Frank Molock - Orange Park FL, US Jason Garner - Jacksonville FL, US Shivkumar Mahadevan - Orange Park FL, US
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. - Jacksonville FL
International Classification:
C07F 7/04 C07F 7/08
US Classification:
556437
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process comprising the steps of reacting a substituted epoxide, and preferably a silicone containing substituted epoxide with at least one lithium acrylic acid salt, at least one acrylic acid and optionally at least one inhibitor at a temperature above about 60 C. to form a substituted hydroxy acrylate.