Sabic Global Technologies B.v.

Shpp Global Technologies B.v.

Guangxin Lin

Rahul Patil

James Franklin Hoover

Christopher Luke Hein

Bing Zhou

Shankar Kollengodu Subramanian

Shuailei Ma

Chester Hassman

Chelsea Schmidt

David Zoller

A polycarbonate copolymer contains aromatic carbonate units; optionally siloxane units; and resorcinol arylate ester units. The resorcinol arylate ester units of the polycarbonate copolymer are derived from a resorcinol composition having a hydroquinone content of 50 to 1200 parts per million, a catechol content of 5 to 29 parts per million, and a phenol content of 0 to 2400, each as determined by high performance liquid chromatography, and further comprising an acid stabilizer.

Polycarbonate copolymers, articles formed therefrom, and methods of manufacture

An interfacial process for preparing a poly(aliphatic ester-carbonate) includes providing an initial polymerization reaction mixture comprising an aliphatic C6-20 dicarboxylic acid, a bisphenol, an alkali hydroxide, and optionally a catalyst in a solvent system comprising water and an immiscible organic solvent, adding an initial portion of a carbonyl dihalide over a first time period while maintaining the reaction at a first pH from 7 to 8; and adding a second portion of the carbonyl dihalide over a second, subsequent time period while maintaining the reaction pH at a second pH from 9 to 12, to provide a product polymerization mixture, wherein the amount of alkali hydroxide in the initial polymerization reaction mixture is effective to increase the fraction of the first time period at a measured pH of 7 to 8 compared to the same reaction mixture with a higher amount of alkali hydroxide in the initial polymerization mixture.

Method for the manufacture of poly(aliphatic ester-carbonate)s and uses thereof

Growing community of inventors

Mount Vernon, IN, United States of America

Guangxin Lin