FREMGANGSMAADE TIL FREMSTILLING AF POLYPHENYLENOXID

• Main Authors: PENCZEK, IRENA, BIALY, JAN, DOBKOWSKI, ZBI-GNIEW
• Format: Patent
• Language: Danish
• Published: 30.08.1993
• Edition: 5
• 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

Process for the production of polyphenylenexoxide, in which:- oxygen, or a gas containing molecular oxygen is fed into a liquid reaction medium, solvent of the 2,6-xylenol and of the catalyst cupric salt complexed with an organic base, but nor solvent or substantially not solvent of the polyphenyleneoxide;- from time to time samples are collected of the reaction mixture, said samples are treated with a liquid solvent, capable of dissolving polyphenyleneoxide and of stopping the growth of the macromolecules, until a clear and homogeneous solution is obtained;- the through time of the so obtained solution is measured in a capillary tube viscometer and the value is determined of the viscosity and/of the molecular weight of polyphenyleneoxide by the comparison with standard values; and- on the basis of the so determined value of the viscosity and or of the polyphenyleneoxide molecular weight interventions are effected on the oxidative polymerizing reaction of 2,6-xylenol.