Patent ID: 6090900
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: C08F,C08G

Abstract:
A polymer prepared by olefin addition polymerization, wherein said olefin addition polymerization is other than a free radical polymerization, comprising groups of the formula (L):--[F].sub.S --[N].sub.T --[CO].sub.V -- (L)wherein F is a monomer unit prepared directly in said polymerization from at least one compound of the formula XV; ##STR21## wherein E and G represent the same or different divalent heteroatoms selected from oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur, which are in turn bound to a hydrocarbyl or substituted hydrocarbyl radical, or are linked via a divalent organic linking group;n is 0 or an integer from 1-20;or F is a monomer unit derived from 2,5-dihydrofuran; andwherein N is selected from(i) a monomer unit derived from at least one olefin monomer of the formula (I) wherein the compound of formula I is selected from the group consisting of ethylene, propylene cyclopentene, norbornene, butene, pentene, hexene, and octene; or(ii) a monomer unit derived from a monomer selected from methacrylic acid, methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, ethyl acrylate, ethyl methacrylate, butyl acrylate, butyl methacrylate, isobutyl acrylate, isobutyl methacrylate, ethylhexyl acrylate, ethylhexyl methacrylate, octyl acrylate, octyl methacrylate, glycidyl methacrylate, carbodiimide methacrylate, alkyl crotonates, and vinyl acetate; or(iii) a monomer unit derived from a C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 alkene substituted one or two times with a group selected from C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkoxy, hydroxy, phenoxy, or acetate; andCO is a carbon monoxide monomer unit, S, T, and V represent the mole fraction of the respective monomer units and sum to one, with the proviso that S>0, and V.ltoreq.0.5.