US 11,925,925 B2
Ionic polymers and use thereof in biomass processing
Sviatlana Siankevich, Chavannes-près-Renens (CH); Georgios Savoglidis, Chavannes-près-Renens (CH); Paul Joseph Dyson, Ecublens (CH); and Zhaofu Fei, Kaiseraugst (CH)
Assigned to Embion Technologies SA, Ecublens (CH)
Appl. No. 16/648,351
Filed by EMBION TECHNOLOGIES SA, Ecublens (CH)
PCT Filed Sep. 19, 2018, PCT No. PCT/IB2018/057206
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 18, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/058270, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 28, 2019.
Application 16/648,351 is a continuation of application No. PCT/IB2017/055670, filed on Sep. 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0246785 A1, Aug. 6, 2020
Int. Cl. B01J 31/08 (2006.01); C07D 307/50 (2006.01); C07H 1/08 (2006.01); C07H 3/02 (2006.01); C07H 3/04 (2006.01); C07H 3/06 (2006.01); C08F 226/06 (2006.01)
CPC B01J 31/08 (2013.01) [C07D 307/50 (2013.01); C07H 1/08 (2013.01); C07H 3/02 (2013.01); C07H 3/04 (2013.01); C07H 3/06 (2013.01); C08F 226/06 (2013.01); B01J 2231/60 (2013.01); B01J 2531/002 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
 
1. An ionic polymer (IP) consisting of a first monomer of formula I

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or consisting of a first monomer of formula I

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and at least one second monomer selected from the group consisting of

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wherein
n and m are independently selected from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
z and w are independently selected from 0, 1, 2, 3;
Z1, Z2 and Z3 are cations each independently selected from the group consisting of:

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R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are each independently selected from the group consisting of a bond, H, C1-C6 alkyl, allyl, —CH2—(CH2)p—O—(CH2)q—CH3, C1-C6 alkoxy, C1-C6 alkoxyalkyl, benzyl, —SO3H, and —(CH2)q—SO3H, provided that two of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are each a bond;
p and q are independently selected from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
L is an optional linker and each occurrence of L, if present, is independently selected from the group consisting of substituted or unsubstituted C1-C20 alkylene, alkenylene, alkynylene and substituted or unsubstituted C5-C10 aryl, wherein the substituents are selected from the group consisting of H, —SO3H, —COOH, —[P(═O)(OH)2], —[P(═O)(OH)], —O—SO3H, −O—COOH, —O—[P(═O)(OH)2], and —O—[P(═O)(OH)];
A is an optional acidic group and each occurrence of A, if present, is independently selected from the group consisting of —SO3H, —COOH, —[P(═O)(OH)2], —[P(═O)(OH)], —O—SO3H, —O—COOH, —O—[P(═O)(OH)2], —O—[P(═O)(OH)], and —CH2—COOH;
X− is selected from the group consisting of F−, Cl−, Br−, I−, ClO4−, BF4−, PF6−, AsF6−, SbF6−, NO2−, NO3−, HSO4−, SO42−, PO43−, HPO42−, CF3CO2−, CF3CO3−, CO32−, CF3SO3−, C1-C6 carboxylate, CN−, SCN−, OCN−, CNO−, N3−, tosylate, mesylate, trifluoroethane sulfonate, di-trifluoromethanesulfonyl amino, docusate, and xylenesulfonate.