US 2014/0275460 A1 · Acrylate-Olefin Copolymers, Methods For Producing Same And Compositions Utilizing Same

Abstract

The present invention relates to a thickeners that are the polymerization product of a monomer mixture comprising: (a) at least one C3 to C30 olefin; (b) at least one monomer that contains at least one carboxylic acid group; (c) at least one ethylenically unsaturated ester monomer; and (d) one or more crosslinking compounds. Optionally, the above multi-purpose polymer compositions can further include any combination of one or more of: (e) at least one functional monomer; (f) at least one associative hydrophobic monomer; and/or (g) at least one chain transfer agent (CTA) and/or at least one polymeric stabilizer. The thickeners of the present invention are useful in a variety of products including, but not limited to, personal care products, health care products, household care products, institutional and industrial care products, and industrial applications.

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Dependent claims

A thickener composition that is the reaction product of the polymerization of a monomer mixture comprising:

(i) (a), (b), (c), and (d);
(ii) (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e);
(iii) (a), (b), (c), (d) and (f);
(iv) (a), (b), (c), (d) and (g);
(v) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f);
(vi) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (g);
(vii) (a), (b), (c), (d), (f) and (g);
or
(viii) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g),
where (a) is at least one C3 to C30 olefin;
(b) is at least one monomer that contains at least one carboxylic acid group;
(c) is at least one ethylenically unsaturated ester;
(d) is one or more crosslinking compounds;
(e) at least one functional monomer selected from one or more functional monomer compounds selected from one or more hydroxy(C1-C18)alkyl(meth)acrylates, one or more open chain and/or cyclic N-vinylamides (N-vinyllactams containing 4 to 9 atoms in the lactam ring moiety, wherein the ring carbon atoms optionally can be substituted by one or more lower alkyl groups such as methyl, ethyl or propyl), one or more amino group-containing vinyl monomers, one or more vinyl esters of aliphatic carboxylic acids, one or more vinyl aromatic monomers, one or more sulfonic acid group-containing monomers and/or their salts, or mixtures of any two or more thereof including mixtures of any two or more of the same class of compounds or mixtures of any two or more of different classes of compounds;
(f) is at least one associative hydrophobic monomer;
and (g) is at least one chain transfer agent and/or at least one polymeric stabilizer.

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A thickener composition that is the reaction product of the polymerization of a monomer mixture comprising:

(i) (a), (b), (c), and (d);
(ii) (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e);
(iii) (a), (b), (c), (d) and (f);
(iv) (a), (b), (c), (d) and (g);
(v) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f);
(vi) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (g);
(vii) (a), (b), (c), (d), (f) and (g);
or
(viii) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g),
where (a) is at least one C3 to C30 olefin and is present in the range of about 1 weight percent to about 25 weight percent;
(b) is at least one monomer that contains at least one carboxylic acid group and is present in the range of about 10 weight percent to about 55 weight percent;
(c) is at least one ethylenically unsaturated ester and is present in the range of about 20 weight percent to about 75 weight percent;
(d) is one or more crosslinking compounds and is present in the range of about 0.01 weight percent to about 5 weight percent;
(e) at least one functional monomer one or more functional monomer compounds selected from one or more hydroxy(C1-C18)alkyl(meth)acrylates, one or more open chain and/or cyclic N-vinylamides (N-vinyllactams containing 4 to 9 atoms in the lactam ring moiety, wherein the ring carbon atoms optionally can be substituted by one or more lower alkyl groups such as methyl, ethyl or propyl), one or more amino group-containing vinyl monomers, one or more vinyl esters of aliphatic carboxylic acids, one or more vinyl aromatic monomers, one or more sulfonic acid group-containing monomers and/or their salts, or mixtures of any two or more thereof including mixtures of any two or more of the same class of compounds or mixtures of any two or more of different classes of compounds and is present in the range of about 1 weight percent to about 40 weight percent;
(f) at least one associative hydrophobic monomer and is present in the range of about 0.1 weight percent to about 25 weight percent;
(g) at least one chain transfer agent (CTA) and/or at least one polymeric stabilizer and is present in the range of about 0.1 weight percent to about 5 weight percent.

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A thickener composition that is the reaction product of the polymerization of a monomer mixture comprising:

(i) (a), (b), (c), and (d);
(ii) (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e);
(iii) (a), (b), (c), (d) and (f);
(iv) (a), (b), (c), (d) and (g);
(v) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f);
(vi) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (g);
(vii) (a), (b), (c), (d), (f) and (g);
or
(viii) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g),
where (a) is at least one C3 to C30 olefin and is present in the range of about 1.5 weight percent to about 22.5 weight percent;
(b) is at least one monomer that contains at least one carboxylic acid group and is present in the range of about 12.5 weight percent to about 52.5 weight percent;
(c) is at least one ethylenically unsaturated ester and is present in the range of about 22.5 weight percent to about 72.5 weight percent;
(d) is one or more crosslinking compounds and is present in the range of about 0.05 weight percent to about 4.5 weight percent;
(e) at least one functional monomer one or more functional monomer compounds selected from one or more hydroxy(C1-C18)alkyl(meth)acrylates, one or more open chain and/or cyclic N-vinylamides (N-vinyllactams containing 4 to 9 atoms in the lactam ring moiety, wherein the ring carbon atoms optionally can be substituted by one or more lower alkyl groups such as methyl, ethyl or propyl), one or more amino group-containing vinyl monomers, one or more vinyl esters of aliphatic carboxylic acids, one or more vinyl aromatic monomers, one or more sulfonic acid group-containing monomers and/or their salts, or mixtures of any two or more thereof including mixtures of any two or more of the same class of compounds or mixtures of any two or more of different classes of compounds and is present in the range of about 1.5 weight percent to about 37.5 weight percent;
(f) at least one associative hydrophobic monomer and is present in the range of about 0.2 weight percent to about 22.5 weight percent;
(g) at least one chain transfer agent (CTA) and/or at least one polymeric stabilizer and is present in the range of about 0.2 weight percent to about 4.5 weight percent.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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