METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A COPOLYMER OF TRIOXANE

摘要

A method of manufacturing copolymers of trioxane by copolymerizing trioxane in the presence of a cation-active catalyst, and wherein one or more sterically-hindered phenols are incorporated into a monomer or monomers e.g. into the trioxane monomer prior to the polymerization in an amount of from 0.001 to 2.0% by weight based on the total amount of monomers, the polymerization reaction being subsequently carried out in the presence of said sterically-hindered phenols: characterized in that the polymer product is heated to a temperature above its melting point to selectively decompose constituents of the copolymeric product which are relatively unstable, leaving a polymeric trioxane product of enhanced stability.