Process for the preparation of polyphenylene ethers

    公开(公告)号:DE3314711A1

    公开(公告)日:1983-10-27

    申请号:DE3314711

    申请日:1983-04-22

    Applicant: BASF AG

    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of high-molecular-weight polyphenylene ethers from monohydric phenols containing alkyl substituents, by oxidative coupling reaction with oxygen at temperatures between 10 and 50 DEG C, in the presence of a copper salt/amine catalyst complex and in the presence of an aromatic C6-to C10-hydrocarbon as solvent, where the amine component employed is a diamine of the formula R NH-R -NHR where R and R are tertiary alkyl and/or cycloalkyl groups having 4 to 12 carbon atoms, and R is an alkylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms in the connecting chain, in amounts of from 0.1 to 5% by weight, based on the phenol. Suitable amine components are N,N'-di-tert-alkylethylenediamines, in particular N,N'-di-tert-butylethylenediamine.

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