Patent ID: 7385078

Claim:
A compound of the general formula: CH 2 ═C(R 1 )—COO—R 2 —O—C(O)—CR 3 R 4 —CR 5 R 6 (—CR 7 R 8 ) n —COOH wherein R 1 is hydrogen or methyl, R 2 is —CH 2 C(CH 3 )H—, and R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , and R 8 are independently selected from the group consisting of: hydrogen and straight or branched chain, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, or polycycloaliphatic groups possessing from 1 to about 20 carbon atoms, subject to the provision that at least one of groups R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , and R 8 is other than hydrogen, and n is 0 or 1.