Method for making polyetherimides

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ABSTRACT:
A method for making polyetherimides is provided by reacting a high purity dianhydride with an aromatic diamine under condensation polymerization conditions. The dianhydrides employed are purified by a method comprising contacting a first solution containing a dianhydride compound, a solvent, and a phase transfer catalyst, with a solid inorganic adsorbent material having a total pore volume of about 0.5 milliliters/gram or greater and a cumulative pore volume distribution of about 20 percent or greater of particles having a pore diameter in a range between about 3 nanometers and about 20 nanometers. The solution containing the dianhydride compound is then separated from the solid inorganic adsorbent material to provide a purified dianhydride compound which is substantially free of the phase transfer catalyst. The purified dianhydrides are then condensed with aromatic diamines to provide polyetherimide compositions which are substantially free of residual phase transfer catalyst.

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