Patent ID: 7897661
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: B60C,C08F,C08K,C08L

Abstract:
1. A polymerized (substituted imidazolium) liquid ionomer that comprises (i) a branched (R″ y /R′) or unbranched (R″ y ) polymer comprising y organic monomers (R″) and a plurality of pendant anionically ionized polar groups (X − ) and (ii) a plurality (n) of substituted imidazolium groups, each having at least one nitrogen (N) covalently bonded to a carbon atom of the branched or unbranched polymer (i), wherein at least one of the substituted imidazolium groups is cationically bonded to at least one of the plurality of pendant polar groups (X − ) of the polymer (i), the polymerized (substituted imidazolium) liquid ionomer having the formula wherein R′ is optional, and R′ (when present) and R″ are independently selected from an alkenyl group having one to about 30 carbon atoms, a cycloalkenyl group having 3 to about 20 carbon atoms, and an arylalkenyl group having 7 to about 20 carbon atoms, and R″ can include an oxygen atom; R and R