Polycarbonates having a high level of endcapping and containing a low level of Fries rearrangement product are prepared from dihydroxy aromatic compounds, such as bisphenol A, and diaryl carbonates such as diphenyl carbonate in a two stage process involving a tetraalkyl phosphonium carboxylate catalyzed oligomerization of the reactants in a first reaction stage followed by the addition of an alkali metal hydroxide co-catalyst in the second stage of the polymerization reaction. The late addition of the co-catalyst provides improved polymerization reaction rates as judged by higher polycarbonate molecular weights. The amount of alkali metal hydroxide co-catalyst is small thus avoiding the formation of excessive amounts of Fries product. The method has been used to provide Fries product levels between 200 and 800 parts per million in polycarbonates having M
n
values between 7,500 and 8,500 Daltons.
聚
碳酸酯具有较高的端封性,并含有较少的弗里斯重排产物,由双
酚 A 等二羟基芳香族化合物和
碳酸二芳基酯(如
碳酸二苯酯)通过两步法制备而成,其中第一反应阶段采用四烷基
鏻羧酸酯催化反应物的低聚物,第二聚合反应阶段加入碱
金属氢氧化物助催化剂。根据较高的聚
碳酸酯分子量判断,后期添加助催化剂可提高聚合反应速率。碱
金属氢氧化物助催化剂的用量很少,因此可避免形成过量的弗里斯产物。该方法可使聚
碳酸酯中的 Fries 产物含量介于百万分之 200 至 800 之间,其 M
n
值介于 7,500 和 8,500 道尔顿之间的聚
碳酸酯中,提供介于百万分之 200 和 800 之间的弗里斯产品。