US 12,269,905 B2
Copolymer of ethylene and ion pair compound
Jerome Vachon, Geleen (NL); Peter Neuteboom, Geleen (NL); and Jonathan Tellers, Geleen (NL)
Assigned to SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen Op Zoom (NL)
Appl. No. 17/627,433
Filed by SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen Op Zoom (NL)
PCT Filed Jul. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/070097
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/009274, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19187151 (EP), filed on Jul. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0259340 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. C08F 210/02 (2006.01); C07C 57/04 (2006.01)
CPC C08F 210/02 (2013.01) [C07C 57/04 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
 
1. An ethylene copolymer obtained by copolymerizing ethylene and an ion pair compound consisting of a cation of formula (I) and an anion selected from formulas (II), (III), (IV) and (V),

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wherein in formula (I), R1 is H or C1-C10 alkyl; X is O or NH; R2 is C1-C40 alkyl; each of R3 and R4 is independently H or C1-C10 alkyl, or R3 and R4 are connected through a cyclic structure, and R5 is H or C1-C20,

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wherein in formulas (II) to (V), each of R6, R7, and R9 is independently H or C1-C10 alkyl; each of R8 and R10 is independently C1-C40 alkyl; each of Y, V, and W is independently O or NH;
n is 1 to 20; and Z is —SO3 or —C(O)O,
with the proviso that the ion pair compound does not comprise

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2-methacryloyloxyethyltrimethylammonium and 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonate, or
2-methacryloyloxyethyltrimethylammonium and 2-methacryloyloxyethane sulfonate.