A process for producing a polyoxymethylene-polyoxyalkylene copolymer is provided. The process comprises reacting a polymer formaldehyde compound of an alkylene oxide and a specific component (X) in the presence of a double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst. A polyoxymethylene-polyoxyalkylene copolymer can be obtained by means of such a process and to the use of same for producing a polyurethane polymer.

A method for producing a polyoxymethylene polyoxyalkylene copolymer, comprising reacting a polymer formaldehyde compound with an alkylene oxide in the presence of a double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst, wherein the polymer formaldehyde compound comprises at least one terminal hydroxyl group and wherein the method comprises the steps of placing a suspending agent in a reactor and subsequently incrementally or continuously metering in the polymer formaldehyde compound into the reactor during the reaction is provided.

An oxymethylene copolymer resin composition, which includes (i) an oxymethylene copolymer, (ii) a derivative of an aryl boron fluoride compound, and (iii) a layered double hydroxide; and a method for producing the same.

A polyoxymethylene-based all-solid-state polymer electrolyte prepared by in-situ ring-opening polymerization is used in forming an all-solid-state secondary lithium battery. A trioxymethylene monomer, an additive and lithium salt initiates in-situ ring-opening polymerization on a porous support material through a catalyst to form the all-solid-state polymer electrolyte, which has a thickness of 10 μm-800 μm, an ionic conductivity of 4×10.sup.−5 S/cm—8×10.sup.−3 S/cm at room temperature and an electrochemical window not lower than 4.2 V.

It has been desired to develop a method for producing an oxymethylene polymer, by which an oxymethylene polymer having a high polymerization degree can be produced with high efficiency while suppressing increase in the amount of generation of an odor. Further, it has been desired to develop an oxymethylene polymer resin composition, wherein generation of an odor at the time of molding or after molded to obtain a molded body is suppressed. The present invention provides a method for producing an oxymethylene polymer, wherein the oxymethylene polymer is produced by polymerizing a cyclic oligomer of formaldehyde, and wherein a boron trifluoride compound and an aryl fluoride boron compound are used as polymerization catalysts. The present invention also provides an oxymethylene polymer resin composition containing an oxymethylene polymer and a derivative of an aryl fluoride boron compound.

It has been desired to develop a method for producing an oxymethylene polymer, by which an oxymethylene polymer having a high polymerization degree can be produced with high efficiency while suppressing increase in the amount of generation of an odor. Further, it has been desired to develop an oxymethylene polymer resin composition, wherein generation of an odor at the time of molding or after molded to obtain a molded body is suppressed. The present invention provides a method for producing an oxymethylene polymer, wherein the oxymethylene polymer is produced by polymerizing a cyclic oligomer of formaldehyde, and wherein a boron trifluoride compound and an aryl fluoride boron compound are used as polymerization catalysts. The present invention also provides an oxymethylene polymer resin composition containing an oxymethylene polymer and a derivative of an aryl fluoride boron compound.

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a method for producing an oxymethylene copolymer, which is capable of producing an oxymethylene copolymer having a high molecular weight with high yield and high economic efficiency. This problem is able to be solved by a method for producing an oxymethylene copolymer, in which a copolymer starting material containing a trioxane and a comonomer is subjected to a polymerization reaction in the presence of a polymerization initiator that contains an acidic compound (A), and wherein: the copolymer starting material contains a basic compound (B); an acidic compound (C) that is different from the acidic compound (A) is added into the copolymer starting material before performing the polymerization reaction, thereby causing a reaction between the basic compound (B) and the acidic compound (C) in advance; and the polymerization reaction is carried out by means of melt polymerization.

The invention relates to a method for producing a polyoxymethylene polyoxyalkylene block copolymer, said method including the process of reacting a polymer formaldehyde compound with alkylene oxide in the presence of a double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst and an H-functional starter substance, wherein the theoretical molar mass of the polymer formaldehyde compound is lower than the theoretical molar mass of the H-functional starter substance, and the polymer formaldehyde compound has at least one terminal hydroxyl group, the theoretical molar mass of the H-functional starter substance being at least 500 g/mol. In the method according to the invention, a mixture i) is provided comprising the DMC catalyst and the H-functional starter substance in step (i); the polymer formaldehyde compound is then added to the mixture (i) in step (ii), thereby forming a mixture (ii); and the alkylene oxide is added in step (iii), step (ii) being carried out at the same time as or prior to step (iii).

The invention relates to a method for producing a polyoxymethylene polyoxyalkylene block copolymer, said method including the process of reacting a polymer formaldehyde compound with alkylene oxide in the presence of a double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst and an H-functional starter substance, wherein the theoretical molar mass of the polymer formaldehyde compound is lower than the theoretical molar mass of the H-functional starter substance, and the polymer formaldehyde compound has at least one terminal hydroxyl group, the theoretical molar mass of the H-functional starter substance being at least 500 g/mol. In the method according to the invention, a mixture i) is provided comprising the DMC catalyst and the H-functional starter substance in step (i); the polymer formaldehyde compound is then added to the mixture (i) in step (ii), thereby forming a mixture (ii); and the alkylene oxide is added in step (iii), step (ii) being carried out at the same time as or prior to step (iii).

Polyoxymethylene, where a ratio of a low molecular weight component having a molecular weight of 10,000 or less in a molecular weight distribution is 7.0% or less of the total, and the molecular weight distribution is obtained by measurement by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) using polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) as a standard substance.