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US 5,294,728 AGranted
Latent thiol mercaptan chain transfer agents and their use in the synthesis of polymers
AssigneeRohm and Haas Company
InventorsWilliam D. Emmons, Andrew W. Gross
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Abstract
This invention relates to latent thiol mercaptan chain transfer agents and their use in the synthesis of polymers. In addition, this invention relates to novel polymers and block copolymers formed using these latent thiol mercaptan chain transfer agents.
Claims3
A latent thiol mercaptan chain transfer agent having the general formula;
- ##STR5## wherein A is a polyvalent organic radical;
- x and y are positive integers such that x+y equals the valence of A;
- B is an organic acyl radical;
- and
- n and m are integers from 1 to 6.
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A latent thiol mercaptan chain transfer agent selected from the group consisting of;
- mono-, bis- and tris-S-acetyl-pentaerythritol tetra-3-mercaptopropionate;
- mono-, bis-, and tris-S-acetoacetyl-pentaerythritol tetra-3-mercaptopropionate;
- mono- and bis-S-acetoacetyltrimethylolpropane tri-3-mercaptopropionate;
- mono- and bis-S-acetyltrimethylolpropane tri-3-mercaptopropionate;
- 1-(S-acetyl-3-mercaptopropoxy)-3-mercapto-2-acetoxypropane;
- and 1-(S-acetyl-3-mercaptopropoxy)-3-mercapto-2-hydroxypropane.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.