Patent ID: 7442828

Claim:
A fluoroalkanol-substituted α,β-unsaturated ester having the structure of formula (VIII) wherein: R 31 and R 32 are independently 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, with the proviso that at least one of R 31 and R 32 is fluorinated, and further wherein R 31 and R 32 may be taken together to form a fluorinated alicyclic group; R 39 and R 40 are independently 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, with the proviso that at least one of R 39 and R 40 is fluorinated and further wherein R 39 and R 40 may be taken together to form an alicyclic group; R 33 , R 34 , R 35 , R 36 , R 37 , and R 38 are selected from hydrogen, C 1 -C 24 alkyl, and substituted C 1 -C 24 alkyl, and further wherein any two of R 33 , R 34 , R 35 , R 36 , R 37 , and R 38 may be taken together to form a ring, with the proviso that one of R 36 and R 37 is hydrogen, and the other has the structure of formula (VI) wherein 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.