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US 9,850,340 B2Granted
Apopinene as a biorenewable monomer for ring-opening metathesis polymerization
AssigneeNorthwestern University
InventorsRegan J. Thomson, Benjamin F. Strick, Franz M. Geiger, Massimiliano Delferro
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Abstract
Ring-opening metathesis polymerization of apopinene and related functionalized monomers and corresponding polymer products.
Claims31
A method of using a pinene derivative for ring-opening metathesis polymerization, said method comprising:
- providing starting material comprising an apopinene monomer component;
- and
- reacting said starting material with a metathesis catalyst component under reaction conditions promoting ring-opening metathesis polymerization of said starting material, to provide a polyalkene product.
A method of preparing a polymer of apopinene, said method comprising:
- providing a fluid medium comprising an apopinene monomer component;
- contacting such a medium with a metathesis catalyst component;
- and
- reacting said apopinene monomer component with said metathesis catalyst component under conditions promoting ring-opening metathesis polymerization, to provide a polyalkene product.
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A polymer comprising a ring-opening polymerization product of an apopinene monomer component, said polymer comprising cis-configured monomeric linkages, trans-configured monomeric linkages and combinations thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.