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US 7,803,881 B2Granted
Process for amination of acrylic macromonomers and products therefrom
AssigneeE.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorsSteven Dale Ittel, Alexei A. Gridnev, Jennifer W. Anderson
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Abstract
Processes for forming adducts of amines with acrylic macromonomers are provided. Also provided are processes for using ring-closing reactions of the adducts to form lactams. The adducts are useful, for example, for making adhesives, surfactants, viscosity modifiers, processing aids, and other products.
Claims14
A compound having the structure
- wherein R1 and R2 are independently H, alkyl of 1-20 carbon atoms, aryl, substituted alkyl of 1-20 carbon atoms, or substituted aryl;
- R3 is H, alkyl of 1-100 carbon atoms, or substituted alkyl or a polymer;
- R5 is methyl, hydrogen or hydroxymethyl;
- n=1-100;
- and m+m′=1-100 and is equal to or less than the number of reactive amino groups on R3.
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