| abstract |
The present invention provides a catalyst comprising a mixture of at least one acid-activated sheet silicate with a transition metal oxide of groups 8 and/or 9 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and also a process for preparing polytetrahydrofuran, polytetrahydrofuran copolymers, diesters or monoesters of these polymers, characterized in that tetrahydrofuran is polymerized in the presence of at least one telogen and/or comonomers over such a catalyst. |