Toyo Jozo Company, Ltd.

Rokuro Izumi

Kunio Matsumoto

Hideji Seijo

Hiroyuki Mizuguchi

Acrylonitrile polymer containing amino groups and having a porous structure containing micro-pores with an average size of from 50 to 2000 .ANG. and pore volume of not less than 0.2 cm.sup.3 /g is prepared by reducing an acrylonitrile polymer having said porous structure in an inert non-solvent for said polymer with lithium aluminum hydride. The polymer obtained is useful as a carrier for enzymes.

Process for preparing an amino group-containing polyacrylonitrile polymer

Biological material such as enzymes is immobilized by adsorption or covalent bonding to a micro-porous water-insoluble acrylonitrile polymer containing from 20 .mu.M to 1000 .mu.M of amino groups per gram of the polymer. Covalent bonding may be carried out with a crosslinking or condensing agent. The amino groups may be introduced into the polymer by reduction of nitrile groups with lithium aluminum hydride in an inert non-solvent.

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Rokuro Izumi