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US 5,637,647 AGranted
Capping of living polymers
AssigneeUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell
InventorRudolph Faust
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Abstract
The present invention provides a process for the capping of a living polymer with one or more capping compounds comprising non-polymerizable monomer, preferably selected from the group consisting of substituted or unsubstituted diphenyl alkylene, substituted or unsubstituted .alpha.-methoxystyrene, substituted or unsubstituted trans-stilbene, substituted or unsubstituted 1-isopropenylnapthalene and substituted or unsubstituted 2,4-dimethyl-.alpha.-methylstyrene.
Claims6
A cationic polymer comprising cationically polymerized monomer endcapped with a non-polymerizable monomer.
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