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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
May. 01, 2023
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Jeffrey S. Moore, Urbana, IL (US);
Nancy R. Sottos, Urbana, IL (US);
Benjamin A. Suslick, Urbana, IL (US);
Diego M. Alzate-Sanchez, Urbana, IL (US);
Nil A. Parikh, Urbana, IL (US);
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Urbana, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods of preparing oligomers including heating a mixture of an amount of a functionalized cycloalkene, an amount of a chain transfer agent, a phosphite ester, and a catalyst, a degree of polymerization of the oligomers controllable by a molar ratio of the amount of the functionalized cycloalkene to the amount of the chain transfer agent, are provided herein. Methods of preparing polymers including heating the oligomers and a second amount of the functionalized cycloalkene, a phosphite ester, and a catalyst are further provided. Compositions of oligomers and functionalized cycloalkenes are further provided.