Quaternary ammonium anion exchange resins and method for preparing the same

Claim 1

A HIGHLY BASIC ANION EXCHANGE RESIN COMPRISING A COPOLYMER OF ABOUT 60% TO 99.9% ON A MOLAR BASIC OF A VINYL METHYL PYRIDINE AND ABOUT 40% TO 0.1% ON A MOLAR BASIC OF A CROSSLINKER COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF POLYMERIZABLE POLYVINYL AROMATIC AND POLYVINYL ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; SAID VINYL METHYL PYRIDINE MOIETY HAVING THE METHYL GROUP IN A POSITION SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE 2,4 AND 6 POSITIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE NITROGEN OF THE PYRIDINE RING; SAID COPOLYMER HAVING QUATERNARY AMMONIUM METHYL GROUPS ATTACHED TO THE METHYL GROUPS OPN THE PYRIDINE NUCLEI TO CONSITITUTE QUATERNARY AMMONIUM ETHYL GROUPS ATTACHED TO THE PYRIDINE NUCLEI; THE RING NITROGEN ATOMS OF THE PYRIDINE BEING QUATERNIZED; THE QUATERNIZING SUBSTITUENT GROUPS OF EACH OF THE QUATERNARY AMMONIUM GROUPS BEING A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF ALKYL, ARALKYL AND ALKANOL GROUPS; SAID QUATERNARY AMMONINIUM GROUPS BEING NEUTRALIZED BY ANIONS.