US4962133A
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Method of making highly adsorptive copolymers
Assignee: Catalent Pharma Solutions LLC
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Filing: 1989-09-05
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Granted: 1990-10-09
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Expires: 2009-09-05
Abstract
Abstract A precipitation polymerization process for the production of a macroporous cross-linked copolymer in which there is added to a reactor equipped with a stirrer, at least one monounsaturated monomer and at least one polyunsaturated monomer, dissolving an inorganic polymerization reaction initiator in a homogeneous minimum-boiling binary azeotrope including a solvent and water, and conducting the polymerization in the azeotrope.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard C. Chromecek
- 👤 Milan F. Sojka
- 👤 William L. Klein
- 👤 Walter J. Carmody
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 20:51
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08F; C08F2/00; C08F2/04; C08F2/06; C08J; C08J9/00; C08J9/28; C08J9/286; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S521/00; Y10S521/921
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
136 words
A precipitation polymerization process for producing a macroporous cross-linked polymer powder comprising dissolving an inorganic catalytic initiator in an aqueous medium, forming an azeotrope by contacting the aqueous medium containing the dissolved inorganic catalytic initiator with an organic liquid, adding the azeotrope to a reactor equipped with a stirrer, adding at least one polyunsaturated monomer to the reactor and dissolving the monomer in the azeotrope, the organic liquid being a solvent for the monomer but not for the polymer, initiating the polymerization, conducting the polymerization in the reactor by stirring the azeotrope and the polyunsaturated monomer at stirring rates in the reactor of from about seventy-five revolutions per minute to below about three hundred revolutions per minute, and precipitating a polymer in the azeotrope in the form of a powder including unit particles, agglomerates, and aggregates.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
136 words
A precipitation polymerization process for producing a macroporous cross-linked polymer powder comprising dissolving an inorganic catalytic initiator in an aqueous medium, forming an azeotrope by contacting the aqueous medium containing the dissolved inorganic catalytic initiator with an organic liquid, adding the azeotrope to a reactor equipped with a stirrer, adding at least one polyunsaturated monomer to the reactor and dissolving the monomer in the azeotrope, the organic liquid being a solvent for the monomer but not for the polymer, initiating the polymerization, conducting the polymerization in the reactor by stirring the azeotrope and the polyunsaturated monomer at stirring rates in the reactor of from about seventy-five revolutions per minute to below about three hundred revolutions per minute, and precipitating a polymer in the azeotrope in the form of a powder including unit particles, agglomerates, and aggregates.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the polyunsaturated monomer is selected from the group consisting of divinylbenzene, tetraethylene glycol dimethacrylate, and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The process of claim 2 wherein the organic liquid is a volatile solvent miscible with water and is selected from the group consisting of isopropyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol, 1-propanol, 1-butanol, and methanol.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
75 words
The process of claim 1 in which the powder is a combined system of particles, the system of powder particles including unit particles of less than about one micron in average diameter, agglomerates of fused unit particles of sizes in the range of about twenty to eighty microns in average diameter, and aggregates of clusters of fused agglomerates of sizes in the range of about two hundred to about twelve hundred microns in average diameter.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process of claim 4 wherein the polymer is formed of a highly cross-linked polymethacrylate polymer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 1 including removing the azeotrope from the polymer at the conclusion of the polymerization.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The process of claim 6 including mixing the polymer with a functional material in order to disperse and uniformly distribute the functional material throughout the polymer, and to entrap the functional material therewithin.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
The process of claim 7 wherein the functional material is selected from the group consisting of glycols, glutamates, silicone oils, glycerine, mineral oil, and organic esters.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
93 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the initiator is selected from the group consisting of ammonium persulfate, potassium persulfate, and sodium persulfate. the polyunsaturated monomer being selected from the group consisting of divinylbenzene, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, and tetraethylene glycol dimethacrylate; the monounsaturated monomer being selected from the group consisting of diacetone acrylamide, styrene, vinyl pyrrolidone, isobornyl methacrylate, phenoxyethyl methacrylate, isodecyl methacrylate, stearyl methacrylate, hydroxypropyl methacrylate, cyclohexyl methacrylate, dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, t-butyl aminoethyl methacrylate, 2-acrylamido propane sulfonic acid, butyl methacrylate, 2-acrylamido propane sulfonic acid, butyl methacrylate, 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate, methyl methacrylate, lauryl methacrylate, and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
92 words
The process of claim 1 including adding to the reactor at least one monounsaturated monomer in addition to the polyunsaturated monomer, the polyunsaturated monomer being selected from the group consisting of divinylbenzene, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, and tetraethylene glycol dimethacrylate; the monounsaturated monomer being selected from the group consisting of diacetone acrylamide, styrene, vinyl pyrrolidone, isobornyl methacrylate, phenoxyethyl methacrylate, isodecyl methacrylate, stearyl methacrylate, hydroxypropyl methacrylate, cyclohexyl methacrylate, dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, t-butyl aminoethyl methacrylate, 2-acrylamido propane sulfonic acid, butyl methacrylate, 2-acrylamido propane sulfonic acid, butyl methacrylate, 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate, methyl methacrylate, lauryl methacrylate, and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate.
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