Mixed poly-(cyclic acetals) and process

Claim 1

A PROCESS OF PRODUCING A SUBSTANTIALLY WATER-INSOLUBLE COMPOSITION COMPRISING POLY-(CYCLIC ACETALS) OF A SUGAR, CONTAINING A HETEROGENOUS TYPE OF POLY-(CYCLIC ACETAL), FROM A SUGAR AND AT LEAST ONE CARBONYL GROUPCONTAINING ALIPHATIC COMPOUND, OTHER THAN A SUGAR, AND WHICH IS A MEMBER OF THE CLASS CONSISTING OF (A) AN ALDEHYDE WITH MORE THAN THREE CARBON ATOMS, (B) A KETONE, (C) A HALOGEN-SUBSTITUTED ALDEHYDE, AND (D) A HALOGENSUBSTITUTED KEYTONE; WHICH COMPRISES INCLUDING PROPIONALDEHYDE IN TE REACTION MIXTURE OF THE SUGAR AND THE CARBONYL COMPOUND AND TO THE EXTENT OF FROM ABOUT TEN TO ABOUT NINETY MOLE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL OF SAID CARBONYL COMPOUND AND THE PROPIONALDEHYDE, AND CONDESING OF THE SUGAR WITH THE CARBONYL COMPOUND IN THE PRESENCE OF AND WITH THE PROPIONALDEHYDE, AND IN THE PRESENCE OF A CARALYTICALLY EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF AN ACID ACETALIZATION CATALYST. 139 POLY-(CYCLIC ACETALS) OF A SUGAR, COMPRISING A POLY-(CYCLIC ACETAL) OF THE HETEROGENOUS TYPE WHEREIN ONE OF ITS DIVALENT CYCLIC ACETAL RESIDUES IN THE PROPYLIDENE GROUP AND WHICH TYPE HAS NO THE SAME SACCHARIDE MOLECULE CONTAINING SAID PROPYLIDENE GROUP AT LEAST ONE OTHER DILVANT CYCLIC ACETAL RESIDUE DERIVED FROM A CARBONYL GROUP-CONTAINING NO-SUGAR SLIPHATIC COMPOUND OF THE CLASS CONSISTING OF (A) AN ALDEHYDE WITH MORE THAN THREE CARBON ATOMS, (B) A KETONE, (C) A HALOGEN-SUBSTITUTED ALDEHYDE,AND (D) A HALOGEN-SUBSTITUTED KETONE; SAID POLY-!CYCLIC ACETALS) OF A SUGAR BEING THE SAME AS THE POLY-(CYCLIC ACETALS) OF A SUGAR DERIVED BY USE OF THE METHOD OF CLAIM 1; SAID POLU-(CYCLIC ACETALS) BEING SUBSTANTIALLY INSOLUBLE IN WATER, INSOLUBLE IN NORMAL-HEPTANE AND IN CARBON TETRACHLORIDE, AND SOLUBLE IN METHANOL AND