Mitsubishi Chemical Industries Limited

Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation

Diafoil Company, Ltd.

Seiichi Nozawa

Osamu Kishiro

Seiichi Mukai

Norihiko Yoneda

Atsushi Kasai

Masaharu Shikama

Michio Nakata

Shigeo Utsumi

Hiroshi Noguchi

Ken Honma

Seigo Okumura

Tsuyoshi Fukuhara

Masahiro Hayashi

Hiroshi Kamata

Harutaka Kimura

Takashi Oikawa

Fumitoshi Sakaguchi

Yuko Mihara

Chieko Muramoto

Yukio Takahashi

Ikuo Sukegawa

A method for producing an aromatic poly(thio)ether ketone having repeating units of the following formula (II): ##STR1## wherein each of R.sup.1 to R.sup.12 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group or an alkoxy group, X is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, provided that part of X may be a direct bond, and n is an integer of from 0 to 2, which comprises reacting an aromatic (thio)ether carboxylic acid fluoride of the following formula (I): ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 to R.sup.12, X and n are as defined above, under pressure in an aprotic organic solvent in the presence of boron trifluoride.

Method for producing an aromatic poly (thio) ether ketone

A process for preparing a metal phenolate of the formula II:

Process for producing a phenolate and process for producing an aromatic

A heat-resistant film or sheet produced by melt extruding polyether ketone having an intrinsic viscosity of at least 0.4 dl/g, which is obtained by heat treating an unstretched film or sheet which comprises (i) heat-treating to crystallization being not more than 60%, or (ii) uni- or biaxially stretching under specific conditions to an extent in which a stress at 5% elongation in the stretched direction is at least 13 kg/mm.sup.2 ; an initial elastic modulus in the stretched direction is at least 600 kg/mm.sup.2 ; and thermal shrinkages in a lengthwise direction and its vertical direction are not more than 4%. The film or sheet of the present invention is excellent in such properties as heat resistance, mechanical strength and the like, and is suitable for use as a substrate for magnetic recording or electric insulation.

Heat-resistant film or sheet

A wholly aromatic polyester consisting essentially of:

Wholly aromatic polyester and process for its production

A process for producing a copolymeric polyester, which comprises a first step of preparing a copolymeric oligomer by reacting a starting material oligoester or polyester having repeating units of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having from 6 to 10 carbon atoms, a divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group having from 4 to 20 carbon atoms or/and a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms (provided a hydrogen atom in the aromatic ring of the aromatic hydrocarbon group may be substituted by a halogen atom or an alkyl or alkoxy group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms), and R.sup.2 is a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having from 2 to 40 carbon atoms, a divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group having from 4 to 20 carbon atoms, or a divalent radical of polyalkylene oxide having a molecular weight of from 80 to 8000, in an amount from 5 to 95 mol % as represented by the amount of the repeating units constituting the oligoester or polyester, with from 5 to 95 mol % of a hydroxycarboxylic acid of the formula:

Process for producing a copolyester

Disclosed herein is a process for producing aromatic polyketone, comprising reacting a compound represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein each of R.sup.1 to R.sup.12 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group or an alkoxy group; X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 respectively represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom and n is an integer of from 0 to 5, with phosgene (i) in the presence of a fluoroalkanesulfonic acid or (ii) in hydrogen fluoride in the presence of boron trifluoride at a temperature of from 65.degree. to 90.degree. C.

Catalytic preparation of aromatic polyketone from phosgene and aromatic

A process for producing aromatic polyether ketones and polythioether ketones, which comprises reacting aromatic ethers or thioethers represented by the general formula: ##STR1## where each of R.sup.1 to R.sup.12 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group or an alkoxy group, n is an integer of 0 to 5, and X is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, with phosgene in aprotic solvent having a dielectric constant of lower than 20 and a dipole moment of lower than 3.0 in the presence of anhydrous halides of metals of Group III in the periodic table as a catalyst.

Process for producing aromatic polyether ketones and polythioether

An aromatic polyester comprising two structural units represented by the following formulas A and B in a molar ratio of the structural unit A to the structural unit B being from 70:30 to 90:10 or four structural units represented by the following formulas A, B, C and D in a molar ratio of the total of the structural units A and C to the total of the structural units B and D being from 10:90 to 95:5 and the total of the structural units C and D being less than 50 molar %, and having a reduced viscosity .eta.sp/C of from 0.6 to 4 dl/g as measured at 30.degree. C. at a concentration of 1.0 g/dl in a solution of a mixture comprising phenol and tetrachloroethane in a weight ratio of 1:1, ##STR1##

Aromatic polyester containing phenolphthalein unit and bis-phenol unit

Polyoxymethylene having high molecular weight and high thermal stability is produced by polymerizing formaldehyde in the presence of a specific catalyst and then heating the resulting polyoxymethylene. The specific catalyst is produced by contacting a phosphorus containing compound or an amine (c) with a reaction product obtained by reacting salicylic acid component (b) with an organoaluminum compound (a) having the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents an alkyl or alkoxyl group and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 respectively represent alkyl or alkoxyl group or a halogen atom.

Process for producing polyoxymethylene

Polyoxymethylene is produced by polymerizing formaldehyde in the presence of a catalyst comprising a catalytic component of an organoaluminum compound or a complex thereof supported on a modifier of a higher carboxylic acid amide compound. The organoaluminum compound can be in a form of a complex of the organoaluminum compound and a phosphorus compound or an amine.

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Seiichi Nozawa