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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2001
Paul G. Rasmussen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sarah E. Reybuck, St. Joseph, MI (US);
David M. Johnson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Richard G. Lawton, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the invention provides a polymer comprising imidazole ring units having nitrogen at the 1 and 3 positions of the ring; a carbon at each of the 2, 4 and 5 positions of the ring; and radical substituents G1 and G2 carried at the 4 and 5 positions. G1 and G2 are each independently selected from cyano, substituents derived from cyano, and substituents which replace cyano. The polymers formed by at least two of the cyclic imidazole units. In another embodiment, the invention provides new imidazole compounds usable as monomers to form the polymers. In still another embodiment, the invention provides a method for using the polymers as a coupling/activator for synthon synthesis.