Fluorinated alcohols

Claim 1

An alcohol having the formula R.sub.f --Q--A--OH where R f is a fluoroaliphatic, saturated, monovalent radical having at least three fully fluorinated carbon atoms and not more than 20 carbon atoms, said alcohol having more than 25 weight % carbon-bonded fluorine in the form of said fluoroaliphatic radical, Q is selected from the group consisting of --CO--, --CONR--, --SO 2 NR--, --SO 2 --, C n H 2n --, --C 6 H 4 --, --C 6 H 3 Cl--, --OC 2 H 4 --, or combinations thereof, where R is H or lower alkyl containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and n is 1 to 20, and A is a divalent organic moiety having 2 to 30 carbon atoms, containing at least one aliphatic chlorine atom, and free of hydroxyl-reactive substituents, said alcohol upon reaction with a mono- or polycarboxylic acid forming the corresponding ester which in combination with water-insoluble addition polymer derived from polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer free of nonvinylic fluorine forms a composition suitable for the treatment of carpet to render it durably soil resistant and stain repellant, said ester containing at least 25 percent by weight of carbon-bonded fluorine, in the form of said fluoroaliphatic radical, and having at least one major transition temperature higher than about 25° C., said polymer having at least one major transition temperature higher than about 25° C.