The Chemours Company Fc, LLC

Flemming Vang Sparsoe

Gerald Oronde Brown

John Christopher Sworen

Mario Vincenzini

Ewa Kohler

The present invention is an aqueous composition comprising at least one hydrophobic compound having at least one linkage of Formula I:&#x2014;NHC(O)&#x2014;X&#x2014;&#x2003;&#x2003;(I)wherein X is the residue of a cyclic or acyclic sugar alcohol which is substituted with at least one &#x2014;R; &#x2014;C(O)R; &#x2014;(CHCHO)(CH(CH)CHO)R; &#x2014;(CHCHO)(CH(CH)CHO)C(O)R; or mixtures thereof; where the cyclic or acyclic sugar alcohol is selected from a saccharide, reduced sugar, aminosaccharide, aldonic acid, or aldonic acid lactone; wherein each n is independently 0 to 20; each m is independently 0 to 20; m+n is greater than 0; each Ris independently a linear or branched alkyl group having 5 to 29 carbons optionally comprising at least 1 unsaturated bond; each Ris independently &#x2014;H, a linear or branched alkyl group having 6 to 30 carbons optionally comprising at least 1 unsaturated bond, or mixtures thereof.

Non-fluorinated urethane based coatings

A compound for imparting water repellency and optionally stain release to substrates wherein the compound is prepared by (i) reacting (a) at least one isocyanate group-containing compound selected from isocyanate, diisocyanate, polyisocyanate, or mixture thereof, and (b) at least one isocyanate-reactive compound selected from formula (Ia), (Ib), or (Ic): 

A method of treating a substrate comprising contacting the substrate with a composition comprising i) an agent which provides a surface effect and ii) a polymer extender composition comprising a urethane based compound, a composition for treating a substrate, and treated substrates thereof.

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