Invention Application
- Patent Title: METHOD FOR DIRECT AMMONOLYSIS OF POLYCARBONATE-CONTAINING MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS
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Application No.: US15049370Application Date: 2016-02-22
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Publication No.: US20160168063A1Publication Date: 2016-06-16
- Inventor: Alexander Stanislaus , Venkata Ramanarayanan Ganapathy Bhotla , PS Sreenivasan , Philip Wesley Bell
- Applicant: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
- Main IPC: C07C37/68
- IPC: C07C37/68 ; C08J11/16 ; C08G64/38

Abstract:
A method for recovering a dihydroxy aromatic compound and urea from a polycarbonate-containing composition comprising a polycarbonate and a phosphorus-containing flame retardant, comprising contacting the composition with ammonia in the presence of a swelling solvent for a time sufficient to depolymerize the polycarbonate producing a dihydroxy aromatic compound and urea.
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