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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo, Niskayuna, NY (US);
John Patrick Lemmon, Delanson, NY (US);
James Claude Carnahan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Patrick Joseph McClosky, Watervliet, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 6/400 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 6/400 ;
Abstract
This invention provides a method for preparing polycarbonates, which utilizes polycondensation catalysts which are compounds or complexes of Ruthenium (II) and (III). Preferred catalysts are compounds of the formula [Ru(aryl),],, where X is a counterion. We have found that this new class of catalysts provides excellent polymerization rates for the preparation of Bisphenol A polycarbonate from the melt polymerization of diphenyl carbonate and Bisphenol A.