HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT AROMATIC POLYCARBONATE RESIN MANUFACTURING METHOD

Provided is a high molecular weight aromatic polycarbonate resin manufacturing method that suppresses the occurrence of heterogeneous structures and can achieve a sufficiently high molecular weight. A high molecular weight aromatic polycarbonate resin manufacturing method including: a step in which a dialcohol compound expressed by general formula (1) and a catalyst are mixed to obtain a catalyst composition; a step in which the obtained catalyst composition is transferred to a prepolymer mixing tank via a transfer pipe, with a transfer period of 10 hours or less; a step in which the transferred catalyst composition and an aromatic polycarbonate prepolymer are mixed in the prepolymer mixing tank to obtain a prepolymer mixture; and a high molecular weight achievement step in which the obtained prepolymer mixture is heat-treated under reduced pressure conditions to obtain a high molecular weight aromatic polycarbonate resin. In formula (1), R 1 -R 4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a C1-5 straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl group. Q represents a single bond or a divalent radical that may have a substituent group and is formed from at least one component selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a sulfone group, a sulfoxide group, a carbonyl group, a dialkylsilyl group, and a diarylsilyl group.