Abstract: High impact resistant polycarbonate, a process for producing said polycarbonate, and a polycarbonate resin composition are disclosed. This polycarbonate consists of a main chain with a cumylphenoxy group, as a terminal group, bonded to at least one end thereof, said main chain comprising a repeating unit represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## and has a viscosity average molecular weight of at least 10,000 and an acetone soluble content of not more than 3.5 wt %. The polycarbonate can be efficiently produced by the process of the invention. The composition comprises a polycarbonate resin and a specific amount of a phosphorus-based antioxidant.

Abstract: Segmented block copolycarbonates from diphenols and tetrahalogenated diphenols are prepared by phosgenation, under interfacial reaction conditions, initially at a higher pH during which diphenol polycarbonate oligomers are formed, and thereafter at a lower pH during which tetrahalogenated diphenol bischloroformates are formed, followed by copolymerization utilizing an activated pyridine catalyst. Alternatively, diphenol polycarbonate oligomers and tetrahalogenated diphenol chloroformates may be coupled, utilizing an activated pyridine catalyst, to prepare segmented block copolycarbonates.

Abstract: The invention relates to thermoplastic polycarbonate mixtures containing aromatic polycarbonates and aliphatic polycarbonates and, optionally, stabilizers, pigments, mold release agents, flameproofing agents and/or antistatic agents. The invention also relates to a process for the production of the polycarbonate mixtures.

Abstract: A composition sufficiently irradiated to achieve sterilization comprising:(i) at least one aromatic carbonate resin; and(ii) an antiyellowing upon exposure to sterilizing irradiation effective amount of at least one effective epoxide compound.

Abstract: Thermoplastic branched polycarbonate resins are prepared by equilibration of linear aromatic polycarbonate with polyhydric phenol having more than two hydroxy groups in the presence of a catalyst.

Abstract: The invention is a polymeric composition comprising a blend of a linear alternating polymer of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon with a polycarbonate.

Abstract: A method for preparing novel poly(aryl ether)-(poly aryl carbonate) block copolymers by the decarboxylation of copolycarbonates prepared by the condensation of two different aromatic dihydroxy compounds and a carbonate precursor such as phosgene. At least one of the aromatic diols must have at least one electron-withdrawing group located in a position ortho or para to at least one of its hydroxy groups and at least one of the diols must not have any electron-withdrawing groups in a position ortho or para to either of its hydroxy groups. The method is particularly effective in making crystalline block copolymers.

Abstract: Poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahl polymers containing two or more acid-terminal moieties are disclosed. Acid-terminal polyahls provided herein are useful as surfactants or as intermediates for the syntheses of other polymers.

Abstract: Novel acid-functional poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahls and their salts having surfactant activities are disclosed. These polyahls have, on the average, at least about 0.05 and up to about and including one hydrophilic terminus per molecule and can be produced by the reaction of a random non-ionic poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahl obtained by reacting a monofunctional alcohol, mercaptan, carboxylic acid, primary or secondary amine, alkyl substituted phenol or alkoxylates thereof with an alkylene carbonate and/or an alkylene oxide and/or carbon dioxide and/or a poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahl, and admixing a compound capable of adding an acidic end group thereto. Novel anionic poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahls are also disclosed. Surfactant compositions comprising the acid-functional polyahls of the invention and other non-ionic surfactants are also disclosed. Moreover, surfactant compositions comprising the novel acid-functional polyahls and other anionic surfactants are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a polyarylene thioether of high crystallizing rate having a necessary time for 50% crystallization of not more than 50 seconds upon crystallization of a molten polymer at 250.degree. C. as well as a production process therefor.

Abstract: A process for enhancing the fabrication of thermoplastic polymers entailing the addition of from 0.01 to 1 part, per hundred parts of thermoplastic polymer, of a processing aid, said processing aid comprising a processing additive, such as a silicone or a polyol, and a processing adjuvant, such as a phosphate.

Abstract: Polycarbonate prepolymers are produced by adding phosgene, one or more dihydric phenols, a halogenated organic solvent, and an aqueous caustic solution together with mixing in motionless mixers to form fine dispersions of partially phosgenated phenols, allowing for interfacial reactions to occur in residence time sections and repeating the steps after the addition of caustic to form high molecular weight prepolymers. These prepolymers are then polymerized with amines to form high molecular weight polycarbonates.

Abstract: A method for the preparation of polycarbonate resins bearing terminal ester groups comprises the interfacial polymerization of a dihydric phenol with a carbonyl halide in the presence of a molecular weight controlling proportion of a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrocarbyl group amenable to beta-elimination upon thermolytic degradation. The product resins are useful as intermediates in the preparation of copolymers with, for example, polyamides.

Abstract: A composition essentially free of polyester which comprises an admixture ofa. about 1 to 96 weight percent of an aromatic polycarbonate, andb. about 4 to 99 weight percent of a graft modified polyphenylene ether, said modification being the residue of a reaction between a non-endcapped polyphenylene ether with a compound selected from the group consisting of aliphatic unsaturated dicarboxylic acids, aliphatic unsaturated dicarboxylic acid precursors, aliphatic unsaturated dicarboxylic acid ester precursors, and aliphatic unsaturated dicarboxylic acid esters, the total weight percent being the combination of the aromatic polycarbonate and graft modified polyphenylene ether.

Abstract: A method for the preparation of polycarbonate resins bearing terminal hydroxy ester groups comprises the interfacial polymerization of a dihydric phenol with a carbonyl halide in the presence of a molecular weight controlling proportion of a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R represents alkylene of 1 to about 12 carbons. The novel product resins are useful as intermediate in the preparation of copolymers with, for example, polyesteramides.

Abstract: New polymeric compositions comprising polyether-polycarbonate-polyether triblock copolymers and a method of preparation comprising reacting a monohydroxy polyether in an organic with a carbonate precursor such as phosgene, adding the resultant mixture to a dihydric compound such as bisphenol A, water, an organic solvent and an acid acceptor, controlling the pH of the polymerizing mixture at about 11 and, after the polymerization is complete, decreasing the pH to about 8 and recovering the product.

Abstract: A resinous composition for coating use which is excellent in weather resistance and in low temperature curing properties, comprising a resin having resinous acid value based on carboxyl groups derived from its constituting tetrachlorophthalic acid of 2 to 8, a resinous acid value based on sulfonic acid groups derived from its constituting sulfophthalic acid of 0.5 to 5, and a functional group capable of reacting with a crosslinking agent to be compounded with the resin. The present resin is useful, in the combination form with a crosslinking agent, as a resinous vehicle of a coating composition which is excellent in curing properties, weather resistance, pigment dispersibility and storage stability and is specifically useful as an intermediate or top coat paint for automobile bodies or the like.

Abstract: Thermoplastic materials may be functionalized and then blended with polyamides to form compatible products which contain a copolymer of the functionalized material and the polyamide.

Abstract: Solid polymeric stabilizer compounds are disclosed comprising an organic polymeric matrix, to which are linked groups containing a sterically hindered aminic function, the organic polymeric matrix being a polymeric matrix of a vinyl-aromatic, aromatic with heteroatoms, dienic or olefinic polymer, containing hydrogen atoms replaceable by metal atoms, the groups containing the sterically hindered aminic function replacing, at least partially, said replaceable-by-metal hydrogen atoms of the matrix.Also disclosed are processes for the preparation of said solid polymeric stabilizers and stabilized polymeric compositions comprising an organic polymer and a stabilizing amount of said solid polymeric stabilizers.

Abstract: Modified poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahls comprising the residue of at least one polyahl, at least one modifier, poly(alkyleneoxy) units, poly(alkylene carbonate) units, and a plurality of active hydrogen end groups are disclosed. The modifed polyahls have an average molecular weight higher than any known polyahls containing at least the same weight percent modifier and the same poly(alkyleneoxy) and poly(alkylene carbonate) residues. Also disclosed are isocyanate-functional prepolymer compositions of these modified poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahls, which contain the residue of at least one modified poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahl of this invention and excess organic polyisocyanate units. Urethane/urea polymers formed by the reactions of the isocyanate-functional prepolymers with polyahls are also disclosed.

Abstract: Extrusion of solutions of aromatic polyesters and aromatic polyphosphonates gives copolyphosphonates with improved notched impact strength.

Abstract: Polyphenylene ether-polycarbonate copolymers are prepared by reacting a polyphenylene ether, preferably one which has been acid-functionalized by reaction with a compound such as maleic anhydride or fumaric acid, with an aromatic polycarbonate at a temperature of at least about 175.degree. C. in the presence of a polycarbonate-forming transesterification catalyst, typically a tetraalkyl titanate or a tetraalkylammonium tetraphenylborate. Under these conditions, the polycarbonate chain is cleaved and fragments thereof are chemically bonded to the polyphenylene ether.

Abstract: Thermally stable polymers may be cross-linked by appending biphenylene moieties to the polymer backbone, then heating the modified polymer at a temperature in excess of about 300.degree. C. The cross-link density of the cured polymer can be controlled by varying the relative population of biphenylene moieties on the polymer backbone. Properties of the modified but uncured polymer are essentially the same as those in the original thermally stable polymer.

Abstract: A solution of a non-reactive polymer in a liquid oxazoline which may include a reactive additive such as a polyisocyanate to provide solid polymers by interpolymerization of the oxazoline and reactive additive are described.

Abstract: The intrinsic viscosity of a high molecular weight aromatic polycarbonate resin is reduced and the melt processability is concomitantly enhanced by the inclusion of a small amount of a fatty acid or acids. The mixture of polymer and acid is more readily extrudable, without detriment to other desirable physical and chemical properties.

Abstract: Fluid compositions capable of crosslinking in ambient humidity to form elastomeric products are disclosed, comprising:(A) an elastomeric aliphatic polycarbonate;(B) an organic compound containing at least two N.dbd.C< groups, selected from bisketimines, bisketiminoenamines and bisketiminosilazanes;(C) a tertiary amine with stress nitrogen bonded to a ketiminic carbon atom, preferably a bicyclic ketimine.

Abstract: A denture-base made of a thermoplastic resin compound which comprises polysulfone resins (A) and a resin (B) selected from the group consisting of polycarbonates, polyester carbonates, aromatic polyester copolymers and their mixtures, is excellent in mechanical properties and compatibility with acrylic resins, firmly implants artificial dentures of acrylic resin, and is readily repaired by use of repair materials of acrylic resin.

Abstract: Novel acid-functional poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahls and their salts having surfactant activities are disclosed. These polyahls have, on the average, at least about 0.05 and up to about and including one hydrophilic terminus per molecule and can be produced by the reaction of a random non-ionic poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahl obtained by reacting a monofunctional alcohol, mercaptan, carboxylic acid, primary or secondary amine, alkyl substituted phenol or alkoxylates thereof with an alkylene carbonate and/or an alkylene oxide and/or carbon dioxide and/or a poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahl, and admixing a compound capable of adding an acidic end group thereto. Novel anionic poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahls are also disclosed. Surfactant compositions comprising the acid-functional polyahls of the invention and other non-ionic surfactants are also disclosed. Moreover, surfactant compositions comprising the novel acid-functional polyahls and other anionic surfactants are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed are new poly(ester-ether-carbonates) which may be prepared by heating aromatic diol polycarbonates and poly(ester-carbonates) with ethylene carbonate, optionally in the presence of a suitable catalyst or promoter.

Abstract: A transparent adhesive coating or film based on polyurethane. A polyurethane formed from at least one aliphatic or cycloaliphatic diisocyanate, at least one polyol chosen from among the polyether diols, the polycaprolactone diols, the polycarbonate diols, and the polybutadiene diols, and at least one bifunctional chain-lengthening agent containing an aromatic nucleus.

Abstract: An aromatic carbonate resin comprised of:(i) at least one recurring structural unit represented by the formula ##STR1## (ii) at least one recurring structural unit selected from structural units represented by the formulae ##STR2## wherein R is independently selected from halogen, monovalent hydrocarbon, and monovalent hydrocarbonoxy radicals;W is selected from divalent hydrocarbon radicals, --O--, --S--, --S--S--, ##STR3## A is a divalent residue of at least one conjugated alkadiene and has a weight average molecular weight of at least about 600,m is independently selected from integers having a value of from 0 to 4, andb is either zero or one.The carbonate resin contains an amount of (ii) at least effective to improve the impact properties thereof.

Abstract: Polyester-phosphonates, polycarbonatophosphonates and polyester-carbonatophosphonates having improved impact strength and notched impact strength as compared with melt-condensation products can be prepared in such a way that, in the first stage, oligophosphonates with hydroxyl end groups are prepared by melt-transesterification and melt-condensation and these are subjected in a second stage to a phase boundary process.

Abstract: This invention relates to moldable polycarbonate compositions and in particular to moldable polycarbonates which have ordered, alternating repeating units derived from bis-(3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)sulfone (TMBS) and 2,2-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane (Bisphenol A) dihaloformate, or ordered, alternating repeating units derived from bis-(3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) sulfone (TMBS) dihaloformate and a bisphenol compound such as 2,2-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane (Bisphenol A). Such polycarbonate exhibit improved hydrolytic stability and also excellent processability in molding applications.

Abstract: Cyclic polycarbonate oligomers are polymerized to linear polycarbonates by contact with a catalyst comprising a polymer containing alkali metal phenoxide moieties. Said polymer is preferably a polycarbonate and the alkali metal is preferably lithium. The catalyst polymer may be prepared by the reaction of a polymer with phenolic moieties with an alkali metal base such as lithium phenoxide at a temperature in the range of about 200.degree.-300.degree. C.

Abstract: A process for the modification of alkyl halogenated polyarylenes with a derivative compound comprising the steps of forming a mixture of the derivative compound with a phase transfer catalyst, wherein the derivative compound has the formulaH--Z or M--Tand Z is derived from a compound selected from the group consisting of water or alcohols, thiols, amines, iminos and imides containing at least one O, N or S atom bonded to the H, M is Na or K and T is derived from a compound selected from the group consisting of cyanides, iminos, imides, carboxyls and hydroxyl; combining the mixture with the alkyl halogenated polyarylene in an organic solvent to form a second mixture; agitating the second mixture until the desired degree of substitution has taken place and thereafter separating the modified polyarylene which contains a Z or a T group.

Abstract: A coating composition is composed of a material or mixture of materials adapted to provide a source of:(i) carbonate moieties;(ii) isocyanate groups; and(iii) phosphatized polyepoxide essentially free of oxirane groups.The coating composition has excellent elongation and is particularly useful as a coating applied directly to metal. The coating composition is also useful as a primer in the preparation of multilayer coatings having good flexibility.

Abstract: A coating composition has as its principal constituents(i) an isocyanate terminated urethane containing material; and(ii) a phosphatized polyepoxide essentially free of oxirane groups.The coating composition has excellent elongation and is particularly useful as a coating applied directly to metal. The coating composition is also useful as a primer in the preparation of multilayer coatings having good flexibility.

Abstract: A process for modifying a poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahl, which comprises reacting the poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahl, with at least one modifier having at least one active hydrogen moiety or cyclic anhydride, optionally in the presence of a catalyst under transesterification conditions to form a modified poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahl wherein the modifier is chemically bonded to the backbone of the poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahl.

Abstract: The invention is a process for modifying and increasing the molecular weight of a poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahl, which comprises contacting the poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahl, with at least one modifier having a plurality of moieties that are reactive with the carbonate and/or acting hydrogen moieties of the poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahl at elevated temperatures and at a pressure at which at least one compound other than a monoalkylene glycol which compound is at least as volatile as a tetraethylene glycol is removed in the gaseous state from the poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahl.

Abstract: A process for the addition of pendant groups to polyarylenes comprises the steps of charging a reaction vessel with a solution of a polyarylene and a Friedel-Crafts catalyst; said polyarylene having the formula ##STR1## adding to the reaction vessel a pendant forming group G, wherein G is selected from the group consisting of sulfonyl halides, sulfonamide halides, alkylhalides, acylhalides and phosphorus acid halides; heating the contents of the reaction vessel to form a substituted polyarylene having the formula ##STR2## and thereafter recovering the substituted polyarylene. The substituted polyarylenes are novel and have utility as a semipermeable membrane and a process for the separation of gases therewith is also provided.

Abstract: A polycarbonate resin composition comprising a blend of (A) 1 to 90% by weight of a polycarbonate resin derived from 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane and (B) 10 to 99% by weight of a polycarbonate resin derived from 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethane, the amounts of (A) and (B) being based on the total weight of (A) and (B). The composition has improved impact strength and melt flowability while retaining the excellent transparency and heat deformation resistance of the polycarbonate resin (A).

Abstract: High molecular weight thermoplastic aromatic carbonate resin exhibiting improved impact properties comprised of the polymerized reaction products of:(i) at least one dihydric phenol;(ii) a carbonate precursor; and(iii) an amount effective to improve the impact properties of said resin of at least one polymer represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein A represents a divalent residue of at least one polymerized and partially hydrogenated conjugated alkadiene monomer and has a weight average molecular weight of at least about 600, and X is independently selected from halogen radicals.

Abstract: An adhesive layer used in the manufacture of laminated glasses. The layer comprises a cold polymerizable polyurethane formed from an isocyanate component comprising a monoisocyanate with a double ethylene bond and from a polyol component and at least one polymerization initiator.

Abstract: A process for the addition of pendant groups to polyarylenes comprises the steps of charging a reaction vessel with a solution of a polyarylene and a Friedel-Crafts catalysts; said polyarylene having the formula ##STR1## adding to the reaction vessel a pendant forming group G, wherein G is selected from the group consisting of sulfonyl halides, sulfonamide halides, alkylhalides, acylhalides and phosphorus acid halides; heating the contents of the reaction vessel to form a substituted polyarylene having the formula ##STR2## and thereafter recovering the substituted polyarylene. The substituted polyarylenes are novel and have utility as a semipermeable membrane and a process for the separation of gases therewith is also provided.

Abstract: An adhesive layer used in the manufacture of laminated glasses. The layer comprises a cold-polymerizable polyurethane formed from an isocyanate component selected from among the aliphatic isocyanates, cycloaliphatic isocyanates, and aliphatic-aromatic isocyanates, from a polyol component comprising at least one long polyol, at least one short diol and at least one mono-alcohol with a molecular weight of less than 300 with a double ethylene bond in its formula and at least one polymerization initiator.

Abstract: Block copolymers of the general formula --polycarbonate--G--polyether glycol-- wherein G is an ester aromatic carbonate and/or an ester-ester linkage, substantially free of aliphatic ether linkages are thermally stable in comparison with prior art block copolymers. They form compatible blends with a number of other thermoplastic resins to produce molded articles with improved resiliency. The block copolymers are produced from novel terminally functional end capped polyalkylene glycols.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aromatic polyester(carbonate)s with end groups of the formula (Ib) ##STR1## optionally mixed with known aromatic polyester(carbonate)s, their preparation by the phase boundary process or in homogeneous solution and their modification by irradiation.

Abstract: Carbonate polymers containing at least one terminal group represented by the general formula ##STR1## wherein R and R.sup.1 are independently selected from hydrogen and monovalent hydrocarbon radicals.

Abstract: Compositions comprising polyester or polycarbonate having reacted therein a total of from about 1.0 to about 5,000 parts by weight per million parts by weight of polyester of at least one UV absorbing compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is alkyl or the like, X is carbonyl or sulfonyl, R.sup.1 is hydrogen or a substituent, and Y and Z are hydrogen or substituents such as cyano or alkoxycarbonyl, with the provision that at least one of R, R.sup.1, Y, and Z is, or forms part of, or contains one or more reactive groups capable of undergoing a condensation reaction under polyester forming conditions, such that the UV absorbing compound is reacted into the polymer. The compound has a maximum light absorbance within the range of from about 320 nm to about 380 nm, which is nonextractable from the polyester and stable under the polyester processing conditions, for imparting UV screening properties to the polymer.

Abstract: Substantially linear, segmented polyester-amides are disclosed which contain aromatic residues in the hard segments and as soft segments the residues of polycarbonate diols of molecular weight from about 400 to about 4000.The polymers are characterized by the unexpected combination of excellent hydrolytic stability, thermal stability, and low temperature flexibility.