The present invention relates to a polyurethane polymer comprising as part of its polymer backbone an α-oxy carbonyl moiety of general formula (I), where A and B represent the remainder of the polymer backbone and are the same or different, and R is an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon having three or more carbon atoms.
Process for the preparation of lactic acid polyesters
申请人:MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS, Inc.
公开号:EP0603889A2
公开(公告)日:1994-06-29
[Construction]
In a preparation process of a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid comprising carrying out dehydration polycondensation of hydroxycarboxylic acids which contain at least lactic acid in an organic solvent in the presence or in the absence of a catalyst a preparation process of the polyhydroxycarboxylic acid comprising use of a raw material containing ethyllactate of which amount is 0.3 mole % or less to a reduced mole number of the raw material monomer.
[Effect]
A high molecular weight of polyhydroxycarboxylic acid is obtained with ease and with inexpensive industrially by a direct polycondensation of a hydroxycarboxylic acid which contains at least lactic acid.
Polyhydroxycarboxylic acid and purification process thereof
申请人:MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS, Inc.
公开号:EP0591978A2
公开(公告)日:1994-04-13
A purification process of a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid for efficiently removing a catalyst with a simple method from solid polyhydroxycarboxylic acid by bringing the solid polyhydroxycarboxylic acid which is obtained by a catalytic reaction and has an inherent viscosity of 0. 1 to 5. 0 dl/g into contact with an acid substance in the presence of a hydrophilic organic solvent and a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid prepared by direct dehydration polymerization having extremely reduced content of the residual catalyst.
Purification process of polyhydroxycarboxylic acids
申请人:MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS, Inc.
公开号:EP0707024A2
公开(公告)日:1996-04-17
The invention relates to a purification process for polyhydroxycarboxylic acids which comprises dissolving a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid in an water-immiscible phenol or an organic solvent containing said water-immiscible phenol, successively bringing the resulting solution into contact with water which contains an acidic material, separating the organic layer from an aqueous layer, and isolating polyhydroxycarboxylic acid from the organic layer; and the process of the invention can efficiently remove a catalyst contained in polyhydroxycarbo xylic acid prepared in the presence of the catalyst, not always requires to take out polyhydroxycarboxylic acid in the form of a solid, and can treat polyhydroxycarboxylic acid in a higher concentration as compared with the case using chlorinated hydrocarbon as a solvent.
Polyhydroxycarboxylic acid obtained by the purification process of the invention can be used for slow release drugs with safety. Polyhydroxycarboxylic acid of the invention has also excellent mechanical properties, heat resistance and weatherability, and thus is stable in a thermoforming stage, can be molded or processed with ease, and can be used for the material of various kinds of films and workpieces.
The invention relates to a preparation process of aliphatic polyester, comprising using an ion exchange resin as a drying agent and after the dehydration polycondensation reaction, regenerating and drying the used ion exchange resin and repeatedly using said ion exchange resin in the next dehydration polycondensation reaction, in a process for preparing aliphatic polyester from one or more aliphatic compound (A) by heating in an organic solvent in the presence of a catalyst, distilling a generated water containing organic solvent out of the reaction system, treating the distilled organic solvent with a drying agent, and returning the treated solvent to the reaction system to progress a dehydration polycondensation reaction.
The process of the invention enables to steadily and efficiently prepare in industry an aliphatic polyester having an excellent color tone, high molecular weight and high quality.