Esters of oxyalkylated phenol aldehyde resins with polyhydric alcohol-polybasic carboxy acid-monocarboxy acid esters

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THE RESULTANT OF THE ESTERIFICATION REACTION INVOLVING ON THE ONE HAND AN ACIDIC ESTER CONTAINING (A) AT LEAST ONE POLYHYDRIC NOT MORE CAL OF A POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOL HAVING NOT MORE THAN 6 CARBON ATOMS AND CONTAINING ONLY CARBON, HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN; (B) AT LEAST ONE POLYBASIC CARBOXYLIC ACID RADICAL; AND (C) A PLURALITY OF ACYLOXY RADICALS, EACH HAVING 8 TO 22 CARBON ATOMS DERIVED FROM ANY DETERGENT-FORMING MONOCARBOXY ACID HAVING 8 TO 22 CARBON ATOMS, WITH THE PROVISO THAT AT LEAST ONE OF SAID ACYLOCY RADICALS IS DERIVED FROM HYDROXYLATED DETERGENTFORMING MONOCARBOXY ACID HAVING 8 TO 22 CARBON ATOMS, EACH SAID POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOL RADICAL BEING ESTER-LINKED WITH A PLURALITY OF GROUPS, EACH OF WHICH GROUPS CONTAINS AT LEAST ONE OF SAID ACYLOXY RADICALS, THE NUMBER OF SAID GROUPS ESTERLINKED TO EACH POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOL RADICAL BEING AT LEAST EQUAL IN NUMBER IN EACH INSTANCE TO THE VALENCY OF THE POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOL RADICAL, SO THAT EACH POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOL RADICAL IS FREE FROM ANY UNCOMBINED HYDROXYL RADICAL DIRECTLY ATTACHED THERETO AND AT LEAST ONE OF SAID GROUPS CONTAINING A POLYBASIC CARBOXYL ACID RADICAL LINKED THERETO BY AN ESTER LINKAGE; AND ON THE OTHER HAND HYDROPHILE SYNTHETIC PRODUCTS; SAID HYDROPHILE SYNTHETIC PRODUCTS BEING OXYALKYLATION PRODUCTS OF (A) AN ALPHA-BETA ALKYLENE OXIDE HAVING NOT MORE THAN 4 CARBON ATOMS AND SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF ETHYLENE OXIDE, PROPYLENE OXIDE, BUTYLENE OXIDE, GLYCIDE AND METHYLGLYCIDE, AND (B) AN OXYALKYLATIONSUSCEPTIBLE FUSIBLE, ORGANIC SOLVENT-SOLUBLE WATER-INSOLUBLE PHENOL-ALDEHYDE RESIN; SAID RESIN BEING DERIVED BY REACTION BETWEEN A DIFUNCTIONAL MONOHYDRIC PHENOL AND AN ALDEHYDE HAVING NOT OVER 8 CARBON ATOMS AND HAVING ONE FUNCTIONAL GROUP REACTIVE TOWARD SAID PHENOL; SAID RESIN BEING FORMED IN THE SUBSTANTIAL ABSENCE OF PHENOLS OF FUNCTIONALITY GREATER THAN 2; SAID PHENOL BEING OF THE FORMULA