Mitsubishi Petrochemical Company Limited

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Haruo Ohmura

Yusuke Arashiro

Michiharu Kihira

Mitsutoshi Aritomi

Fumiyoshi Yamada

Hiroshi Nakano

Tomohiko Tanaka

Takayuki Inoue

Shinichi Yamauchi

Shin-ichi Yamauchi

Fumiyo Ikehata

Shinako Mori

Michiharu Kihara

A thermoplastic resin composition comprising (a) a polyphenylene sulfide resin, (b) a polyphenylene ether resin, (c) a specific organophosphorus compound, and (d) a basic compound is disclosed. The composition exhibits improved compatibility between resinous components (a) and (b) and therefore provides a molded article having high mechanical strength and excellent appearance.

Thermoplastic resin composition

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 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,

A thermoplastic resin composition comprising (a) from 10 to 90% by weight of polyphenylene sulfide and (b) from 10 to 90% by weight of hydroxyalkylated polyphenylene ether which exhibits improved compatibility between components (a) and (b) and provides molded articles having characteristics inherent to polyphenylene sulfide and polyphenylene ether, i.e., excellent mechanical strength, excellent rigidity, and good appearance.

A process for producing an amino group terminated polyphenylene ether represented by the following general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein Q.sup.1 s each represents a halogen atom, a primary or secondary alkyl group, a phenyl group, an aminoalkyl group, a hydrocarbon oxy group or a halohydrocarbon oxy group; Q.sup.2 s each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a primary or secondary alkyl group, a phenyl group, a haloalkyl group, a hydrocarbon oxy group or halohydrocarbon oxy group; R represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 32 carbon atoms, an aromatic hydrocarbon group or an araliphatic hydrocarbon group; and n is a number of 10 to 500, which process comprises reacting a polyphenylene ether represented by the following general formula (II) ##STR2## wherein Q.sub.1, Q.sub.2 and n are as define above, with a primary amine halide represented by the following general formula (III)

Process for producing amino group terminated polyphenylene ether

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:

Disclosed is a method for preparing a hydroxyalkyl-functionalized polyphenylene ether which comprises reacting a polyphenylene ether represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein Q.sub.1 each represents a halogen atom, a primary or secondary alkyl group, a phenyl group, an aminoalkyl group, a hydrocarbonoxy group or a halohydrocarbonoxy group; Q.sub.2 each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a primary or secondary alkyl group, a phenyl group, a haloalkyl group, a hydrocarbonoxy group or a halohydrocarbonoxy group; and m is an integer of 10 or more, with a functionalizing agent in the presence or absence of an organic solvent capable of dissolving the polyphenylene ether and in the presence of a basic catalyst.

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Haruo Ohmura