US4192920A
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Uniform polymer beads and ion exchange resins therefrom prepared by post-crosslinking of lightly crosslinked beads
Assignee: Rohm and Haas Co
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Filing: 1978-07-24
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Granted: 1980-03-11
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Expires: 1998-07-24
Abstract
Abstract Polymer beads of uniform size are prepared by (a) forming linear polymer beads of a vinyl aromatic polymer containing about 0.8-2.0 chloromethyl groups per aromatic nucleus, (b) removing off-sizes from the linear polymer beads to leave beads of a desired size, (c) recycling the off-sizes into the formation of the linear polymer beads, as required to obtain higher counts of uniform beads, and (d) lightly crosslinking the desired size beads by a thermal treatment to stabilize the beads. Strong base anion exchange resins are produced from the lightly crosslinked beads by swelling the beads in an organic solvent, post-crosslinking the swollen beads with a Friedel-Crafts catalyst, and aminating the post-crosslinked beads. Suitable starting monomers are vinylbenzyl chloride, bis(chloromethyl)styrene and vinyltoluene.
Inventors
- 👤 David R. Amick
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 00:49
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01J; B01J41/00; B01J41/08; B01J41/12; B01J41/14; C; C08; C08F; C08F8/00; C08F8/44
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
83 words
A strong anion exchange resin produced by lightly crosslinking vinylaromatic polymer beads containing about 0.8-2.0 chloromethyl groups per aromatic nucleus, swelling the beads in an organic solvent post-crosslinking said lightly crosslinked swollen beads by reactive contact with a Friedel-Crafts catalyst, and aminating with a tertiary amine, wherein said lightly crosslinked polymer beads are formed by hydrolyzing said vinylaromatic polymer beads and heating said hydrolyzed beads in aqueous dispersion in the presence of a free radical initiator to obtain up to about 20% crosslinking.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
83 words
A strong anion exchange resin produced by lightly crosslinking vinylaromatic polymer beads containing about 0.8-2.0 chloromethyl groups per aromatic nucleus, swelling the beads in an organic solvent post-crosslinking said lightly crosslinked swollen beads by reactive contact with a Friedel-Crafts catalyst, and aminating with a tertiary amine, wherein said lightly crosslinked polymer beads are formed by hydrolyzing said vinylaromatic polymer beads and heating said hydrolyzed beads in aqueous dispersion in the presence of a free radical initiator to obtain up to about 20% crosslinking.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
12 words
The resin of claim 1 wherein said vinylaromatic polymer is poly(vinylbenzyl chloride).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
The resin of claim 1 wherein said vinylaromatic polymer is chlorinated polyvinyltoluene.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
11 words
The resin of claim 1 wherein said vinylaromatic polymer is bis(chloromethyl)styrene.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
11 words
The resin of claim 1 wherein the tertiary amine is trimethylamine.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
140 words
A process for producing polymer beads of uniform size, comprising: (a) forming substantially linear polymer beads of a vinylaromatic polymer containing about 0.8-2.0 chloromethyl groups per aromatic nucleus, (b) removing off-size from said linear polymer beads to leave beads of a desired size, (c) recycling said off-sizes into the formation of said substantially linear polymer beads by dissolving the off-sizes in the polymerizing mass, (d) hydrolyzing said beads of a desired size and heating said hydrolyzed beads in aqueous dispersion in the presence of a free radical initiator to obtain up to about 20% crosslinking, said beads being capable of swelling in an organic solvent without substantially dissolving the beads, (e) swelling said beads in an organic solvent and post-crosslinking said swollen beads by reactive contact with a Friedel-Crafts catalyst, and (f) aminating said post-crosslinked beads with a tertiary amine.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
140 words
A process for producing polymer beads of uniform size, comprising: (a) forming substantially linear polymer beads of a vinylaromatic polymer containing about 0.8-2.0 chloromethyl groups per aromatic nucleus, (b) removing off-size from said linear polymer beads to leave beads of a desired size, (c) recycling said off-sizes into the formation of said substantially linear polymer beads by dissolving the off-sizes in the polymerizing mass, (d) hydrolyzing said beads of a desired size and heating said hydrolyzed beads in aqueous dispersion in the presence of a free radical initiator to obtain up to about 20% crosslinking, said beads being capable of swelling in an organic solvent without substantially dissolving the beads, (e) swelling said beads in an organic solvent and post-crosslinking said swollen beads by reactive contact with a Friedel-Crafts catalyst, and (f) aminating said post-crosslinked beads with a tertiary amine.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 6 wherein said Friedel-Crafts catalyst is stannous chloride.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 6 wherein said vinylaromatic polymer is poly(vinylbenzyl chloride).
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 6 wherein said vinylaromatic polymer is chlorinated polyvinyltoluene.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
11 words
The process of claim 6 wherein said vinylaromatic polymer is bis(chloromethyl)styrene.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
The resin of claim 1 wherein at least 50% by weight of the monomer mixture from which the vinylaromatic polymer beads are produced comprises vinyl aromatic monomers having chloromethyl substituents.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
52 words
The process of claim 6 wherein at least 50% by weight of the monomer mixture from which the vinylaromatic polymer beads of step (a) are produced comprises vinyl aromatic monomers having chloromethyl substituents, and said beads in step (d) are hydrolyzed to provide at least about 0.5% vinylbenzyl alcohol units by weight.
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