Patent ID: 7928245

Claim:
An alcohol having at least one imide moiety, which is the reaction product of an anhydride with an amino-alcohol in which (a) the anhydride is selected from the group consisting of 1,2,4-benzenetricarboxylic anhydride, cis-5-norbornene-endo-2,3-dicarboxylic anhydride, 1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylic anhydride, cis-1,2,3,6-tetrahyydrophthalic anhydride, 3,4-pyridinedicarboxylic anhydride, homophthalic anhydride, 2-methylenesuccinic anhydride, methyl-5-norbornene-2,3-dicarboxylic anhydride, 3,1-benzoxazine-2,4(1H)-dione, 4,4′-(hexafluoro-isopropylidine)bisphthalic anhydride (6FDA), 4,4′-bisphenol A dianhydride, benzene-1,2,4,5-tetracarboxylic dianhydride, 1,4,5,8-naphthalenetetracarboxylic dianhydride, diethylenetriamine-pentaacetic acid dianhydride, bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-7-ene-2,3,5,6-tetracarboxylic dianhydride, perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride 3,3′4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride, benzophenone-3,3′4,4′-tetracarboxylic dihydride, and maleic anhydride functionalized polybutadiene: and (b) the amino-alcohol is selected from the group consisting of 4-aminophenyl-ethanol, 3-amino-1-propanol, 2-amino-1-phenylethanol, (R)-2-amino-2-phenyl-ethanol, 1-(3-aminophenyl)ethanol, and 2-amino-3-methylbenzyl alcohol.