Teijin Limited

Yoshihiko Takeuchi

Hiroshi Sakai

Noritsugu Saiki

Shizuka Kurisu

In a process for preparing soft polyesters which comprises reacting (A) terephthalic acid and/or its ester-forming derivative, (B) tetramethylene glycol and/or its ester-forming derivative and (C) a poly(oxyalkylene) glycol having a molecular weight of 500 to 5,000 and a ratio of the number of carbon atoms to that of oxygen atoms of 2 to 4.5, the improvement wherein after the reduced viscosity of the reaction product of the components (A), (B) and (C) has reached 0.1 (dl/g), the reaction product is further reacted with (D) a low-molecular-weight ester compound and/or a high-molecular-weight ester compound containing a terephthalic acid residue and an ethylene glycol residue or a low-molecular-weight ester compound and/or a high-molecular-weight ester compound containing a terephthalic acid residue and a 1,4-cyclohexane dimethanol residue to form a polyester-polyether block copolymer.

Process for preparing soft transparent polyether polyester block

In a process for preparing a block copolyester elastomer having a softening point of at least 120.degree. C. by reacting an aromatic polyester (I) having a reduced viscosity of at least 0.4 and derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid or its ester-forming derivative as a main acid component with an aliphatic polyester (II) having a reduced viscosity of at least 0.4 and derived from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid or an aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acid or an ester-forming derivative of each of these acids in the molten state; the improvement wherein

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Iwakuni, Japan

Yoshihiko Takeuchi