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Chemically bound fullerenes to resin and silica supports and their use as stationary phases for chromatography
Assignee: Laboratory Automation Inc
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Filing: 1992-06-02
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Granted: 1994-05-03
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Expires: 2012-06-02
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to buckminsterfullerenes or related condensed carbon molecules covalently bonded to a polymer particle or a siliceous support particle and their use for packing media for column chromatography.
Inventors
- 👤 David L. Stalling
- 👤 Congyuan Guo
- 👤 Kenneth C. Kuo
- 👤 Kevin P. Kelly
- 👤 Said Saim
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 18:56
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01D; B01D15/00; B01D15/08; B01J; B01J20/00; B01J20/28; B01J20/28002; B01J20/28004; B01J20/28054; B01J20/28078; B01J20/30; B01J20/32; B01J20/3202; B01J20/3204; B01J20/3206; B01J20/3208; B01J20/3212; B01J20/3214; B01J20/3217; B01J20/3219; B01J20/3231; B01J20/3234; B01J20/324; G; G01; G01N; G01N30/00; G01N30/02; G01N30/50; G01N30/52; G01N2030/524; G01N2030/528; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S977/00; Y10S977/70; Y10S977/734; Y10S977/735; Y10S977/753; Y10S977/832; Y10S977/835
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
71 words
A support particle suitable for use in chromatographic separations having a buckminsterfullerene covalently bound thereto, said particle being porous or non-porous, having an average particle diameter between about 0.1 micron and about 100.0 microns and being either directly covalently, bonded to the buckminsterfullerene, or having one or more functional groups covalently bonded by reaction with one or more pendant reactive groups of said buckminsterfullerene to bond said buckminsterfullerene to said particle.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
71 words
A support particle suitable for use in chromatographic separations having a buckminsterfullerene covalently bound thereto, said particle being porous or non-porous, having an average particle diameter between about 0.1 micron and about 100.0 microns and being either directly covalently, bonded to the buckminsterfullerene, or having one or more functional groups covalently bonded by reaction with one or more pendant reactive groups of said buckminsterfullerene to bond said buckminsterfullerene to said particle.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The support particle as defined in claim 1 wherein said particle is a polymer particle.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
The polymer particle as defined in claim 2 wherein said polymer particle or a coating on the polymer particle comprises the polymerization product of a vinyl-aromatic monomer and a divinyl aromatic monomer and an amino functional olefinic monomer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
60 words
The support particle as defined in claim 1 wherein said support particle comprises a polymer particle having an inner core of a polymer imparting dispersibility and stability to form said inner core of said particle and an outer shell of a different polymer over said shell containing at least one functional group reactive with said reactive groups of said buckminsterfullerene.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
The support particle as defined in claim 1 wherein said particle comprises siliceous particle.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
The support particle of claim 5 wherein the siliceous particle is selected from talc, kaolinite, pyrophyllite, serpentine, smectile, montmorillonite, mica, vermiculite, silica powder, porous glass, kieselguhr or diatomaceous earth.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
The support particle as defined in claim 1 wherein said support particle is covalently bonded to said buckminsterfullerene, or a spacer compound is covalently bonded between said support particle and said buckminsterfullerene.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
The support particle of claim 7 wherein X 1 and X 2 are independently selected from the group consisting of NH 2 , OH, COOH, oxirano or halo groups.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
57 words
The support particle as defined in claim 7 wherein said spacer compound is of the formula: X.sub.1 --Z--X.sub.2 wherein Z is a spacing unit and X 1 is a first functional group reactive with the functional groups on said support particle and X 2 represents a second functional group reactive with the functional groups on said buckminsterfullerene.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
49 words
The support particle of claim 9 wherein the spacer compound is selected from the group consisting of: X 1 --(CH 2 ) n --X 2 ; X 1 --OC--(CH 2 ) n --CO--X 2 , X 1 --CH 2 --C 6 H 4 --CH 2 --X 2 or ##STR5##
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
The support particle of claim 10 wherein X, and X 2 are independently selected from the group consisting of NH 2 , OH, COOH, oxirano or halo groups.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
11 words
A self-supporting silica matrix which comprises the material of claim 1.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
21 words
The support particle of claim 1 wherein said particle is porous having a pore size ranging between 10 to 50,000 Å.
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