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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2011
Michael Francis Dube, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
William Monroe Coleman, Iii, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Michael Francis Dube, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
William Monroe Coleman, III, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a polymer prepared from a substituted 1,3-butadiene (such as neophytadiene) derived from a plant of thespecies. The invention also provides smoking articles and smokeless tobacco compositions that include the polymers described herein. Further, the invention provides a method of polymerizing a substituted 1,3-butadiene derived from a plant of thespecies, the method including reacting a substituted 1,3-butadiene derived from a plant of thespecies with one or more reagents selected from the group consisting of an anionic initiator, a radical initiator, and a Ziegler-Natta catalyst.