Patent ID: 8071082

Claim:
A polymer of formula: wherein: B are linkers that may be any substituted or unsubstituted, branched or unbranched, cyclic or acyclic aliphatic or heteroaliphatic moiety; or substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl moieties; R 1 hydrogen; halogen; branched or unbranched, substituted or unsubstituted, cyclic or acyclic aliphatic; branched or unbranched, substituted or unsubstituted, cyclic or acyclic heteroaliphatic; branched or unbranched, substituted or unsubstituted, cyclic or acyclic acyl; substituted or unsubstituted aryl; or substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl; X is NH or NR X , wherein R X is halogen; branched or unbranched, substituted or unsubstituted, cyclic or acyclic aliphatic; branched or unbranched, substituted or unsubstituted, cyclic or acyclic heteroaliphatic; branched or unbranched, substituted or unsubstituted, cyclic or acyclic acyl; substituted or unsubstituted aryl; or substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl; R 3 and R 4 are each independently: wherein: nâ€², m, and p are each independently an integer between 0 and 20, inclusive; each instance of V is independently â€”Oâ€”, â€”Sâ€”, â€”NHâ€”, â€”NR V â€”, or C(R V ) 2 , wherein each instance of R V is independently hydrogen, hydroxyl, C 1-6 aliphatic, C 1-6 heteroaliphatic, C 1-6 alkoxy, amino, C 1-6 alkylamino, di(C 1-6 alkyl)amino, aryl, heteroaryl, thiol, alkylthioxy, or acyl; provided that R 3 and R 4 are different from R 1 ; and n is an integer between 5 and 10,000, inclusive; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.