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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jawed Asrar, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Devang T. Shah, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Minhtien Tran, Ballwin, MO (US);
Assignee:
Monsanto Company, St Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 2/000 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 2/000 ;
Abstract
Hydroxyterminated PHA is produced by cultivating a PHA-producing microorganism in the presence of an aliphatic diol or an aliphatic polyol. High molecular weight hydroxy-terminated PHA is obtainable by the disclosed process, and is useful in the production of graft, block and random polymers and copolymers with other monomers, oligomers and polymers containing appropriate functionality and end group compatibility.