PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF BIFUNCTIONAL PHENYLENE ETHER OLIGOMERS

摘要

A process for the production of a bifunctional phenylene ether oligomer compound having no amine adduct represented by the formula (1), which process comprises oxidatively polymerizing a bivalent phenol and a monovalent phenol in the presence of a copper-containing catalyst and a tertiary amine, a secondary amine having a secondary alkyl group, a tertiary alkyl group or an aryl group, or a mixture of both,
wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 and R 10 are the same or different and represent a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 6 or less carbon atoms or a phenyl group, R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 11 and R 12 are the same or different and represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 6 or less carbon atoms or a phenyl group, and each of m and n is an integer of from 0 to 25, provided that at least one of a and b is not 0.