| abstract |
(a) providing a reaction mixture comprising a monovinyl aromatic monomer, a multi-vinyl aromatic monomer, and a porogen, (b) performing an aqueous suspension polymerization on the reaction mixture to form a resin bead, And (c) sulfonating the resin beads. Also provided is a plurality of resin beads, wherein the resin beads comprise polymerized units of a monovinyl aromatic monomer and polymerized units of a multi-vinyl aromatic monomer, wherein the resin beads have a BET surface area of 15 to 38 m < 2 > / g and a melt index Volume capacity. Also provided is a method of making a product of a chemical reaction of one or more reactants, the method comprising reacting the one or more reactants with one another in the presence of the plurality of resin beads. |