IP Library Granted Patent US 11,965,042
Granted Patent B2
US 11,965,042 · App. 17/970,233 · Granted Apr 23, 2024

Charge-bearing cyclodextrin polymeric materials and methods of making and using same

Inventors: Gokhan Barin (Skokie, IL); Jason M. Spruell (Encinitas, CA); Moira Brown (Chicago, IL); Shan Li (Des Plaines, IL)
Assignee: CycloPure, Inc.
C08B31/006B01J20/267B01J20/28054C02F1/285C08B37/0012C08G18/7621C08L5/16B01J20/28057C02F2101/36C02F2303/04
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Patent No.
US 11,965,042
App. No.
17/970,233
Granted
Apr 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to charge-bearing polymeric materials and methods of their use for purifying fluid samples from micropollutants, such as anionic micropollutants.

Claims (39)

1. A porous polymeric material comprising a plurality of cyclodextrins crosslinked with a plurality of aryl diisocyanate crosslinkers, wherein one or more of the plurality of cyclodextrins are bound to a linker of formula (I):

wherein

A is an aryl moiety;

each R 1 is independently H or C 1 -C 6 alkyl;

each R 2 is independently H or alkyl;

each W is independently a bond, an alkylene group, an arylene group, a heteroarylene group, —O-arylene-, —(CH 2 ) a -arylene-, —SO 2 -arylene-, —NH-arylene-, —S-arylene-, —O— heteroarylene-, —(CH 2 ) a -heteroarylene-, —SO 2 -heteroarylene-, —NH-heteroarylene-, —S-heteroarylene-, —(—O—(CH 2 ) a —) x —, —(—NH—(CH 2 ) a —) x —, —(—S—(CH 2 ) a —) x —,

 wherein a is 0-100 and x is 1-100, and each arylene or heteroarylene moiety can be substituted or unsubstituted;

each Z is a cationic moiety;

each L is

A′ is a covalent bond to A;

Z′ is a covalent bond to Z;

* is a covalent bond to ;

is a point of attachment to the plurality of cyclodextrin carbon atoms;

x is 0-8;

y 1 is 1-4;

y 2 is 1-4; and

y 3 is 0-4.

2. The porous polymeric material of claim 1 , wherein each Z is independently —N(R 3 ) 3 + , —P(R 3 ) 3 + , —S(R 3 ) 2 + , or heteroaryl + , wherein each R 3 is independently —H, —C 1 -C 6 alkyl, —C 1 -C 3 haloalkyl, -aryl, —C(O)N(R a )(R b ), —C(O)R c , ═CO 2 R c , —SO 2 N(R a )(R b ), or —SOR c , wherein each R a , R b and R c is independently H or C 1 -C 6 alkyl.

3. The porous polymeric material of claim 2 , wherein Z is —N(R 3 ) 3 + .

4. The porous polymeric material of claim 2 , wherein W is

5. The porous polymeric material of claim 4 , wherein Z is —N(R 3 ) 3 + .

6. The porous polymeric material of claim 1 , wherein each instance of —W—Z is taken together to form

7. The porous polymeric material of claim 1 , wherein each cyclodextrin is independently selected from the group consisting of α-cyclodextrin, β-cyclodextrin, and γ-cyclodextrin.

8. The porous polymeric material of claim 1 , wherein R 1 and R 2 are H.

9. The porous polymeric material of claim 1 , wherein the aryl moiety is

wherein represents any of the substituents attached to A in formula (I).

10. The porous polymeric material of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of aryl diisocyanate crosslinkers comprise 4,4′-methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, 2,4′-methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, 2,4-toluene diisocyanate, 2,6-toluene diisocyanate, or combinations thereof;

the aryl moiety is selected from the group consisting of

and combinations thereof;

each R 1 is H; and

each R 2 is H or alkyl.

11. The porous polymeric material of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of aryl diisocyanate crosslinkers comprise 4,4′-methylene diphenyl diisocyanate.

12. The porous polymeric material of claim 10 , wherein each Z is independently —N(R 3 ) 3 + , —P(R 3 ) 3 + , —S(R 3 ) 2 + , or heteroaryl + , wherein each R 3 is independently —H, —C 1 -C 6 alkyl, —C 1 -C 3 haloalkyl, -aryl, —C(O)N(R a )(R b ), —C(O)R c , ═CO 2 R c , —SO 2 N(R a )(R b ), or —SOR c , wherein each R a , R b , and R c is independently H or C 1 -C 6 alkyl.

13. The porous polymeric material of claim 12 , wherein Z is —N(R 3 ) 3 + .

14. The porous polymeric material of claim 12 , wherein W is

15. The porous polymeric material of claim 14 , wherein Z is —N(R 3 ) 3 + .

16. The porous polymeric material of claim 10 , wherein each instance of —W—Z is taken together to form

17. A method of purifying a fluid sample comprising one or more pollutants, the method comprising contacting the fluid sample with the porous polymeric material of claim 10 , whereby at least 50 wt. % of the total amount of the one or more pollutants in the fluid sample is adsorbed by the porous polymeric material.

18. A method of purifying a fluid sample comprising one or more pollutants, the method comprising contacting the fluid sample with the porous polymeric material of claim 1 , whereby at least 50 wt. % of the total amount of the one or more pollutants in the fluid sample is adsorbed by the porous polymeric material.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2024
From: THE IRWIN MARK JACOBS AND JOAN KLEIN JACOBS FAMILY TRUST UA DATED JUNE 2, 1980
To: CYCLOPURE, INC.
Reel/Frame 069667/0699 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2024
From: CYCLOPURE, INC.
To: AVENUE GLOBAL DISLOCATION OPPORTUNITIES FUND, L.P. AND AVENUE GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND, L.P.; AVENUE GLOBAL DISLOCATION OPPORTUNITIES FUND, L.P. AND AVENUE GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND, L.P.
Reel/Frame 069668/0780 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 26, 2023
From: CYCLOPURE, INC.
To: THE IRWIN MARK JACOBS AND JOAN KLEIN JACOBS FAMILY TRUST UA DATED JUNE 2, 1980
Reel/Frame 065956/0842 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2022
From: BARIN, GOKHAN; SPRUELL, JASON M.; BROWN, MOIRA; LI, SHAN
To: CYCLOPURE, INC.
Reel/Frame 061735/0623 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 17481919 · Sep 22, 2021
Continuation 17174688 · Feb 12, 2021
Continuation 16830726 · Mar 26, 2020
Continuation PCTUS2020018149 · Feb 13, 2020
Provisional Application 62805505 · Feb 14, 2019
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