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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1999
Jean-Pierre Leblanc, Somerville, NJ (US);
Rama S. Chandran, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation, New Castle, DE (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to precipitation polymerization processes for the manufacture of essentially non-crosslinked polymers prepared from N-vinyl acetamide monomer which exhibit reduced levels of residual non-polymerizable contaminants, particularly residual acetamide, the processes including the steps of contacting the N-vinyl acetamide monomer with a polymerization medium containing a diluent selected from ethyl acetate and acetone and a free-radical initiator, under conditions effective to polymerize the N-vinyl acetamide monomer, thereby forming a precipitate of the polymer in the polymerization medium; and isolating the precipitated polymer from the polymerization medium.