Abstract The new polymeric compounds corresponding to the statistical formula WHEREIN A is hydrogen or a methyl group, X is halogen or a methyl group, Ar1 is a bivalent aromatic radical which may or may not contain substitutents on the nucleus, Ar2 is a monovalent aromatic radical which may or may not be substituted on the nucleus or it may be the same as Ar1 but having an -OH group attached to one of the arylene valences; m is 0 or 1; n is 0 or 1; o is 0, 1 or 2; p is an integer of from about 5 to about 100; q is 1 or 2; r is an integer of from about 5 to about 1,000; g is a number of from about 5 to about 200; R'' is hydrogen or a methyl group; R is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, ayrl, a carboxylic acid or a ester group of a monohydric alcohol, the amide or nitrile group, an ester group of a monocarboxylic acid or an alkoxy group, are the subjects of this application.
The polymer of claim 1 wherein the Ar1 is a 2,2-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane, a,a''-bis-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-p-diisopropyl benzene, 1,1-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-cyclohexane or 2,2-(bis-3,5-dichloro-4-hydroxyphenyl)propane radical.
Claim 3
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The polymer of claim 1 wherein Ar2 radical is phenyl, p-tertiary butyl phenyl or 2,6-dichlorophenyl.
Claim 4
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The polymer of claim 1 wherein R is a carboxymethyl, phenyl, nitrile, carboxybutyl or an N-methoxymethylamide radical.
Claim 5
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A method for preparing the polymer of claim 1 which comprises forming a prepolymer by copolymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated monomer with a phenol having the formula
Claim 6
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The method of claim 6 wherein the phenol has the formula:
Claim 7
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The method of claim 6 wherein the resulting prepolymer is also reacted with a monovalent phenol.