# US 10,118,981 B2 · Lactamic polymer containing an acetoacetate moiety > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,118,981 B2 - Document ID: US10118981B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/287,919 - Filed: 2016-10-07 - Published: 2017-01-26 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2011-04-28 - Assignees: ISP Investments Inc. - Applicants: ISP Investments LLC - Inventors: David K. Hood; Karyn B. Visscher; Surya Kamin; Sounak Sarkar - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10118981B2 ## CPC - C08F 220/283: {and containing one or more carboxylic moiety in the chain, e.g. acetoacetoxyethyl(meth)acrylate} - C08F 226/06: by a heterocyclic ring containing nitrogen - C08F 226/10: N-Vinyl-pyrrolidone - C08F 271/02: on to polymers of monomers containing heterocyclic nitrogen - C08L 39/04: Homopolymers or copolymers of monomers containing heterocyclic rings having nitrogen as ring member - C09D 139/06: Homopolymers or copolymers of N-vinyl-pyrrolidones - C08F 2800/20: as weight or mass percentages - C08F: MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS - C08L: COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS (compositions based on polymerisable monomers C08F, C08G; artificial filaments or fibres D01F; textile treating compositions D06) - C09D: COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR (cosmetics A61K; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general, B05D; staining wood B27K5/02; glazes or vitreous enamels C03C; natural resins, French polish, drying-oils, driers, turpentine, per se, C09F; polishing compositions other than French polish, ski waxes C09G; adhesives or use of materials as adhesives C09J; materials for sealing or packing joints or covers C09K3/10; materials for stopping leaks C09K3/12; processes for the electrolytic or electrophoretic production of coatings C25D) ## Abstract The invention provides lactamic polymers comprising an acetoacetate moiety. The lactamic polymers may be readily functionalized and the functionalized lactamic polymers may be further derivatized to provide a wide variety of useful polymers having desirable chemical and physical properties. The lactamic polymers of the invention may be employed in a wide variety of compositions. (A); (B) wherein R1-R6, w, x, y, z, and n are described herein. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A lactamic polymer having the following structure: wherein each R1 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1-C30 functionalized and unfunctionalized alkyl groups, wherein any of the before mentioned groups may be with or without heteroatoms, and mixtures thereof; each R3 is independently selected from the group consisting of C1-C6 functionalized and unfunctionalized alkyl, amide, carbonyl, and carboxyl groups, wherein any of the before mentioned groups may be with or without heteroatoms, and mixtures thereof; each R5 is independently selected from the group consisting of C1-C12 functionalized and unfunctionalized alkyl and alkenyl groups, wherein any of the before mentioned groups may be with or without heteroatoms, and mixtures thereof; wherein w, a maleic anhydride derived monomer, may be partially or fully ring-opened; w, x, and y are mole percent, the sum of which =100%; and each n is an integer independently ranging from 1-4. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The polymer according to claim 1, wherein each R1 is independently hydrogen or methyl. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The polymer according to claim 1, wherein each R3 is —C(O)OCH2CH2—. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The polymer according to claim 1, wherein each R5 is independently selected from the group consisting of C1-C8 functionalized and unfunctionalized alkyl and alkenyl groups, wherein any of the before mentioned groups may be with or without heteroatoms, and mixtures thereof. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The polymer according to claim 1, wherein w ranges from 1-97%, x ranges from 1-97%, and y ranges from 1-97%. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The polymer according to claim 1, wherein each n is an integer independently ranging from 1-3. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The polymer according to claim 1, wherein the polymer has a structure selected from the group consisting of: ### Claim 8 A composition comprising a lactamic polymer having the following structure: wherein each R1 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1-C30 functionalized and unfunctionalized alkyl groups, wherein any of the before mentioned groups may be with or without heteroatoms, and mixtures thereof; each R3 is independently selected from the group consisting of C1-C6 functionalized and unfunctionalized alkyl, amide, carbonyl, and carboxyl groups, wherein any of the before mentioned groups may be with or without heteroatoms, and mixtures thereof; each R5 is independently selected from the group consisting of C1-C12 functionalized and unfunctionalized alkyl and alkenyl groups, wherein any of the before mentioned groups may be with or without heteroatoms, and mixtures thereof; wherein w, a maleic anhydride derived monomer, may be partially or fully ring-opened; w, x, and y are mole percent, the sum of which =100%; and each n is an integer independently ranging from 1-4. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The composition according to claim 8, wherein each R1 is independently hydrogen or methyl. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The composition according to claim 8, wherein each R3 is —C(O)OCH2CH2—. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The composition according to claim 8, wherein each R5 is independently selected from the group consisting of C1-C8 functionalized and unfunctionalized alkyl and alkenyl groups, wherein any of the before mentioned groups may be with or without heteroatoms, and mixtures thereof. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The composition according to claim 8, wherein w ranges from 1-97%, x ranges from 1-97%, and y ranges from 1-97%. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The composition according to claim 8, wherein each n is an integer independently ranging from 1-3. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The composition according to claim 8, wherein the polymer has a structure selected from the group consisting of: ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) The composition according to claim 8, wherein the composition comprises adhesives, aerosols, agricultural compositions, anti-soil redeposition agents, batteries, beverages, biocides, block copolymers, branch/comb copolymers, cementing compositions, cleaning compositions, coating compositions, conductive materials, cosmetic compositions, cross-linkers, dental compositions, polymeric dyes, decorated pigments, detergents, dispersants, drugs, electronics, encapsulations, foods, hair sprays, household-industrial-institutional, inks and coatings, interlaminate adhesives, lithographic solutions, membrane additive compositions, metal working fluids, oilfield compositions, paints, paper, personal care compositions, pharmaceuticals, pigment additives, plasters, plastics, printing, reactive biocides, refractive index modifiers, sequestrants, soil release compositions, static control agents, and wood-care compositions. ### Claim 16 (depends on 8) The composition according to claim 8, the composition further comprising an inert solvent. ### Claim 17 (depends on 8) The composition according to claim 8, the composition further comprising a reactive solvent. ### Claim 18 (depends on 8) The polymer composition according to claim 8, the composition further comprising a cross-linker.