Polycarbonate compositions having enhanced optical properties, articles formed therefrom, and methods of manufacture

tic composition includes: a high heat polycarbonate comprising optional bisphenol A carbonate units and high heat carbonate units of the formula (1), (2), (3), or a combination thereof; optionally a bisphenol A homopolycarbonate; and 2 to 40 ppm of an organosulfonic stabilizer of the formula (a) wherein the high heat carbonate units are present in an amount of 20 to 49 mol%, preferably 30 to 40 mol% based on the sum of the moles of the high heat polycarbonate and the bisphenol A homopolycarbonate, and optionally the high heat polycarbonate comprises less than 2 ppm by weight of each of an ion of lithium, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, ammonium, chlorine, bromine, fluorine, nitrite, nitrate, phosphite, phosphate, sulfate, formate, acetate, citrate, oxalate, trimethylammonium, and triethylammonium, as measured by ion chromatography; and the thermoplastic composition has: a Vicat B120 of 160º C or higher measured according to ISO 306; and a yellowness index of less than 12, measured according to ASTM D1925.