Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc.

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties Inc

Hans Eliot Edling

Alan Anthony Galuska

Kapil Kandel

Michael Salciccioli

Stephen Todd Cohn

Javier Guzman

Monica D Lotz

Edward E Paschke

S Richard Turner

Bifuran-modified polyester, polyethylene-terephthalate-co (2,2′-bifuran-5,5′-dicarboxylate), prepared by esterifying or transesterifying a diacid component comprising from 2 to 10 mole percent 2,2′-bifuran-5,5′-dicarboxylate and a diol component with a catalyst compound comprising metal present in an amount of from about 10 to about 450 ppm and polycondensation to form the polyester wherein the polyester has an inherent viscosity of at least 0.5 g/dL, a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 82° C. or more, a semicrystalline melting peak (Tm) with ΔHf equal to or greater than 5 J/g on the second heating ramp, and melting temperature (T) between 229° C. and 246° C. Reinforced compositions and shaped articles comprising bifuran-modified polyethylene terephthalate and methods of their production are also disclosed.

Bifuran-modified polyesters

Semicrystalline polyethylene-2,2′-bifuran-5,5′-dicarboxylate (PEBF) homopolyester or copolyester with up to 5 mole percent isophthalate or up to 2.7 mole percent terephthalate, based on the diacid component, or up to 2.5 mole percent 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM), based on the diol component, prepared by esterifying or transesterifying the diacid and the diol components with a catalyst including about 10 to about 50 ppm wt metal, and polycondensation, wherein the bifuran polyester has an intrinsic viscosity of at least 0.4 g/dL and a semicrystalline melting peak (Tm) with ΔHf equal to or greater than 5 J/g on the second heating ramp.

Bifuran polyesters

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Hans Eliot Edling