Polyformamides and polyamines

US6040420A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 8, 1999
• Grant date: Mar 21, 2000
• Expiry date: Feb 8, 2019

Classification

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

Abstract

Polymers which contain N-substituted formamide structural units, obtainable by catalytic reaction of nitrile-containing polymers in the presence of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and/or carbon monoxide-releasing compounds, are described.