Abstract:
The present invention relates to novel polymer compositions, to a process for their manufacturing, to the use of said polymer compositions as dispersants and to liquid compositions containing solid fine particles, such as organic or inorganic pigments and fillers, and the novel polymer compositions as dispersants. The polymer compositions are obtainable by reacting: a) a polymer P1 having at least one functional group of the formula (I), and a polymer backbone B where # indicates the point of attachment to the terminus and/or to the polymer backbone B of the polymer P1; k is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, in particular 0 or 1, especially 0; m is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9, in particular 0 or 1, especially 0; A is a chemical bond or a divalent moiety selected from the group consisting of C1-C6 alkylene, -O-(C2-C6 alkylene), -C(=O)-O-(C2-C6 alkylene), -NR3-(C2-C6 alkylene) and C(=0)-NR3-(C2-C6 alkylene), where the C2-C6 alkylene part is attached to Q; Q is a divalent moiety selected from the group consisting of -0-, -NH- and -S-R1, R2, R3 are as defined in the claims; with a polymer P2 which is a polyolefine succinic anhydride, in particular a polyisobutene succinic anhydride.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to random copolymers obtainable by polymerization, the use of said random copolymers as soil release agents in laundry processes. Further aspects of the invention are a method for easier releasing soil from textiles in laundry processes and detergents containing said random copolymers.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to novel polymer dispersants in the form of comb polymers P and to a liquid composition containing solid fine particles, such as organic or inorganic pigments and fillers, and the polymer dispersants. The comb polymer P having at least 0.5 mol-%, e.g. 0.5 to 90 mol-%, based on the total amount of repeating units in the comb polymer, of repeating units A, selected from repeating units of the formulae la and lb: wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, -S(=O) 2 R a , C 1 -C 20 alkyl, C 3 -C 10 cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aryl-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl and heteroaryl-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl; and X indicates a polymer group of the following formula X wherein Z indicates a polymer segment or a monovalent alkyl or alkenyl segment having from 10 to 100 carbon atoms; R1 is as defined above; k is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; n is 0, 1 or 2; A is a chemical bond or a divalent moiety selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 6 alkylene, -O-(C 2 -C 6 alkylene) or -C(=O)-O-(C 2 -C 6 alkylene), where the C 2 -C 6 alkylene part is attached to Q; Q is a divalent moiety selected from the group consisting of -O-, -NH- and -S-; R 2 is independently selected from the group consisting of -OH, - COOH, -COOCH 3 , -NH 2 , -NH(C 1 -C 6 alkyl), -N(C 1 -C 6 alkyl) 2 , -NO 2 , -S(=O) 2 R a , C 1 -C 20 alkyl, C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, halogen, aryloxy, aryl, heteroaryl.
Abstract:
This invention relates to end-functionalized living polymers or copolymers having a structure represented by the general formula 1 or 2, wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or a radically non-polymerizable organic group containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms. R2 is a functional end group of a vinyl hetero monomer selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, epoxy, silyl, NH2, NH(C1-C6alkyl), N(C1-C6alkyl)2, —CH═CH2, —C≡CH, —C(CH3)═CH2, -0-CH═CH2, (—O—CH2—CH2)1-10—OH, —OR20, —COOR20, —CONHR20, —OCONHR20, —OCOR20 and —NH—CO—R20, wherein R20 is linear or branched C1-C20 alkyl or linear or branched C1-C20 alkyl substituted with hydroxy, epoxy, silyl, NH2 or N(C1-C6alkyl)2; or R20 is phenyl, benzyl, —CH═CH2, —C≡CH or —C(CH3)═CH2, or R2 is a residue of an acrylic acid (CH2═CH—COO—*), methacrylic acid, (CH2═C(CH3)—COO—*) or CH(CH3)═CH—COO—* or R2 is a residue of a dicarboxylic acid HOOC—Rc—COO—* or C1-C6alkyl-OOC—Rc—COO—* wherein Rc is C1-C20 alkylene, C1-C20alkenylene or phenylene; or R2 is a residue derived from the reaction of an isocyanate Ra—NCO with the hydroxy group or with the amine group of the vinyl hetero monomer, said residue being Ra—NHCOO—* or Ra—NHCO—NH—* wherein Ra is unsubstituted C1-C20alkyl, C1-C20cycloalkyl or C1-C20alkyl substituted with hydroxy, epoxy, silyl, NH2, NH(C1-C6alkyl) or N(C1-C6alkyl)2; or R2 is a residue derived from the reaction of a diisocyanate residue OCN—Rb—NCO with the hydroxy group or with the amine group of the vinyl hetero monomer, said residue being *—OOC—NH—Rb—NCO or *—HNOC—NH—Rb—NCO or *—OOC—NH—Rb—NHCOR30 wherein Rb is C1-C20 alkylene or C1-C20cycloalkylene or phenylene and R30 is a residue of hydroxyethylacrylate (CH2═CH—COO—(CH2)2-0*), hydroxyethylmethacrylate (CH2═C(CH3)—COO—(CH2)2-0*), hydroxybutylacrylate (CH2═CH—COO—(CH2)4-0*) or hydroxybutylmethacrylate (CH2═C(CH3)—COO—(CH2)4-0*), A is the hetero atom of the vinyl hetero monomer selected from the group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and silicon; and if R2 is silyl and M is a direct bond, A is a direct bond; M is a bond or a divalent group linking the heteroatom of the vinyl hetero monomer and the functional end group of the vinyl hetero monomer said M being selected from the group consisting of C1-50 alkylene, C1-50 (hetero)alkylene, arylene and heteroarylene; X is a halogen atom, a nitroxide group or a sulphide group, Zn is a polymer or copolymer segment of random-, gradient- or block-type structure, which is built up from vinylic monomers selected from the group consisting of isoprene, 1,3-butadiene, α-C5-18alkene, 4-vinyl-pyridine, 2-vinyl-pyridine, vinyl-imidazole, N-vinylpyrrolidone, dimethylacrylamide, 3-dimethylamino-propylmethacrylamide, styrene, substituted styrene and a compound of formula CH2═C(R3)—C(═R4)—R5, wherein R3 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R4 is oxygen atom or sulfur atom; R5 is NH2, hydroxy, unsubstituted C1-18 alkoxy, C2-100alkoxy interrupted by at least one N and/or O atom, hydroxy-substituted C1-18alkoxy, unsubstituted C1-18alkylamino, di(C1-18alkyl)amino, hydroxy-substituted C1-18alkylamino, hydroxy-substituted di(C1-18alkyl)amino or -0-CH2—CH2—N(CH3)2; Y is the chain terminus of the polymer/copolymer Zn and Y represents the fragment of a polymerization initiator capable of initiating polymerization; Y1 represents a di-, tri- or polyvalent fragment of a di-, tri-, or polyfunctional NMP initiator; m is 2, 3 or 4, preferably 2; n is the number of monomer units Z and is between 10 and 5000.