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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles Edwan Sumner, Jr., Kingsport, TN (US);
Bruce LeRoy Gustafson, Kingsport, TN (US);
Robert Lin, Kingsport, TN (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 6/378 ; C08J 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 6/378 ; C08J 3/00 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a process of hydrogenating a polyester oligomer containing terephthalic acid residues wherein terephthalic acid residues are converted to residues of 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid. Also disclosed is a process for the preparation of polyesters containing 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid residues by first hydrogenating a polyester oligomer containing terephthalic acid residues and then reacting the resulting oligomer with one or more polyester-forming reactants to produce a higher molecular weight polyester.