Patent ID: 7851582

Claim:
A composition, comprising: a dithiocarbamate polymer or copolymer having the formula: wherein R 12 and R 13 , independently, are the same or different, are optionally substituted, and represent a linear or branched alkyl having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and an aryl group having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms; R 12 and R 13 can form and be part of a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic ring having from 3 to 12 carbon atoms; when substituted said R 12 and R 13 substituents are selected from alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, aryl, halogen, cyano, nitro, and an ether residue having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms; wherein R 15 and R 16 , independently, are the same or different, optionally substituted, and represent hydrogen, linear or branched alkyl having from 1 to 18 carbons, aryl having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms, arylalkyl having from 7 to 18 carbons, alkenealkyl having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms; R 15 and R 16 taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic ring having a total of 4 to 12 carbon atoms, optionally having heteroatoms selected from N, O, NH, C(O), and S; when substituted said R 15 and R 16 substituents are selected from alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, aryl, halogen, cyano, amino, an alkene group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, a carboxy group, an acyloxy group, a carbamoyl group, an alkylcarbonyl group, an alkylarylcarbonyl group, an arylcarbonyl group, an arylalkylcarbonyl group, a phthalimido group, a maleimido group, a succinimido group; amidino group, a guanidimo group, an allyl group, an epoxy group, an alkoxy group, a hydroxyl group, an ether residue having a total of 2 to 20 carbon atoms, nitro, a carboalkoxy group, a heterocyclic group having one or more hetero atoms selected from S, O, and N; and an alkali metal salt and quaternary ammonium salt thereof; wherein T is a divalent radical having a nitrogen atom directly connected to each carbon atom of the two thiocarbonyl groups; wherein said polymer repeat units are polymerized from at least one conjugated diene monomer, a vinyl monomer, and combinations thereof, with the proviso that each repeat unit can be the same or different; and wherein the number of said repeat units f, independently, is from 1 to 10,000.