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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2013
Colorado State University Research Foundation, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Eugene Y. Chen, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Yangjian Hu, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Yuetao Zhang, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Colorado State University Research Foundation, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
The invention provides novel polymer compositions and methods for preparing such compositions. The invention also provides methods for polymerizing various unsaturated monomers, including naturally occurring or plant biomass-derived renewable acrylic monomers. The monomers can be rapidly polymerized using various organic catalysts or organometallic catalysts, as described herein. In one embodiment, nearly perfectly isotactic polymers (mmmm>99%) can be prepared using a C-symmetric zirconocenium catalyst.