Hydrophobically associating dispersants used in forming polymer dispersions

A process for polymerizing:

• (a) a first cationic monomer represented by the formula:
• ##STR11## where R.sub.1 is either hydrogen or CH.sub.3 ;
• R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms;
• A.sub.1 is either an oxygen atom or NH;
• B.sub.1 is either an alkylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms or a hydroxypropylene group, and X.sub.1.sup.- is an anionic counterion;
• (b) a second cationic monomer represented by the formula:
• ##STR12## where R.sub.4 is either hydrogen or CH.sub.3 ;
• R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are each an alkyl group having 1 to 2 carbon atoms;
• R.sub.7 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 2 carbon atoms;
• A.sub.2 is either an oxygen atom or NH;
• B.sub.2 is either an alkylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms or a hydroxypropylene group and X.sub.2.sup.- is an anionic counterion;
• and,
• (c) (meth)acrylamide in an aqueous solution of a polyvalent anion salt which comprises:
• conducting said polymerization in the presence of a hydrophobically associating dispersant copolymer of diallyldimethylammonium chloride and a monomer selected from the group consisting of:
• a. a monomer having the formula ##STR13## where R.sub.1 is either hydrogen or CH.sub.3 ;
• R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms;
• A.sub.1 is either an oxygen atom or NH;
• B.sub.1 is either an alkylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms or a hydroxypropylene group, Q is benzyl, or C.sub.6 -C.sub.20 alkyl, and X.sub.1.sup.- is an anionic counterion;
• and,
• b. an alkyl ester of acrylic acid.