Branched reaction products
View Patent ↗A compound of formula: wherein each R group independently is C 6 -C 10 arylene group, a straight or branched chain C 2 -C ° alkylene group optionally containing an arylene group, or a C 4 -C 20 straight chain alkylene group containing one or more —NH— groups in the alkylene chain, each X is —O—, —S—, or —NR 5 — where R 5 is hydrogen or C 1 -C 6 alkyl, each AO group is independently ethyleneoxy, 1,2-propyleneoxy, or 1,2-butyleneoxy, n, m and p is from 1 to 50 and the sum of n, m and p is from 4 to 50, and the R 4 is independently —CH 2 -CH(OH)—R 9 , wherein each R 9 independently represents a C 4 -C 18 saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group. The compound has surfactant and defoaming properties and is useful in latex paint, an ink, an adhesive, or a metal working compositions.
1. A compound of formula:
wherein each R group independently represents a C 6 -C 10 arylene group, a straight or branched chain C 2 -C 20 alkylene group optionally containing an arylene group, or a C 4 -C 20 straight chain alkylene group containing one or more —NH— groups in the alkylene chain, each X is —O—, —S—, or —NR 5 — where R 5 is hydrogen or C 1 -C 6 alkyl, each AO group is independently an ethyleneoxy (EO), a 1,2-propyleneoxy (PO), or a 1,2-butyleneoxy (BO) group, n, m and p is a number of from 1 to 50 and the sum of n, m and p is from 4 to 50, and the R 4 group independently represents a moiety selected from the group consisting of —CH2—OH(OH)—R 9 group, wherein each R 9 independently represents a C 4 -C 18 saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group.
2. The compound according to claim 1 , wherein each R 9 independently represents a C 4 -C 12 alkyl group.
3. The compound according to claim 1 , wherein the sum of n, m and p is from 6 to 27.
4. The compound of claim 3 , wherein the sum of n, m and p is from 6to 12.
5. A compound of the general formula (III):
wherein each R 7 independently represents a straight or branched chain C 2 -C 20 alkylene group, each X independently represents —O—, —S—, or —NR 5 — where R 5 is hydrogen or C 1 -C 6 alkyl, each AO group is independently an ethyleneoxy (EO), a 1,2-propyleneoxy (PO), or a 1,2-butyleneoxy (BO) group, the sum of n, m and p is from 6 to 27, and each R 8 group is independently a —CH2—CH(OH)—R 9 group in which R 9 is a C 4 -C 18 straight or branched chain, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group.
6. The compound according to claim 5 , wherein each AO group represents an ethyleneoxy group.
7. The compound according to claim 5 , wherein each X represents an —O—.
8. The compound according to claim 5 , wherein the R 7 groups are all ethylene groups, the X groups are all —O— groups, and the sum of n, m and p is from 6to 18.
9. The compound according to claim 8 , wherein each AO group represents an ethyleneoxy group.
10. The compound according to claim 8 , wherein all R 9 groups are C 4 -C 12 alkyl groups, the sum of n, m and p is from 6 to 12, and all AO groups are ethyleneoxy groups.
11. The compound of claim 5 , wherein all R 9 groups are C 4 -C 12 alkyl groups.
12. The compound of claim 5 , wherein the sum of n, m and p is from 6 to 12.
13. An aqueous or nonaqueous composition containing a surfactant-effective quantity of at least one compound according to claim 5 .
14. The composition according to claim 13 , wherein the composition is a latex paint, an ink, an adhesive, or a metal working composition.
15. An aqueous or nonaqueous composition containing a defoaming-effective quantity of at least one compound according to claim 5 .
16. The composition according to claim 15 , wherein the composition is a latex paint, an ink, an adhesive, or a metal working composition.
17. A compound of the general formula IV:
in which EO is ethyleneoxy, the 3 EO groups per chain represent an average of the total of 9 EO groups, and the C 8 H 17 groups are straight or branched chain.
18. An aqueous or nonaqueous composition containing a surfactant-effective quantity of at least one compound according to claim 17 .
19. The composition according to claim 18 , wherein the composition is a latex paint, an ink, an adhesive, or a metal working composition.
20. An aqueous or nonaqueous composition containing a defoaming-effective quantity of at least one compound according to claim 17 .
21. The composition according to claim 20 , wherein the composition is a latex paint, an ink, an adhesive, or a metal working composition.
22. A reaction product of triethanolamine ethoxylated with 9 moles of ethylene oxide and an epoxylated C 10 olefin, wherein the ethoxylated triethanolamine and the epoxylated olefin are reacted in a molar ratio of about 1:3.
23. The reaction product according to claim 22 , wherein the C 10 olefin is an alpha olefin.