AU625537B2

AU625537B2 - N-(2-hydroxy-3-sulfopropyl) amide containing polymers

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Publication number: AU625537B2
Application number: AU37094/89A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Dodd Wing Fong
Original assignee: Nalco Chemical Co
Current assignee: ChampionX LLC
Priority date: 1985-11-08
Filing date: 1989-06-27
Publication date: 1992-07-16
Anticipated expiration: 2006-07-08
Also published as: GB8626810D0; SE8605441L; BE905996A; JPH0344562B2; DE3616583C2; AU589195B2; DE3616583A1; AU3709489A; JPS62115002A; AT395592B; CH677234A5; SE466260B; BR8606292A; SE8605441D0; NL191240C; ATA324386A; FR2589864B1; NL191240B; GB2182666A; GB2182666B

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-p COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA FORM PATENTS ACT 1952 COMPLETE SPEC I F I CATION FOR OFFICE USE: Class Int.Class Application Number: Lodged: Complete Specification Lodged: Accepted: Published: :Priority: *KRelated Art: Name of Applicant: Address of Applicant: NALCO CHEMICAL COMPANY One Nalco Center Naperville, Illinois 60566-1024 United States of America Actual Inventor: DODD WING FONG Address for Service: SHELSTON WATERS, 55 Clarence Street, Sydney Complete Specification for the Invention entitled: "N-(2-HYDROXY-3-SULFOPROPYL) AMIDE CONTAINING POLYMERS" The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to me/us:ii i i ;;i i t %n L. ;S i 6 (Divisional of 59841/86 dated 8/7/86) 1 The synthesis of water-soluble sulfonated polymers has generally been limited to the use of certain vinyl monomers containing the sulfonate functional group. Examples of these monomers are sodium vinyl sulfonate, sulfonated styrene, and AMPS (2-acrylamido-2-methyl propane sulfonic acid). In addition, the synthesis of vinylic sulfonated polymers containing the sulfonate group has been limited from the point of view that only certain of these kinds of sulfonated monomers are commercially produced.

As a result, the use of these sulfonated water-soluble polymers is limited only to the structures mentioned above.

It would therefore be an advance in the art if other water-soluble polymeric chemical structures could be synthesized on a polymeric backbone which structures would contain the sulfonate group, either in the acid or salt form, no ~and which structures might also contain other functional groups which could enhance the use of these water-soluble o, sulfonated polymers in certain applications such as dispersants in water treatment, scale inhibitors in natural and industrial waters, flocculants.and coagulants, and the like.

It is therefore an object of this invention to create S.water-soluble polymers containing a sulfonate group and, in addition, which polymers may also contain other functional groups such as hydroxyl, chloro, bromo, iodo, and/or mixtures thereof, which may be useful when applied to aqueous solutions or environments.

THE INVENTION In one broad aspect, the invention consists in modified water-soluble polymers containing pendant amide functional 2- S. j 14 ii groups, such polymers primarily derived from acrylamide containing vinylic polymers/copolymers or from alkyl substituted acrylamide containing vinylic polymers or copolymers, and which polymers/copolymers are water soluble and contain pendant amide functional groups derived from acrylamide, methylacrylamide, ethylacrylamide, and the like.

More specifically the invention consists in a sulfonated polymer represented by the structure: -CH2-C CH2--CH CH2-C O=C a -C b O=C d 0 NH 2

NH

M CH 2

CHOH

CH

2 I SO M wherein M is individually chosen, at each occurrence, from hydrogen, sodium, ammonium ions; a, b, d are integers such that: the sum of a b d is sufficient to achieve a molecular weight of at least 1000; a/d is from 0 to 100; b/d is from 0.01 to 100; a/b is from 0 to 100, and the ratio d:(a b) ranges between about 5:1 to r r r r

D

r r rr r i rr rirt iitr *v r LI C C L i i

C

irf 1:50.

In another embodiment, the invention consists in a sulfonated polymer represented by: -a,

L

3 LH 2O-CJ LH2- RC 1 OHc J OC a b Id 0 N Nil 1102 CH

SO

3

M

and wherein M, a, b, d have the meanings set out above.

In yet another embodiment, the invention consists in a sulfonated polymer represented by the structure: CH- oCH 2 -C d 0- 1i N-R (so; M+) n' wherein R is individually chosen, at each occurrence, from hydrogen and methyl groups; M is individually chosen, at each occurrence, from hydrogen, sodium, potassium and ammonium ions, and mixtures thereof; R' is a multivalent hydrocarbonaceous bridging group Shaving from 1 6 carbon atoms and being from linear alkyl, olefinic groups, and mixtures thereof; X is chosen from the group H and -OH, and, wherein a, b and d are integers, the sum of which is such -4i: 1 that the molecular weight of the sulfonated polymer is at least 2,000, and wherein the following relationships exist: a/b is from 0 to 100, a/d is from 0 to 100, b/d is from 0.01 to 1000, and the ratio d:(a b) is between about 10:1 to about 1:100, and wherein: m is equal to 0 to 6, n is equal to 1 to 6, and the sum of m+n is between 1-8.

In still a further embodiment, the invention consists in the sulfonated polymer represented by the structure: R R R I 1. I 4H 2-C CH 2-C+gCH 2-C+ d OC O-C OUC 0 NH 2

NH

SO'3M o 9 wherein R is individually chosen, at each occurrence, from hydrogen and methyl groups; M is individually chosen, at each occurrence, from hydrogen, sodium, potassium, and, ammonium ions, and mixtures thereof; and, a, b and d are the same as set out above.

THE PENDENT ACRYLAMIDE CONTAINING POLYMERS The pendant acrylamide containing polymers are water-soluble polymers which have a general structure allowing the presence of a pendant amide group as demonstrated in Formula I: 5 Formula I H H R HN N I I cs=o c=o Polymer-- -c Backbone O= C C-O 1 NH2

RN

H

In Formula I, as one can observe, the pendant amide group may be a primary amide, a secondary amide, or a tertiary amide compound and mixtures thereof. Preferably, to obtain reasonable conversions of these pendant amide groups to the sulfonate containing functional groups described above, the pendant amide group is a primary amide group.

o The water-soluble polymers of the present invention are modified by a process that uses the equivalent of a We transamidation reaction with the pendant amide group on the polymer and a chemical reactant represented by the structure: Formula II.

HN--R' (X)m t wherein R is individually chosen, in each occurrence, from the group consisting of hydrogen and lower alkyl groups containing from 1-4 carbon atoms; S 30 M is chosen from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkali metal, alkaline earth metal and ammonium ions, and 6 mixtures thereof; R' is a multi-valent hydrocarbonaceous bridging group which may be linear, branched, cyclic, aromatic, heterocyclic, and mixtures thereof, and having from 1-16 carbon atoms; X is chosen from Cl, Br, I, OH and mixtures thereof; and wherein, m ranges between 0 and 16, n ranges between 1 and 16, provided that the sum of m n is between 1-20.

The chemical reactant described above is primarily an amino substituted compound which also contains the sulfonate functional group, and wherein the amine functional group contains at least one active hydrogen substituted on the amino nitrogen. Although sulfonate compounds having both 0 primary and secondary amines can react under my e *4 transamidation reaction conditions to achieve modified 6 sulfonate containiing polymers, it is preferable that when a tie S secondary amine is chosen to accomplish this modification of pendant amide containing polymers, that the alkyl group o@* substituted on the amino nitrogen contain no more than 4 carbon atoms, i.e. the alkyl substitution should be limited to methyl, ethyl propyl and butyl functionality, and isomers thereof.

However, it is most preferred that the amine S substitution on the sulfonate containing chemical reactant be a primary amino functional group. When a primary amino functional group is used to accomplish the transamidation reaction, the reaction easily proceeds so as to incorporate at least 25, and preferably 60, mole percent of the chemical reactant used into the water-soluble polymer chain containing pendant amide groups, i a -7k f 1 substituting therefore a sulfonate containing functionality for what was originally the pendant amide functionality.

In addition to the amine substitution in the chemical reactant described above, this chemical reactant does contain at' least one sulfonate functional group in either its acid form or its salt form, wherein the salt form is chosen from a salt of-an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, tertiary amines, and ammonium ions, and mixtures thereof. The salt form may be in existence prior to the transamidation reaction or it may be synthesized by varying pH with bases containing alkali metals, aklaline earth metals, tertiary amines, or ammonia, either prior to, during the transamidation reaction or after the transamidation reaction has been completed.

In addition to the sulfonate functional group and the 0*e0 amine functional group, the chemical reactant may also contain other functional groups chosen from the groups consisting of chlorine, bromine, hydroxyl, and mixtures thereof. Preferaoly, 0 the chemical reactant is limited to contain a primary amino group 0 responsible for the transamidation reaction, at least one sulfonate group which allows the formation of an anionic sulfonate containing water-soluble polymer, and an hydroxyl group or a chloro functional group, the presence of which may enhance the activity of water-soluble sulfonate containing polymers t C synthesized by my process.

i Most preferably, the chemical reactant contains a primary amine, zero or more hydroxyl groups, and one or more o* sulfonate groups either in the free acid form, salt form, or mixtures of the free acid and salt forms.

Several preferred species of the chemical reactant 30 described above are demonstrated in the following formulations: i i 0w4* 04 to4 a. H 2

N-C

2 so 3

M

b. H 2

N-CH

2 CH-S0 3

M

OH

C. H 2 N-CH 2 CH 2

-SO

3

M

d. H 2

N-CH

2

-CH-CH

2

SO

3

M

OH

The most likely water-soluble polymers containing pendant amide functionality which polymers are easily modified under the conditions of my transamidation reaction, are those water-soluble pclymers described by Formula III: Formula III TH

R

CH -C C11 2

.~J

M

In Formula III, R is independently chosen, at each occurrence, from thegroup consisting of hydrogen, and lower alkyl groups containing from 1-4 carbon atom:.; M is independently chosen, at each occurrence, from hydrogen, alkali metals, alkaline earth metal and ammonium ions and mixtures thereof; 9-

I

and a and b are integers having the following relationships: a/b ranges between 0 to 100, and a b is sufficient so as to provide a polymer having a molecular weight of at least 1,000. Preferably the sum a b is sufficient to provide a molecular weight ranging between about 1,000-20,000,000.

sI I 10 -I *0 u*, 0* 0 t' 7 As can be seen, the polymers described above may be homlopolymers of acrylamide or its alkyl homologs, i.e.

methacrylamide and the like, they may be copolymers of acrylamide with acrylic acid or its homologs such as methacrylic acid and the like, or they may be terpolymers and above with other monomers of a vinylic nature which contain acrylamide and acrylic acid, and their homologs such as methyacrylic acid, methacylamide, and the like.

THE CHEMICAL REACTION The chemical reaction which is preferred to obtain the sulfonated polymers of this invention is a reaction which can generally be referred to as a transamidation reaction. This reaction substitutes an amine compound which may also contain other functional groups such as the sulfonate function group for *4 the nitrogen portion of a pendant amide group contained on a polymeric backbone as described above. This transamidation S« reaction has been discovered to be a general reaction which can achieve the substitution of my amine and sulfonate containing S moiety for the amide nitrogen group of the pendant amide ,2Q, functionality of a water-soluble polymer, thereby obtaining unique sulfonated polymers.

The reaction c.onditions require that polymers containing pendant amide groups be dissolved or readily dispersed in a I solvent which is a common solvent for the chemical reactant of the class described above. In other words, both the polymer which is to be mooified and the chemical reactant should be soluble or dispersible in the same solvent system.

S- 11-

-I

4O 94, .4 C 4, .94 4 a a .9 4 4 'a4 Common solvents which have been found useful in this reaction include, but are not limited to, water, dimethylformamide, dimethylsulfoxide, admixtures thereof, and admixtures of these solvents, either singly or taken together with other miscible solvents such as ethanol, tertiary butanol and'the like.

A preferred solvent which is a common solvent for both the polymer containing pendant amide groups and the chemical reactants above is water, particular' 1 if the polymer containing pendant amide group is initially water-soluble,.as in the case of most acrylamide containing vinyllc polymers. Another preferred common solvent for my reaction is a water-in-oil emulsion wherein the dispersed water phase contains dissolved therein both the polymers containing pendant amide groups and the chemical reactants described above.

After having dissolved the polymers containing pendant amide groups in the common solvent, preferably water, the chemical reactant can be added to obtain a solution or dispersion of amide containing polymer and the chemical reactants of this invention. Whether the polymer or the reactant is first added to the common solvent is of no consequence. This admixture is then added to or contained in a reaction vessel capable of withstanding a pressurized chemical reaction, for example, a Paar Bomb type of vessel. The vessel is enclosed and then heated to a temperature of at least 1000C, preferably at least 110C, and most preferably to a temperature of at least 1200C. If the temperature is increased above 100C, the vessel contents can expand and the pressure within the vessel can exceed one atmosphere and depending upon the solvent, the sulfonates used or 12 2

II

6:i i-- I id the reactants used, can reach up to about 5 to 15 atmospheres, and possibly more. The pressure within the reaction vessel is a non-controlled variable and is controlled only to the extent that the vessel is enclosed, that a reaction temperature of at least 100 0 C or higher is reached, and the vessel may contain solvents or reactants of more or less volatile nature, which solvents and reactants have vapor pressures of such a nature that pressure vessels are required at temperatures above 100 0

C.

Once the reaction vessel conte.nts have reached at least 100C, and preferably 110 0 C, the reaction is allowed to occur for at least 3 minutes at this temperature, and preferably for whatever length of time is necessary to accomplish a minimum of at least a 2.5 percent conversion of the added amount of chemical reactant. The chemical reactant is, of course, converted to a pendant sulfonate containing substituted amide being the product of the transamidation chemical reaction summarized above. If the polymer is a homopolymer of acrylamide, methacrylamide, or a copolymer of vinyl amide containing monomers such that no other pendant functional group is present besides amide functional groups, the condition of the reaction is such that at least some degree of amide hydrolysis may also occur in those reactions in which water or a water containing solvent is utilized. In such cases, a carboxylate functional group is also obtained in addition to the sulfonate modified amide and any unreacted .1 starting amide groups from the starting polymer.

I ~Therefore, I have described the chemical reaction or process that accomplishes the synthesis of polymers having the structure: 13 t i a

I

Formula V.

11 R- 11 R1 11 Ra b j j d NIl NR M* (P'1-Xm

(SO;M+)

wherein R is individually chosen at each occurrence from H and lower alkyl (C 1

-C

4 groups; M is chosen from hydrogen, alkali metal,, alkaline earth ,metal, tertiary amines, and ammonium ion and mixtures thereof; R' is a multi-covalent hydrocarbonaceous bridging group 9 having from one to sixteen carbon atoms and being chosen from linear, branched, cyclic, aromatic, heterocyclic,

S

and mixtures thereof, functional groups; 10 X is chosen from CI, Br, OH, and mixtures thereof; 9 and wherein a, b, and d are integers with the following o. relationships; a/b is from zero to 100 b/d is from 0.01 to 100 a/d is from zero to 100, and the sum of a+b+d is sufficient to provide a 1 molecular weight of at least 1000, and the ratio of d:(a b) is from 20:1 to 1:100; and wherein m ranges between 0 and 16, and n ranges between I and 16, provided that when m is zero, R' is from linear, cyclic, heterocyclic, olefinic, aromatic, and mixtures thereof functional groups, ana further provided that the sum of m n is between 1-20; 14 i *:~rmsmrr U which process comprises reacting, in a common solvent, at a temperature of at least 100 0

C:

A. a polymer having a molecular weight of at least 500, and having pendant amide functional groups, which polymer is represented by the structure: H aH, b 0- NH 2 M wherein R, M, a, b have the same meanings as above; with, B. a chemical reactant having the structure: *9

R

X

HN-+ Rl +SO 3 M)n m wherein R, M, X, m, and n have the meanings above; wherein the mole ratio of chemical reactant to pendant amiae groups ranges between about 5:1 to about 1:100; and the reaction occurs for an effective amount of time to accomplish at least a 25 percent conversion of chemical reactant to water-soluble sulfonated polymer; and then recovering the water-soluble sulfonated polymer.

o' Polymer recovery may be accomplished in several ways known to the person familiar with the art. For example, the polymers may be precipitated by addition of precipitating solvents, or non-solvents, to the reaction mixture. For example, methanol or acetone may be added to the reaction mixture either F- 15 151 I- Yli,-~ :I II as is or after concentration by distillation or vacuum distillation to precipitate the polymers. The polymers may also be recovered by vacuum distillation of solvent and unreacted chemical reactant from the reaction product mixture. The polymers may also be recovered by gel permeation chromatographic techniques, however, for the most part the polymers are recovered simply as a solution in the solvent used to perform the transamidation reaction, and used as such.

Water-soluble sulfonated polymers represented by the formula: Sb--CH 2 -C---CH2-C fCH2- .b Id O-a H NH Mi )-X (SO; M+)n S wherein R is individually chosen at each occurrence from 0 hydrogen and C 1 to C 4 lower alkyl groups; 0 M is individually chosen at each occurrence from hydrogen, alkali metals, and ammonium ions, R' is chosen from multi-covalent, branched alkyl, S linear alkyl or cyclic hydrocarbonaceous bridging groups having from one to eight carbon atoms; X is chosen from Cl, OH, and mixtures thereof; m ranges between 0 to 6; n ranges between 1 to 4; S- 16- L a a, b, and d are integers with the following relationships: a/b ranges from 0 to 100, a/d ranges from 0 to 100, b/d ranges from 0.01 to 100, and the ratio is between 5:1 to about 1:25, and wherein the occurrence of mer units of a, b, and d is random and the sum of a+b+d will achieve a molecular weight of at least 1000; are synthesised by a process which comprises reacting, in an aqueous solvent: A. a polymer having pendant amide functional groups and represented by the structure:

S--CH

2 -C--CH2-C-- O Oa b M0- S. 0 wherein R, M, a, and b have the meanings above and wherein the sum of a+b achieves a molecular weight of at least 500; "*tt and B. a chemical reactant having the structure; HN-t- R SO M) Xm wherein M, X, m, and n have the meanings above; under the following reaction conditions: I. a reaction temperature of at least 100°C and preferably at least 110oC; II. a reaction time of at least 1/4 hour and preferably at least 1/2 hour; -17 0000 0@r 0 0900 *0 00 @0 00 *r 0 0 *0 *0 0S *0S 00 0 @0 00 III. a mole ratio of chemical reactant to polymer ranging between about 2:1 to about 1:50; IV. a pressure ranging from atmospheric pressure to times atmospheric pressure, or more; thereby achieving the synthesis of the sulfonated polymers described above.

It is particularly of interest that my synthetic procedures permit the synthesis of a sulfonated polymer represented by: R R

SI

0C a- OCb. 0=C-d M+ (SoaM n wherein: R is individually chosen, at each occurrence, from the group hydrogen, methyl and ethyl groups; M is individually chosen, at each occurrence, from the group hydrogen, sodium, potassium, ammonium ions and mixtures thereof; R' is linear alkylene bridging group having from I to 4 carbon atoms; m is from 0 to 3; n is from 1 to 3; and a, b, and d are integers having the relationships: a/d is from 0 to a/b is from 0 to b/d is from 0.1 to d:(a b) is from 5:1 to 1:10, 18 Ei~ jii i i f i 1 j i.# em,, *0 *r 90 4*0 0 *0 4.) 0* *0 .4 9 0e 90 the sum of a b d is sufficient to provide a molecular weight of at least 3,000; which process comprises the reaction, in an aqueous solvent, for at least 1/4 hour at a temperature of at least 110OC, in a pressure controlling reactor, of the ingredients: A. a reactant:

.AOH),

tHN-+ R' "SSOaM )n wherein M, m and n have the above meanings;'and B. a water-soluble vinyl polymer having pendant amide groups represented by: CH2--C CHa-- R R o= c o=C O- NHa

M+

wherein R, M, a, and b have the above meanings; and wherein the mole ratio of reactant to pendant amide groups ranges between about 1:1 to about and then recovering the sulfonated.polymer.

To further illustrate my invention, I provide the following examples.

Example I In each of the synthetic process below, a low molecular weight copolymer of acrylic acid and acrylamide was reacteo with l-amino-2-hydroxy propane sulfonic acid in a homogenous aqueous solution. The reactions were achieved at bemperatures of at least 1000C and were achieved on acrylic acid/acrylamide polymeric backbones having various molecular weights..

19 I I i r L It

V.

s. The compositions of the polymers vary from homopolyacrylamide to 50 mole percent acrylamide and acrylic acid copolymers. The polymers and reactants were charged as aqueous solutions to a Paar Bomb equipped with temperature and pressure measuring devices and also equipped with means to agitate the contents. Temperatures were increased to at least OO00C in each case. Reaction times rangng from about 20 minutes to in excess of 4 hours accomplished the synthesis of the polymers which are described in Table I.

9 *o* •e 0*20 e 20 e S 8 9 4

S

*0 0 0 *01.

00 0 44, 4, 0 0 04 S 4~ 5 0 0 00 008 *09 8 0 0 080@00 0 095 0*~ 0 0 4 09 908 0* 0 0 0 TABLE I Starting (AAT/AcAm2 mole ratio) 0 AA/10O AcAm AA150 AcAm AA/50- AcAm AA/75 AcAm Starting Ch~emical Reactant-(mole

H

2

N-CH

2

-SH-CH

2 S0 3 M (20) fi-9N-CH2j-fP-CHi 2 S03M (20)

H

2

N-CH

2 9H-CH 2

SO

3 M (20)

OH

H

2

N-CH-

2 -CH-Cl-1 2 S0 3 M 10) bH

H-

2

N-CH

2

-H-CH

2 S0 3 M (30) 11 2

N-CH

2

H-CH

2 S0 3 M (50)

OH

H

2

N-CH

2

-CH-CH-

2

SO

3 M 75)

H

2

N-CH

2 -yl-i 2

SO

3 M( 100)

OH

Product Polymer Reaction' (AA/AcAin/ Temoerature Sulfonated mer unit) 150 0 C 31/49/20 molecular Weioht M.W.

43,100 150 OC 150 0

C

150 0

C

150 0

C

150 0

C

150 0

C

150 0

C

13/37/13 80/5/ 15 40/50/ 10 50/20/30 50/15/35 20/10/70 20/10/70 Conversion 76, 600 18,200 21,750 25 AA/75 AcAm AA/75 AcAm AA/75 AcAm AA/75 AcAm 24,200 25,800 28,200 28,600 7 0"a 7 0 "0 1 AA Acrylic acid tr unit 2 AcAin Acrylamide titer unit

I

V

In addition, the following polymers would be expected to be synthesized if acrylamide containing polymers were reaCted according to the procedures described above 'with the following chemical reactants: The anticipated products are described in Table II.

a-So 0 00 *046 a 00 0 *46 ob U* 022 TABLE 11i Starting Ch~emical Reactant

H

2

N-CH

2

CH

2 S03Na+ Startingi Polymer

CH-

2 t b 0 =C 1*12 Anticipated Product Polymer -4 Cu 2 IjC 1 ~H+Cfl1lhid 0%C 0-C 0-C 0 NH 2

NH

Nat a., ati

C

4 44 44 o 4

I

*9 4 44 4 .41 11 2

N-CH

2 CHI CH CH- CH 2

SO

3 1-1 .C I.I

H-

2

N-CH

2

-CH-CH

2

-CH

2 50 3

H.

H

2 N

SO

3 33 V I fl C -CH-C11-CH-Cl11 2 3 -CH-CH-CI1 2 AC"In+--(CH 2 -CiI].j O~kC 0311 4- -9 9 44.~4 44 a 9, 4 4

S

40 AA J-a A CAM3-b

A

OH- CI I I

HN-CH

2 CH CH CH 2

-SO

3

H

CI

3 {EAA1-a*AcAmU1-K.H 2 IC 'd -I I CCI OHCU-CH /i 2 .H-HC2 HO 3 s 23 T/AOLE 11 (Continued) Star j(,,qPoye r M *r.g-tcA111rTb Starting Chemical Reactant C H 2 S0 3

H

HN

Anticipated Product Polymer -[A-a+-4AcAmi-K{2C 2 llI d H0 3 SC1 2 0U 2 50 3 1 -E AcAln-lb

H

2 N CH 2

S

3

H

ClI

H

2

N-CH

2

-C-CH

2 0H

II

C H 2 0 1i fAA]-34 AcAm.3-,bCH' 2 -Cju d

=~C

(AA1-a-ACAmIjb.4C h 2 C"J.d C1 oil C20

HOCH

2 CH 1 2 H 2 -Nf CH3 f AcAwi-b soC H 2 N- CH-CH 20 H CI-1 2 C I [AA+-a.'AcAn1 4+C1I 2-CII'

I.

a. b 1 1 d

HO

3 -Qc 2 u j ACA lb

H

2

N-CH

2

-SO

3

H

24 rIAOLE I I (Cfontinued) Startlnij Polymer

+CH

2 -CH4.-4AcAmJ-b I x 0 =C

I

i A c Amn I- Starting Chemical Reactant

H

2

N-CH

2

CH

2

SO

3

H

4ntlc ioated ProduccPolymer 4CH 2 -C11+x4AAI -a [A~t H2Cl O-~c co 0 NH S0 3 H1

H

2 tJ-CH 2 S03H (AA+a-Ac Axn+-fd11 2 -C11tl- 110 3 -CH 2

-NII

-EMc/~mf

H-N-CH

2

CH

2

SO

3

H

Ch 2

CH

2 SO 3

OH

~CH

2

CHCH

2

SO

3

H-

\NCH

2

ZCHCH

2 S0 3

H

~JH

a COCa a I a 00 C OaC o a a.

a' a aaa Ca a.

a a a a o a a aa a a a.

a a a a.

a.

a a -E AcAm kb (AA+--+AcAmni.-ftC1I 2 dHIid HO 3 5-CH 2

CH

2 -NC1 2 C11 2 50 3

CAO

CH C HOCH HCOH I I so 311 so 3 1 -fAA+-a.+CH 2 -CH1-d C HC-Oli

ICH

2 SO 311 AA4}-4A'cA ;n h P. 2 1 Z K2-CH -CH ?S 0 3

H

CO

a o a..

a. a a a a a aa 25

Claims

1. The sulfonated polymer represented by the structure: CH2 Lon2 CHOH I CH 2 S-n2 SO M 3 St., t4*t 4* 555 4*4' wherein M is individually chosen, at each occurrence, from hydrogen, sodium, ammonium ions; a, b, d are integers such that: the sum of a b d is sufficient to achieve a molecular weight of at least 1000; a/d is frPm 0 to 100; b/d is from 0.01 to 100; a/b is from 0 to 100, and the ratio d:(a b) ranges between about 5:1 to 1:50.

2. The sulfonated polymer represented by: OZC C OUC b O=C d 0- N NH M H 2 CH2 CHOH SO 3 M and wherein M, a, b, d have the meanings of claim 1. 26 Li VIa"

3. The sulfonated polymer represented by the structure: CH-C-- CH 2 a-C- CHZ- 0 0 On d O- N-R S( +-Xm (so; M+) n C* Crl *r C CI I. I ri C Ii wherein R is individually chosen, at each occurrence, from hydrogen and methyl groups; M is individually chosen, at each occurrence, from hydrogen, sodium, potassium, and, ammonium ions, and mixtures thereof; R' is a multivalent hydrocarbonaceous bridging group having from 1 6 carbon atoms and being from linear alkyl, olefinic groups, and mixtures thereof; X is chosen from the group H and -OH, and, wherein a, b, and d are integers, the sum of which is such that the molecular weight of the sulfonated polymer is at least 2,000, and wherein the following relationships exist: a/b is from 0 to 100, a/d is from 0 to 100, b/d is from 0.01 to 1000, and the ratio d:(a b) is between about 10:1 to about 1:100, and wherein: m is equal to 0 to 6, n is equal to 1 to 6, and the sum of m+n is between 1-8. 27 i i L

4. The sulfonated polymer represented by the structure: 11 R 11t. -C +1I-C N11 Hi S0+ 3 wherein R is individually chosen, at each occurrence, from hydrogen and maethyl grouIps; M is individually chosen, at each occurrence, from hydrogen, sodium, potassium, and, ammonium ions, and mixtures thereof; and, a, b and d are the same as in claim 3. A sulfonated polymer substantially as hereindescribed a a with reference to the examples. DATED this 27th day of June, .1989 NALCO CHEMICAL COMPANY Attorney: PETER HEATH-COTE Fellow Institute of Patent Attorneys of Australia of SHE[STON WATrERS C -28