Claims
- 1. The reaction product of
A) an amine of formula I RX(EO)n(PO)m(BO)pZNHR1 (I) wherein R is a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, organic group having from 4 to 36 carbon atoms, R1 is hydrogen or a C1-C20 straight or branched chain alkyl group, optionally substituted with a hydroxyl group, X is —O—, —S—, or —NR3— where R3 is hydrogen or a C1-C4 alkyl group, Z is ethylene, propylene or butylene, n is a number of from 0 to 100, m is a number of from 0 to 50: and p is a number of from 0 to 50, provided that the sum of n, m and p is at least one; and B) a multifunctional compound of formula I R2(Y)m (II) where R2 is a straight or branched chain alkyl, alkenyl, or cycloaliphatic group having from 2 to 30 carbon atoms, or an unsubstituted or alkyl substituted aromatic group, the Y groups are carboxyl, carboxylic anhydride, halogen, carbonyl, acetyl halide, keto, aldehyde, or epoxy, and m is a number of from 2 to 10, and wherein the Y groups can be the same or different.
- 2. The reaction product of claim 1 wherein in component A), R1 is hydrogen or a C1-C10 alkyl group optionally substituted with a hydroxyl group.
- 3. The reaction product of claim 1 wherein in component A), the sum of n, m and p is at least 2.
- 4. The reaction product of claim 1 wherein in component A), X is —O— and R is an alkyl group containing from 4 to 22 carbon atoms.
- 5. The reaction product of claim 4 wherein R contains from 4 to 12 carbon atoms.
- 6. The reaction product of claim 1 wherein n=4 to about 50.
- 7. The reaction product of claim 1 wherein the EO, PO and BO groups when present can be in blocks or in random distribution and can be in any order with respect to the R group.
- 8. The reaction product of claim 7 wherein EO, PO and BO when present are in the order shown in Formula I.
- 9. The reaction product of claim 1 wherein in component B), R2 is an alkyl or alkenyl group containing from 2 to 12 carbon atoms.
- 10. The reaction product of claim 1 wherein in component A), X is —O—, R is an alkyl group containing from 4 to 22 carbon atoms, n=4 to about 50, and, EO, PO and BO when present are in the order shown in formula I, and in component B), R2 is an alkyl or alkenyl group containing from 2 to 12 carbon atoms.
- 11. The reaction product of claim 10 wherein R1 is hydrogen or a C1-C10 alkyl group optionally substituted with a hydroxyl group.
- 12. In an aqueous composition, the improvement wherein a surfactant- or defoaming-effective quantity of the reaction product of claim 1 is present therein.
- 13. The composition of claim 12 wherein the surfactant- or defoaming-effective quantity is from about 0.1 to about 10% by weight.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of copending provisional application serial No. 60/256,375, filed on Dec. 18, 2000, and provisional application serial No. 60/281,472 filed on Apr. 4, 2001; the entire contents of each of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Provisional Applications (2)
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Date |
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60256375 |
Dec 2000 |
US |
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60281472 |
Apr 2001 |
US |