Disclosed is a hydrophobically-modified associative thickener polymer prepared from a reaction mixture comprising a) a polytetrahydrofuran having a formula (I):

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b) at least one active hydrogen-containing compound; c) a gem-polyhalide with an alkali hydroxide; or d) a polyglycidyl ether with an alkali hydroxide; e) optionally, a hydrophobe-containing compound, wherein m is an integer in a range from 2 to 750; also disclosed are the aqueous protective coating compositions; further disclosed is a process to prepare a hydrophobically-modified associative thickener polymer.

Disclosed is a hydrophobically-modified associative thickener polymer prepared from a reaction mixture comprising a) a poloxamer tri-block copolymer of the formula (I):

##STR00001##

b) at least one active hydrogen-containing compound c) a gem-polyhalide with an alkali hydroxide; or d) a polyglycidyl ether with an alkali hydroxide; e) optionally, a hydrophobe-containing compound; also disclosed are aqueous protective coating compositions; and further disclosed is a process to prepare a hydrophobically-modified associative thickener polymer.

The disclosure belongs to the technical field of organic macromolecule compound preparation, and discloses a fatty alcohol polyether amine polyether and a preparation method and application thereof. The method includes: using a fatty alcohol as an initiator, and adding a first epoxy compound for a polymerization reaction to obtain a fatty alcohol polyether; then, taking a hydroamination reaction between the fatty alcohol polyether and liquid ammonia to obtain a fatty alcohol polyether amine; and finally, taking a polymerization reaction between the fatty alcohol polyether amine and a second epoxy compound to obtain the fatty alcohol polyether amine polyether. The fatty alcohol polyether amine polyether prepared by the disclosure has the advantages of safety, nontoxicity, no skin stimulation, biodegradability, high compatibility, green and environmental-friendly effects, etc., and can be used for preparing quaternary ammonium salt intermediate products and various industrial solvents.

A composition comprising linked segments of: (a) a polyhydroxy segment derived from a compound independently selected an acyclic polyhydric alcohol having 4 to 6 carbon atoms and 4 to 6 reactive hydroxyl groups; a cyclic polyhydric alcohol having 4 to 6 carbon atoms and 4 to 6 reactive hydroxyl groups, a poly(hydroxyethyl) polyethyleneamine having 4 to 6 reactive hydroxyl groups and combinations thereof; (b) polyoxyalkylene segments wherein each hydroxyl group of the polyhydroxyl segment is linked to a polyoxyalkylene segment; (d) and aliphatic end segments or aromatic end segments, each end segment having 6 to 32 carbon atoms and a hydroxyl reactive group, wherein the mole ratio of the polyoxyalkylene segment to the polyhydroxy segment is at least 4:1 and the mole ratio of the aliphatic or aromatic end segment to the polyhydroxy segment is at least 0.25:1.

A composition comprising linked segments of: (a) a polyhydroxy segment derived from a compound independently selected an acyclic polyhydric alcohol having 4 to 6 carbon atoms and 4 to 6 reactive hydroxyl groups; a cyclic polyhydric alcohol having 4 to 6 carbon atoms and 4 to 6 reactive hydroxyl groups, a poly(hydroxyethyl) polyethyleneamine having 4 to 6 reactive hydroxyl groups and combinations thereof; (b) polyoxyalkylene segments wherein each hydroxyl group of the polyhydroxyl segment is linked to a polyoxyalkylene segment; (d) and aliphatic end segments or aromatic end segments, each end segment having 6 to 32 carbon atoms and a hydroxyl reactive group, wherein the mole ratio of the polyoxyalkylene segment to the polyhydroxy segment is at least 4:1 and the mole ratio of the aliphatic or aromatic end segment to the polyhydroxy segment is at least 0.25:1.

Disclosed is a hydrophobically-modified associative thickener polymer prepared from a reaction mixture comprising a) a poloxamer tri-block copolymer of the formula (I): ##STR00001##
b) at least one active hydrogen-containing compound c) a gem-polyhalide with an alkali hydroxide; or d) a polyglycidyl ether with an alkali hydroxide; e) optionally, a hydrophobe-containing compound; also disclosed are aqueous protective coating compositions; and further disclosed is a process to prepare a hydrophobically-modified associative thickener polymer.