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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1989
Jimmy R Trotter, Kingsport, TN (US);
Bobby J Sublett, Kingsport, TN (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to a method of preparing poly(ethylene 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylate) by the polycondensation reaction of ethylene glycol and dimethyl-2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylate, using a dimethyl-2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylate starting material which contains significant amounts of methyl hydrogen 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylate as a contaminant. The methyl hydrogen 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylate moiety is incorporated into the polymer structure by initially esterifying the methyl hydrogen 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylate acid end-group with ethylene carbonate, in the presence of an amine or ammonium catalyst, before the polyesterification/polycondensation reaction is performed.