Hydrolytically stable, hydrophilic adhesion-promoting monomers and polymers made therefrom

A composition that does not contain cyclodextrin derivatives, said composition comprising:

• hydrolytically stable, hydrophilic copolymerizable monomers comprising backbone moieties, and
• wherein said copolymerizable monomers contain one or more polymerizable vinylarylalkylene groups selected from the group consisting of para-vinylbenzyl, meta-vinylbenzyl, ortho-vinylbenzyl, 1-vinyl-naphthalene-4-methyl, 4-vinyl-3-chlorobenzyl, 2-vinyl-4-methoxybenzyl, 2-vinyl-4-phenoxybenzyl, ortho-methyl styrene, 1-methylene-2-vinylnaphthalene, 2-methylene-1-vinylnaphthalene, 1-methylene-5-vinylnaphthalene, and 2-vinyl-1-biphenylmethyl groups that are connected to their backbone moieties via ether linkages, and
• wherein said backbone moieties are selected from the group consisting of derivatized sugar alcohols, ethyleneglycol, diethyleneglycol, triethylene glycol, oligo-ethylene glycols, sorbitol, and other derivatized oligohydroxy compounds,
• wherein said copolymerizable monomers are further derivatized with substantially one or more ether-linked adhesion-promoting groups selected from the group consisting of undissociated carboxyl groups, dissociated anions of carboxyl groups, amides of carboxyl groups, amide-containing groups, amide-attached amino acid groups, ether-linked oligopeptide-containing groups, amide-attached oligopeptide groups, and aldehyde-containing groups,
• wherein said composition contains at least one stabilizer selected from the group consisting of di-tert-butyl sulfide, the monomethyl ether of hydroquinone, 4-tert-butylcatechol, butylated hydroxytoluene, butylated hydroxyanisole, 4-tert-butylcatechol, ascorbic acid, ascorbic acid salts, ascorbic acid anionic derivatives, 1,3,5-trimethyl-2,4,6-tris(3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)benzene, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, salts of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, anionic derivatives of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, phytic acid, salts of phytic acid, anionic derivatives of phytic acid, oxalic acid, salts of oxalic acid, anionic derivatives of oxalic acid, citric acid, citric acid salts, and anionic derivatives of citric acid, wherein said composition contains at least one polymerization initiator, selected from the group consisting of phenylbis(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phosphineoxide, camphorquinone, camphorquinone-10-sulfonic acid, a salt of N-vinylarylalkylene-N-phenylglycine, a salt of N-vinylarylalkylene-N-tolylglycine, a salt of N-vinylarylalkylene-N-methylglycine, ethyl-4-dimethylaminobenzoate, diphenyliodoniumhexafluorophosphate, benzoyl peroxide, N,N-dihydroxyethyl-para-toluidine, 4-dimethylaminophenethylalcohol, 3-dimethylaminobenzoic acid, p-toluenesulfinic acid lithium salt, p-toluenesulfinic acid sodium salt hydrate, phenacylpyridiniumoxalate, 1-phenacylpyridinium bromide, phenacyltriphenylphosphonium bromide, 3,3′-carbonylbis[7-(diethylamino)coumarin], meso-tetraphenylporphine, benzene-1,2,4,5-tetracarboxylic diimide, naphthalene diimide, 2,2′-azo-bis(amidinopropane) 2(HCl), N,N′-bis-vinlbenzyl-1,4,5,8-naphthalenediimide, 2-benzoylmethylene-1-methyl-beta-naphthothiazoline, water-soluble derivatives thereof, and mixtures thereof.