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Inventor(s)	Kenneth B. Wagener · Stephen E. Lehman, Jr. · Garrett W. Oakley · Jason A. Smith ·
Assignee(s)	University of Florida ·  View assignee updates
Attorney/Agent(s)	Akerman Senterfitt ·
Primary Examiner	Fred Teskin ·
Application Number	US10210227
Filing date	08/01/2002
Issue date	12/09/2003
Prior Publication Data	US20030027962 - 02/06/2003
Predicted expiration date	08/01/2022
U.S. Classifications	526/71  · 585/365  · 526/285  · 526/308  · 526/336  · 526/902  · 526/171  · 585/366  · 585/367  · 585/643  · 585/940  · 526/170  ·
International Classifications	--
Kind Code	B2
International Classifications	526 71 · 526170 · 526171 · 526285 · 526308 · 526336 · 526902 · 585365 · 585366 · 585367 · 585643 · 585940 ·
Related U.S. Application Data	CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION The present application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application No. 60/309,894 filed on Aug. 3, 2001, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference.

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Abstract

An in-situ method for performing organic metathesis polymer chemistry in the solid state includes the step of providing an organic monomer and a catalyst, the catalyst for driving a metathesis polymerization reaction of the monomer. The organic monomer can be provided as a liquid monomer. The reaction produces reaction products including a polymeric end product and at least one volatile reaction product. At least a portion of the volatile reaction product is removed during the reaction to favor formation of the reaction product. Significantly, the reaction is performed at a temperature being below an average melting point of the polymeric end product such that at least a portion of the reaction is performed in the solid phase.

Independent Claims | See all claims (33)

1. 1. An in-situ method for performing organic metathesis polymer chemistry in the solid state, comprising the steps of: providing an organic monomer and a catalyst, said catalyst for driving a metathesis polymerization reaction of said monomer, wherein said reaction produces reaction products including a polymeric end product and at least one volatile reaction product; removing at least a portion of said volatile reaction product to favor formation of said polymeric end product, and performing said reaction at a temperature being below an average melting point of said polymeric end product such that at least a portion of said reaction is performed in the solid phase.
2. 12. An in-situ method for forming cyclic molecules by metathesis chemistry in the solid state, comprising the steps of: providing a non-ringed reagent and a catalyst, said catalyst for driving a ring closing metathesis reaction of said reagent, wherein said reaction produces a solid cyclic product and at least one volatile reaction product; removing at least a portion of said volatile reaction product to favor formation of said cyclic product, and performing said reaction at a temperature being below a melting point of said cyclic product such that at least a portion of said reaction is performed in the solid phase.
3. 16. An in-situ method for performing organic ring opening metathesis polymer (ROMP) chemistry in the solid state, comprising the steps of: providing an organic ringed monomer and a catalyst, said catalyst for driving a metathesis polymerization reaction of said monomer, wherein said reaction opens said ringed monomer and forming a polymeric end product, and performing said reaction at a temperature being below an average melting point of said polymeric end product such that at least a portion of said reaction is performed in the solid phase.
4. 20. A method for in-situ polymerization by metathesis chemistry in the solid state, comprising the steps of: providing a monomer and a catalyst for driving a metathesis polymerization reaction of said monomer on a surface, said monomer forming an intractable polymer during solution polymerization, wherein said reaction produces reaction products including a polymeric end product and at least one volatile reaction product; removing at least a portion of said volatile reactant product to favor formation of said polymeric end product, and performing said reaction at a temperature being below an average melting point of said polymeric end product such that at least a portion of said reaction is performed in the solid phase.
5. 28. A method for solid state metathesis polymerization, comprising the steps of: providing an organic monomer having double or triple bonded end groups together with a metathesis catalyst having the formula LnM−R, wherein Ln represents a ligand set, M represents a transition metal, and −R represents a hydrocarbon group; polymerizing said monomer, said polymerization producing a polymeric end product and at least one volatile reaction product, and performing said polymerization at a temperature being below an average melting point of said polymeric end product such that at least a portion of said polymerization is performed in the solid phase.