Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.

Yoshihiro Iguchi

Tatsuya Kanno

Yasuhiro Oshino

Yutaka Fukuda

Takaaki Kuwana

Tsutomu Yamato

Mitsuru Ueda

A process for producing a (co)polycarbonate or a (co)polyestercarbonate having a high molecular weight and excellent hue, heat stability and mechanical properties by reacting a dihydroxyl compound with a diester of carbonic acid and/or a diester of dicarbonic acid in the presence of a transesterification catalyst, wherein at least part of the reaction process is conducted in the presence of a specified organic phosphorus compound, or, in the presence of a specified organic phosphorus compound and a hindered phenol compound. A (co)polycarbonate or (co)polyester-carbonate composition having excellent hue, heat stability and mechanical properties, comprising a (co)polycarbonate and/or a (co)polyestercarbonate and, a specified organic phosphorus compound, or, a specified organic phosphorus compound and a hindered phenol compound.

Process for producing (co)polycarbonate and (co)polycarbonate composition

Process for producing (co)polycarbonate with transesterification

A polycarbonate is produced by melt-polycondensing a dihydric hydroxy compound and a bisarylcarbonate in the presence of 4-(4-methyl-1-piperidinyl)-pyridine, or a salt thereof, as a catalyst. The process of the invention eliminates the use of poisonous phosgene, prevents chloride ions from being incorporated into the product polycarbonate and remains in the reaction system longer to enable the preparation of high-molecular weight polycarbonates.

Process for the preparation of a polycarbonate with piperidinyl pyridine

A polycarbonate is produced by melt-polycondensing (A) a dihydric phenol with a co-monomer selected from the group consisting of (B) bisphenol carbonate, (C) bis(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl) carbonate (D) bis(2,4,-dichlorophenyl) carbonate and (E) bis(2-cyanophenyl) carbonate in the presence of a catalyst selected from among electron-donating amine compounds and salts thereof. The process of the invention saves the use of phosgene which is poisonous and prevents the resulting polycarbonate from incorporation thereinto of chlorine ions.

Process for preparation of polycarbonate

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Hyogo, Japan

Yoshihiro Iguchi