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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 1978
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Glenn Dale Cooper, Delmar, NY (US);
Daniel Edwin Floryan, Glenmont, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
528215 ; 260860 ; 260874 ; 528486 ;
Abstract
Polyphenylene ethers produced by an oxidative coupling of a phenol in the presence of an oxygen-containing gas and a metal-amine complex catalyst are freed of catalyst and stabilized against molecular weight loss. Removal of the metal component and molecular weight loss control are effected by contacting the reaction mixture with an aromatic amine plus a metal chelating agent, which stabilizes the intrinsic viscosity of the polyphenylene ether in the reaction mixture. This procedure results in lower catalyst usage and shorter reaction time.