US 12,227,615 B2
Post polymerization modification in flow
Nathaniel H. Park, San Jose, CA (US); Victoria A. Piunova, Los Gatos, CA (US); Dmitry Zubarev, San Jose, CA (US); James L Hedrick, Pleasanton, CA (US); Yi Yan Yang, Singapore (SG); and Eddy Wei Ping Tan, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US); and Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore (SG)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US); and Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore (SG)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/934,964.
Application 17/934,964 is a division of application No. 16/882,028, filed on May 22, 2020, granted, now 11,518,849.
Prior Publication US 2023/0032345 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C08G 64/10 (2006.01); B01J 19/24 (2006.01); C07D 319/06 (2006.01); C08G 64/16 (2006.01); C08G 64/30 (2006.01)
CPC C08G 64/10 (2013.01) [B01J 19/24 (2013.01); C07D 319/06 (2013.01); C08G 64/1633 (2013.01); C08G 64/30 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00029 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A polymer, comprising:
a polycarbonate molecular backbone covalently bonded to a target functional group via a pendent functional group in accordance with a chemical structure selected from a first group consisting of:

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wherein R1 comprises a first alkyl group,
wherein R2 is selected from a second group consisting of an alcohol group, a second alkyl group, a benylic alcohol, an allylic alcohol, and a propargylic alcohol,
wherein L is a linkage group comprising an alkyl chain and one or more end groups bonded to the alkyl chain, the one or more end groups selected from a third group consisting of an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom,
wherein R3 is the target functional group and selected from a fourth group consisting of a third alkyl group, an aromatic group, a heteroaromatic group, a pendent ether group, a thioether group, a alkyl halide group, a phosphonate group, an epoxide groups, a sulfonate group, a urea group, a thiourea group, a guanidinium group, a carbamate group, an ester group, and a carbonate group,
wherein m is an integer greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 1000,
wherein A1 is the pendent functional group and comprises an aryl group,
wherein the aryl group has a structure selected from the group consisting of:

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wherein X is a halide atom,
wherein Y is an atom selected from a fifth group consisting of an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, and a sulfur atom, and
wherein n is an integer greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 8.