Polyester resins modified with complex metal-phenol-nitrogen compounds

Claim 1

A PHENOL-SOLUBLE COMPLEX IN A VISCOUS TO RESINOUS SOLID FORM BEING THE CO-REACTION PRODUCT RESULTING FROM HEATING TO CLARITY A REACTION MASS CONSISTING OF (1) A COMPOUND OF A POLYVALENT DRIER METAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE SALTS, OXIDES AND HYDROXIDES OF ZINC, CADMIUM, LEAD, COBALT, MANGANESE, VANADIUM, AND NICKEL, (2) A PHENOL IN AN AMOUNT PROVIDING AT LEAST ABOUT THREE PHENOLIC HYDROXY GROUPS PER METAL ATOM OF THE METAL COMPOUND, SAID PHENOL BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF PHENOLS IN WHICH THE PHENOLIC HYDROXY IS THE SOLE REACTIVE GROUPS IN THE MOLECULE AND PHENOLS CONTAINING IN ADDITION TO THE PHENOLIC HYDROXYL GROUP OF CARBOXYL GROUP ATTACHED TO THE RING AND (3) A NITROGEN COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AMMONIA, AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE, UREA, AND ALKYLENE POLYAMIDES FREE OF REACTIVE GROUPS OTHER THAN NH2 AND NH, SAID NITROGEN COMPOUND BEING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT PROVIDING PER METAL ATOM OF THE METAL COMPOUND AT LEAST ABOUT THREE NH2 GROUPS WHEN THE NITROGEN COMPOUND IS AREA OR AN ALKYLENE POLYAMINE, AT LEAST ABOUT THREE MOLECULES WHEN THE NITROGEN COMPOUND IS AMMONIA, AND AT LEAST ABOUT FIVE MOLECULES WHEN THE NITROGEN COMPOUND IS AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE.