Poly(arylene sulfide) oligomers are recovered in a process comprising steps of:
(a) dehydrating an aqueous admixture of alkali metal hydroxide such as sodium hydroxide, and alkali metal bisulfide such as sodium bisulfide, in a polar organic solvent such as N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), wherein the molar ratio of alkali metal hydroxide to alkali metal bisulfide is about 0.90:1 to about 1.05:1 prior to dehydration and 0.99:1 to about 1.05:1 after dehydration;
(b) reaction of at least one polyhalo-substituted aromatic compound such as p-dichlorobenzene with the mixture from step (a) under a polymerization conditions to produce a reaction mixture;
(c) addition of a phase separation agent such as water, to the reaction mixture to produce a phase-separated poly(arylene sulfide) mixture;
(d) cooling the mixture from step (c) to produce a slurry of particulate poly(arylene sulfide) and poly(arylene sulfide) oligomers in a liquid;
(e) separating particulate poly(arylene sulfide) from the slurry of step (d) leaving a dispersion of poly(arylene sulfide) oligomers in a liquid; and
(f) filtering the dispersion of step (e) to recover the poly(arylene sulfide) oligomers therefrom.
聚芳基
硫醚低聚物的回收工艺包括以下步骤
(a) 在极性有机溶剂如 N-甲基-
2-吡咯烷酮(
NMP)中使碱
金属氢氧化物(如氢化
钠)和碱
金属
硫化氢(如
硫化氢钠)的
水混合物脱
水,其中碱
金属氢氧化物与碱
金属
硫化氢的摩尔比在脱
水前约为 0.90:1 至约 1.05:1,在脱
水后为 0.99:1 至约 1.05:1;
(b) 在聚合条件下,将至少一种多卤代芳香族化合物如对二
氯苯与步骤(a)的混合物反应,生成反应混合物;
(c) 向反应混合物中加入相分离剂,如
水,生成相分离的聚芳基
硫醚混合物;
(d) 冷却步骤(c)中的混合物,生成液体中的颗粒状聚(芳基
硫醚)和聚(芳 基
硫醚)低聚物浆料;
(e) 从步骤(d)的淤浆中分离出颗粒状聚(芳基
硫醚),留下液体中的聚(芳基
硫醚)低聚物分散液;以及
(f) 过滤步骤(e)的分散液,从中回收聚(
丙烯基
硫醚)低聚物。