Method of manufacturing polycarbonate using the melting ester interchange method

• Main Authors: HAESE WILFRIED, MEYER ALEXANDER
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 27.03.2013
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONSONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP

Preparing polycarbonate by the melt transesterification involves, reacting a dihydroxyaryl compound with a diarylcarbonate in the presence of catalyst in a multistage process; where at least one inhibitor is added to the melt before the last reaction stage and at least one aliphatic hydroxydicarboxylic acid(s) and/or hydroxypolycarboxylic acid(s) or its derivative(s) are added in or after the last reaction stage. An independent claim is included for an optical disc having mean electric field strength of -20 to +20 kV/m and a field strength variation of less than 15 kV/m and comprising the polycarbonate containing at least one aliphatic hydroxydicarboxylic acid and/or hydroxypolycarboxylic acid or its derivative (5-500 parts per million (ppm)), and a phenolic terminal OH groups content of greater than 150 ppm.