| abstract |
The present invention provides a moisture-scavenging composition including the compound: <IMAGE> wherein: R1 is a methyl group, or a branched or straight chain alkyl or alkanol group; R2, R3, R4 and R6 are, individually, a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a straight chain or branched chain alkyl or alkanol group, a cyclic alkyl or an aryl group; R5 is a methyl or methylol group, or a branched chain or straight chain alkyl or alkanol group; R7 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a straight chain or branched chain alkyl or alkanol group, a cyclic alkyl group, a carbonyl group or an aryl group, or R7 and R6 are fused together with the attached carbon to form an eight member bicyclic compound having the structure: <IMAGE> wherein: R1' is a methyl group or a branched or straight chain alkyl or alkanol group; R2', R3', and R4' are, individually, a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a straight chain or branched chain alkyl or alkanol group, a cyclic alkyl or an aryl group. |