Abstract: A process for producing unsaturated polyester microparticles comprising: melt-mixing an unsaturated polyester and an oil in an extruder; washing the microparticles with an organic solvent to reduce the amount of oil; and removing the organic solvent to form the microparticles.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition includes: a polyester resin; a white pigment; a core-shell structured impact modifier; and a modified polyolefin resin. Exemplary compositions include polycyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate; titanium oxide; a core-shell structured impact modifier wherein the core includes a silicon and/or acrylic compound and the shell includes an acrylic compound; and a copolymer of ethylene and an alkyl (meth)acrylate comonomer. The thermoplastic resin composition and a molded article formed from the same can exhibit excellent properties in terms of reflectance, reflectance maintenance at high temperature, and/or flexural strength.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for solid-state polycondensation of polyesters, preferably polyethylene terephthalate and/or copolymers thereof. The method and apparatus are both characterized by a solid-state polycondensation being performed with polyester prepolymer particles in a reaction chamber in which an absolute pressure is in the range from 10 mbar to 200 mbar, and a process gas flow in the range of an R-value of 0.005 to 0.05. The polycondensation is carried out over a time of from 2 to 30 hours and at a temperature of from 180° C. to 5° below a crystalline melting point of the polyester prepolymer particles in order to achieve an intrinsic viscosity of from 0.70 to 0.95 dl/g. The R value is defined as a ratio of an hourly amount of process gas (in kg) flowing through the reaction space to an hourly amount of polymer (in kg) flowing through the reaction space: R = m ? ( gas ) ? / ? h m ? ( polymer ) ? / ? h .

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and organic electroluminescent devices containing a cathode, an anode, and an organic layer, wherein the organic layer containing the compounds of formula (I) are disclosed.

Abstract: A cyclic ester, for example 3,6-bis[2-(methylthio)ethyl]-1,4-dioxane-2,5-dione, is mixed, in an organic solvent, with an alkyl aluminum compound represented by a formula [I]: Rn Al X3-n, for example trimethyl aluminum, triethyl aluminum, tri-isobutyl aluminum, tri-n-hexyl aluminum, tri-n-butyl aluminum, tri-n-octyl aluminum, diethyl aluminum chloride, ethyl aluminum sesquichloride, ethyl aluminum dichloride, or diisobutyl aluminum hydride. The resulting mixture is then mixed with at least one ring-opening polymerization catalyst selected from the group consisting of a dialkyl zinc and a dialkyl magnesium to allow ring-opening polymerization of the cyclic ester, thereby obtaining a polyester.

Abstract: A polyester resin composition and a molded article produced using the same. The polyester resin composition includes: (A) two polyester resins including an aliphatic ring structure and having different trans/cis isomer ratios in the aliphatic ring; (B) a white pigment; and (C) an inorganic filler, wherein the polyester resin composition has a crystallization temperature (Tc) of about 230° C. to about 250° C., as measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) while cooling the resin composition at a cooling rate of ?100° C./min.

Abstract: Disclosed are aliphatic-aromatic biodegradable polyesters obtained from aliphatic dicarboxylic acids, polyfunctional aromatic acids of renewable origin and particularly 2,5-furan dicarboxylic acid, and diols. Also disclosed are blends of the polyesters with other biodegradable polymers of either natural or synthetic origin. The polyesters have properties and viscosity values that make them suitable, after adjusting their molecular weight, for use in numerous practical applications such as films, injection molded products, extrusion coatings, fibers, foams, thermoformed products, extruded profiles and sheets, extrusion blow molding, injection blow molding, rotomolding, stretch blow molding.

Abstract: Disclosed is a free flowing aqueous composition comprising (a) at least one polyester consisting of the residues of 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-diol; 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl) dimethylolpropionic acid; and at least one polycarboxylic acid and/or a derivative thereof selected from the group consisting of 1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylic, 1,3-cyclohexanedicarboxylic, 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic and adipic acid, wherein said polyester has an acid number in the range of 10 to 100 mg KOH/g, a hydroxyl number in the range of 20 to 120 mg KOH/g and a number average molecular weight of 500 to 5000; (b) at least one neutralizing agent; and (c) water. The composition is useful in aqueous coating compositions.

Abstract: Provided are polyesters selected from i) aliphatic polyesters wherein the dicarboxylic component and the diolic component are both aliphatic, the aliphatic dicarboxylic component comprising at least 20% by moles of 2-methylglutaric acid and up to 80% by moles of at least one second linear aliphatic saturated diacid; and ii) aliphatic-aromatic polyesters having a dicarboxylic component comprising repeating units deriving from at least one polyfunctional aromatic acid and at least one aliphatic diacid, and a diol component comprising repeating units deriving from at least one aliphatic diol, wherein said aliphatic diacid comprises a mixture consisting of at least 30% by moles of 2-methylglutaric acid and up to 70% by moles, with respect to the total moles of the aliphatic dicarboxylic component, of at least one second linear aliphatic saturated aliphatic diacids; and processes for production thereof. The polyesters have great toughness and high elongation at failure values.

Abstract: A dimer fatty acid-polyether-reaction product prepared by reacting a composition containing at least 80 wt % of one or more dimer fatty acids with at least one polyether of application formula (I) in a molar ratio of 0.7/2.3 to 1.6/1.7. The reaction product has a number-average molecular weight of 4800 to 40000 g/mol and an acid number of less than 10 mg KOH/g.

Abstract: A method for preparing a bio-based polycarbonate ester containing a repeating unit according to Formula 1 which comprises residue of Isosorbide and residue of CHDA (1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid).

Abstract: A method for producing a polyester includes: a) preparing a first monomer represented by Formula (1) for example—bis(?-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate (BHET); and b) preparing a second monomer represented by Formula (2) represented by Formula (2)—2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethyl 2-hydroxyethyl terephthalate (BHEET). The prepared first and second monomer are then mixed to form a mixture, and then the mixture is subjected to a pre-polymerization reaction at a first temperature not higher than 230° C. to form a prepolymer while a glycol compound represented by Formula (3) wherein R independently represents hydrogen, a C1-C6 linear or branched alkyl group, or phenyl; is continuously removed by distillation. The method also includes subjecting the prepolymer to a polymerization reaction at a second temperature higher than the first temperature to obtain the polyester.

Abstract: A coating composition comprising (i) a reaction product of two different polyesters, a trimellitic polyanhydride, and a curing agent, for example, an aminoplast; and (ii) an epoxidized polybutadiene polymer. The compositions are useful in coating food and beverage containers, particularly 2-piece cans formed by drawing and redrawing (DRD).

Abstract: A 1,4-butanediol-containing composition having a concentration of 1,4-butanediol of 99.00% by weight or more and not more than 99.99% by weight and containing 2-pyrrolidone or N-methylpyrrolidone in a concentration, as converted into a nitrogen atom, of from 1.0 to 25 ppm by weight and methods of use thereof.

Abstract: A polyester resin composition includes: (A) a polyester resin which includes a polymer of a dicarboxylic acid component including an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, for example but not limited to terephthalic acid, and a diol component including an alicyclic diol, for example but not limited to cyclohexanedimethanol, having a trans/cis isomer ratio of about 2.3 or more; (B) a white pigment; and (C) inorganic fillers. A molded article formed from the polyester resin composition can exhibit improved mechanical properties and moldability, and thus can be suitable for light emitting diode (LED) reflectors.

Abstract: Method for making poly(propylene fumarate) (PPF) polymer made by ring-opening polymerization of propylene oxide and maleic anhydride in the presence of magnesium ethoxide initiator, wherein PPF is specifically designed for us in 3D manufacturing of medical devices. PPF polymers have a number average molecular weight (Mn) of from about 450 Daltons to about 3400 Daltons; a molecular mass distribution (m) of from 1.0 to 2.0; and contains less than 1% w/w of poly(maleic anhydride-co-propylene oxide) polymer chains particularly. PPF polymers are non-toxic, degradable, and resorbable and can be used in tissue scaffolds and medical devices that are implanted within a living organism.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are film, fiber, molding composition and molded article including copolyesters that exhibit improved heat-resistance and thermo-mechanical stability. The copolyester is derived from an aliphatic glycol, an aromatic dicarboxylic acid selected from naphthalene dicarboxylic acid and terephthalic acid, and 5-50 mol % (based on 100 mole % of all glycols) of an additional monomer, bis(2-hydroxyalkyl)-2,2?-(1,4-phenylene)bis(1,3-dioxoisoindoline-5-carboxylate). The aromatic dicarboxylic acid is at least one of naphthalene dicarboxylic acid and terephthalic acid and the aliphatic glycol is selected from C2, C3 or C4 aliphatic diols. Furthermore, the copolyesters have crystallinity of at least 10%.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a titanium containing catalyst, wherein the catalyst includes one or more titanium alpha-hydroxy carboxylate species, e.g., titanium citrate, and one or more titanium oxide species, e.g., TiOx, wherein x is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 2, wherein the sum of all of the above titanium oxide species relative to the sum of all titanium alpha-hydroxy carboxylate species in the titanium containing catalyst is greater than 0 but less than 1.00 mol.-%. The method of production involves, for example, reacting tetraisopropyl orthotitanate with an aqueous solution of citric acid, and removing the byproduct of 2-propanol by distillation. Also disclosed is a method for the production of polyesters by the use of the catalyst.

Abstract: An oligoester composition is disclosed, which is a reaction product of a reactant mixture comprising one or more rosins selected from the group consisting of tall oil rosin and gum rosin; at least 15% by weight of one or more monocarboxylic acids comprising 6-36 carbon atoms; and one or more polyhydric alcohols comprising 2-36 carbon atoms, wherein each hydroxyl group of the polyhydric alcohol is separated from the other hydroxyl groups by at least 2 carbon atoms. A method for preparing an oligoester composition is also provided. Also disclosed is an oligoester composition which is an esterification reaction product of one or more rosins, one or more monocarboxylic acids, one or more polyhydric alcohols, and optionally one or more polycarboxylic acids. The composition has a weight average molecular weight of from 500 g/mol to 8,000 g/mol and a Tg of between ?80° C. and 100° C.

Abstract: An Oligoester composition obtained from a reactant mixture comprising one or more rosin; one or more polyhydric alcohol selected from the group of polyhydric alcohols having from 2 to 30 carbon atoms, and from 0.5 wt. % to 15 wt. %, based on the weight of all reactants, of one or more polyfunctional carboxylic acids selected from cycloaliphatic dicarboxylic polyfunctional carboxylic acids, and wherein the one or more polyhydric alcohol is present in the mixture for preparation of the Oligoester an amount of from 5 wt. % to 35 wt. %, based on the weight of all reactants. Oligoester composition has a hydroxyl value of from 7 mg KOH/g to 40 mg KOH/g and suitable for use in road marking, adhesives or tire tread.