PARTIALLY FLUORINATED POLYMERS

1 . A polymer comprising the reaction product of:

(a) a compound of Formula (3), or a mixture thereof:

wherein

R f is C 1 to C 6 linear or branched fluoroalkyl,

X is F or Cl,

V is —YC(O)CR 2 ═CH 2 , —YC(O)R 19 SH, or —YC(O)NHCH 2 CH 2 OC(O)CR 2 ═CH 2 ,

Y is O or a single bond,

R 2 is independently selected from H or a C 1 to C 4 alkyl group,

R 19 is an alkylene of about 1 to about 10 carbon atoms,

p is 0 to 1,

m is 0 or 3 to 10, and

n is 0 to 30,

wherein at least one of p or m is a positive integer;

provided that, if n is a positive integer, then p is 1; and

provided that, if m is 0 then Y is a single bond, and if m is a positive integer then

Y is O; and

(b) at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer having a functional group selected from a linear or branched hydrocarbon, alcohol, anhydride, ether, ester, formate, carboxylic acid, carbamate, urea, amine, amide, sulfonate, sulfonic acid, sulfonamide, halide, saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, morpholine, pyrrolidine, piperidine, or mixtures thereof.

2 . The polymer of claim 1 , wherein compound (a) of Formula (3) is reacted with

(b) a monomer selected from Formula (4) or Formula (5), or a mixture thereof:

CH 2 ═C(R 3 )COZ(CH 2 ) q (CHR 3 ) i NR 4 R 5   Formula (4)

CH 2 ═C(R 3 )NR 6 R 7   Formula (5)

wherein

R 3 is independently selected from H or CH 3 ,

R 4 and R 5 are each independently C 1 to C 4 alkyl, hydroxyethyl, or benzyl; or R 4 and R 5 together with the nitrogen atom form a morpholine, pyrrolidine, or piperidine ring,

R 6 and R 7 are each independently selected from H or C 1 to C 4 alkyl,

Z is —O— or —NR 8 —

wherein

R 8 is H or C 1 -C 4 alkyl,

i is 0 to 4, and

q is 1 to 4,

provided that the nitrogen bonded to R 4 and R 5 is from about 0% to 100% salinized, quaternized, or present as amine oxide; and

(c) a monomer of Formula (6), or a mixture thereof:

CH 2 ═CR 9 (R 10 ) e —COOH  Formula (6)

wherein

R 9 is independently selected from H or CH 3 ,

R 10 is CO(CH 2 ) 5 , CO(O)(CH 2 ) 2 , C 6 H 4 CHR 9 , or C(O)NR 9 R 11 ,

R 11 is C 6 H 4 OCH 2 , (CH 2 ) d , or C(CH 3 ) 2 CH 2 ,

d is 1 to about 10, and

e is 0 or 1.

3 . The polymer of claim 2 , wherein V is —YC(O)CR 2 ═CH 2 or —YC(O)NHCH 2 CH 2 OC(O)CR 2 ═CH 2 .

4 . The polymer of claim 3 , wherein the compounds are reacted in the following percentages by weight: from about 30% to about 90% of a compound of Formula (3), from about 9% to about 40% of a monomer of Formula (4), and from about 1% to about 30% of a monomer of Formula (6), wherein the sum of the monomer components equals 100%.

5 . The polymer of claim 2 , wherein V is —YC(O)R 19 SH.

6 . The polymer of claim 5 , wherein the compounds are reacted in the following percentages by weight: from about 4% to about 40% of a compound of Formula (3), from about 30% to about 95% of a monomer of Formula (5), and from about 1% to about 30% of a monomer of Formula (6), wherein the sum of the monomer components equals 100%.

7 . The polymer of claim 2 where at least one additional monomer is copolymerized, selected from the group consisting of ethylenically unsaturated monomers having a functional group selected from a linear or branched hydrocarbon, alcohol, anhydride, ether, ester, formate, carboxylic acid, carbamate, urea, amine, amide, sulfonate, sulfonic acid, sulfonamide, halide, saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, morpholine, pyrrolidine, piperidine, or mixtures thereof.

8 . A polymer having at least one carbamate linkage prepared by:

(i) reacting (a) at least one diisocyanate, polyisocyanate, or mixture thereof, having isocyanate groups, and (b) at least one fluorinated compound selected from the formula (2):

wherein

R f is C 1 to C 6 linear or branched fluoroalkyl,

X is F or Cl,

Y is O or a single bond,

p is 0 to 1,

m is 0 or 3 to 10, and

n is 0 to 30,

wherein at least one of p or m is a positive integer;

provided that, if n is a positive integer, then p is 1; and

provided that, if m is 0 then Y is a single bond, and if m is a positive integer then

Y is O; and

(ii) optionally reacting with (c) water, a linking agent, or a mixture thereof.

9 . The polymer of claim 8 wherein said fluorinated compound reacts with about 5 mol % to about 90 mol % of said isocyanate groups.

10 . The polymer of claim 8 wherein the diioscyanate or polyisocyanate is selected from the group consisting of hexamethylene diisocyanate homopolymer, 3-isocyanatomethyl-3,4,4-trimethylcyclohexyl isocyanate, bis-(4-isocyanatocylohexyl)methane and diisocyanate trimers of formulas (12a), (12b), (12c) and (12d):

11 . The polymer of claim 8 wherein step (i) further comprises reacting (d) a non-fluorinated organic compound selected from the group consisting of Formula (13)

R 12 —(R 13 ) k -QH  (13)

wherein

R 12 is a C 1 -C 18 alkyl, a C 1 -C 18 omega-alkenyl radical or a C 1 -C 18 omega-alkenyl;

k is 0 or 1;

Q is —O—, —S—, or —NR 17 — in which R 17 is H or alkyl containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and

R 13 is selected from the group consisting of

wherein

R 14 , R 15 and R 16 are each independently H or C 1 to C 6 alkyl, and

s is an integer of 1 to 50.

12 . The polymer of claim 11 , wherein the compound of Formula (13) comprises a hydrophilic water-solvatable material comprising at least one hydroxy-terminated polyether of Formula (14):

R 18 —O(CH 2 CH 2 O) j —(CH 2 CH(CH 3 )O) j1 —CH 2 CH 2 O) j2 —H  Formula (14)

wherein

R 18 is a monovalent hydrocarbon radical containing from about one to about six aliphatic or alicyclic carbon atoms;

j is a positive integer, and j1 and j2 are each independently a positive integer or zero;

said polyether having a weight average molecular weight up to about 2000.

13 . The polymer of claim 11 wherein said non-fluorinated compound reacts with about 0.1 mol % to about 60 mol % of said isocyanate groups.

14 . The polymer of claim 8 wherein the carbamate linkage is formed using a diamine or polyamine.

15 . The polymer of claim 8 in the form of an aqueous dispersion or solution.

16 . The polymer of claim 8 wherein R f is C 1 to C 3 linear fluoroalkyl.

17 . A method of providing water repellency, oil repellency, and stain resistance to a substrate comprising contacting the substrate with a polymer of claim 1 , 2 , or 8 .

18 . A substrate having water repellency, oil repellency, and stain resistance, comprising a polymer of claim 1 , 2 , or 8 .