Patent ID: 8557223

Claim:
A composition for treating hair comprising a non-perfluorinated compound according to formula (I): having a molecular weight less than about 1500 g/mol; and a cosmetically acceptable excipient; wherein R 11 is hydrogen, or methyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms R 12 is cyclic or acyclic, substituted or unsubstituted, branched or unbranched aliphatic; cyclic or acyclic, substituted or unsubstituted, branched or unbranched heteroaliphatic; substituted or unsubstituted aryl; substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl; or substituted or unsubstituted, branched or unbranched acyl; wherein R 12 contains at least one fluorine atom; and wherein the composition does not contain a free radical initiator, a polymerization initiator or a polymerization catalyst.