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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1982
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1980
Teijin Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a process for producing a saturated polyester having a reduced terminal carboxyl group content, which comprises reacting a carboxyl-terminated, substantially linear, fiber-forming saturated polyester with a monocyclic imino ether compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is a group of the following formula ##STR2## in which R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group non-reactive with the saturated polyester under the reaction conditions, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are a monovalent organic group non-reactive with the saturated polyester under the reaction conditions, and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be bonded to each other, to form together with the nitrogen atom a 5- or 6-membered ring which is non-reactive with the saturated polyester under the reaction conditions; and X is a divalent organic group non-reactive with the saturated polyester under the reaction conditions, which has two or three ring-member carbon atoms constituting the imino ether ring, at an elevated temperature. The present invention also relates to a process for producing a molded article of a saturated polyester having a reduced terminal carboxyl group content which comprises intimately contacting a carboxyl-terminated, substantially linear, fiber-forming saturated polyester with a monocyclic imino ether compound represented by the formula (1) in a melt-molding machine at a temperature above the temperature at which the saturated polyester melts, or heat-treating a molded article composed of a carboxyl-terminated, substantially linear, fiber-forming saturated polyester with a monocyclic imino ether compound represented by the formula (1) at an elevated temperature at which the molded article can retain its form.