Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation

Jame Fine Chemicals, Inc.

Angelo Mellozzi

Vilas M Chopdekar

Sham N Redkar

Raja G Achari

Thomas Andrew Upshaw

Disclosed are copolymers of cyclic esters, e.g., caprolactone, and cyclic formals of substituted or unsubstituted diols, e.g., 1,3-dioxepane. The copolymers can provide a low melting temperature rendering them liquids at room temperature. Elastomeric polyurethanes prepared from such copolymers can exhibit a low Tg transition and good resistance to hydrolysis and oxidation. The copolymers are particularly useful for elastomers, coatings, adhesives, inks or binders requiring low temperature flexibility and good resistance to hydrolysis and oxidation.

Copolymers of cyclic esters and cyclic formals

The invention pertains to a method for preparing dexchlorpheniramine ('dexchlor') tannate by reacting dexchlorpheniramine free base at a temperature of about 75 to about 150&#xb0; C. with tannic acid neat or as an aqueous slurry containing up to about 20 wt. % water. The dexchlorpheniramine free base may be obtained by reacting a commercially available dexchlorpheniramine salt such as dexchlorpheniramine maleate with a base such as aqueous sodium hydroxide. The resultant dexchlor tannate has extended release properties and is useful in pharmaceutical compositions as an antihistamine for human beings.

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North Plainfield, NJ, United States of America

Angelo Mellozzi