Patent ID: 7652121

Claim:
A rheology control agent for coating compositions, comprising: a compound having the formula (II) including isomers or mixtures of isomers thereof: wherein R 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 9 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, and R 10 is a C3 to C16 linear or branched, alkylene group linkage; wherein n=1-7, m=1-7.