An object of the present invention is to provide a novel production method of a poly(ester)carbonate. The present invention relates to a production method of a poly(ester)carbonate, including subjecting a diol and a carbonate ester to a transesterification reaction in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst comprises aluminum or a compound thereof, and a phosphorus compound.

An object of the present invention is to provide a novel production method of a poly(ester)carbonate. The present invention relates to a production method of a poly(ester)carbonate, including subjecting a diol and a carbonate ester to a transesterification reaction in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst comprises aluminum or a compound thereof, and a phosphorus compound.

The present invention relates to a method for producing an aliphatic polyester carbonate, the polyester carbonate itself, and to moulding compositions and moulded articles containing the polyester carbonate. The claimed method is characterised in particular in that the method comprises three steps and the last step is a melt transesterification method in the presence of two catalysts.

The present invention relates to a method for producing an aliphatic polyester carbonate, the polyester carbonate itself, and to moulding compositions and moulded articles containing the polyester carbonate. The claimed method is characterised in particular in that the method comprises three steps and the last step is a melt transesterification method in the presence of two catalysts.

Polycarbonate block copolymers are provided, which have: (A) a polyester block of chemical formula 1; and (B) a polycarbonate block derived from a dihydric phenol of chemical formula 3 compound and phosgene. The copolymers may be prepared by (1) polymerizing ester oligomers to form a compound of chemical formula 1; and (2) copolymerizing the ester oligomer obtained in (1) with a polycarbonate oligomer prepared from a dihydric phenol compound of chemical formula 3 and phosgene, in the presence of a polymerization catalyst. The block copolymer may have a viscosity average molecular weight (Mv) of 10,000 to 200,000. The thermoplastic copolymer resins have excellent heat resistance, transparency, impact strength, and fluidity, and thus can be usefully applied in various products, including office devices, electric/electronic products, and automotive interior/exterior parts;

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A polymer, which is a composition of a battery, is polymerized by a polymeric precursor, and the polymeric precursor includes at least two or at least three monomers. Each of the monomers is a lactone, a lactone cyclic ester or a carbonate ester. The polymer includes a polyester, and the polyester is a straight chain.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a polyester resin or polyester carbonate resin, which has high refractive index, while achieving an excellent balance between heat resistance and low birefringence. A polyester resin or a polyester carbonate resin, which contains repeating units represented by the following formulae (1) and (2), and wherein the ratio of the repeating unit represented by formula (1) to the repeating unit represented by formula (2) is 15:85 to 85:15. (In formula (1), each of rings Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 represents a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon group having 9-20 carbon atoms; each of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 independently represents a hydrocarbon group which may contain an aromatic group having 1-12 carbon atoms; each of R.sup.3-R.sup.6 and R.sup.9-R.sup.16 represents a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic or aromatic substituents; each of j, k, r and s independently represent an integer of 0 or more; and each of m, n, p and q independently represents 1 or 2) (In formula (2), each of R.sup.7, R.sup.8, R.sup.17 and R.sup.18 independently represent a hydrocarbon group which may contain an aromatic group having 1-12 carbon atoms; each of R.sup.9-R.sup.16 and R.sup.19-R.sup.26 represents a hydrogen atoms or an aliphatic or aromatic substituents; and each of r, s, t and u independently represents an integer of 0 or more.)

The present invention relates to a process for preparing a polyester carbonate on the basis of aliphatic diacids and aliphatic diols and to the polyester carbonate prepared according to the process and to a moulding mass and moulding body containing the polyester carbonate. The process according to the invention is a direct synthesis in which all structural elements forming the subsequent polyester carbonate are already present as monomers in the first process step and in which two catalysts are used.

The present invention relates to a process for preparing a polyester carbonate on the basis of aliphatic diacids and aliphatic diols and to the polyester carbonate prepared according to the process and to a moulding mass and moulding body containing the polyester carbonate. The process according to the invention is a direct synthesis in which all structural elements forming the subsequent polyester carbonate are already present as monomers in the first process step and in which two catalysts are used.

An object of the present invention is to provide a heat-resistant film that is suitable for protection of a surface provided with electrical conduction, decoration or the like in a plastic product, a glass product, a ceramic product, and the like, or that is suitable for holding a semiconductor, dies, and the like in producing dies through dicing and singulation. The film that solves the above object is a heat-resistant film comprising a thermoplastic resin, wherein (a) the thermoplastic resin is a polyester-based elastomer comprising a hard segment and a soft segment that are linked to each other, (b) the hard segment comprises a polyester unit constituted from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and an aliphatic diol or an alicyclic diol, (c) the soft segment is constituted mainly from the prescribed polycarbonate, (d) a weight ratio of the hard segment contained in the polyester-based elastomer exceeds 50%, and (e) the film comprising the thermoplastic resin has an elastic modulus of 30 to 500 MPa, an elongation at break of 200 to 700%, and a ratio F50/F25 of 1.05 or more, the ratio F50/F25 being a ratio of a stress F50 at an elongation of 50% to a stress F25 at an elongation of 25%.