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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1992
Edward W Kluger, Pauline, SC (US);
Max A Weaver, Kingsport, TN (US);
Jeffery R Harris, Spartanburg, SC (US);
David J Moody, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Milliken Research Corporation, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Abstract
The process for chemically modifying metal-free, organic material for improving one or more properties thereof such as water dispersibility, compatibility with other organics, or increased chemical reactivity, wherein the process includes providing material with from 1-6 sulfonylhalide groups or sulfonate ester groups or mixtures thereof, and contacting the material under sulfonamido forming conditions with one or more reactants containing one or more poly(oxyalkylene) moieties, each of the reactants having from 1 to 4 functional amine groups, and each of the poly(oxyalkylene) moieties being comprised of from about 4 to about 200 epoxide reactant residues at least about 50 mole percent of which residues contain 2-4 carbons.