Polymeric materials

A process of making a polymer from monomers or of modifying a polymer comprising reacting one or more of the monomers or reacting the polymers with a compound of Formula:

• where one of R1 to R5 represents X—O—, one of R1 to R5 represents —O—Y, and the remainder of R1 to R5 represent H, where X and Y may be the same or different and represent H or a group comprising functionality which is capable of reacting with one or more monomers and/or with one or more polymers.

A process of modifying a first polymer comprising reacting the first polymer with a second polymer which comprises as part of its polymer backbone a moiety of Formula (II);

• where one of R6 to R10 represents A-O— and one of R6 to R10 represents —O—B and the remainder of R6 to R10 represent H, where A and B represent the remainder of the second polymer backbone and may be the same or different.

A process for producing a polymer comprising as part of its polymer backbone a moiety of Formula (II):

• where one of R6 to R10 represents A-O— and one of R6 to R10 represents —O—B and the remainder of R6 to R10 represent H, where A and B represent the remainder of the polymer backbone and may be the same or different,
• the process comprising polymerising one or more compounds of Formula (I) with monomer:
• where one of R1 to R5 represents X—O— and one of R1 to R5 represents —O—Y and the remainder of R1 to R5 represent H, where X and Y may be the same or different and represent H or a group comprising functionality which is capable of reacting with the monomer.