Dynapol Corporation

James A Dale

Steve Y Ng

Ned M Weinshenker

Patricia C Wang

William J Leonard

N-substituted maleimide polymers comprising the recurring structural units: ##STR1## wherein R and R' independently are lower alkyl groups of from 1 to 5 carbon atoms and n is an integer of from about 2 to about 2,000, are disclosed. Their preparation as well as the preparation of their monomer precursors and the preferred use of the polymers as antioxidants, particularly nonabsorbable food antioxidants, are also disclosed.

Polymeric N-substituted maleimide antioxidants

Polymeric hydroquinones of the structure ##STR1## WHEREIN N IS FROM 3 TO 10,000 INCLUSIVE AND R and R' independently are hydrogen or a lower alkyl, are disclosed, as is the preparation and the use of such materials, especially as nonabsorbable polymeric antioxidants for edible materials.

Polymeric hydroquinone antioxidant

Polymeric hydroquinones of the structure ##STR1## , wherein n is from 3 to 10,000 inclusive and R and R' independently are hydrogen or a lower alkyl, are disclosed, as is the preparation and the use of such materials, especially as nonabsorbable polymeric antioxidants for edible materials.

Edible with polymeric hydroquinone antioxidant

Polymeric phenols of the formula ##STR1## WHEREIN N IS AN INTEGER FROM 3 TO 2,000, R.sub.1 is a lower alkyl and R.sub.2 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl, are disclosed. Their preparation and preferred use as antioxidants, especially nonabsorbable food antioxidants, are also disclosed.

Polymeric phenolic antioxidants

Hydroquinonoid polymers having n recurring units of the General Structural Formula ##STR1## wherein n is 3 or greater, X and X' independently are hydrogen or methyl, R is a lower hydrocarbon, and R' and R' independently are lower hydrocarbons or hydrogens are disclosed as well as such polymers additionally containing phenolic copolymerizates. The preparation of these polymers by the one step copolymerization of a diolefinic hydrocarbon, a hydroquinonoid and optionally a phenolic, in the presence of an ortho-alkylation catalyst, and the use of these polymers as antioxidants, especially for foodstuffs, is also disclosed.

Hydroquinonoid ortho-alkylation polymers and the process of their

Phenolic polymers having 3 to 1000 repeating units of the general structural formula ##STR1## wherein X and X.sup.1 independently are hydrogens or methyls, R is a lower alkyl of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an aryl, alkaryl or aralkyl of from 6 to 14 carbon atoms, and R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently are hydrogen, lower alkyls of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, aralkyls of from 8 to 14 carbons, or alkoxys or aralkyloxys of from 1 to about 14 carbons, are prepared in one step by contacting an R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 -containing phenol having two hydrogens ortho to the hydroxyl group with a low purity diolefinic hydrocarbon under ortho-alkylation conditions in the presence of an effective amount of an ortho-alkylation catalyst. These materials find use as antioxidants, especially for edibles, where their polymeric nature offers advantages.

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James A Dale