Described as one aspect of the invention are polyesters comprising
(a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising:
(i) 70 to 100 mole % of terephthalic acid residues;
(ii) 0 to 30 mole % of aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 20 carbon atoms; and
(iii) 0 to 10 mole % of aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 16 carbon atoms; and
(b) a glycol component comprising:
(i) about 10 to about 90 mole % of ethylene glycol residues; and
(ii) about 90 to about 10 mole % of cyclohexanedimethanol residues;
(II) residues of at least one titanium compound; and
(III) at least one chelating phosphorus species, reaction products thereof, or mixtures thereof, represented by the structure:
wherein:
n=an integer from 1 to 4;
R can be hydrogen or C
1
-C
22
-alkyl; and
R1 and R2 each can be hydrogen, C
1
-C
22
-alkyl, hydroxyl, or aryl;
wherein the total mole % of the dicarboxylic acid component is 100 mole %,
wherein the total mole % of the glycol component is 100 mole %; and
wherein the inherent viscosity of the polyester is from 0.35 to 1.2 dL/g as determined in 60/40 (wt/wt) phenol/tetrachloroethane at a concentration of 0.25 g/50 ml at 25° C.
本发明的一方面是聚酯,包括(a) 包括:(i) 70到100摩尔%的
对苯二甲酸残基;(ii) 长度最多为20个碳原子的芳香族二元酸残基,占0到30摩尔%;(iii) 长度最多为16个碳原子的脂肪族二元酸残基,占0到10摩尔%;以及(b) 包括:(i) 约10到约90摩尔%的
乙二醇残基;(ii) 约90到约10摩尔%的环己二
甲醇残基;(II) 至少一种
钛化合物残基;(III) 至少一种螯合
磷物种、其反应产物或其混合物,其结构表示为:其中:n为1到4的整数;R可以是氢或C1-C22烷基;R1和R2可以是氢、C1-C22烷基、羟基或芳基;其中,二元酸组分的总摩尔%为100摩尔%,
乙二醇组分的总摩尔%为100摩尔%;聚酯的固有粘度在25℃下,在60/40(重量/重量)
苯酚/四
氯乙烷中以0.25g/50ml浓度测定为0.35到1.2 dL/g。