PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF CYCLIC ESTERS AND METHOD FOR PURIFICATION OF THE SAME
申请人:KUREHA KAGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
公开号:EP1310496A1
公开(公告)日:2003-05-14
The present invention provides a process for production of a cyclic ester by depolymerization of an aliphatic polyester. In the process, a mixture containing the aliphatic polyester and a specific polyalkylene glycol ether, which has a boiling point of 230-450°C and a molecular weight of 150-450, is heated under normal or reduced pressure to a temperature at which depolymerization of the aliphatic polyester takes place. Then, a substantially homogeneous solution phase, consisting of the melt phase of the aliphatic polyester and the liquid phase of the polyalkylene glycol ether, is formed. Heating of the solution phase is continued to form the cyclic ester by depolymerization and distil out the cyclic ester together with the polyalkylene glycol ether, and then the cyclic ester is recovered from the distillate. The present invention also provides a process for purification of a crude cyclic ester by use of the specific polyalkylene glycol ether described above.
本发明提供了一种通过脂肪族聚酯解聚生产环酯的工艺。在该工艺中,将含有脂肪族聚酯和特定聚亚烷基乙二醇醚(沸点为 230-450°C,分子量为 150-450)的混合物在常压或减压下加热至脂肪族聚酯发生解聚的温度。然后形成基本均匀的溶液相,该溶液相由脂肪族聚酯的熔体相和聚亚烷基二醇醚的液相组成。继续加热溶液相,通过解聚作用形成环酯,并将环酯和聚烷基乙二醇醚一起蒸馏出来,然后从蒸馏物中回收环酯。本发明还提供了一种通过使用上述特定聚亚烷基二醇醚提纯粗环酯的工艺。