The present invention addresses the problem of providing a method for continuously and effectively producing an aliphatic polyester having an increased molecular weight by preventing evaporation of a diisocyanate when blending the diisocyanate with an aliphatic polyester prepolymer in a molten state at a temperature not lower than the melting point thereof so that the diisocyanate and the aliphatic polyester prepolymer are uniformly blended.
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention provides a method for producing an aliphatic polyester having an increased molecular weight comprising the steps of (i) quantitatively injecting a diisocyanate into an aliphatic polyester prepolymer which has a number average molecular weight of 5,000 or higher and has terminal hydroxyl groups and in which at least one acid component is a succinic acid compound, in a melting state at a temperature not lower than the melting point thereof wherein the amount of the diisocyanate is equivalent to between one tenth and two times the amount of hydroxyl groups in the aliphatic polyester prepolymer, (ii) quantitatively and continuously introducing the diisocyanate-containing aliphatic polyester prepolymer obtained at the step (i) into a mixing tank, discharging same from the mixing tank under stirring and supplying it to a coupling reaction tank, and (iii) reacting the aliphatic polyester prepolymer with the diisocyanate in the coupling reaction tank.
本发明要解决的问题是提供一种方法,通过防止二
异氰酸酯与脂肪族聚酯预聚物在不低于其熔点的温度下以熔融状态混合时二
异氰酸酯的蒸发,使二
异氰酸酯与脂肪族聚酯预聚物均匀混合,从而连续有效地生产出分子量增加的脂肪族聚酯。
为了解决上述问题,本发明提供了一种生产分子量增大的脂肪族聚酯的方法,该 方法包括以下步骤:(i) 将二
异氰酸酯定量注入脂肪族聚酯预聚物中,该预聚物的平 均分子量为 5000 或更高,具有末端羟基,其中至少一种酸组分为
丁二酸化合物、在不低于其熔点的温度下处于熔融状态,其中二
异氰酸酯的量相当于脂肪族聚酯预聚物中羟基量的十分之一到两倍、(ii) 将步骤(i)中获得的含二
异氰酸酯的脂肪族聚酯预聚物定量、连续地引入混合罐中,在搅拌下将其从混合罐中排出,并将其供应到偶联反应罐中,以及 (iii) 在偶联反应罐中使脂肪族聚酯预聚物与二
异氰酸酯反应。