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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2007
Applicant:
Virgil Percec, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Inventor:
Virgil Percec, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 4/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention concerns a method of polymerizing an alkene monomer to produce a polymer using a catalyst that is Cu(O), CuTe, CuSe, CuS, CuO, or a combination thereof, an initiator, and a component comprising a solvent and optional nitrogen-containing ligand, where the combination of the component and monomer is capable of diproportionating Cu(I)X into Cu(O) and Cu(II)Xwhere X is Cl, Br, or I.