Patent ID: 7135598

Claim:
A method of synthesizing a compound having the formula: comprising the step of: reacting a N-vinylformamide salt having the formula with a compound having the formula XR 1 R 2 ; wherein X is Br, Cl or I, M is an alkali metal or an alkali earth metal, R 1 is a C0–C25 alkylene group, a C0–C25 fluroalkylene group or a C0–C25 perfluoro alkylene group, R 2 is H, provided R 1 is not absent, an alkyl group, a fluroalkyl group, a perfluoroalkyl group, an aryl group, a hydroxy group, a polyether group, a heterocyclic group of 5 or 6 atoms wherein at least one of the atoms is not a carbon and is N, O, or S, —OR 3 , wherein, R 3 is an alkyl group, a fluoroalkyl group, a perfluoroalkyl group, or an aryl group, —C(O)R 4 , —C(O)OR 4 , —OC(O)R 4 , wherein R 4 is an H, an alkyl group, a fluoroalkyl group, a perfluoroalkyl group, or an aryl group, a phthalimide group or NR 5 R 5 wherein R 5 and R 5 are independently H, —C(O)R 4 , an alkyl, a fluoroalkyl group, a perfluoroalkyl group or an aryl group.