Polyformamides and polyamines

US5962596A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Klaus Ebel · Lampertheim, DE
• Hans-Joachim Hähnle · Neustadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 18, 1997
• Grant date: Oct 5, 1999
• Expiry date: Apr 18, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08F8/04
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for obtaining polymers containing N-substituted formamide structural units, in which nitrile-containing polymers are reacted in the presence of 1) hydrogen, and 2) carbon monoxide and/or carbon monoxide-releasing compounds.