There is disclosed an antifoam component which includes at least one poly(acrylate) copolymer for use in a fuel. Poly(acrylate) polymers prepared by polymerizing a (meth)acrylate monomer comprising C.sub.1 to C.sub.30 alkyl esters of (meth)acrylic acid (multifunctional monomer) are also disclosed. Other poly(acrylate) polymers prepared by polymerizing (i) a (meth)acrylate monomer comprising C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkyl esters of (meth)acrylic acid (solubility monomer); (ii) a (meth)acrylate monomer comprising C.sub.5 to C.sub.12 alkyl esters of (meth)acrylic acid (surface tension monomer); and (iii) optionally at least one additional monomer comprising a solubility monomer, a surface tension monomer, a monomer comprising C.sub.1 to C.sub.30 alkyl esters of (meth)acrylic acid (multifunctional monomer), or combinations thereof are also disclosed.

Hydrophobically modified, hyperbranched polyesters obtainable by a 2-step process of reacting a mixture comprising at least a polyol comprising at least 3 hydroxy groups and a monomer comprising one carboxylic acid group and at least two hydroxy groups, thereby obtaining a hyperbranched polyester comprising terminal hydroxy groups and at least partly esterifying the terminal hydroxy groups with a mixture of carboxylic acids comprising at least linear saturated aliphatic carboxylic acids groups and branched saturated aliphatic carboxylic acids groups. Formulations comprising hydrocarbons and such polyesters and to the use of such hydrophobically modified, hyperbranched polyesters or formulations thereof, as pour-point depressant or wax inhibitor for crude oil.

A composition including a pyrolysis oil and, as an additive: (a) one or more nitrogen containing antioxidants is disclosed. An additive composition for a pyrolysis oil including is also disclosed, the additive composition including (a) one or more nitrogen containing antioxidants; and optionally: (b) a copolymer including maleic anhydride derived units and -olefin derived units; and/or (c) the reaction product of a carboxylic acid and a polyamine. Also disclosed is a method of improving including the oxidation stability of a composition including a pyrolysis oil, the method including adding to the composition (a) one or more nitrogen containing antioxidants, and a related use of said nitrogen containing antioxidants. Such methods and uses are also disclosed for the improvement in storage stability of compositions including a pyrolysis oil.

Disclosed are multifunctional compounds represented by structural formula (I): ##STR00001##
methods of producing compounds represented by structural formula (I) and their use in inhibiting corrosion in corrodible material.

PURPOSE: To obtain the subject polymer, comprising a specific structural unit, having excellent antimicrobial, anthelmintic, antioxidizing and deodorizing actions and useful as a food, a coating, a fiber, etc. CONSTITUTION: This acrylamidomethylpolyphenol polymer comprises (A) 10-100 mol % structural unit of formula I [R<1> is H or CH3; R<2> is a group of formula II (R<3> is H or OH; R<4> is H or 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoyl; one of a1 to a4 is a single bond and other three are H) or a group of a benzene skeleton, a naphthalene skeleton or an anthracene skeleton all having >=2 OH groups] and (B) 0-90 mol % structural unit of formula III (R<5> is R<1>; R<6> is H or an alkyl) or a structural unit of the formula [CH2-C(R<7>R<8>)][R<7> is R<1>; R<8> is H, Cl, CN, etc.]. Furthermore, the method for producing the polymer is to carry out the condensing reaction of, e.g. an acrylamide copolymer comprising the structural unit of formula III and the structural unit of the formula [CH2-C(R<7>R<8>)] with the corresponding polyphenol such as a compound of formula IV in the presence of an acidic catalyst in a reaction medium.