Renewable flame-retardant compounds derived from muconic acid
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsBrandon M. Kobilka, Joseph Kuczynski, Jacob T. Porter, Jason T. Wertz
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Abstract
A flame-retardant compound, a process for forming a flame-retardant polymer, and an article of manufacture are disclosed. The flame-retardant compound includes at least one muconic acid moiety and at least one phosphorus-based moiety. The process for forming the flame-retardant polymer includes obtaining a muconic acid compound, obtaining a muconic acid compound, reacting the muconic acid compound with the phosphorus compound to form a flame-retardant compound, and incorporating the flame-retardant compound into a polymer. The article of manufacture comprises a material that contains a flame-retardant compound derived from muconic acid.
Claims20
A flame-retardant compound, comprising:
- at least one moiety derived from muconic acid;
- and
- at least one phosphorus-based moiety.
A process of forming a flame-retardant polymer, comprising:
- obtaining a phosphorus compound;
- obtaining a muconic acid compound;
- reacting the muconic acid compound with the phosphorus compound to form a flame-retardant compound;
- and
- incorporating the flame-retardant compound into a polymer.
An article of manufacture, comprising a material that includes a flame-retardant compound derived from muconic acid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.