Method of producing &pgr;-conjugated polymers

US6805816B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

• Lambertus Groenendaal · Sinaai, BE
• Friedrich Jonas · Aachen, DE
• Harald Pielartzik · Pittsburgh, US
• Helmut Ritter · Wuppertal, DE
• Joachim Storsberg · Wörrstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 16, 2001
• Grant date: Oct 19, 2004
• Expiry date: Nov 16, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08L5/16
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of &pgr;-conjugated polymers by(1) complexing a monomeric compound with a cyclodextrin, and(2) polymerizing the complexed compound using a chemical oxidant.