Process for preparing polymers of vinyl monomers with narrow molecular weight distribution by controlled free-radical polymerization

US6166155A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• BASF SE
• Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschften e.V. · US

Inventors

• Jurgen Koch · Refrath, DE
• Michael Fischer · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Klaus Muellen · Cologne, DE
• Markus Klapper · Mainz, DE
• Nicholas Benfaremo · Wappingers Falls, US
• Wiebke Wunderlich · Mainz, DE
• Wolfgang Paulus · Lam, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 28, 1997
• Grant date: Dec 26, 2000
• Expiry date: Oct 28, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08F2/38
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Processes for preparing polymers of vinylic monomers where polymerization is conducted in the presence of free-radical initiators and electron donors.