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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 1977
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arno Holst, Wiesbaden, DT;
Michael Kostrzewa, Wiesbaden, DT;
Assignee:
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, , DT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ; C08F / ; C08F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
260874 ; 260 / ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a process for the manufacture of absorptive polymers which are at least preponderantly insoluble in water, but capable of swelling in water, which comprises etherifying polyhydroxy methylene in a homogeneous phase in an aqueous alkaline solution with an .alpha.-halogen carboxylic acid, and prior to, during, or after the etherification process performing a further reaction with a cross-linking agent which is polyfunctional towards polyhydroxy methylene in an alkaline medium.