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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2005
Hong Zhao, Edison, NJ (US);
Belen Rubio, Somerset, NJ (US);
Hong Zhao, Edison, NJ (US);
Belen Rubio, Somerset, NJ (US);
Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to methods of preparing linear polymers such as polyalkylene oxides containing a terminal amine in high purity. One preferred method includes reacting a polyalkylene oxide such as polyethylene glycol containing a terminal tosylate with a protected amine salt to form a polymer containing a terminal protected amine and thereafter deprotecting the polymer containing the terminal protected amine to form the polymer having a terminal amine. The resultant polymer-amines are of sufficient purity so that expensive and time consuming purification steps required for pharmaceutical grade polymers are avoided.