US 7,514,511 B2
Free radical polymerization process and polymers obtained thereby
Balaganesan Banumathy, Hsinchu (Taiwan); Wen-Yueh Ho, Taichung (Taiwan); Tun-Fun Way, Hsinchu (Taiwan); and Lien Tai Chen, Taoyuan (Taiwan)
Assigned to Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu (Taiwan)
Filed on Sep. 01, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/216,154.
Claims priority of application No. 93128826 A (TW), filed on Sep. 23, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0063900 A1, Mar. 23, 2006
Int. Cl. C08F 2/04 (2006.01); C08F 26/06 (2006.01); C08F 20/54 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 526—233  [526/193; 526/204; 526/234; 526/236; 526/265; 526/303.1; 526/341] 13 Claims
 
1. A free radical polymerization process, comprising:
reacting at least one free radically polymerizable monomer with at least one initiator in the present of at least one ionic liquid undergoing polymerization to obtain a polymer with a PDI of 1.5 or less,
wherein the free radically polymerizable monomer is nitrogen-containing monomer, and the ionic liquid has a formula (IV), of:

OG Complex Work Unit Drawing
wherein
Y is SbF6, PF6, BF4, (CF3SO2)2N, CF3SO3, CH3CO2, CF3CO2, NO3, Cl, Br, or I; and
R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently C1-10 fluoroalkyl group, or C1-10 perfluoroalkyl group.