JP2005162674A - Method for obtaining aromatic dihydroxy compound from waste aromatic polycarbonate - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for obtaining a high-purity aromatic dihydroxy compound by inexpensively mass treatment of waste aromatic polycarbonates (e.g. aromatic polycarbonate products including disused CD, CD-ROM and DVD). <P>SOLUTION: The method for obtaining the aromatic dihydroxy compound from the waste aromatic polycarbonates comprises the following consecutive steps: (A) The waste aromatic polycarbonates are depolymerized in the presence of an organic solvent and an aqueous solution of metal hydroxide (a-step). (B) The resulting deposited solids are dissolved by adding water to the reaction liquid after the depolymerization (b-step). (C) The organic solvent phase and the aqueous metal hydroxide solution phase are separated to retrieve the latter (c-step). (D) An acid is added to the aqueous metal hydroxide solution to deposit and filter the resulting aromatic dihydroxy compound (d-step). (E) The aromatic dihydroxy compound thus obtained is washed with an organic solvent and/or water (e-step). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for decomposing an aromatic polycarbonate in the presence of an organic solvent and a metal hydroxide aqueous solution and washing the resulting solid aromatic dihydroxy compound to obtain a high-purity aromatic dihydroxy compound. Moreover, it is related with the manufacturing method of the aromatic polycarbonate which uses the obtained high purity aromatic dihydroxy compound for the manufacturing process of a polycarbonate.

  Aromatic polycarbonate (hereinafter sometimes abbreviated as PC) has excellent mechanical properties, electrical properties, heat resistance, cold resistance, transparency, etc., optical disks such as lenses and compact disks, and building materials. These materials are used in various applications such as automobile parts, OA equipment chassis and camera bodies, and the demand for these materials is increasing year by year. Along with the increase in demand for PCs, many of the PC products to be discarded are processed by methods such as incineration or filling in the ground. This not only accelerates the depletion of petroleum resources due to the increasing demand for PC, but also promotes the deterioration of the global environment. Therefore, it has become important to reuse (recycle) discarded plastic.

  The methods for recycling waste plastics are as follows: (1) Thermal recycling in which waste plastic is recovered as thermal energy, (2) Material recycling in which waste plastic is mixed and processed in a certain proportion to the product, and (3) Waste plastic There is chemical recycling in which the material is chemically decomposed back to the raw material of the plastic and reused for plastic manufacturing. However, because thermal recycling incinerates plastic to extract heat, carbon dioxide and water are generated, essentially destroying the global environment and reducing resources. Material recycling has the least environmental impact and is environmentally desirable in terms of resource consumption, but the products that can be mixed are limited, the proportion that can be mixed into the products is small, and the amount that can be recycled is limited. Since chemical recycling decomposes plastics into raw materials, it can be used for manufacturing as it is, and is an industrially useful recycling method.

  As a method of chemically recycling PC, a method of decomposing with an excess of alkaline aqueous solution and neutralizing to produce an aromatic dihydroxy compound has been known for a long time. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses that PC and 1-30% An alkaline aqueous solution is put in a pressure vessel, hydrolyzed at 100 ° C. or higher, preferably 150 ° C. or higher, acidified, dissolved in methanol, treated with activated carbon to remove colored components, and reprecipitated to obtain white bisphenol. Yes. Patent Document 2 discloses a method in which polycarbonate scrap is saponified with a bulk or a solution, an unsaponified component is separated, a saponified mixture is phosgenated, and used in a polycarbonate polymerization step without any purification and treatment steps. Yes. Patent Document 3 discloses a method for recovering an aromatic dihydroxy compound and a diaryl carbonate by decomposing PC with phenol in the presence of an alkali catalyst. Patent Document 4 discloses a method for obtaining a dialkyl carbonate and an aromatic dihydroxy compound by performing a transesterification reaction in a toluene, xylene, benzene or dioxane solvent using a small amount of alkali as a catalyst. Further, in Patent Document 5, PC is transesterified with a lower alcohol in the presence of a solvent such as an alkyl chloride, an ether or an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent and a tertiary amine as a catalyst to convert an aromatic dihydroxy compound and a dialkyl carbonate. The method of obtaining is proposed.

  However, since the method of Patent Document 1 uses a thin alkaline aqueous solution, the reaction becomes high temperature, the purity of the obtained aromatic dihydroxy compound is low, and it is great for purification such as reprecipitation of a yellow colored component from methanol / water. Labor is required, and the waste liquid treatment becomes very complicated. Since the method of Patent Document 2 is used for a polymerization reaction without a purification step, additives, colorants, and the like, which are almost essential for plastics, are mixed in the PC manufacturing process, which affects product quality. Further, since the end terminator is mixed in the initial stage of the reaction, precise molecular weight control as required in the market for lenses, compact discs, etc. is difficult. In the methods of Patent Documents 3 to 5, by-products such as diaryl carbonate and dialkyl carbonate are generated, and the separation and recovery process of the target aromatic dihydroxy compound becomes complicated.

Japanese Patent Publication No. 40-016536 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 54-048869 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 06-056885 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-259151 JP 2002-212335 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a method for obtaining a high-purity aromatic dihydroxy compound by treating a large amount of waste aromatic polycarbonate (for example, an unnecessary aromatic polycarbonate product such as CD, CD-ROM, and DVD) at low cost. There is to do.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a high-quality aromatic polycarbonate that can be used for CD or the like using the obtained aromatic dihydroxy compound.

  As a result of diligent investigations to solve these problems, the present inventor promoted the decomposition reaction of waste aromatic polycarbonate under mild conditions using an aqueous solution of metal hydroxide, thereby producing metal water of an aromatic dihydroxy compound. An aqueous oxide solution is obtained, and an aromatic dihydroxy compound is precipitated using an acid, collected by filtration, and washed with an organic solvent and water to obtain a high-quality aromatic dihydroxy compound. Furthermore, the present inventors have found that the quality of an aromatic polycarbonate produced using the aromatic dihydroxy compound is comparable to that of an aromatic polycarbonate produced using a commercially available dihydroxy compound.

That is, according to the present invention,
1. (A) Step of depolymerizing waste aromatic polycarbonate in the presence of an organic solvent and a metal hydroxide aqueous solution (step a), (C) Separating the organic solvent phase and the metal hydroxide aqueous solution phase after the depolymerization reaction. Step (c step) for recovering the metal hydroxide aqueous solution phase, (D) Step (d step) and step (E) for adding an acid to this metal hydroxide aqueous solution to precipitate and filter out the aromatic dihydroxy compound A method for obtaining an aromatic dihydroxy compound from waste aromatic polycarbonate comprising a step (step e) of washing the obtained aromatic dihydroxy compound with an organic solvent and / or water.

  2. (A) A step of depolymerizing the waste aromatic polycarbonate in the presence of an organic solvent and an aqueous metal hydroxide solution (step a), (B) A solid component deposited by adding water to the reaction solution after the depolymerization reaction Step (b), (C) separating the organic solvent phase and the aqueous metal hydroxide phase, and recovering the aqueous metal hydroxide phase (step c), (D) this metal hydroxide Waste aroma comprising a step of adding an acid to the aqueous solution to precipitate an aromatic dihydroxy compound and filtering (step d) and a step (E) of washing the resulting aromatic dihydroxy compound with an organic solvent and / or water (step e) To obtain an aromatic dihydroxy compound from an aromatic polycarbonate.

  3. 3. A method for obtaining an aromatic dihydroxy compound from waste aromatic polycarbonate according to item 1 or 2, wherein the acid used in step d is hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid or phosphoric acid.

  4). 3. A method for obtaining an aromatic dihydroxy compound from waste aromatic polycarbonate according to item 1 or 2, wherein the organic solvent used in the steps a and e is a halogenated hydrocarbon compound solvent.

  5). The method of obtaining an aromatic dihydroxy compound from the waste aromatic polycarbonate of the preceding clause 1 or 2 whose electrical conductivity of the water used for washing | cleaning of an aromatic dihydroxy compound is 50 microsiemens / cm or less in the said e process.

  6). 3. The method for obtaining an aromatic dihydroxy compound from the waste aromatic polycarbonate according to item 1 or 2, wherein in the step e, the washing method is a batch type, and the aromatic dihydroxy compound is washed alternately with an organic solvent and water.

7). The manufacturing method of an aromatic polycarbonate which uses the aromatic dihydroxy compound obtained by the method of any one of the preceding clauses 1-6 for the manufacturing process of an aromatic polycarbonate.
Is provided.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail.
In the present invention, the waste aromatic polycarbonate to be used may be one produced by a known method such as an interfacial polymerization method or a melt polymerization method, and the molecular weight is preferably a viscosity average molecular weight of 1000 to 100,000. The shape of the waste aromatic polycarbonate is not particularly limited, such as powder, pellets, sheets, films, and molded products. For example, optical discs such as CDs, CD-Rs, DVDs, etc., which are no longer used, such as discarded ones or defective ones, are used as they are, or ones that have been removed by removing the printed film or metal film are used for disassembly. Can do. Further, the waste aromatic polycarbonate used for decomposition may be a solid obtained by removing the solvent from the solution of the polycarbonate that has not reached the target molecular weight during the production of the polycarbonate, and has not been pelletized or pelletized. Here, the viscosity average molecular weight (M) of the polycarbonate resin is obtained by inserting the specific viscosity (η _sp ) obtained from a solution obtained by dissolving 0.7 g of the polycarbonate resin in 100 ml of methylene chloride at 20 ° C. into the following equation. .
η _sp /c=[η]+0.45×[η] ² c (where [η] is the intrinsic viscosity)
[Η] = 1.23 × 10 ⁻⁴ M ^0.83
c = 0.7

  The polycarbonate includes hydroquinone, resorcinol, 4,4′-dihydroxydiphenyl, 1,4-dihydroxynaphthalene, bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) methane, bis {(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethyl) phenyl} methane, , 1-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) ethane, 1,1-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) -1-phenylethane, 2,2-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) propane (commonly called bisphenol A), 2,2 -Bis {(4-hydroxy-3-methyl) phenyl} propane, 2,2-bis {(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethyl) phenyl} propane, 2,2-bis {(3,5-dibromo- 4-hydroxy) phenyl} propane, 2,2-bis {(3-isopropyl-4-hydroxy) phenyl} propa 2,2-bis {(4-hydroxy-3-phenyl) phenyl} propane, 2,2-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) butane, 2,2-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) -3-methylbutane, , 2-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) -3,3-dimethylbutane, 2,4-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) -2-methylbutane, 2,2-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) pentane, 2,2 -Bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) -4-methylpentane, 1,1-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) cyclohexane, 1,1-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) -4-isopropylcyclohexane, 1,1-bis ( 4-hydroxyphenyl) -3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane, 9,9-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) fluorene, 9,9- {(4-hydroxy-3-methyl) phenyl} fluorene, α, α'-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) -o-diisopropylbenzene, α, α'-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) -m-diisopropylbenzene , Α, α'-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) -p-diisopropylbenzene, 1,3-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) -5,7-dimethyladamantane, 4,4'-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone, 4,4 Single or two or more of dihydroxy compounds such as' -dihydroxydiphenyl sulfoxide, 4,4'-dihydroxydiphenyl sulfide, 4,4'-dihydroxydiphenyl ketone, 4,4'-dihydroxydiphenyl ether and 4,4'-dihydroxydiphenyl ester Made from a mixture of

  Moreover, as a terminal stopper (molecular weight regulator), a monovalent phenol compound is preferably used, and phenol, p-cresol, p-ethylphenol, p-isopropylphenol, p-tert-butylphenol, p-cumylphenol. , P-cyclohexylphenol, p-octylphenol, p-nonylphenol, 2,4-xylenol, p-methoxyphenol, p-hexyloxyphenol, p-decyloxyphenol, o-chlorophenol, m-chlorophenol, p-chloro Phenol, p-bromophenol, pentabromophenol, pentachlorophenol, p-phenylphenol, p-isopropenylphenol, 2,4-di (1′-methyl-1′-phenylethyl) phenol, β-naphthol, α -NA Phthol, phenols such as p- (2 ′, 4 ′, 4′-trimethylchromanyl) phenol, 2- (4′-methoxyphenyl) -2- (4 ″ -hydroxyphenyl) propane, etc. alone or 2 A mixture of seeds or more is used.

  In the present invention, first, (A) a step of depolymerizing the waste aromatic polycarbonate in the presence of an organic solvent and an aqueous metal hydroxide solution (step a) is performed.

  In step a, the aromatic polycarbonate is decomposed (depolymerization reaction) in the presence of an organic solvent. Use of an organic solvent is preferable because the decomposition reaction easily proceeds at a low temperature.

  The amount of the organic solvent used is preferably in the range of 40 to 2000 parts by weight, more preferably 200 to 1000 parts by weight, and particularly preferably 450 to 700 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polycarbonate resin. When the amount of the solvent is less than 40 parts by weight, the initial mixing may be insufficient, and the solvent may not be sufficiently swollen or dissolved, resulting in a long time until the decomposition reaction is completed. On the other hand, when the amount is more than 2000 parts by weight, the carbonate bond concentration and the catalyst concentration in the reaction system become low, the decomposition reaction rate decreases, the decomposition reaction time becomes long, and the solvent recovery cost may increase.

  The organic solvent used in the present invention is preferably a halogenated hydrocarbon compound solvent. Specifically, at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of dichloromethane, dichloroethane, and chloroform is preferable, and dichloromethane is particularly preferable. These solvents are good solvents for polycarbonate, and are actually used as reaction solvents in the polycarbonate production process. Even if the solvent remains in the aromatic dihydroxy compound after decomposition and separation, the polycarbonate production is adversely affected. Because there is no.

  In the depolymerization reaction, the waste polycarbonate may be dissolved in an organic solvent in advance, or may be charged into a reactor that performs a decomposition reaction without dissolving all of the polycarbonate. When a dissolution vessel is used separately from the reactor and the polycarbonate resin is dissolved in an organic solvent, impurities that do not dissolve in the organic solvent, such as additives, metal films, coating agents, fillers, etc. contained in the molded product, are filtered. And can be removed. When the decomposition reaction is performed without removing these impurities, these impurities are also decomposed, mixed into the aromatic dihydroxy compound metal salt aqueous solution, and if the aqueous solution is used in the polycarbonate production process with the impurity decomposition product mixed, Since there is a possibility of adversely affecting the quality, it is preferable to remove insoluble matters in advance.

  In step a, a metal hydroxide is used as a polycarbonate decomposing agent. As the metal hydroxide, an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal hydroxide is preferably used, and an alkali metal hydroxide is more preferably used. Specifically, sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide are preferable. In particular, sodium hydroxide is preferred.

  The amount of metal hydroxide used is preferably 4.1 to 8.0 moles per mole of carbonate bond in the polycarbonate resin. When the amount used is less than 4.1 mol, the decomposition reaction is very slow. When the amount used is more than 8.0 mol, the cost increases, and the amount of the aqueous acid used for isolating and recovering the aromatic dihydroxy compound is also high. Increased and economically undesirable.

  The metal hydroxide is used in the form of an aqueous solution. The concentration of the metal hydroxide is preferably 35% to 55% by weight. When it is lower than 35% by weight, the decomposition rate is slow, and when it exceeds 55% by weight, the metal hydroxide is easily precipitated and becomes a slurry, and when it becomes a slurry, the reaction is rather slow.

  In this invention, 30 to 120 degreeC is preferable and the temperature which performs a decomposition reaction has more preferable 30 to 50 degreeC. When the temperature is lower than 30 ° C., the decomposition reaction time becomes long, and the processing efficiency may be remarkably deteriorated. When the temperature exceeds 120 ° C., a large amount of heating energy is required, and the color of the solution is likely to turn brown during the decomposition treatment, and an aqueous solution of a high-quality aromatic dihydroxy compound may not be obtained. In addition, a reaction above the boiling point requires a pressure vessel, which requires equipment costs and is economically disadvantageous.

  Since the aromatic dihydroxy compound produced during the decomposition reaction is easily oxidized under basic conditions, it is preferable to add an antioxidant to the reaction solution. It is also effective to reduce the oxygen concentration in the process with an inert gas.

Examples of the antioxidant include sodium bisulfite (Na ₂ S ₂ O ₅ ), sodium sulfite (Na ₂ SO ₃ ), and sodium hydrosulfite (Na ₂ S ₂ O ₄ ). These may be used alone or in combination of two or more. As for the usage-amount of antioxidant, 0.05-4.0 weight part is preferable with respect to 100 weight part of aromatic polycarbonate. If it is in the range of 0.05 to 4.0 parts by weight, it has an antioxidant effect, is advantageous in terms of cost, and is preferable because the decomposition reaction rate does not decrease.

  Nitrogen, argon etc. are mentioned as a kind of inert gas. Nitrogen is preferred because of its cost advantage.

  The decomposition reaction of the aromatic polycarbonate resin in the present invention is an interfacial reaction, and the aromatic polycarbonate resin dissolved or swollen in the organic solvent is stirred with the aqueous metal hydroxide solution and decomposed by contacting at the interface. This reaction is irreversible, and the carbonate bond of the aromatic polycarbonate resin is broken and decomposes into an aromatic dihydroxy compound metal salt and a carbonate metal salt.

  After the depolymerization reaction in step a, when the aromatic dihydroxy compound metal salt and carbonate metal salt that are produced are not dissolved in the metal hydroxide aqueous solution and are precipitated as a solid component, (B) after the depolymerization reaction A step (b step) for dissolving the precipitated solid component by adding water to the reaction solution is performed, and then the step c is performed. On the other hand, when the aromatic dihydroxy compound metal salt and the metal carbonate formed after the depolymerization reaction are dissolved in the metal hydroxide aqueous solution, the process proceeds directly to step c described later.

  In the step of dissolving the precipitated solid component by adding water to the reaction solution after the depolymerization reaction (step b), water is added to the reaction solution after the depolymerization reaction and stirred, and the precipitated aromatic dihydroxy compound metal salt And dissolve the metal carbonate. The amount of water to be added is more than the amount that completely dissolves the solid component, but if too much is added, the concentration of the aromatic dihydroxy compound metal salt in the aqueous solution decreases, and the reaction rate in the next aromatic polycarbonate production process The minimum amount of solids that dissolve completely is preferable. When water is added to the decomposition solution to dissolve the solid component, it is separated into two phases, an organic solvent phase and an aqueous phase of an aromatic dihydroxy compound metal salt.

  Next, (C) a step of separating the organic solvent phase and the metal hydroxide aqueous solution phase and recovering the metal hydroxide aqueous solution phase (step c) is performed.

  An organic solvent phase and a metal hydroxide aqueous solution phase are separated by a liquid-liquid separator such as a decanter to recover an aqueous phase. If the separation is insufficient in the liquid-liquid separator, the heavy liquid phase suspended in a granular form in the aqueous phase is mixed in the next step and affects the product, so the aqueous phase is further brought into contact with an organic solvent, It is preferable to remove as much as possible. As this method, a known method such as contact with a washing tower, separation with a stirrer, liquid-liquid separator, or centrifugal separator can be used.

  Next, the recovered metal hydroxide aqueous solution is subjected to (D) a step (d step) in which an acid is added to this metal hydroxide aqueous solution to precipitate an aromatic dihydroxy compound and filtered. The acid can be added as it is or in an aqueous acid solution.

  A preferred method for precipitating the aromatic dihydroxy compound is to use an acid aqueous solution in a granulation tank in which an aqueous solution of the aromatic dihydroxy compound metal salt is stirred and / or circulated in the presence or absence of a halogenated hydrocarbon compound solvent. It is a method of adding. According to this method, an aromatic dihydroxy compound that does not dissolve in an aqueous phase or an organic solvent phase is obtained as a slurry, and an aromatic dihydroxy compound can be obtained by filtering the slurry. The final pH of the aqueous phase is preferably 4-10. More preferably, it is the range of pH 6-8.5.

  Although the kind of acid to be used is not particularly limited, inorganic acids such as hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid and phosphoric acid are preferably used.

  Examples of the method for filtering the aromatic dihydroxy compound obtained as a solid include a filter, a centrifuge, and a centrifugal sedimentation device. A centrifuge is preferable because the liquid content after filtration is low.

  The aromatic dihydroxy compound obtained after filtration is an unpurified impurity other than the aromatic dihydroxy compound present in the aqueous phase or organic solvent phase, for example, an additive such as a terminal terminator or a coloring agent for molded products. And carbonates derived from polycarbonate, neutral salts produced by the reaction of metal hydroxides and acid aqueous solutions, and the like.

  In order to remove these impurities, (E) a step of washing the aromatic dihydroxy compound with an organic solvent and / or water (step e) is then performed.

  As the organic solvent, a solvent in which the solubility of the aromatic dihydroxy compound at 25 ° C. is 20 g / L or less and the solubility of the aromatic monohydroxy compound (terminal terminator) at 25 ° C. is 50 g / L or more is preferable. Is preferably a halogenated hydrocarbon compound solvent such as dichloromethane, chloroform, dichloroethane, trichloroethane, tetrachloroethane, dichloroethylene, and particularly preferably dichloromethane (methylene chloride). It is preferable to use pure water having an electric conductivity of 50 μS / cm or less.

  The aromatic dihydroxy compound to be washed has an average particle size (weight average particle size) of preferably 100 to 1000 μm, more preferably 100 to 800 μm, and particularly preferably 200 to 600 μm. Use of an aromatic dihydroxy compound having an average particle diameter in the above range is preferable because it can be efficiently washed.

  The washing method is a method in which a solid aromatic dihydroxy compound is transferred to a stirring tank, and an organic solvent and water are added simultaneously or separately, followed by stirring and filtration. Examples include a method of removing liquid by centrifugation. In particular, a cleaning method using an organic solvent and water alternately in batch mode is preferable, and a method of cleaning twice or more is preferable.

  When washing with an organic solvent, the washing time for one time is preferably in the range of 1 minute to 60 minutes, and the washing temperature is preferably in the range of 5 to 40 ° C. The amount of the organic solvent used for one-time washing is preferably 50 to 1000 parts by weight, more preferably 100 to 500 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the aromatic dihydroxy compound.

  When washing with water, the time for one washing is preferably in the range of 1 to 60 minutes, and the washing temperature is preferably in the range of 5 to 80 ° C. The amount of water used for one-time washing is preferably 50 to 1000 parts by weight, more preferably 100 to 500 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the aromatic dihydroxy compound.

  The aromatic dihydroxy compound after washing has a high quality and the purity of the aromatic dihydroxy compound is preferably 99.5% or more. The sodium ion content is preferably 10 ppm or less. The quality of an aromatic polycarbonate produced using this aromatic dihydroxy compound is comparable to that of an aromatic polycarbonate produced using a commercially available aromatic dihydroxy compound.

  The solid aromatic dihydroxy compound obtained by the method of the present invention can be reused in the production process of aromatic polycarbonate. As a re-use method, it can be used as it is in the melt polymerization method, and in the interfacial polymerization method, it can be dissolved in a metal hydroxide aqueous solution at a desired concentration and used for the production of an aromatic polycarbonate. . At that time, it is also preferable to use a solution obtained by heating a solution obtained by dissolving an aromatic dihydroxy compound in a metal hydroxide aqueous solution and volatilizing the remaining organic solvent.

  Moreover, you may use the aromatic dihydroxy compound collect | recovered with the method of this invention, and a commercially available aromatic dihydroxy compound together for manufacture of an aromatic polycarbonate. The method for mixing the recovered aromatic dihydroxy compound and the commercially available aromatic dihydroxy compound may be any method of solids, solids and liquids, or liquids.

  Since the polycarbonate resin obtained by using the aromatic dihydroxy compound recovered by the method of the present invention as a raw material is excellent in hue and thermal stability, for example, a magneto-optical disc, various write-once discs, a digital audio disc (so-called compact disc) It can be suitably used as a material for an optical disk substrate such as an optical video disk (so-called laser disk) or a digital versatile disk (DVD), or as a material for a precision equipment container such as a silicon wafer. It is suitably employed as a substrate material.

  According to the present invention, a high-quality aromatic dihydroxy compound obtained by decomposing and washing waste polycarbonate resin can be reused as a raw material for producing an aromatic polycarbonate. The industrial effect produced by the present invention is exceptional.

  EXAMPLES The present invention will be further described below with reference to examples, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Unless indicated otherwise, parts represent parts by weight. The evaluation was performed by the following method.

(1) Hue (b value)
Using a polycarbonate resin pellet, a 50 mm square plate having a thickness of 2 mm was molded at a cylinder temperature of 340 ° C. using an injection molding machine (manufactured by Nippon Steel Works, Ltd .: Nikko Anchor V-17-65 type). The molded plate was measured for b value using a color difference meter (manufactured by Nippon Denshoku Co., Ltd.).

(2) Thermal stability (△ E)
Test pieces (thickness 2 mm) of polycarbonate resin pellets that were not allowed to stay for 10 minutes at a cylinder temperature of 340 ° C. using an injection molding machine (manufactured by Nippon Steel Co., Ltd .: Nikko Anchor V-17-65 type) 50 mm square plate) was prepared, and the change in hue (ΔE) was measured. The change in hue was calculated by measuring the L, a and b values with a color difference meter (manufactured by Nippon Denshoku Co., Ltd.) and using the following equation.
ΔE = [(L′−L) ² + (a′−a) ² + (b′−b) ² ] ^1/2
(L, a, b are not retained, L ′, a ′, b ′ are retained for 10 minutes)

(3) Bisphenol A concentration in bisphenol A aqueous solution The bisphenol A aqueous solution was diluted with a sodium hydroxide aqueous solution so as to be 0.1 to 0.5% by weight, and the absorbance at a wavelength of 294 nm was measured with a UV meter. The bisphenol A concentration in the aqueous solution was measured by a wire.

(4) Purity of bisphenol A (bisphenol A purity in organic matter)
Using Waters high performance liquid chromatography, 0.2 mL of sample (organic matter) was added with 1 mL of acetonitrile with o-cresol added as an internal standard, dissolved, and a chromatograph was obtained using acetonitrile / 0.2% acetic acid aqueous solution as a developing solvent. The purity of bisphenol A was determined using a calibration curve prepared in advance.

(5) Sodium ion content of bisphenol A 10 mL of ultrapure water was added to 1 g of bisphenol A and allowed to stand for 24 hours to extract ionic components. An ion chromatograph was obtained from this solution, and the amount of sodium ions was determined using a calibration curve prepared in advance.

(6) Average particle diameter of bisphenol A Using a sieve having an opening of bisphenol A of 2.0 mm, 1.0 mm, 0.71 mm, 0.425 mm, 0.3 mm, 0.18 mm, 0.075 mm, After sieving, a cumulative particle size distribution graph based on weight was created, and the particle size at which the cumulative weight reached 50% was determined, and this was taken as the average particle size.

[Example 1]
100 parts of a commercially available compact disc and 600 parts of methylene chloride were added to the stirring tank and stirred for 6 hours. The compact disc membrane was dispersed in a polycarbonate / methylene chloride solution. This solution was passed through a filter equipped with a cellulose filter having an opening of 10 μm (manufactured by Advantech) to remove the compact disc film (printing, UV curable resin, aluminum film, etc.). In a reactor equipped with a thermometer, a stirrer and a reflux condenser, and a water bath, 264 parts of the polycarbonate / methylene chloride solution (dope concentration 14.2%), 71 parts of a 50% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, and 0.6 parts of hydrosulfite sodium Was added and stirred. Thereafter, when the water bath temperature was adjusted to 40 ° C., the reflux started vigorously after 8 minutes, and the intensity was reduced after 20 minutes. After 5 hours of the reaction, a solid had precipitated inside, and a part of the solid was collected and analyzed. As a result, it was bisphenol A sodium salt and sodium carbonate. The temperature adjustment of the water bath was stopped, 337.5 parts of pure water was added, and stirring was continued for 1 hour to dissolve the solid.

  The reaction mixture was transferred to a separatory funnel and separated into 455 parts aqueous phase and 224 parts organic phase. The aqueous phase was an alkaline aqueous solution and contained bisphenol A, sodium carbonate, sodium hydroxide, and p-tertiary butylphenol sodium salt. The organic phase was evaporated and recovered with an evaporator, and the residue was discarded. The residue was a decomposition product of unreacted polycarbonate and additive, and its weight was measured to be 1.1 parts.

  100 parts of methylene chloride was added to 455 parts of the separated aqueous phase, mixed vigorously and allowed to stand to separate the aqueous phase and the methylene chloride phase. Methylene chloride was recovered with an evaporator. This operation was repeated three times to obtain a bisphenol A aqueous solution (bisphenol A concentration: 76.6 g / L).

  455 parts of bisphenol A aqueous solution was transferred to a reactor equipped with a thermometer, a stirrer and a reflux condenser, and 170 parts of methylene chloride was newly added and stirred. While stirring, 36.1 parts of 98% concentrated sulfuric acid was added dropwise over 1 hour using a dropping funnel. When stirring was stopped and the inside was confirmed, the inside of the reactor was divided into three phases: an aqueous phase, a methylene chloride phase, and precipitated bisphenol A.

  While filtering this slurry with a centrifugal separator and operating in the centrifugal separator, 50 parts of methylene chloride at a temperature of 20 ° C., 50 parts of pure water having an electric conductivity of 10 μS / cm at a temperature of 20 ° C., 50 parts of the methylene chloride, 50 parts of the pure water was sprinkled on the solid in this order over 5 minutes, respectively, and rinsed. The solid was scraped out of the centrifuge and the weight after drying was measured to find 26.5 parts. The average particle size of this solid was 500 μm. When the purity of bisphenol A was measured, it was 99.8% and the sodium ion content was 8 ppm.

[Example 2]
In Example 1, instead of using pure water having an electric conductivity of 10 μS / cm, rinsing was performed using water having an electric conductivity of 80 μs / cm. The solid was scraped and the weight was measured after drying, and it was 27.0 parts. When the purity of bisphenol A was measured, it was 98.9% and the sodium ion content was 10 ppm.

[Comparative Example 1]
In Example 1, after filtering with a centrifuge, the solid was scraped out without rinsing, and the weight after drying was measured to be 29.9 parts. The bisphenol A purity measured was 98.2% and the sodium ion content was 1.3%.

[Example 3] Production of polycarbonate resin (A) A thermometer, a stirrer, a reflux condenser, and a reactor with a circulator were charged with 650 parts of ion-exchanged water and 252 parts of a 25% sodium hydroxide aqueous solution. 170 parts of bisphenol A obtained in 1 above, 13 parts of methylene chloride and 0.34 part of hydrosulfite were added, and the temperature was maintained at 30 ° C. while circulating and dissolved in 40 minutes to prepare a bisphenol A aqueous solution.

  (B) A thermometer, a stirrer, and a reactor equipped with a reflux condenser were charged with 367 parts of the bisphenol A aqueous solution prepared in (A), 181 parts of methylene chloride was added, and 28.3 parts of phosgene at 15 to 25 ° C. with stirring. It took 40 minutes to blow. After completion of the phosgene blowing, 7.2 parts of a 48% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and 1.55 parts of solid p-tertiary butylphenol were added and emulsified. After 10 minutes, 0.06 part of triethylamine was added, and further 28 to 33 The reaction was terminated by stirring for 1 hour at ° C. After completion of the reaction, 400 parts of methylene chloride was added to the product and mixed, and then stirring was stopped, and the aqueous phase and the organic phase were separated to obtain an organic solvent solution having a polycarbonate resin concentration of 14.5% by weight. (This operation was repeated using two reactors.)

  After adding 150 parts of water to this organic solvent solution and stirring and mixing, stirring was stopped and the aqueous phase and the organic phase were separated. To this organic phase, 200 parts of aqueous hydrochloric acid having a pH of 3 was added and mixed by stirring to extract triethylamine and the like. Then, stirring was stopped and the aqueous phase and the organic phase were separated. Subsequently, 200 parts of ion-exchanged water was added to the separated organic phase, and the mixture was stirred and mixed. Then, stirring was stopped and the aqueous phase and the organic phase were separated. This operation was repeated (four times) until the conductivity of the aqueous phase was almost the same as that of ion-exchanged water. The obtained purified polycarbonate resin solution was filtered with a 1 μm filter made of SUS304.

  Next, 100 L of ion-exchanged water is introduced into a 1000 L kneader made of SUS316L, and the methylene chloride is evaporated at a water temperature of 42 ° C. The powder and the mixture of the powder and water were put into a hot water treatment tank of a hot water treatment process having a hot water treatment tank with a stirrer controlled at a water temperature of 95 ° C., and 25 parts of powder and water The mixture was stirred for 30 minutes at a mixing ratio of 75 parts. This mixture of powder and water was separated by a centrifugal separator to obtain a powder containing 0.5% by weight of methylene chloride and 45% by weight of water. Next, this granular material is continuously supplied at 50 kg / h (in terms of polycarbonate resin) to a SUS316L conductive heat receiving groove type biaxial stirring continuous dryer controlled at 140 ° C., and the condition of an average drying time of 3 hours. And dried to obtain a granular material.

  Tris (2,6-di-tert-butylphenyl) phosphite is 0.010 wt%, 4,4′-biphenylenediphosphosphinic acid tetrakis (2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl) to the powder. 0.010 wt% and stearic acid monoglyceride 0.080 wt% were added and mixed. Next, this powder and granule are melt kneaded and extruded by a vent type twin screw extruder [TEM-50B manufactured by TOSHIBA MACHINE CO., LTD.] With a cylinder temperature of 280 ° C. and a suction vacuum of 700 Pa using a dry vacuum pump. A pellet was obtained. The obtained pellets were molded and evaluated for hue and thermal stability. The results are shown in Table 1.

[Example 4]
In Example 3, pellets were obtained in the same manner as in Example 3 except that bisphenol A used in (A) was used in the same manner as in Example 2. The obtained pellets were molded and evaluated for hue and thermal stability. The results are shown in Table 1.

[Comparative Example 2]
In Example 3, pellets were obtained in the same manner as in Example 3 except that bisphenol A used in (A) was used as bisphenol A obtained in Comparative Example 1. The obtained pellets were molded and evaluated for hue and thermal stability. The results are shown in Table 1.

Claims (7)

  (A) Step of depolymerizing waste aromatic polycarbonate in the presence of an organic solvent and a metal hydroxide aqueous solution (step a), (C) Separating the organic solvent phase and the metal hydroxide aqueous solution phase after the depolymerization reaction. Step (c step) for recovering the metal hydroxide aqueous solution phase, (D) Step (d step) and step (E) for adding an acid to this metal hydroxide aqueous solution to precipitate and filter out the aromatic dihydroxy compound A method for obtaining an aromatic dihydroxy compound from waste aromatic polycarbonate comprising a step (step e) of washing the obtained aromatic dihydroxy compound with an organic solvent and / or water.   (A) A step of depolymerizing the waste aromatic polycarbonate in the presence of an organic solvent and an aqueous metal hydroxide solution (step a), (B) A solid component deposited by adding water to the reaction solution after the depolymerization reaction Step (b), (C) separating the organic solvent phase and the aqueous metal hydroxide phase, and recovering the aqueous metal hydroxide phase (step c), (D) this metal hydroxide Waste aroma comprising a step of adding an acid to the aqueous solution to precipitate an aromatic dihydroxy compound and filtering (step d) and a step (E) of washing the resulting aromatic dihydroxy compound with an organic solvent and / or water (step e) To obtain an aromatic dihydroxy compound from an aromatic polycarbonate.   The method for obtaining an aromatic dihydroxy compound from waste aromatic polycarbonate according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the acid used in the step d is hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid or phosphoric acid.   The method for obtaining an aromatic dihydroxy compound from waste aromatic polycarbonate according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the organic solvent used in the steps a and e is a halogenated hydrocarbon compound solvent.   3. The method for obtaining an aromatic dihydroxy compound from waste aromatic polycarbonate according to claim 1, wherein in step e, the electric conductivity of water used for washing the aromatic dihydroxy compound is 50 μS / cm or less.   The method for obtaining an aromatic dihydroxy compound from waste aromatic polycarbonate according to claim 1 or 2, wherein, in the step e, the cleaning method is a batch type, and the aromatic dihydroxy compound is washed alternately with an organic solvent and water.   The manufacturing method of the aromatic polycarbonate which uses the aromatic dihydroxy compound obtained by the method of any one of Claims 1-6 for the manufacturing process of an aromatic polycarbonate.