Shpp Global Technologies B.v.

Sabic Global Technologies B.v.

Mani Raj Chaulagain

Roy Ray Odle

Thomas Link Guggenheim

Farid Fouad Khouri

A method for producing an aromatic bisimide includes reacting a dialkali metal salt of a dihydroxy aromatic compound with an N-alkyl nitrophthalimide to form a product mixture including the aromatic bisimide. The N-alkyl nitrophthalimide includes 4-nitro-N&#x2014;(Calkyl)phthalimide, 3-nitro-N&#x2014;(Calkyl)phthalimide, or a combination including at least one of the foregoing, and 4-hydroxy-3,5-dinitro-N&#x2014;(Calkyl)phthalimide in an amount of 1-10000 ppm. The aromatic bisimide can be obtained in a yield of greater than 75%, or 90-99.8%. A method for the manufacture of a polyetherimide, a polyetherimide, and an article including the polyetherimide are also disclosed. A mixed acid nitration process for the preparation of an N-alkyl nitrophthalimide is also described.

Methods for the manufacture of an aromatic bisimide and a polyetherimide

A method of manufacture of a polyetherimide copolymer composition includes contacting a substituted phthalic anhydride and an organic diamine in the presence of diphenyl sulfone, sulfolane, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing solvents at a temperature of greater than 130&#xb0; C. to provide a bis(phthalimide) composition comprising diphenyl sulfone, sulfolane, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing solvents and a bis(phthalimide); and copolymerizing the bis(phthalimide), a substituted aromatic compound, and an alkali metal salt of a dihydroxy aromatic compound in the presence of diphenyl sulfone, sulfolane, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing to form a polyetherimide copolymer. The method does not require any catalyst either for the imidization or the polymerization.

Methods of manufacture of thermoplastic polymers

A method of manufacture of a polyetherimide composition includes contacting a substituted phthalic anhydride and an organic diamine in the presence of diphenyl sulfone, sulfolane, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing solvents at a temperature of greater than 130&#xb0; C. to provide a bis(phthalimide) composition comprising diphenyl sulfone, sulfolane, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing solvents and a bis(phthalimide); and polymerizing the bis(phthalimide) and an alkali metal salt of a dihydroxy aromatic compound in the presence of diphenyl sulfone, sulfolane, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing to form a polyetherimide. The method does not require any catalyst either for the imidization or the polymerization.

Methods of manufacture of polyetherimides

A method for the manufacture of a metal salt of a hydroxy-substituted aromatic compound comprises: contacting a hydroxy-substituted aromatic compound with a base comprising a metal cation in molten diphenyl sulfone or sulfolane to provide a mixture comprising water, diphenyl sulfone or sulfolane, and a metal salt of the hydroxy-substituted aromatic compound; and removing water from the mixture in the absence of an azeotrope solvent to provide the metal salt of the hydroxy-substituted aromatic compound that contains less than 3,000 ppm of water.

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Mani Raj Chaulagain