Patent ID: 7498397

Claim:
A copolycarbonate of the formula wherein 5 to 50 mole percent of the total number of R 1 groups is derived from a monomer of formula (2) wherein each R f is independently at each occurrence a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbons, or a halogen substituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbons, and n is 0 to 4; and 50 to 95 mole percent of the R 1 groups are derived from a dihydroxy compound of formula (7) wherein R a and R b are each independently a halogen atom or a monovalent C 1-6 alkyl group; p and q are each independently integers of 0 to 4; and X a is one of the following groups: wherein R c and R d are each independently a hydrogen atom or a C 1-29 alkyl group, or R c , C, and R d taken together are a divalent C 3-10 cycloalkyl group that is optionally substituted with one or more C 1-10 alkyl groups, and R e is a divalent hydrocarbon group; or R 1 can be derived from arylene-containing compounds selected from 4,4′-dihydroxybiphenyl, 1,6-dihydroxynaphthalene, and 2,6-dihydroxynaphthalene, and the dihydroxy compound of formula (7) is not a compound of formula (2), and wherein the copolycarbonate comprises at least 10% fewer carbonate linkages of formula (4) than would be theoretically obtained in a random copolymer made from the same ratio of the monomer of formula (2) and the dihydroxy compound of formula (7) or the arylene-containing compounds.