Polyfluoropolyethers having pendant perfluoroalkoxy groups

Claim 3

The method of claim 1 wherein said polymerizable polyfluoropolyether composition comprises non-peroxidic polyfluoropolyethers represented by the formula ##STR163## where Y is any terminal functional group which is or contains a functional moiety which can enter into an addition or condensation reaction to form a homopolymer or copolymer; R 6 is Y, a perfluoroalkyl group, or a haloperfluoroalkyl group; each OR 2 is independently a perfluoroalkoxy group wherein R 2 is a perfluoroalkyl group or perfluoroalkyl group substituted with one or more further ether oxygen atoms, independently selected from units having the structure (R 3 O) f R 4 , in which each R 3 is independently selected from --CF 2 --, --CF 2 CF 2 --and ##STR164## and R 4 is a perfluoroalkyl group selected from linear, branched, and cyclic groups, and f is zero or a number having a value of 1 to 6; k is a number representing the average number of (CF 2 O) units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 to 200; l is a number representing the average number of (CF 2 O) units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 to 200; p and p' are each a number representing the average number of ##STR165## units, respectively, randomly distributed within the chain, the sum of p and p' has a value of 1 to 50, and p/p' is 0 to 5; the ratio k/l is less than 5; the ratio (p+p')/(k+l) is 0.01 to 1.5; and the number average molecular weight of the polyfluoropolyether is from about 650 to 20,000 or polyfluoropolyethers represented by the formula ##STR166## wherein Y is a terminal functional group which is or contains a functional moiety; R 7 is a perfluoroalkyl group, haloperfluoroalkyl, or the terminal functional group Y; each OR 2 is independently a perfluoroalkoxy group wherein R 2 is a saturated perfluoroalkyl group or perfluoroalkyl group substituted with one or more further ether oxygen atoms, independently selected from units having the structure (R 3 O) f R 4 , in which each R 3 is independently selected from --CF 2 --, --CF 2 CF 2 -- and ##STR167## and R 4 is a perfluoroalkyl group selected from linear, branched, and cyclic groups, and f is zero of a number having a value of 1 to 6; q is a number representing the average number of (CF 2 O) units randomly, distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 up to about 50; r is a number representing the average number of ##STR168## units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 5 up to about 50; s and s' are each a number representing the average number of ##STR169## units, respectively, randomly distributed within the chain, the sum of s and s' has a value of 1 to about 50, and the ratio s/s' is 0 to 5; the ratio q/r is 0.01 to 1.0; the ratio (s+s')/(q+r) is 0.01 to 1.0; and the number average molecular weight of the polyfluoropolyether is from about 650 to 10,000.

Claim 6

The method of claim 3 wherein said polymerizable polyfluoropolyether composition comprises non-peroxidic polyfluoropolyethers represented by the formula ##STR172## where Y is any terminal functional group which is or contains a functional moiety which can enter into an addition or condensation reaction to form a homopolymer or copolymer; R 6 is Y, a perfluoroalkyl group, or a haloperfluoroalkyl group; each OR 2 is independently a perfluoroalkoxy group wherein R 2 is a perfluoroalkyl group or perfluoroalkyl group substituted with one or more further ether oxygen atoms, independently selected from units having the structure (R 3 O) f R 4 , in which each R 3 is independently selected from --CF 2 --, --CF 2 CF 2 --and ##STR173## and R 4 is a perfluoroalkyl group selected from linear, branched, and cyclic groups, and f is zero or a number having a value of 1 to 6; k is a number representing the average number of (CF 2 O) units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 to 200; l is a number representing the average number of (CF 2 O) units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 to 200; p and p' are each a number representing the average number of ##STR174## units, respectively, randomly distributed within the chain, the sum of p and p' has a value of 1 to 50, and p/p' is 0 to 5; the ratio k/l is less than 5; the ratio (p+p')/(k+l) is 0.01 to 1.5; and the number average molecular weight of the polyfluoropolyether is from about 650 to 20,000 or polyfluoropolyethers represented by the formula ##STR175## wherein Y is a terminal functional group which is or contains a functional moiety; R 7 is a perfluoroalkyl group, haloperfluoroalkyl, or the terminal functional group Y; each OR 2 is independently a perfluoroalkoxy group wherein R 2 is a saturated perfluoroalkyl group or perfluoroalkyl group substituted with one or more further ether oxygen atoms, independently selected from units having the structure (R 3 O) f R 4 , in which each R 3 is independently selected from --CF 2 --, --CF 2 CF 2 --and ##STR176## and R 4 is a perfluoroalkyl group selected from linear, branched, and cyclic groups, and f is zero or a number having a value of 1 to 6; q is a number representing the average number of (CF 2 O) units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 up to about 50; r is a number representing the average number of ##STR177## units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 5 up to about 50; s and s' are each a number representing the average number of ##STR178## units, respectively, randomly distributed within the chain, the sum of s and s' has a value of 1 up to about 50, and the ratio s/s' is 0 to 5; the ratio q/r is 0.01 to 1.0; the ratio (s+s')/(q+r) is 0.01 to 1.0; and the number average molecular weight of the polyfluoropolyether is from about 650 to 10,000.

Claim 7

A process the preparing peroxidic poly(perfluorooxyalkylene) compositions comprising peroxidic poly(perfluorooxyalkylenes) represented by the formula ##STR179## wherein Q is selected from --COF, --CF 2 COF, and --CF 2 COOH; W is a terminal group selected from Q and --C a F 2a+1 and --C a F 2a Cl where a is an integer up to 5; each R 1 is independently a fluorine or a perfluoroalkyl group selected from linear, branched, and cyclic groups; each OR 2 is independently a perfluoroalkoxy group wherein R 2 is a perfluoroalkyl group or perfluoroalkyl group substituted with one or more further ether oxygen atoms independently selected from units having the structure (R 3 O) f R 4 , in which each R 3 is independently selected from --CF 2 --, --CF 2 CF 2 --and ##STR180## and R 4 is a perfluoroalkyl group selected from linear, branched, and cyclic groups, and f is zero of a number having a value of 1 to 6; and b is a number representing the average number of --CF 2 O--units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 or greater; c is a number representing the average number of ##STR181## units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 or greater; d and d' are each a number representing the average number of ##STR182## units; respectively, randomly distributed within the chain, the sum or d and d' has a value of t or greater and the ratio d/d' is 0 to 5; e is a number representing the average number of --O--units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 or greater; the ratio b/c is less than 5; the ratio (d+d')/(b+c) is 0.01 to 1.5; the ratio e/(b+c+d+d') is 0.0001 to 1; and the number average molecular weight of the poly(perfluorooxyalkylene) is from about 650 to 1,000,000 comprising the steps (a) introducing into a reaction vessel reactants comprising one or more perfluoroolefins, one or more perfluoro(alkyl vinyl) ethers, and oxygen; and (b) subjecting the mixture to actinic radiation.

Claim 8

A process the preparing peroxidic poly(perfluorooxyalkylene) compositions comprising peroxidic poly(perfluorooxyalkylenes) represented by the formula ##STR179## wherein Q is selected from --COF, --CF 2 COF, and --CF 2 COOH; W is a terminal group selected from Q and --C a F 2a+1 and --C a F 2a Cl where a is an integer up to 5; each R 1 is independently a fluorine or a perfluoroalkyl group selected from linear, branched, and cyclic groups; each OR 2 is independently a perfluoroalkoxy group wherein R 2 is a perfluoroalkyl group or perfluoroalkyl group substituted with one or more further ether oxygen atoms independently selected from units having the structure (R 3 O) f R 4 , in which each R 3 is independently selected from --CF 2 --, --CF 2 CF 2 --and ##STR180## and R 4 is a perfluoroalkyl group selected from linear, branched, and cyclic groups, and f is zero of a number having a value of 1 to 6; and b is a number representing the average number of --CF 2 O--units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 or greater; c is a number representing the average number of ##STR181## units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 or greater; d and d' are each a number representing the average number of ##STR182## units; respectively, randomly distributed within the chain, the sum or d and d' has a value of t or greater and the ratio d/d' is 0 to 5; e is a number representing the average number of --O--units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 or greater; the ratio b/c is less than 5; the ratio (d+d')/(b+c) is 0.01 to 1.5; the ratio e/(b+c+d+d') is 0.0001 to 1; and the number average molecular weight of the poly(perfluorooxyalkylene) is from about 650 to 1,000,000 comprising the steps (a) introducing into a reaction vessel reactants comprising one or more perfluoroolefins, one or more perfluoro(alkyl vinyl) ethers, and oxygen; and (b) subjecting the mixture to actinic radiation.

Claim 9

A process for preparing inert non-peroxidic polyfluoropolyether compositions comprising polyfluoropolyethers represented by the formula ##STR183## each X is hydrogen or halogen and when X is hydrogen, then j is 1 or 2, and when X is halogen, then j is an interger of from 1 to 5; each R 1 is independently a fluorine or a perfluoroalkyl group selected from linear, branched, and cyclic groups; each OR 2 is independently a perfluoroalkoxy group wherein R 2 is a saturated perfluoroalkyl group or perfluoroalkyl group substituted with one or more further ether oxygen atoms, independently selected from units having the structure --R 3 O-- f R 4 , in which each R 3 is independently selected from --CF 2 --, --CF 2 CF 2 -- and ##STR184## and R 4 is a perfluoroalkyl group selected from linear, branched, and cyclic groups, and f is zero or a number having a value of 1 to 6, and g is a number representing the average number of --CF 2 O-- units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 or greater; h is a number representing the average number of ##STR185## units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 or greater; i and i' are each a number representing the average number of ##STR186## units, respectively, randomly distributed within the chain, the sum of i and i' has a value of 1 or greater and i/i' is 0 to 5; the ratio g/h is less than 5; the ratio (i+i')/(g+h) is 0.01 to 1.5; and the number average molecular weight of the polyfluoropropolyether is 650 to 20,000 comprising the steps of (a) introducing into a reaction vessel reactants comprising one or more perfluoroolefins, one or more perfluoro(alkyl vinyl) ethers, and oxygen; (b) subjecting the mixture to actinic radiation; and (c) thermally treating the product of step (b) in the presence of an alkali metal hydroxide to form the polyfluoropolyether where X is hydrogen.

Claim 10

A process for preparing inert non-peroxidic polyfluoropolyether compositions comprising polyfluoropolyethers represented by the formula ##STR183## each X is hydrogen or halogen and when X is hydrogen, then j is 1 or 2, and when X is halogen, then j is an interger of from 1 to 5; each R 1 is independently a fluorine or a perfluoroalkyl group selected from linear, branched, and cyclic groups; each OR 2 is independently a perfluoroalkoxy group wherein R 2 is a saturated perfluoroalkyl group or perfluoroalkyl group substituted with one or more further ether oxygen atoms, independently selected from units having the structure --R 3 O-- f R 4 , in which each R 3 is independently selected from --CF 2 --, --CF 2 CF 2 -- and ##STR184## and R 4 is a perfluoroalkyl group selected from linear, branched, and cyclic groups, and f is zero or a number having a value of 1 to 6, and g is a number representing the average number of --CF 2 O-- units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 or greater; h is a number representing the average number of ##STR185## units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 or greater; i and i' are each a number representing the average number of ##STR186## units, respectively, randomly distributed within the chain, the sum of i and i' has a value of 1 or greater and i/i' is 0 to 5; the ratio g/h is less than 5; the ratio (i+i')/(g+h) is 0.01 to 1.5; and the number average molecular weight of the polyfluoropropolyether is 650 to 20,000 comprising the steps of (a) introducing into a reaction vessel reactants comprising one or more perfluoroolefins, one or more perfluoro(alkyl vinyl) ethers, and oxygen; (b) subjecting the mixture to actinic radiation; and (c) thermally treating the product of step (b) in the presence of an alkali metal hydroxide to form the polyfluoropolyether where X is hydrogen.

Claim 11

The process of claim 1 comprising, after step (b) partially deperoxidizing the product of step (b).

Claim 12

The process of claim 6 further comprising chlorinating the product of step (b) or (c) to form the polyfluoropolyether of claim 1 where X is chlorine and fluorine.

Claim 13

The process of claim 6 further comprising fluorinating the product of step (c) to form the polyfluoropolyether of claim 1 where X is fluorine.

Claim 14

A process for preparing functional polyfluoropolyether compositions comprising non-peroxidic polyfluoropolyethers represented by the formula ##STR187## where Y is any terminal functional group which is or contains a functional moiety which can enter into an addition or condensation reaction to form a homopolymer or copolymer; R 6 is Y, a perfluoroalkyl group, or a haloperfluoroalkyl group; each OR 2 is independently a perfluoroalkoxy group wherein R 2 is a perfluoroalkyl group or perfluoroalkyl group substituted with one or more further ether oxygen atoms, independently selected from units having the structure --R 3 O) f R 4 , in which each R 3 is independently selected from --CF 2 --, --CF 2 CF 2 --and ##STR188## and R 4 a perfluoroalkyl group selected from linear, branched, and cyclic groups, and f is zero or a number having a value of 1 to 6; k is a number representing the average number of --CF 2 O-- units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 to 200; l is a number representing the average number of --CF 2 CF 2 O-- units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 to 200; p and p' are each a number representing the average number of ##STR189## units, respectively, randomly distributed within the chain, the sum of p and p' has a value of 1 to 50, and p/p' is 0 to 5; the ratio k/l is less than 5; the ratio (p+p')/(k+l) is 0.01 to 1.5; and the number average molecular weight of the polyfluoropolyether is from about 650 to 20,000 comprising the steps of (a) introducing into a reaction vessel reactants comprising one or more perfluoroolefins, one or more perfluoro(alkyl vinyl) ethers, and oxygen; (b) subjecting the mixture to actinic radiation; (c) partially deperoxidizing the product of step (b) by thermal and/or ultraviolet radiation; (d) reacting the partially deperoxidized product of step (c) with hydriodic acid and methanol to form difunctional methyl ester-terminated polyfluoropolyethers; (e) reacting the difunctional methyl ester-terminated polyfluoropolyethers of step (d) with at least one reactant having a group reactive with the methyl ester and a terminal functional group which can enter into an addition or condensation reaction to form a polymer.

Claim 15

A process for preparing functional polyfluoropolyether compositions comprising non-peroxidic polyfluoropolyethers represented by the formula ##STR187## where Y is any terminal functional group which is or contains a functional moiety which can enter into an addition or condensation reaction to form a homopolymer or copolymer; R 6 is Y, a perfluoroalkyl group, or a haloperfluoroalkyl group; each OR 2 is independently a perfluoroalkoxy group wherein R 2 is a perfluoroalkyl group or perfluoroalkyl group substituted with one or more further ether oxygen atoms, independently selected from units having the structure --R 3 O) f R 4 , in which each R 3 is independently selected from --CF 2 --, --CF 2 CF 2 --and ##STR188## and R 4 a perfluoroalkyl group selected from linear, branched, and cyclic groups, and f is zero or a number having a value of 1 to 6; k is a number representing the average number of --CF 2 O-- units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 to 200; l is a number representing the average number of --CF 2 CF 2 O-- units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 to 200; p and p' are each a number representing the average number of ##STR189## units, respectively, randomly distributed within the chain, the sum of p and p' has a value of 1 to 50, and p/p' is 0 to 5; the ratio k/l is less than 5; the ratio (p+p')/(k+l) is 0.01 to 1.5; and the number average molecular weight of the polyfluoropolyether is from about 650 to 20,000 comprising the steps of (a) introducing into a reaction vessel reactants comprising one or more perfluoroolefins, one or more perfluoro(alkyl vinyl) ethers, and oxygen; (b) subjecting the mixture to actinic radiation; (c) partially deperoxidizing the product of step (b) by thermal and/or ultraviolet radiation; (d) reacting the partially deperoxidized product of step (c) with hydriodic acid and methanol to form difunctional methyl ester-terminated polyfluoropolyethers; (e) reacting the difunctional methyl ester-terminated polyfluoropolyethers of step (d) with at least one reactant having a group reactive with the methyl ester and a terminal functional group which can enter into an addition or condensation reaction to form a polymer.

Claim 16

A process for preparing functional polyfluoropolyether compositions comprising non-peroxidic polyfluoropolyethers represented by the formula ##STR190## where Y is any terminal functional group which is or contains a functional moiety which can enter into an addition or condensation reaction to form a homopolymer or copolymer; R 6 is Y, a perfluoroalkyl group, or a haloperfluoroalkyl group; each OR 2 is independently a perfluoroallkoxy group wherein R 2 is a perfluoroalkyl group or perfluoroalkyl group substituted with one or more further ether oxygen atoms, independently selected from units having the structure --R 3 O-- f R 4 , in which each R 3 is independently selected from --CF 2 --, --CF 2 CF 2 -- and ##STR191## and R 4 is a perfluoroalkyl group selected from linear, branched, and cyclic groups, and f is zero or a number having a value of 1 to 6; k is a number representing the average number of --CF 2 O-- units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 to 200; l is a number representing the average number of --CH 2 CF 2 O-- units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 to 200; p and p' are each a number representing the average number of ##STR192## units, respectively, randomly distributed within the chain, the sum of p and p' has a value of 1 to 50, and p/p' is 0 to 5; the ratio k/l is less than 5; the ratio (p+p')/(k+l) is 0.01 to 1.5; and the number average molecular weight of the polyfluoropolyether is from about 650 to 20,000 comprising the steps of (a) introducing into a reaction vessel reactants comprising one or more perfluoroolefins, one or more perfluoro(alkyl vinyl) ethers, and oxygen; (b) subjecting the mixture to actinic radiation; (c) partially deperoxiding the product of step (b) by thermal and/or ultraviolet radiation; (d) reacting the partially deperoxidized product of step (c) with hydriodic acid and methanol to form difunctional methyl ester-terminated polyfluoropolyethers; (e) further reducing said difunctional methyl ester-terminated polyfluoropolyether with a hydride reducing agent to form difunctional hydroxy-terminated polyfluoropolyether, (f) reacting the difunctional hydroxy-terminated polyfluoropolyethers of step (e) with at least one reactant having a group reactive with the hydroxy and a terminal functional group which can enter into an addition or condensation reaction to form a polymer.

Claim 17

A process for preparing functional polyfluoropolyether compositions comprising non-peroxidic polyfluoropolyethers represented by the formula ##STR190## where Y is any terminal functional group which is or contains a functional moiety which can enter into an addition or condensation reaction to form a homopolymer or copolymer; R 6 is Y, a perfluoroalkyl group, or a haloperfluoroalkyl group; each OR 2 is independently a perfluoroallkoxy group wherein R 2 is a perfluoroalkyl group or perfluoroalkyl group substituted with one or more further ether oxygen atoms, independently selected from units having the structure --R 3 O-- f R 4 , in which each R 3 is independently selected from --CF 2 --, --CF 2 CF 2 -- and ##STR191## and R 4 is a perfluoroalkyl group selected from linear, branched, and cyclic groups, and f is zero or a number having a value of 1 to 6; k is a number representing the average number of --CF 2 O-- units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 to 200; l is a number representing the average number of --CH 2 CF 2 O-- units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 to 200; p and p' are each a number representing the average number of ##STR192## units, respectively, randomly distributed within the chain, the sum of p and p' has a value of 1 to 50, and p/p' is 0 to 5; the ratio k/l is less than 5; the ratio (p+p')/(k+l) is 0.01 to 1.5; and the number average molecular weight of the polyfluoropolyether is from about 650 to 20,000 comprising the steps of (a) introducing into a reaction vessel reactants comprising one or more perfluoroolefins, one or more perfluoro(alkyl vinyl) ethers, and oxygen; (b) subjecting the mixture to actinic radiation; (c) partially deperoxiding the product of step (b) by thermal and/or ultraviolet radiation; (d) reacting the partially deperoxidized product of step (c) with hydriodic acid and methanol to form difunctional methyl ester-terminated polyfluoropolyethers; (e) further reducing said difunctional methyl ester-terminated polyfluoropolyether with a hydride reducing agent to form difunctional hydroxy-terminated polyfluoropolyether, (f) reacting the difunctional hydroxy-terminated polyfluoropolyethers of step (e) with at least one reactant having a group reactive with the hydroxy and a terminal functional group which can enter into an addition or condensation reaction to form a polymer.

Claim 18

A process for preparing functional non-peroxidic polyfluoropolyether compositions comprising polyfluoropolyethers represented by the formula ##STR193## wherein Y is a terminal functional group which is or contains a functional moiety; R 7 is a perfluoroalkyl group, haloperfluoroalkyl, or the terminal functional group Y; each OR 2 is independently a perfluoroalkoxy group wherein R 2 is a saturated perfluoroalkyl group or perfluoroalkyl group substituted with one or more further ether oxygen atoms, independently selected from units having the structure --R 3 O-- f R 4 , in which each R 3 is independently selected from --CF 2 --, --CF 2 CF 2 -- and ##STR194## and R 4 is a perfluoroalkyl group selected from linear, branched, and cyclic groups, and f is zero or a number having a value of 1 to 6; q is a number representing the average number of --CF 2 O-- units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 up to about 50; r is a number representing the average number of ##STR195## units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 5 up to about 50; s and s' are each a number representing the average number of ##STR196## units, respectively, randomly distributed within the chain, the sum of s and s' has a value of 1 up to about 50, and the ratio s/s' is 0 to 5; the ratio q/r is 0.01 to 1.0; the ratio (s+s')/(q+r) is 0.01 to 1.0; and the number average molecular weight of the polyfluoropolyether is from about 650 to 10,000 comprising the steps of (a) introducing into a reaction vessel reactants comprising one or more perfluoroolefins, one or more perfluoro(alkyl vinyl) ethers, and oxygen; (b) subjecting the mixture to actinic radiation; (c) completely deperoxidizing the product of step (b) by heat and/or ultravioilet radiation; (d) treating the deperoxidized product of step (c) with a reducing agent to form a monofunctional alcohol-terminated polyfluoropolyethers; (e) reacting the monofunctional alcohol-terminated polyfluoropolyethers of step (d) with at least one reactant having a group reactive with the alcohol and a terminal functional group which can enter into an additiion or condensation reaction to form a polymer.

Claim 19

A process for preparing functional non-peroxidic polyfluoropolyether compositions comprising polyfluoropolyethers represented by the formula ##STR193## wherein Y is a terminal functional group which is or contains a functional moiety; R 7 is a perfluoroalkyl group, haloperfluoroalkyl, or the terminal functional group Y; each OR 2 is independently a perfluoroalkoxy group wherein R 2 is a saturated perfluoroalkyl group or perfluoroalkyl group substituted with one or more further ether oxygen atoms, independently selected from units having the structure --R 3 O-- f R 4 , in which each R 3 is independently selected from --CF 2 --, --CF 2 CF 2 -- and ##STR194## and R 4 is a perfluoroalkyl group selected from linear, branched, and cyclic groups, and f is zero or a number having a value of 1 to 6; q is a number representing the average number of --CF 2 O-- units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 1 up to about 50; r is a number representing the average number of ##STR195## units randomly distributed within the chain and has a value of 5 up to about 50; s and s' are each a number representing the average number of ##STR196## units, respectively, randomly distributed within the chain, the sum of s and s' has a value of 1 up to about 50, and the ratio s/s' is 0 to 5; the ratio q/r is 0.01 to 1.0; the ratio (s+s')/(q+r) is 0.01 to 1.0; and the number average molecular weight of the polyfluoropolyether is from about 650 to 10,000 comprising the steps of (a) introducing into a reaction vessel reactants comprising one or more perfluoroolefins, one or more perfluoro(alkyl vinyl) ethers, and oxygen; (b) subjecting the mixture to actinic radiation; (c) completely deperoxidizing the product of step (b) by heat and/or ultravioilet radiation; (d) treating the deperoxidized product of step (c) with a reducing agent to form a monofunctional alcohol-terminated polyfluoropolyethers; (e) reacting the monofunctional alcohol-terminated polyfluoropolyethers of step (d) with at least one reactant having a group reactive with the alcohol and a terminal functional group which can enter into an additiion or condensation reaction to form a polymer.

Claim 20

The process of claims 5, 6, 10, 11, or 1 wherein step (b) is carried out at a temperature of between about -100° C. and a pressure of between about 0.5 to 10 atmospheres.

Claim 21

The process of claims 5, 6, 10, 11, or 12 wherein said actinic radiation is ultraviolet radiation having a wavelength from about 1800 to 3000 A.