Patent ID: 7297811

Claim:
A fluoroalkanol-substituted α,β-unsaturated ester having the structure of formula (V) wherein: R 1 is selected from hydrogen, C 1 -C 24 alkyl, substituted C 1 -C 24 alkyl, C 1 -C 24 alkoxy, and substituted C 1 -C 24 alkoxy; R 2 , R3, R 4 , and R 5 are independently selected from hydrogen, C 1 -C 24 alkyl, and substituted C 1 -C 24 alkyl, and further wherein any two of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 may be taken together to form a ring; R 6A is selected from hydrogen, C 1 -C 24 alkyl, substituted C 1 -C 24 alkyl, and —(CO)—R in which R is hydrogen, hydroxyl, halo, C 1 -C 24 alkyl, substituted C 1 -C 24 alkyl, amino, C 1 -C 24 alkylamino, or di(C 1 -C 24 alkyl)amino; R 7A is C 1 -C 24 alkyl or substituted C 1 -C 24 alkyl, and further wherein R 6A and R 7A may be taken together to form a ring, with the proviso that at least one of R 6A and R 7A is fluorinated; and one of R 15 and R 16 is hydrogen, and the other has the structure of formula (VI) in which R 17 is selected from hydrogen, fluoro, C 1 -C 4 alkyl, fluorinated C 1 -C 4 alkyl, —CH 2 —COOH, —CF 2 —COOH, —CH 2 —COOR 20 , and —CF 2 —COOR 20 , R 18 is hydrogen or fluoro, R 19 is hydrogen, fluoro, or —COOH, and R 20 is a nonhydrogen substituent.