Anion exchange resins from amines and alkyl styrene polymers

Claim 1

THE WATER-INSOLUBLE REACTION PRODUCT OF A HALOGENATED SOLID BENZENE-INSOLUBLE COPOLYMER OF FROM 0.5 TO 40 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF A POLYVINYLAROMATIC HYDROCARBON AND FROM 99.5 TO 60 PARTS OF AN AR-ALKYL-MONOVINYL-AROMATIC HYDROCARBON HAVING THE VINYL RADICAL AND FROM 1 TO 3 ALKYL RADICALS CONTAINING FROM TWO TO FOUR CARBON ATOMS, OTHER THAN A TERTIARY ALKYL RADICAL, AS NUCLEAR SUBSTITUENTS, WHICH HALOGENATED COPOLYMER CONTAINS SUBSTANTIAL NUCLEAR HALOGENATION AND HAS A REACTIVE SUBSTITUENT HALOGEN ATOM ATTACHED TO A CARBON ATOM ALPHA TO AN AROMATIC NUCLEUS IN EACH OF AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE ALKYL RADICALS, WITH A NITROGEN-CONTAINING BASE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AMMONIA AND AMINES, IN AMOUNT SUCH THAT SUBSTANTIALLY EACH REACTIVE HALOGEN ATOM ATTACHED TO A CARBON ATOM ALPHA TO AN AROMATIC NUCLEUS IN AN ALKYL RAIDCAL IN THE HALOGENATED COPOLYMER IS REPLACED BY A NITROGEN ATOM.