Patent ID: 7632882

Claim:
A rheology control agent for coating compositions, comprising: a compound having the Formula (I) including isomers or mixtures of isomers thereof: wherein p is 1 and R 2 is a C1 to C8 linear or branched alkylene group, a —(CH 2 CH 2 —O) n —CH 2 CH 2 — group with n being 1 to 4, R 3 is a C3 to C16 linear or branched alkylene group, a C1 to C6 linear or branched alkylene group bearing a C5-C16 cycloaliphatic group, a C5-C16 cycloaliphatic or alkyl substituted cycloaliphatic group; R 4 independently is a C4 to C16 linear or branched alkyl group; a C5 to C12 cycloaliphatic group; a C6 to C16 cycloaliphatic group bearing a linear or branched C1 to C8 alkyl group; a —(CH 2 CH 2 —O) n —CH 3 group with n being independently 1 to 8; and X and Y are chosen from O or NH with the proviso that if X is O, Y cannot be O and if X is NH, Y cannot be NH, Y may be nothing, Z is chosen from O, NH, or nothing.