containing spiro(bis)indane moietes

Homo- and copolycarbonates of spirobiindane bisphenols are prepared by first reacting phosgene with a substantially pure spirobiindane bisphenol in the presence of aqueous base in a heterogeneous medium at a pH in the range of about 9-11, and subsequently adding an interfacial polycarbonate formation catalyst and, optionally, a dihydroxyaromatic compound and a chain termination agent and continuing phosgene passage at a pH of at least about 10. By this method, there may be prepared homo- and copolycarbonates of 6,6'-dihydroxy-3,3,3',3'-tetramethyl-1,1-spiro(bis)indane having high molecular weight. Said homopolycarbonates and copolycarbonates with bisphenol A may be used for manufacture of optical disks having low birefrigence.

Method for preparing spirobiindane polycarbonates

Spirobiindanol polydiorganosiloxane compounds are prepared by the reaction of an .alpha., .omega.-dichloropolydiorganosiloxane with a spirobiindane bisphenol in the presence of an acid acceptor. They are useful as intermediates in the preparation of copolysiloxanecarbonates.

Spirobiindanol polysiloxanes

Copolysiloxanecarbonate compositions are prepared by the reaction of a carbonate precursor such as phosgene with a mixture of bisphenols including a spirobiindane bisphenol, at least one of said bisphenols containing polydiorganosiloxane moieties. The reaction may take place in one step or sequentially. The products are characterized by low processing temperature, low orientational birefringence and high ductility.

Spirobiindane copolysiloxanecarbonates and method for their preparation

Spiro(bis)indane bis-oxyphthalic acid bisimides are prepared by the reaction of a nitro- or halo-substituted phthalimide with a salt of a 6,6'-dihydroxy-3,3,3'3'-tetramethylspiro(bis)indane. The bisimides may be converted to the corresponding dianhydrides, which react with diamines to form polyetherimides, or to the free tetracarboxylic acids or their salts, esters or amides.

Spiro(bis)indane bis-oxyphthalic acids and functional derivatives thereof

A method for treating a sulfonic acid-containing ion exchange resin to remove destabilizing impurities therefrom is disclosed. The method comprises contacting the resin with a base, followed by contact with a strong acid. The treated ion exchange resin is particularly suitable for use as a catalyst in the preparation of bisphenol A.

Method for the purification of ion exchange resins used in the

Spirobiindane bisphenols of high purity, suitable for conversion to high molecular weight polycarbonates, are prepared by reacting a bisphenol or 4-isopropenylphenol with a metal halide Lewis acid or an alkanesulfonic acid, followed by removing impurities including phenols, 1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)indanols and the like. A step of purification by precipitation with water from a methanol-methylene chloride solution is included.

Substantially pure spirobiindane bisphenols and method for their

Product losses and color formation are sometimes encountered in the synthesis of bisphenol A from phenol and acetone in the presence of a cation exchange resin, particularly in the crude product stream from which bisphenol A has been separated via its phenol adduct. Such losses are suppressed and the crude product stream stabilized and decolorized by contact with an anion exchange resin.

Method for maximizing yield and purity of bisphenol A

Spirobiindane bisphenols are prepared by contacting a mixture of a bisphenol or a 4-isopropenylphenol and a 1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)indanol with a metal halide Lewis acid or an alkanesulfonic acid. High purity spirobiindane bisphenols may be prepared by employing a purification sequence, which preferably includes a step of precipitation of the product with water from a methanol-methylene chloride solution.

Method for preparing spirobiindane bisphenols

A method is provided for making sulfonated aromatic organic polymers having aminoorganomercaptan groups attached to backbone sulfonyl radicals by covalent nitrogen-sulfur linkages. These sulfonated aromatic organic polymers can be used as an ion-exchange resin for making bisphenols.

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