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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas Heitz, Dannstadt-Schauernheim, DE;
Helmut Heel, Dannstadt-Schauernheim, DE;
Peter Braune, Erbes-Büdesheim, DE;
Martin Klatt, Mannheim, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 6/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 6/00 ;
Abstract
A process for preparing polyalkylene arylates by esterifying or transesterifying an aromatic dicarboxylic acid or its esters or ester-forming derivatives with a molar excess of an aliphatic dihydroxy compound and polycondensing the resultant esterification or transesterification product comprises polycondensing the prepolymer with a viscosity number (VN) of <30 ml/g in the presence of an oxygen-containing gas.