Polymer carrying specific epoxy functional pendant groups

Abstract

A polymer comprises one or more diene units and bears along the main polymer chain one or more pendent groups of the following formula (I): in which: D represents a group of attachment to the main polymer chain; R1 represents a chemical group selected from the group consisting of —OCH3, —OCH2CH3 and —OR3; R2 represents a chemical group selected from the group consisting of —OCH3 and —OR3, provided that R1 or R2 is —OR3; R3 represents a chemical group of formula (II): in which E represents a divalent C1-C12 hydrocarbon group optionally comprising one or more heteroatoms; X1, X2, X3, which may be identical or different, represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl or a C6-C14 aryl; and the symbol * represents the attachment of the chemical group of formula (II) to the oxygen atom.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.