	US 12,252,584 B2
	Poly(aryl ether) based polymers and associated methods
Timothy Manning Swager, Newton, MA (US); Richard Liu, Cambridge, MA (US); and Sheng Guo, Brookline, MA (US)
Assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US)
Filed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/560,983.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/214,501, filed on Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/155,697, filed on Mar. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0282042 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. C08G 65/40 (2006.01); B01J 23/44 (2006.01); B01J 31/06 (2006.01); B01J 35/61 (2024.01); B01J 37/12 (2006.01); B01J 37/16 (2006.01); B01J 37/34 (2006.01); C08G 65/48 (2006.01); B01D 71/52 (2006.01)

CPC C08G 65/48 (2013.01) [B01J 23/44 (2013.01); B01J 31/06 (2013.01); B01J 35/615 (2024.01); B01J 35/617 (2024.01); B01J 37/12 (2013.01); B01J 37/16 (2013.01); B01J 37/341 (2013.01); C08G 65/40 (2013.01); B01D 71/522 (2022.08)]

9 Claims

1. A photoredox catalyst, comprising:

a poly(aryl ether) of the formula [(—Ar′—O—Ar—O—Ar″—O-)_n] or [(—Ar″—O—Ar—O—Ar′—O-)_n], wherein Ar comprises at least one aryl or heteroaryl group, Ar′ comprises at least one aryl or heteroaryl group, Ar″ comprises a chromophore, n is greater than 1, and the poly(aryl ether) has a BET surface area greater than 200 m²/g.