申请人:Kureha Corporation
公开号:US20200392102A1
公开(公告)日:2020-12-17
In a method for producing a cyclic ester according to an embodiment of the present invention, a mixture (I) containing an aliphatic polyester, a specific polyalkylene glycol diether, and a sulfonic acid compound as a thermal stabilizer is prepared and heated in predetermined conditions to obtain a mixture (II) in a state of solution. Furthermore, heating of the mixture (II) is continued to distill, together with the polyalkylene glycol diether, a cyclic ester formed by the depolymerization reaction, and thus a distillate (III) is obtained. The cyclic ester is recovered from the distillate (III). At this time, a specific solubilizing agent is added to at least one of the mixture (I) or (II). In this production method, the sulfonic acid compound as the thermal stabilizer is contained in the mixtures (I) and (II) and the distillate (III).
根据本发明实施例的一种制备环酯的方法中,制备含有脂肪族聚酯、特定聚烷基醚二醇和磺酸化合物作为热稳定剂的混合物(I),并在预定条件下加热,得到处于溶液状态的混合物(II)。此外,继续加热混合物(II)以蒸馏,与聚烷基醚二醇一起蒸馏出由去聚合反应形成的环酯,从而得到馏出物(III)。从馏出物(III)中回收环酯。此时,在混合物(I)或(II)中至少添加一种特定的溶解剂。在此生产方法中,磺酸化合物作为热稳定剂被包含在混合物(I)、(II)和馏出物(III)中。