Patent ID: 8273828

Claim:
A method of providing a polymer, the method comprising: (a) providing a polymer having epoxide pendant groups; (b) reacting said polymer with an amine compound having the general formula R 2 —NH 2 ; wherein the molar ratio of amine compound to epoxide groups of the epoxide-containing polymer is at least 39:1 and no greater than 48:1; wherein R 2 is selected from the group consisting of C 1 to C 20 straight chain alkyls, C 3 to C 8 cycloalkyls, C 2 to C 20 alkenyls, C 2 to C 20 alkynyls, C 2 to C 14 heteroatom substituted alkyls, C 2 to C 14 heteroatom substituted cycloalkyls, C 1 to C 10 multiple amine containing-hydrocarbons, C 4 to C 10 substituted aryls and C 4 to C 10 substituted heteroatom substituted heteroaryls, under conditions wherein a secondary amine is formed; and (c) reacting said secondary amine with NO under pressure to form a diazeniumdiolate thereof.