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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2012
Samuel P. Mcmanus, Huntsville, AL (US);
Antoni Kozlowski, Huntsville, AL (US);
Tracy L. Hutchison, New Market, AL (US);
Brian Bray, Huntsville, AL (US);
Xiaoming Shen, Madison, AL (US);
Samuel P. McManus, Huntsville, AL (US);
Antoni Kozlowski, Huntsville, AL (US);
Tracy L. Hutchison, New Market, AL (US);
Brian Bray, Huntsville, AL (US);
Xiaoming Shen, Madison, AL (US);
Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods for forming maleimide functionalized polymers are provided. In one such embodiment, a maleimide functionalized polymer is prepared in a method that includes a step of carrying out a reverse Diels-Alder reaction. Intermediates useful in the methods, as well as methods for preparing the intermediates, are also provided. Also provided are polymeric reagents, methods of using polymeric reagents, compounds and conjugates.