process for the production of polytetrahydrofuran and polytetrahydrofuranderivaten

摘要

PCT No. PCT/EP97/05204 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 1, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 1, 1999 PCT Filed Sep. 23, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO98/15589 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 16, 1998Polytetrahydrofuran, copolymers of tetrahydrofuran and 2-butyne-1,4-diol, diesters of these polymers with C2-C20-monocarboxylic acids or monoesters of these polymers with C1-C10-monocarboxylic acids are prepared by polymerization of tetrahydrofuran in the presence of one of the telogens water, 1,4-butanediol, 2-butyne-1,4-diol, polytetrahydrofuran having a molecular weight of from 200 to 700 Dalton, a C1-C10-monocarboxylic acid or an anhydride of a C2-C20-monocarboxylic acid or a mixture of these telogens over a heterogeneous supported catalyst which comprises a catalytically active amount of an oxygen-containing molybdenum and/or tungsten compound on an oxidic support material and which has been calcined at from 5OO DEG C. to 1OOO DEG C. after application of the precursor compounds of the oxygen-containing molybdenum and/or tungsten compounds onto the support material precursor, wherein the catalyst is activated by treatment with a reducing agent before it is used as a polymerization catalyst.