CATALYST FOR POLYESTER PRODUCTION, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLYESTER USING THE CATALYST, POLYESTER OBTAINED BY THE PROCESS, AND USES OF THE POLYESTER

摘要

PURPOSE: A catalyst for polyester production capable of producing a polyester with high catalytic activity and a process for producing a polyester using the catalyst is provided. CONSTITUTION: A catalyst for polyester production comprises a solid titanium compound which is obtained by dehydro-drying a hydrolyzate obtained by hydrolysis of a titanium halide and which has a molar ratio (OH/Ti) of a hydroxyl group (OH) to titanium (Ti) exceeding 0.09 and less than 4. The polyester is obtained by polycondensing an aromatic dicarboxylic acid or an ester-forming derivative thereof and an aliphatic diol or an ester-forming derivative thereof in the presence of a catalyst for polyester production which comprises a polycondensation catalyst component comprising a solid titanium compound and a co-catalyst component comprising a magnesium compound. This polyester has a titanium content of 1 to 100 ppm, a magnesium content of 1 to 200 ppm and a weight ratio (Mg/Ti) of magnesium to titanium of not less than 0.01.