Large scale production of catechol-containing polymers
AssigneePurdue Research Foundation
InventorsJonathan J. Wilker, Samuel L. Huntington, Amelia A. Putnam
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method for manufacturing a catechol-containing co-polymer through a suspension polymerization or a solution polymerization process. In some illustrative embodiments, this disclosure relates to a process of a free radical suspension polymerization for large-scale manufacturing catechol-containing copolymers. In some other illustrative embodiments, this disclosure relates to a solution polymerization of free radical, cationic, or anionic process for large-scale manufacturing catechol-containing copolymers. The process and the product thereof are within the scope of this disclosure.
Claims18
A process for manufacturing a catechol-containing copolymer comprising the steps of:
- a) preparing a protected 3,4-dihydroxystyrene;
- b) mixing said protected 3,4-dihydroxystyrene with styrene;
- c) adding an initiator of polymerization under a constant stirring to trigger polymerization of said protected 3,4-dihydroxystyrene and styrene;
- d) quenching said polymerization to obtain a protected 3,4-dihydroxystyrene-styrene copolymer;
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- e) removing protection from said protected 3,4-dihydroxystyrene-styrene copolymer to afford said catechol-containing copolymer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.