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Arylene sulfide polymer preparation
Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Co
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Filing: 1982-02-16
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Granted: 1983-07-12
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Expires: 2002-02-16
Abstract
Abstract A method for producing arylene sulfide polymer in which a reaction mixture containing at least one polyhalo-substituted aromatic compound, at least one organic amide, at least one alkali metal carboxylate, H 2 S and water in an amount up to 5 weight percent of the total of the reaction mixture components is contacted at polymerization conditions for a time sufficient to produce polymer. In a preferred embodiment, at least one alkali metal carboxylate is present in the reaction mixture.
Inventors
- 👤 James T. Edmonds, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 13:43
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08G; C08G75/00; C08G75/02; C08G75/0204; C08G75/025; C08G75/0272
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
77 words
A method for producing polymers comprising: (a) contacting at polymerization conditions a reaction mixture consisting essentially of: (1) at least one polyhalo-substituted aromatic compound, (2) at least one organic amide, (3) at least one alkali metal carbonate, (4) H 2 S, and (5) water in an amount up to 5 weight percent of the total of the other reaction mixture components, and (b) maintaining said reaction mixture at polymerization conditions for a time sufficient to produce polymer.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
77 words
A method for producing polymers comprising: (a) contacting at polymerization conditions a reaction mixture consisting essentially of: (1) at least one polyhalo-substituted aromatic compound, (2) at least one organic amide, (3) at least one alkali metal carbonate, (4) H 2 S, and (5) water in an amount up to 5 weight percent of the total of the other reaction mixture components, and (b) maintaining said reaction mixture at polymerization conditions for a time sufficient to produce polymer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method of claim 1 wherein at least one alkali metal carboxylate is present in the reaction mixture.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
103 words
A method of claim 1 wherein said polyhalo aromatic compound is chosen from among compounds represented by the formula ##STR2## where each X is selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, and iodine, and each R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and hydrocarbyl in which the hydrocarbyl is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, and combination thereof, with the total number of carbon atoms in each molecule being within the range of 6 to about 24, and with the proviso that in at least 50 mole percent of the p-dihalobenzene employed each R must be hydrogen.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method of claim 1 wherein said organic amide is chosen from among the group consisting of cyclic and acyclic amides that have from 1 to about 10 carbon atoms per molecule.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method of claim 1 wherein said alkali metal carbonate is chosen from among the group consisting of lithium carbonate, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, rubidium carbonate, cesium carbonate, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
66 words
A method of claim 2 wherein said alkali metal carboxylate is chosen from among those compounds represented by the formula RCO 2 M where R is a hydrocarbyl radical selected from alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, and combinations thereof, wherein said hydrocarbon radical has 1 to about 20 carbon atoms, and M is an alkali metal selected from the group consisting of lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, and cesium.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
49 words
A method of claim 1 wherein the reactants are present in the reaction mixture and mole ratios of reactants relative to hydrogen sulfide as one of 1.0 to 3.0 to alkali metal carbonate, of 0.8 to 1.2 for polyhalo-substituted aromatic compound, and of 2 to 10 for organic amide.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
61 words
A method of claim 2 wherein the reactants are present in the reaction mixture in a mole ratio of reactant relative to hydrogen sulfide as one of 1.0 to 3.0 for alkali metal carbonate, of 0.8 to 1.2 for polyhalo-substituted aromatic compound, of 2 to 10 for organic amide, and of any finite number up to 1 for alkali metal carboxylate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
58 words
A method of claim 1 wherein the reaction conditions for the polymerization are within a range of about 125° C. to about 450° C. for reaction temperature, of about 10 minutes to about 3 days for reaction time and a reaction pressure sufficient to maintain the polyhalo-substituted aromatic compound and the organic amide substantially in the liquid phase.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method of claim 8 wherein said polyhalo-substituted aromatic compound is p-dichlorobenzene, and said organic amide is N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, said organic metal carbonate is sodium carbonate, and said alkali metal carboxylate is sodium acetate.
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