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- the invention relates to a method for the preparation of polyesters, in particular polyethylene terephthalate, which method comprises employing certain metal phosphonic acid complex catalysts.
- Polyesters such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) are prepared industrially in a two stage process.
- the first stage in PET preparation involves the direct esterification of terephthalic acid with ethylene glycol, or alternatively transesterification of a C 1 -C 4 dialkylterephthalate with ethylene glycol to form a low molecular weight precondensate.
- the precondensate is polycondensed to form high molecular weight polyethylene terephthalate. Both stages typically employ catalytic acceleration.
- SSP solid state polymerization
- U.S. published app. No. 2003083191 is aimed at polyester polymerization catalysts that are combination of aluminum or an aluminum compound and a phosphorus metal salt compound.
- the aluminum compounds are for example carboxylates, inorganic acid salts, aluminum alkoxides, aluminum chelate compounds or organoaluminum compounds.
- polyester polymerization catalysts that comprise at least one member selected from aluminum and aluminum compounds as a first metal-containing component in the presence of at least one phosphorus compound selected from formula 1 and 2.
- U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,310,575 and 3,824,192 disclose metal (O-alkyl)-3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxybenzylphosphonates.
- the metal phosphonates are taught as polymer stabilizers.
- TW 526235 discloses a production process for polyester resin.
- Suitable catalysts for the preparation of polyesters, in particular polyethylene terephthalate are still being sought. Said catalysts are employed in the first or second stages of preparation, or in both stages.
- n 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6;
- p is an integer from 1 to 30;
- M is a metal selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Cs, Be, Ca, Mg, Sr, Ba, Al, Sb, Cd, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Zn;
- v is the valency of the metal M and is 1, 2 or 3;
- R 1 is hydrogen, straight or branched chain alkyl of 1 to 36 carbon atoms, straight or branched chain alkenyl of 1 to 36 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 5 to 8 carbon atoms or aryl of 6 to 10 carbon atoms; or is said alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl or aryl substituted by one to four hydroxyl, halogen, straight or branched chain alkoxy of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, straight or branched chain alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or amino groups.
- the metal phosphonic acid complex compound is for example of the formula wherein
- n 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6;
- M is a metal selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Cs, Be, Ca, Mg, Sr, Ba, Al, Sb, Cd, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Zn;
- v is the valency of the metal M and is 1, 2 or 3;
- R 2 and R 3 are independently hydrogen, hydroxyl, halogen, straight or branched chain alkoxy of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, straight or branched chain alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or amino;
- R 4 is hydrogen or straight or branched chain alkyl of 1 to 8 carbons atoms.
- the metal phosphonic acid complex compound is for example of the formula wherein
- n 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6;
- M is a metal selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Cs, Be, Ca, Mg, Sr, Ba, Al, Sb, Cd, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Zn;
- v is the valency of the metal M and is 1, 2 or 3;
- R 4 is hydrogen or straight or branched chain alkyl of 1 to 8 carbons atoms.
- the metal phosphonic acid complex compound is for example of the formula where
- M is a metal selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Cs, Be, Ca, Mg, Sr, Ba, Al, Sb, Cd, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Zn;
- v is the valency of the metal M and is 1, 2 or 3;
- the metal phosphonic acid complex compound is for example of the formula wherein
- n 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6;
- p is an integer from 3 to 30;
- R 1 is hydrogen, straight or branched chain alkyl of 1 to 36 carbon atoms, straight or branched chain alkenyl of 1 to 36 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 5 to 8 carbon atoms or aryl of 6 to 10 carbon atoms; or is said alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl or aryl substituted by one to four hydroxyl, halogen, straight or branched chain alkoxy of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, straight or branched chain alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or amino groups.
- the metal phosphonic acid complex compound is for example of the formula wherein
- n 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6;
- R 1 is hydrogen, straight or branched chain alkyl of 1 to 36 carbon atoms, straight or branched chain alkenyl of 1 to 36 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 5 to 8 carbon atoms or aryl of 6 to 10 carbon atoms; or is said alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl or aryl substituted by one to four hydroxyl, halogen, straight or branched chain alkoxy of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, straight or branched chain alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or amino groups.
- the metal phosphonic acid complex compound is for example of the formula wherein
- n 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6;
- R 2 and R 3 are independently hydrogen, hydroxyl, halogen, straight or branched chain alkoxy of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, straight or branched chain alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms or amino;
- R 4 is hydrogen or straight or branched chain alkyl of 1 to 8 carbons atoms.
- the metal phosphonic acid complex compound is for example of the formula wherein
- n 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6;
- R 4 is hydrogen or straight or branched chain alkyl of 1 to 8 carbons atoms.
- the aluminum phosphonic acid complex compound is in particular the compound
- the aluminum catalyst is prepared for example as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,310,575, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference.
- Alkyl having up to 36 carbon atoms is a branched or unbranched radical, for example methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, sec-butyl, isobutyl, tert-butyl, 2-ethylbutyl, n-pentyl, isopentyl, 1-methylpentyl, 1,3-dimethylbutyl, n-hexyl, 1-methylhexyl, n-heptyl, isoheptyl, 1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl, 1-methylheptyl, 3-methylheptyl, n-octyl, 2-ethylhexyl, 1,1,3-trimethylhexyl, 1,1,3,3-tetramethylpentyl, nonyl, decyl, undecyl, 1-methylundecyl, dodecyl, 1,1,3,3,5,5-hexamethylhexy
- Alkenyl is an unsaturated version of alkyl, for example allyl, isopropenyl, propenyl, hexenyl, heptenyl, and the like.
- Unsubstituted or alkyl-substituted cycloalkyl is, for example, cyclopentyl, methyl-cyclopentyl, dimethylcyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, methylcyclohexyl, dimethylcyclohexyl, trimethyl-cyclohexyl, tert-butylcyclohexyl, cycloheptyl or cyclooctyl.
- cyclohexyl and tert-butylcyclohexyl are examples of cyclopentyl, methyl-cyclopentyl, dimethylcyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, methylcyclohexyl, dimethylcyclohexyl, trimethyl-cyclohexyl, tert-butylcyclohexyl, cycloheptyl or cyclooctyl.
- Aryl is phenyl or naphthyl.
- Alkyl-substituted aryl which contains for example 1 to 3, for instance 1 or 2, alkyl groups, is, for example, o-, m- or p-methylphenyl, 2,3-dimethylphenyl, 2,4-dimethylphenyl, 2,5-dimethylphenyl, 2,6-dimethylphenyl, 3,4-dimethylphenyl, 3,5-dimethylphenyl, 2-methyl-6-ethylphenyl, 4-tert-butylphenyl, 2-ethylphenyl or 2,6-diethylphenyl.
- the dicarboxylic acid is selected from the group consisting of aromatic dicarboxylic acids having 8 to 14 carbon atoms, aliphatic dicarboxylic acids having 4 to 12 carbon atoms, cyclo-aliphatic dicarboxylic acids having 8 to 12 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof.
- the C 1 -C 4 dicarboxylic diesters are dialkyl diesters of the above-mentioned dicarboxylic acids.
- the diesters are for instance dimethyl esters.
- diacids are terephthalic acid, isophthalic acid, o-phthalic acid, naphthalene dicarboxylic acid, cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid, cyclohexanediacetic acid, diphenyl-4,4′-dicarboxylic acid, succinic acid, maleic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, sebacic acid and mixtures thereof.
- acids and esters are terephthalic acid, dimethyl terephthalate, isophthalic acid and 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid.
- the diols or glycols are derived from the generic formula HO—R—OH where R is an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic moiety of 2 to 18 carbon atoms.
- diols or glycols are ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, propane-1,3-diol, propane-1,2-diol, butane-1,4-diol, pentane-1,5-diol, hexane-1,6-diol, 1,4-cyclo-hexanedimethanol, 3-methylpentane-2,4-diol, 2-methylpentane 1,4-diol, 2,2-diethylpropane-1,3-diol, 1,4-di-(hydroxyethoxy)benzene, 2,2-bis(4-hydroxycyclohexyl)-propane, 2,4-dihydroxy-1,1,3,3-tetramethylcyclobutane, 2,2-bis-(3-hydroxyethoxyphenyl)propane, 2,2-bis-(4-hydroxy-propoxyphenyl)ethane and mixtures thereof.
- the diol is ethylene glycol, 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol or butane-1,4-diol.
- the polyester is preferably poly(ethylene terephthalate) PET or poly(ethylene 2,6-naphthalene-2,6-dicarboxylate) or poly(1,4-butylene terephthalate); most preferably poly(ethylene terephthalate).
- polyesters are prepared by methods well known in the art. Such methods are disclosed for example in U.S. published app. Nos. 2003083191 and 2004058805 and in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,744,571, 6,013,756 and 5,453,479. These disclosures are incorporated herein by reference.
- the first esterification or transesterification step is performed by mixing together one or more dicarboxylic acids or dicarboxylic diesters with one or more diols at temperatures in the range of about 150 to about 300° C., for example from about 200 to about 300° C., from about 260 to about 300° C., and at pressures of from atmospheric to about 0.2 mm Hg.
- the product is a low molecular weight precondensate.
- polycondensation is effected by increasing the temperature and lowering the pressure while excess diol is removed.
- the temperature is for example from about 250 to about 300° C., for example from about 275 to about 300° C.
- the pressure is reduced to from about 10 to about 0.1 torr, or from about 5 to about 0.5 torr.
- the present catalyst is employed at a level of from about 1 to about 1500 ppm by weight, based on the total weight of dicarboxylic acid or dicarboxylic diester and diol.
- the present catalyst is employed from about 1 to about 1000 ppm or from about 1 to about 500 ppm, based on the total weight of dicarboxylic acid or dicarboxylic diester and diol.
- the present catalyst is employed from about 2 to about 250 ppm by weight, for instance from about 10 to about 300 ppm by weight, based on the weight of diacid or diester plus diol.
- the metal phosphonic acid complex catalyst is also advantageously present for further solid state polymerization.
- the present catalysts provide for outstanding results during an optional solid state polymerization step.
- Intrinsic Viscosity 1 g of polymer is dissolved in 100 g of a 3:2 mixture of phenol and tetrachloroethane. The viscosity of this solution is measured at 35° C. using a Viscotek relative viscometer Y501C and recalculated to the intrinsic viscosity.
- PET Pellet Color The L* value measured on PET pellets using a DCI spectrophotometer by ASTM D1925, D65 10 degm specular included.
- 35 g blank precondensates from the esterification are mixed with 0.0288 g ( ⁇ 800 ppm) of the present aluminum phosphonic acid complex catalyst.
- the solid mixture is heated and stirred at 275° C. under nitrogen purge.
- the melted mixture is subsequently polycondensed under a gradually increasing vacuum from atmosphere to full vacuum ( ⁇ 0.8 torr) at 275° C. over 90 minutes.
- the polycondensation is continued under full vacuum for another 90 minutes.
- a polyethylene terephthalate is obtained with an intrinsic viscosity of 0.55 dl/g.
- precondensates containing 240 ppm Sb 2 O 3 from the esterification are mixed with 0.0200 g ( ⁇ 500 ppm) of the present aluminum phosphonic acid complex catalyst.
- the solid mixture is heated and stirred at 275° C. under nitrogen purge.
- the melted mixture is subsequently polycondensed under a gradually increasing vacuum from atmosphere to full vacuum ( ⁇ 0.9 torr) at 275° C. over 90 minutes.
- the polycondensation is continued under full vacuum for another 90 minutes.
- a polyethylene terephthalate is obtained with an intrinsic viscosity of 0.70 dl/g.
- a batch reactor is used which is equipped with a pressurized, heated autoclave reactor with impeller stirrer, inert gas inlet system, a fractionating column to separate water of reaction and ethylene glycol during esterification phase removing water from the reaction and returning ethylene glycol to the reaction mass; a sidearm transfer line connected to collection vessel and vacuum system capable of collecting reaction coproducts ethylene glycol and water during vacuum polycondensation; a discharge valve system at the bottom of the reactor for discharge and isolation of polymer product.
- Various process points are instrumented with thermocouples and pressure transducers to monitor or control the reaction system.
- a suppressant to reduce diethylene glycol formation e.g.) Choline hydroxide as a 45% methanolic solution
- the EG 120 mole %) is added and stirring begun. A mixture of 97 mole % PTA with 3% PIA is charged to the reactor along with antimony trioxide. Solid additives may be added at this point, & washed into the reactor with EG. Optionally any liquid catalyst or additives can be added via syringe with several milliliters of EG.
- the DEG (diethylene glycol) suppressant may be added via pipette & washed in with EG. Reactor is purged with nitrogen then closed.
- the reaction mass is conditioned for 20 minutes at a temperature range 93-105° C., stirring at 20 rpm.
- Heaters are set at 275° C.
- sidearm is set to 150° C.
- Stirring is raised incrementally over 30 minutes, up to 60 rpm when melt temperature reads 200° C.
- the esterification step is conducted at nominally 50 psig nitrogen pressure and reaches an ultimate temperature of 270° C.
- the time of esterification begins when water is observed in sight glass of collector (that is, water distills out of fractionating column begins).
- the heater setpoints are adjusted downward to a final setpoint of about 243° C. which allows a final esterification temperature of about 270° C.
- Atmospheric Esterification alias pre-polycondensation
- Additives optionally may be added to the reactor at this point using a septum on the addition port and a large gauge syringe.
- the next phase of the process vacuum polycondensation, occurs when the reactor pressure (i.e. applying a vacuum) is reduced over 60 minutes down to 1 torr or less via programmed vacuum reduction step-down program. Upon reaching final vacuum level, polycondensation continues for about 60 minutes at a final melt temperature target of 285-286° C. Over this total polycondensation time, the reactor stirring speed is reduced in increments as the polymer molecular weight (i.e. melt viscosity) increases. Typically the reactor is held at 60 rpm for 105 minutes, then at 50 rpm for 15 minutes, at 40 rpm for 10 minutes, and at 15 rpm for 15 minutes until polymer discharge.
- the total time of polycondensation may differ slightly since the reaction endpoint is generally determined by a motor torque value & not by reaction time. Polycondensations of significantly faster reaction rate will reach the endpoint torque value sooner than a standard polyester formulation, such as the case with improved catalysts or coadditives in the formulation.
- Upon reaching a given motor torque level the polymerization reaction is considered completed. At this time the batch is discharged from the bottom of the reactor, stranded through a water trough and converted to chip.
- the esterification time is 104 minutes and polycondensation time is 60 minutes.
- a polyester is produced with dilute solution viscosity value 0.63 dL/g, and carboxylic acid endgroup 24 meq/kg.
- a polyester is produced per the general polyester (PET) synthesis procedure A. Instead of adding antimony oxide, a 15 gram slurry of EG containing 1.42 grams of the present aluminum phosphonic acid complex catalyst is added to the reactor at the end of atmospheric esterification stage of the process. The remainder of the polymerization process is conducted as described above. The esterification time is 96 minutes and polycondensation time is 80 minutes. A polyester is produced with dilute solution viscosity value 0.61 dl/g, and carboxylic acid endgroup 12 meq/kg.
- a 2 L detachable autoclave reactor equipped with an external aluminum block heater, an anchor type stirrer, inert gas inlet system, a fractionating column to separate water of reaction and ethylene glycol during esterification phase removing water from the reaction and returning ethylene glycol to the reaction mass; a sidearm transfer line connected to a collection vessel and vacuum system capable of collecting reaction co-products, ethylene glycol and water, during vacuum polycondensation; and a discharge valve system at the bottom of the reactor for discharge and isolation of polymer product is used.
- the reactor vessel is instrumented with a thermocouple and pressure transducer to monitor the reaction system.
- a suppressant to reduce diethylene glycol formation e.g. Choline hydroxide as a 45% methanolic solution
- Polycondensation catalyst antimony trioxide, 240 ppm
- Terephthalic acid (97%), isophthalic acid (3%), ethylene glycol (130%) and choline hydroxide are mixed in a 2 L stainless steel reactor to form a paste.
- the polycondensation catalyst, antimony trioxide is mixed with terephthalic acid during the paste preparation.
- the reaction mixture is purged and pressurized to 40 psig with nitrogen then heated up to 239-243° C. with stirring at 60 rpm in 70 minutes while pressure is raised to 50 psig. At this point a temperature drop is observed in the reactor which is indicative of the onset of esterification and distillation of water-of-reaction through the fractionating column.
- the reaction mixture is then further heated at 50 psig for 2 hours 20 minutes while the reactor temperature is slowly raised to 250-252° C.
- Atmospheric Esterification alias pre-polycondensation
- Additives optionally may be added to the reactor at this point using a septum on the addition port and a large gauge syringe.
- the reaction temperature is slowly raised to 260-262° C. over a 40 minute period.
- the reactor pressure is reduced from atmospheric to full vacuum, 1.0 torr or less, while reaction temperature is slowly raised to 280-284° C. within 1 hour.
- the polycondensation step continues until the desired molecular weight of the polymer is achieved and the reaction temperature increases to a final melt temperature target of 296-298° C.
- the progress of the polycondensation is monitored by recording the motor torque amperage. Once a desired amperage reading (2.00 amp) is reached, the stirrer is stopped, and polymer is collected via discharge from a drain valve at the bottom of the reactor, stranded through a water trough and converted to chip.
- the polycondensation time is counted from the end of the vacuum letdown point until the stop of stirrer and vacuum.
- the polycondensation time is 120 minutes.
- a polyester is produced with dilute solution viscosity value 0.62 dL/g and L* value 74.4.
- a polyester is produced per the general example B procedure above. Instead of adding antimony oxide, a 16 gram slurry of EG containing 0.21 grams (400 ppm) of the present aluminum phosphonic acid complex catalyst is added to the reactor at the end of atmospheric esterification stage of the process. The remainder of the polymerization process is conducted as described above. The polycondensation time is 93 minutes. A polyester is produced with dilute solution viscosity value 0.63 dL/g and L* value 82.4.
- a polyester is produced per the general example B procedure above. Instead of adding antimony oxide, a titanium containing catalyst (equivalent to 2.5 ppm Ti) is added with terephthalic acid at the beginning of esterification and a 16 gram slurry of EG containing 0.11 grams (200 ppm) of the present aluminum phosphonic acid complex catalyst is added to the reactor at the end of atmospheric esterification stage of the process. The remainder of the polymerization process is conducted as described above. The polycondensation time is 99 minutes. A polyester is produced with dilute solution viscosity value 0.62 dL/g.
- SSP solid state polycondensation
- a polyester is produced by the procedure of Example 4 and 500 grams of the polyethylene terephthalate pellets are further reacted according to the Solid State Polycondensation (SSP) procedure C at 217° C. over a 10 hour period.
- SSP Solid State Polycondensation
- a polyester is produced with dilute solution intrinsic viscosity value (I.V.) 0.82 dL/g and L* value 88.7.
- Examples 2 and 5 are repeated, replacing antimony oxide and the titanium based catalyst with germanium oxide. Excellent results are achieved.
- the present aluminum phosphinic acid complex catalyst may be employed together with other known catalysts, for example antimony, titanium or germanium catalysts.
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