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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 1983
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1982
Katsuji Ueno, Hirakata, JP;
Takashi Maruyama, Kobe, JP;
Haruo Inoue, Kobe, JP;
Yoshiharu Tatsukami, Niihama, JP;
Michihisa Isobe, Niihama, JP;
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A process for producing polyphenylene oxide which comprises contacting a phenolic monomer with oxygen in the presence of a catalyst composed of a manganese (II) salt and an ortho-hydroxyazo compound represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein A and B represent identical or different arylene ring having a valency of at least 2 and having an oxy group and an azo group directly linked to the ortho carbon atoms of the arylene ring and R represents hydrogen or lower alkyl group, or in the presence of said catalyst and an amine, in a polymerization solvent containing a base and thereby subjecting said phenolic monomer to an oxidative polymerization.