Patent ID: 7659345

Claim:
A composition comprising: a polymer represented by the formula: where R 1 and R 2 , independently, represent an alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted C 1 to C 6 alkyl having one or more substituents, one or more aryls, a substituted aryl having from 1 to 6 substituents on the aryl ring; wherein said substituents, independently, are selected from an alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an aryl, a halogen which can be the same or different, a cyano, an ether having a total of from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a nitro, and combinations thereof; or wherein R 1 and R 2 are part of a cyclic ring having from about 5 to about 12 total carbon atoms; and wherein said repeat group is polymerized from said at least one conjugated diene monomer having a total of from 4 to 12 carbon atoms, and wherein said at least one vinyl monomer is represented by the repeat unit: wherein R 3 represents hydrogen, halogen, C 1 -C 4 alkyl, and substituted C 1 -C 4 alkyl, wherein said substituents, independently, are selected from one or more hydroxy, alkoxy, aryloxy(OR 5 ), carboxy, acyloxy, aroyloxy(O 2 CR 5 ), alkoxy-carbonyl(CO 2 R 5 ), and aryloxy-carbonyl; wherein R 4 represents hydrogen, R 5 , CO 2 H, CO 2 R 5 , COR 5 , CN, CONH 2 , CONHR 5 , O 2 CR 5 , OR 5 and halogen; and wherein R 5 represents C 1 -C 18 alkyl, substituted C 1 -C 18 alkyl, C 2 -C 18 alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, and alkaryl, and wherein said substituents, independently, represent one or more epoxy, hydroxy, alkoxy, acyl, acyloxy, carboxy (and salts), sulfonic acid (and salts), alkoxy- or aryloxy-carbonyl, isocyanato, cyano, silyl, halo or dialkylamino; and wherein m and n, independently, are from about 1 to about 10,000.