Patent ID: 6344531
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: C07C,C07D,C08F,C09K

Abstract:
A water-soluble polymer of Formula Useful comprising from about 0.001 to about 10.0 mole percent of a Repeating Mer Unit represented by the formula: wherein a is an integer of from 1 to 10, R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and methyl groups, R2 and R3 are methyl groups, and R9 is selected from the group consisting of NH and O; TAG is a fluorescing moiety selected from the group consisting of: wherein the TAG is connected to the remainder of the mer unit thru the bond attached to the methylene group (â€”CH2â€”) at the â€œtopâ€  of each TAG;where R8 is methyl; O-&bgr;-Gal is &bgr;-D-galactopyranoside; and X, Xâˆ’a and Xâˆ’b are selected from the group consisting of chloride, iodide, sulfate, acetate, benzoate, phosphate and bromide; wherein the polymer of Formula Useful also comprises from about 90.0 to about 99.999 mole percent of one or more randomly distributed water-soluble vinylic mer units selected from one or more monomer groups consisting of acrylamide, methacrylamide, N,N-dimethylacrylamide, N,N-diethylacrylamide, acrylic acid, sodium acrylate, ammonium acrylate, methacrylic acid, sodium methacrylate, ammonium methacrylate, dimethylaminoethyl acrylate methyl chloride quaternary salt, dimethylaminoethyl acrylate benzyl chloride quaternary salt, dimethylaminoethyl acrylate methyl sulfate quaternary salt, dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate methyl sulfate quaternary salt, dimethylaminopropyl acrylamide methyl sulfate quaternary salt, dimethylaminopropyl methacrylamide methyl sulfate quaternary salt, diallyldimethylammonium chloride, N-vinylformamide, dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate acid salts, including, but not limited to, sulfuric acid salts and hydrochloric acid salts, dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate methyl chloride quaternary salt, dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate benzyl chloride quaternary salt, methacrylamidopropyltrimethylammonium chloride, acrylamidopropyltrimethylammonium chloride, N,N-methylenebisacrylamide, triallylamine, acid salts of triallylamine, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, N-vinyl pyrrolidone, 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid (AMPS), the sodium salt of AMPS, hydroxyethyl methacrylate, hydroxyethyl acrylate, hydroxypropyl acrylate, hydroxypropyl methacrylate, sodium vinyl sulfonate, styrene sulfonate, maleic acid, sodium salt of maleic acid, ammonium salt of maleic acid, N-isopropylacrylamide, diethylene glycol dimethacrylate, triethylene glycol, dimethylacrylate and polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate.