IP Library Granted Patent US 9,193,825
Granted Patent B2
US 9,193,825 · App. 14/502,178 · Granted Nov 24, 2015

Polycarbonate resin, polycarbonate resin composition and molded article thereof

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Patent No.
US 9,193,825
App. No.
14/502,178
Granted
Nov 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a polycarbonate resin having, in the molecule, at least a structural unit represented by the following formula (1), wherein the terminal hydroxyl group concentration of the polycarbonate resin is 300 ppm or less: wherein each of R 1 and R 2 independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 20 or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, and X represents a single bond, a carbonyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylidene group, a substituted or unsubstituted sulfur atom, or an oxygen atom.

Claims (17)

1. A polycarbonate resin having, in a molecule, at least a structural unit represented by the following formula (1), wherein a terminal hydroxyl group concentration of the polycarbonate resin is 300 ppm or less; compounds obtained by alkali hydrolysis of the polycarbonate resin contain at least a compound represented by the following formula (3), in addition to a compound represented by the following formula (2); and an amount of the compound represented by the following formula (3) is from 500 to 7,000 ppm based on all compounds obtained by alkali hydrolysis of the polycarbonate resin:

wherein, each of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 represents a methyl group, and X represents a single bond, a carbonyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylidene group, a substituted or unsubstituted sulfur atom, or an oxygen atom; or

a polycarbonate resin having, in a molecule, at least a structural unit represented by the following formula (1), wherein a total content of phenol compounds having a carbon number of 6 to 18 in the polycarbonate resin is 100 ppm or less, compounds obtained by alkali hydrolysis of the polycarbonate resin contain at least a compound represented by the following formula (3), in addition to a compound represented by the following formula (2), and an amount of the compound represented by the following formula (3) is from 500 to 7,000 ppm based on all compounds obtained by alkali hydrolysis of the polycarbonate resin:

wherein, each of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 represents a methyl group, and X represents a single bond, a carbonyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylidene group, a substituted or unsubstituted sulfur atom, or an oxygen atom.

2. The polycarbonate resin as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a chlorine atom content in the polycarbonate resin is 10 ppm or less.

3. The polycarbonate resin as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the compounds obtained by alkali hydrolysis of said polycarbonate resin contain a compound represented by the following formula (4) and an amount of the compound represented by the following formula (4) is 1 ppm or more based on all the compounds obtained by alkali hydrolysis of the polycarbonate resin:

wherein R 1 , R 2 and X have the same meanings as in formula (1), and R 4 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.

4. The polycarbonate resin as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a total amount of the compound represented by formula (3) and the compound represented by formula (4), which are contained in the compounds obtained by alkali hydrolysis of said polycarbonate resin, is 500 ppm or more based on all compounds obtained by alkali hydrolysis of the polycarbonate resin.

5. The polycarbonate resin as claimed in claim 3 , wherein an amount of the compound represented by formula (4) contained in the compounds obtained by alkali hydrolysis of said polycarbonate resin is, in terms of weight ratio to the compound represented by formula (3), from more than 0 to less than 1.

6. The polycarbonate resin as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said polycarbonate resin further contains a structural unit derived from 1,1,1-tris-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethane.

7. The polycarbonate resin as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a viscosity average molecular weight is from 10,000 to 45,000.

8. The polycarbonate resin as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said polycarbonate resin is a polycarbonate resin produced by an interfacial polycondensation method.

9. The polycarbonate resin as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said polycarbonate resin is a polycarbonate resin obtained by subjecting a polycarbonate resin (A) obtained by an interfacial polycondensation method or a melt polycondensation method to a heat treatment at 260° C. or more.

10. A polycarbonate resin composition containing the polycarbonate resin claimed in claim 1 .

11. A molded article obtained by molding the polycarbonate resin composition claimed in claim 10 .

12. A molded article obtained by molding the polycarbonate resin claimed in claim 10 by an injection molding method.

13. A molded article obtained by molding the polycarbonate resin claimed in claim 10 by an extrusion molding method.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 5, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043750/0834 →
MERGER Recorded Sep 4, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043750/0207 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2014
From: SHIDOU, MASAHIDE; HITOMI, TATSUYA
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033929/0647 →