Alkoxylated unsaturated fatty acids and uses thereof
Alkoxylated fatty acids are disclosed herein, as well as methods of making and using such compounds. In some embodiments, the alkoxylated fatty acids are formed from monomers derived from natural oils. In some embodiments, the alkoxylated fatty acids are used as surfactants for making synthetic latex by emulsion polymerization. In some other embodiments, the alkoxylated fatty acids are used as surfactants for making synthetic rubber, such as styrene-butadiene rubber. In some other embodiments, the alkoxylated fatty acids are used as surfactants in a composition for treatment of gas or oil wells, for cleaning applications, for use in various laundry-related applications, for use in personal care compositions, or for use as solvents for coating applications, such as reactive and non-reactive waterborne coating applications.
1. A coating composition, the composition comprising: water; a resin; and a compound of formula (I)
wherein:
R 1 is a hydrogen atom or C 1-6 alkyl;
G 1 is C 1-4 alkylene
R 2 is a hydrogen atom, C 1-5 alkyl, or C 2-5 alkenyl; and
n is an integer from 1 to 50.
2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein R 1 is a hydrogen atom.
3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein R 1 is C 1-6 alkyl.
4. The composition of claim 1 , wherein R 1 is methyl or ethyl.
5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein G 1 is, independently at each occurrence, —CH 2 —CH 2 —, —CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 —, —CH(CH 3 )—CH 2 —, —CH 2 —CH(CH 3 )—, or —CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 —.
6. The composition of claim 5 , wherein G 1 is —CH 2 —CH 2 at each occurrence.
7. The composition of claim 1 , wherein R 2 is a hydrogen atom.
8. The composition of claim 1 , wherein R 2 is C 1-5 alkyl.
9. The composition of claim 8 , wherein R 2 is methyl or ethyl.
10. The composition of claim 1 , wherein R 2 is C 2-5 alkenyl.
11. The composition of claim 10 , wherein R 2 is —CH 2 —CH═CH 2 or —CH 2 —CH═CH—CH 2 —CH 3 .
12. The composition of claim 1 , wherein n is an integer from 6 to 50.
13. The composition of claim 4 , wherein n is an integer from 6 to 50.
14. The composition of claim 6 , wherein n is an integer from 6 to 50.
15. The composition of claim 7 , wherein n is an integer from 6 to 50.
16. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the resin is a film-forming polymer.
17. The composition of claim 16 , wherein the film-forming polymer is a natural or synthetic latex.
18. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the resin is an alkyd resin.
19. A method for coating a surface, the method comprising:
providing a composition of claim 1 ; and
applying the composition to a surface to be coated.