Patent ID: 7358221

Claim:
A surfactant of formula (1), wherein A is a hydrophilic head group or a polar head group, wherein the polar head group is alkoxide, alkyl sulfide, phenolate, thiophenolate, carboxylate, sulfate, sulfonate including sulfated polyethylenated alcohol, sulfated triglyceride, sulfosuccinate, phosphate, phosphonate, polyphosphonate, carbonate, borate, —NR′R″R′″ + , —P R′R″R′″ + , —SR′R″ + , guanidnium, pyridinium, or other quaternized heterocyclic amines, wherein R′, R″, R′″ each represent hydrogen or any aliphatic, cyclic or aromatic organic group, with or without further substitution, polyoxyethylenated alkyl phenol, tertiary acetylenic glycol, pyrrolidone, alkylglycoside, or a zwitterion; B is a linker, comprising at least one alkyl or aryl group; and C is an unsaturated hydrocarbon tail, wherein C is represented by (2), wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 are the same or different and are hydrogen, straight or branched chain alkyl groups that can contain heteroatom functionalities, or cyclic alkyl chains; n is at least 2; a is 1 to 6; m is equal or greater than 1; and p is at least 1.