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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Swaminathan Sivaram, Pune, IN;
Abbas-Alli Ghudubhai Shaikh, Pune, IN;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
528196 ; 528198 ;
Abstract
A process for the preparation of poly(arylcarbonate)s, relying on reaction of dialkyl carbonates with bisphenols and using selected organotin and oganotitanium catalysts. The process is preferably performed in a first step in which bisphenols and dialkyl carbonates are reacted using a catalyst to obtain an oligo(arylcarbonate). The oligo(arylcarbonate) then undergoes a post polycondensation in a second step, either by itself or with diphenyl carbonate. The second step also uses a catalyst. The process yields poly(arylcarbonate)s that are characteristically free of color and gel.