US 11,897,984 B2
Tagging agents, anti-scalant polymer compositions, and methods
Vesa Nuutinen, Espoo (FI); Erkki Johannes Metsälä, Espoo (FI); Reijo Aksela, Espoo (FI); Vesa Vuori, Espoo (FI); and Mehrdad Hesampour, Espoo (FI)
Assigned to KEMIRA OYJ, Helsinki (FI)
Appl. No. 17/755,564
Filed by Kemira Oyj, Helsinki (FI)
PCT Filed Dec. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/063279
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/113618, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/944,202, filed on Dec. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 20205066 (FI), filed on Jan. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0114878 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. C08F 224/00 (2006.01); C07D 493/10 (2006.01); C07D 311/82 (2006.01)
CPC C08F 224/00 (2013.01) [C07D 311/82 (2013.01); C07D 493/10 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
 
1. A polymer composition comprising:
a copolymer comprising—
(i) a first monomer selected from the group consisting of (a) a compound of Formula (I), (b) a compound of Formula (II), (c) a compound or isomer of Formula (III), and (d) a compound or isomer of Formula (IV), wherein the first monomer is a tagging monomer, and
(ii) at least one second monomer comprising at least one polymerizable double bond or at least one polymerizable triple bond, wherein the at least one second monomer is a scale-inhibiting monomer;

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wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17, R18, R19, R20, R21, R22, R23, R24, R25, R26, R27, R28, R29, R30, R33, R34, R35, R36, R37, R38, R39, R40, R41, R42, R43, and R44 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, C2-C6 alkenoxy, C2-C6 alkynoxy, —N(R′)(R″), C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, C2-C6 alkynyl, and C4-C14 aryl,
wherein R′ and R″ are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1-C6 alkyl,
wherein R9, R10, R31 and R32 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, C1-C6 alkyl, and C1-C6 alkenyl,
wherein y is a single bond or a double bond, and
wherein z is a single bond or a double bond;
wherein the isomers of Formula (III) comprise a compound of Formula (Illi), a compound of Formula (IIIii), a compound of Formula (IIIiii), or a combination thereof —

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and
wherein the isomers of Formula (IV) comprise a compound of Formula (IVi), a compound of Formula (IVii), a compound of Formula (IViii), or a combination thereof—

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