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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2021
James M. Eagan, Akron, OH (US);
Luis D. Garcia Espinosa, Streetsboro, OH (US);
James M. Eagan, Akron, OH (US);
Luis D. Garcia Espinosa, Streetsboro, OH (US);
THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of producing a degradable material comprising steps of hydrogenating 2-ethylidene-6-hepten-5-olide (EVL) by introducing hydrogen to the EVL in order to obtain modified EVL; combining the modified EVL with a catalyst to form a reaction mixture; and subjecting the reaction mixture to reaction conditions that will allow the modified EVL to react by ring-opening polymerization in the presence of the catalyst to form a product composition including polymeric-EVL, wherein the polymeric-EVL is hydrolytically degradable, wherein the reaction conditions include a reaction temperature of from −40° C. to 70° C.