Azlactone Michael adducts

Claim 1

An azlactone-functional adduct having the formula wherein p¹ and p² independently have integral values of 1 to (the valence of X¹ or X²) -1, where p¹ relates to X¹ and p² to X²; R¹, R², R⁷, and R⁸ independently represent an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, or at least one of (R¹ and R²) and (R⁷ and R⁸) taken together with the carbon atom to which they are joined form a ring of 4 to 12 atoms; R³, R⁴, R⁹, and R¹⁰ are independently hydrogen or lower alkyl; R⁵ and R s independently are hydrogen or methyl; n¹ and n² independently are 0 or 1; X¹ and X² independently are selected from the group consisting of -CH₂ (when at least one of p¹ and p² =1); -CH(when at least one of p¹ and p² - 2); -C (when at least one of p¹ and p² = 3); -CR¹¹R¹² in which R¹¹ and R¹² are selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, and aryl monovalent groups; a single bond; and polyvalent alkylene, alkenylene, cycloalkylene, or arylene linking groups; -CHR¹¹; -CR¹¹; -CW¹W² in which W¹ and W² are independently selected from R¹¹O₂C-, R¹¹(CO)-, N≡C-, R F (CO)- in which R F is a substantially perfluorinated alkyl, cycloalkyl, or aryl group, R¹¹NH(CO)-, R¹¹R¹²N(CO)-, R¹¹SO₂, R¹¹R¹²C=N-, R¹¹N=(R¹²)C-, R¹¹(CS)-, R¹¹S₂C-, R¹¹NH(CS)-, R¹¹R¹²N(CS)-, R¹¹R¹²C=CR¹³- in which R¹³ is defined the same as R¹¹ and R¹², and O₂N- groups; -CR¹¹W¹; -CHW¹; -CW¹; -NR¹⁴ in which R¹⁴ (linking at least one of X¹ to Y¹, X¹ to G, X¹ to X², X² to Y², and X² to G) is a single bond, alkylene, alkenylene, or arylene group such that the ring formed contains 4 to 6 ring atoms; and -NW¹; Z¹ and Z² independently are C, N, or S=O; Y¹ and Y² independently are doubly bonded oxygen (=O); doubly bonded sulfur (=S); =CR¹⁵R¹⁶, or -CR¹⁵ = CR¹⁶R¹⁷ in which R¹⁵ and R¹⁶ independently are defined the same as R¹¹, R¹², and R¹³, except that R¹⁵ can be an electron pair, and in which R¹⁷ is a monovalent group selected from alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, and aryl groups; =NR¹⁵ (to include triply bonded nitrogen (≡N:) when R¹⁵ is an electron pair and G is a single bond from at least one of Y¹ to Z¹ and Y² to Z²); or -NR¹⁸R¹⁹ in which R¹⁸ and R¹⁹ independently can be hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, a single bond, alkylene, cycloalkylene, or arylene, or together with the nitrogen atom to which they are joined form a ring of 4 to 12 ring atoms; G is -H; -NR²⁰R²¹ in which R²⁰ and R²¹ independently are defined the same as R¹¹, R¹², and R¹³; -NHR²⁰; -R²⁰; or -OR²⁰; =O; polymeric monovalent and polyvalent groups; an electron pair; or a single bond; and q is an integer 0 or greater and is equal to (the valence of G)-1.