US 11,732,385 B2
Emulsion polymerization of nitriles and other compounds
Kelly Marie Meek, Golden, CO (US); Todd R. Eaton, Denver, CO (US); Nicholas A. Rorrer, Golden, CO (US); Eric M. Karp, Denver, CO (US); and Amit Kumar Naskar, Knoxville, TN (US)
Assigned to Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US); and UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US)
Filed by Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US); and UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/396,862.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/664,383, filed on Apr. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0330400 A1, Oct. 31, 2019
Int. Cl. C08F 220/44 (2006.01); D01F 9/22 (2006.01); C01B 32/05 (2017.01); C08F 2/26 (2006.01); C07C 253/22 (2006.01); C07C 255/08 (2006.01)
CPC D01F 9/22 (2013.01) [C01B 32/05 (2017.08); C07C 253/22 (2013.01); C07C 255/08 (2013.01); C08F 2/26 (2013.01); C08F 220/44 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
 
1. A method comprising:
reacting a monomer having the structure

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 with ammonia to form a mixture comprising acrylonitrile, an alcohol, and water; and
polymerizing the acrylonitrile with at least a portion of the monomer remaining in the mixture to form a copolymer having the structure

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 wherein:
R1 comprises at least one of a first aliphatic group or hydrogen,
100≤m≤4000, and
1≤n≤4000.