Patent ID: 6844309

Claim:
An ether-capped poly(oxyalkylated) alcohol having the formula: RO(R 1 O) x R 2 wherein, R is selected from the group consisting of linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon radicals having from about 1 to about 30 carbon atoms; R 1 may be the same or different, and is independently selected from the group consisting of branched or linear C 2 to C 7 alkylene in any given molecule: R 2 is selected from the group consisting of: (i) a 4 to 8 membered substituted, or unsubstituted heterocyclic ring containing from 1 to 3 hetero atoms; (ii) a 7 to 13 membered substituted, or unsubstituted polycyclic ring; (iii) a hydrocarbon of the formula: —(CH 2 ) y —X wherein, y is an integer from 1 to 7, X is selected from the group consisting of: (A) a 4 to 8 membered substituted, or unsubstituted, partially unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon radical; (B) a 4, 5, 7 or 8 membered substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon radical; (C) a 6 membered aromatic hydrocarbon radical wherein R is a linear or branched saturated or unsaturated, C 9 to C 20 aliphatic hydrocarbon radical; (D) an aromatic hydrocarbon selected from the group consisting of: wherein each R 9 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, aliphatic hydrocarbon or alkoxy radical having from about 1 to about 10 carbon atoms, w is an integer from 1 to 3; and (iv) a hydrocarbon radical of the formula: —C(CH 3 ) 2 R 3 wherein R 3 is selected from the group consisting of: (A) linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from about 2 to about 30 carbon atoms; (B) methyl, wherein R is branched saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; (C) a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon radical having from about 15 to about 30 carbon atoms; wherein x is a number from 1 to about 30.