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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
May. 03, 2007
Poly(carbonate-co-urea) copolymers and melt transesterification method of preparing these copolymers
Jan Henk Kamps, Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Edward Kung, Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Jan-pleun Lens, Breda, NL;
SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V., Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a process to prepare a poly(carbonate-co-urea) copolymer comprising reacting in the melt: (a) a dihydroxy reaction component comprising a dihydroxy compound, (b) a diaryl carbonate reaction component comprising a diaryl carbonate, (c) a urea reaction component comprising a urea compound in the presence of (d) a transesterification catalyst during at least part of the reaction and removing a phenolic byproduct to produce a poly(carbonate-co-urea) copolymer, wherein the urea and dihydroxy compounds are reacted in a molar ratio: (total moles of urea compound)/((total moles of urea compound)+(total moles of dihydroxy compound)) of less than or equal to 0.5.