| abstract |
The present invention is an aqueous composition comprising at least one hydrophobic compound having at least one linkage of Formula I: - NHC(O)-X- (I) wherein X is the residue of a cyclic or acyclic sugar alcohol which is substituted with at least one -R 1 ; -C(O)R 1 ; (CH 2 CH 2 O) n (CH(CH 3 )CH 2 O) m R 2 ; (CH 2 CH 2 O) n (CH(CH 3 )CH 2 O) m C(O)R 1 ; 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 R 1 is independently a linear or branched alkyl group having 5 to 29 carbons optionally comprising at least 1 unsaturated bond; each R 2 is independently -H, a linear or branched alkyl group having 6 to 30 carbons optionally comprising at least 1 unsaturated bond, or mixtures thereof. |