Composition comprising (A) at least one
polymer with an average molecular weight Mw of at least 1,500 g / mol comprising, as repeating units, structural units according to general formula (I) wherein Z1 are same or different and selected from
hydrogen and methyl, R1 are same or different and selected from C2-C6-
alkyl, C6-
aryl and C5-heteroaryl, each substituted with at least one acidic group selected from COOH groups and SO3H groups and their respective
alkali metal salts, and, optionally, with hydroxy, C1-C4-
alkyl or -NR2aR2b, R2a and R2b are same or different and selected from H, C1-C4-
alkyl, or NR2aR2b together form a C5-C6-cycloalkylenamino or a 1 -
imidazole group, n is selected from 3 to 100, X1 is selected from O and N-R3, with R3 being selected from
hydrogen and methyl, A1 are same or different and selected from C2-C6-alkylene and (AO)y1, with AO being selected from
ethylene oxide and
propylene oxide and combinations thereof, and y1 being from 2 to 200. Furthermore polymers (A) and a process to make such polymers (A).