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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bayer Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562120 ;
Abstract
A process for incorporating sulfonic acid groups in the structure of an aliphatic, non-polar, water insoluble compound is disclosed. In the process the compound is first dissolved in an appropriate solvent and is then reacted in the presence of a catalyst and oxygen with an aqueous sulfite solution. The sulfonation renders the compound polar and water absorbent and, therefore, suitable in a variety of applications.