Fluorescent monomers and tagged treatment polymers containing same for use in industrial water systems

A tagged treatment polymer selected from the group consisting of:

• GaQjWt (1)
• wherein G is selected from the group consisting of:
• wherein
• R3 is sulfonic acid and its salts or carboxylic acid and its salts or allyloxy or vinylbenzyloxy;
• and
• R4 is sulfonic acid and its salts or carboxylic acid and its salts or allyloxy or vinylbenzyloxy;
• with the proviso that when one of R3 or R4 is sulfonic acid and its salts or carboxylic acid and its salts, the other must be allyloxy or vinylbenzyloxy:
• wherein Q is selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid and salts thereof, methacrylic acid and salts thereof, maleic acid and salts thereof, maleic anhydride, acrylamide, crotonic acid, acrylamidomethylpropane sulfonic acid and salts thereof;
• wherein W is selected from the group consisting of:
• acrylic acid and salts thereof, methacrylic acid and salts thereof, itaconic acid and salts thereof, maleic acid and salts thereof, maleic anhydride, crotonic acid and salts thereof, acrylamide, methacrylamide, vinyl sulfonic acid, styrene sulfonate, N-tertbutylacrylamide, N-isopropylacrylamide, butoxymethylacrylamide, N,N-dimethylacrylamide, N,N-diethylacrylamide, dimethylaminoethyl acrylate methyl chloride quaternary salts, dimethylaminoethyl acrylate benzyl chloride quaternary salts, dimethylaminoethyl acrylate methyl sulfate quaternary salt, dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate methyl sulfate quaternary salt, dimethylaminoethyl acrylamide methyl sulfate quaternary salts, dimethylaminopropyl acrylamide methyl sulfate quaternary salts, dimethylaminopropyl methacrylamide methyl sulfate quaternary salts, diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride, N-vinyl formamide, dimethylamino ethyl methacrylate acid salts (including, but not limited to, sulfuric acid and hydrochloride acid salts), dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate methyl chloride quaternary salt, dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate benzyl chloride quaternary salt, methacrylamidopropyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, acrylamidopropyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, methylene bis acrylamide, triallylamine, acid salts of triallylamine, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, hydroxymethylacrylate, hydroxyethylacrylate, hydroxypropylacrylate, hydroxypropylmethacrylate, diethylene glycol dimethacrylate, triethylene glycol dimethylacrylate, polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate, glycidyl methacrylate, acrylamidomethylpropane sulfonic acid and the sodium salt thereof, vinyl alcohol, vinyl acetate, and N-vinylpyrrolidone;
• with the proviso that Q and W cannot both be the same;
• wherein a is from about 0.001 to about 10.0 mole percent;
• wherein j is from about 0 to about 99.999 mole percent;
• wherein t is from about 0 to about 99.999 mole percent;
• and
• wherein a+j+t=100;
• GaQvWfSc (2)
• wherein G is as previously defined;
• wherein Q is as previously defined;
• wherein W is as previously defined, with the proviso that Q and W cannot both be the same;
• wherein S is selected from the group consisting of sulfomethylacrylamide and sulfoethylacrylamide;
• wherein a is from about 0.001 to about 10.00 mole percent;
• wherein v is from about 0 to about 97.999 mole percent;
• wherein f is from about 1 to about 97.999 mole percent;
• wherein c is from about 1 to about 40 mole percent;
• and
• wherein a+v+f+c=100.