Patent ID: 7399792

Claim:
A process for converting a starting compound, comprising converting the starting compound by contacting the starting compound with a solid reagent, wherein the conversion is selected from the group consisting of oxidization, reduction, halogenation and nucleophilic displacement, wherein the solid reagent comprises an organic polymer base in which a graft polymer side chain is introduced onto the backbone of the organic polymer base, wherein the graft polymer side chain has a formula: wherein n is an integral equal to two or more, and X is a reactive functional group selected from the group consisting of groups (1) to (4): (1) hypochlorite ion, periodate ion, peroxide ion, chromate ion, dichromate ion or perruthenate ion when the conversion is oxidation; (2) tetrahydroborate ion or cyanotrihydroborate ion when the conversion is reduction; (3) tribromide ion when the conversion is halogenation; and (4) cyanide ion, thiocyanate ion, azide ion or nitrite ion when the conversion is nucleophilic displacement.