Patent ID: 7811459

Claim:
A method of treating water and water-containing soils contaminated with chemicals which comprises injecting or placing a decontaminating amount of a composition of Formula I into said water or said water-containing soils wherein R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 are independently selected from the group consisting of k is an integer from 1 to 13; m is an integer from 1 to 13; p is an integer from 1 to 13; r is an integer from 0 to 3; s and s″ are integers from 0 to 2; n is an integer from 4 to 18; y is an integer from 0 to 6; z is an integer from 1 to 4; and with the provisos that: a) at least one of R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 is selected from the group consisting of b) at least one of R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 is