Polymers containing carboxy-ortho ester and ortho ester linkages
US4946931A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 14, 1989 |
| Grant date | Aug 7, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 14, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08G63/66
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Polymers are provided that are useful for making biodegradable sustained release agent dispensers and which contain at least one of the following mer units (I) and (II) ##STR1## wherein X is a quadrivalent organic grouping, A and B are hydrogen or lower alkyl, and R is hydrocarbyl or oxyhydrocarbyl of 1 to 14 carbon atoms and, if oxyhydrocarbyl, containing 1 to 4 oxy groups, and may be either aliphatic or aryl, unsubstituted or substituted with one or more lower alkyl, amino, nitro or halogen moieties. Methods of synthesizing the novel polymers are also provided, as biodegradable beneficial agent dispensers prepared using the novel polymers.
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