Patent ID: 8735580

Claim:
A process of making a polymeric phenazonium compound having the general formula: wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 8 and R 9 are the same or different, and represent hydrogen, a low alkyl or a substituted aryl, R 3 starts as NH 2 and is diazotized followed by polymerization, R 5 and R 8 may alternatively represent monomeric or polymeric phenazonium radicals, R 7 is a carbon in the aromatic ring, and wherein R X —N—R Y represents a substituted amine, and R X and R Y represent any combination of CH 3 , C 2 H 5 , and hydrogen, except that R X and R Y cannot both be hydrogen, A is an acid radical, and n is an integer from 2 to 100, the method comprising the steps of: a) dissolving an effective amount of an amino compound in a formic acid solution; b) adding a nitrite salt to diazotize the amino compound; and c) adding sulfamic acid to neutralize any excess nitrous acid that may be formed in step b), and produce a polymeric phenazonium compound.