Polymeric reaction products of amines and epihalohydrins

Claim 1

THE POLYMERIC REACTION PRODUCT FORMED BY REACTING AT A TEMPERATURE OF FROM 20* TO 100*C. FROM 1 TO 2 MOL PROPORTIONS OF AN ALIPHATIC AMINE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF PRIMARY AMINES AND AMINES HAVING AT LEAST TWO N-H GROUPS, AND CONSISTING OF CARBON, HYDROGEN AND AMINO NITROGEN AND HAVING FROM 12 TO 40 CARBON ATOMS AND A STRAIGHT CHAIN OF FROM 3 TO 40 CARBON ATOMS ATTACHED TO A NITROGEN ATOM, WITH FROM 1 TO 1.5 MOL PROPORTIONS OF AN EPIHALOHYDRIN COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF EPICHLOROHYDRIN, 1,2-EPOXY-4-CHLOROBUTANE, 2,3-EPOXY-4-CHLOROBUTANE, 1,2-EPOXY-5-CHLOROPENTANE, 2,3-EPOXY-5-CHLOROPENTANE, AND CORRESPONDING BROMO AND IODO COMPOUNDS IN THE PRESENCE OF A HYDROXYLIC SOLVENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOLS, GLYCOLS AND GLYCEROLS, THEREAFTER REACTING WITH AN INORGANIC BASE AT A TEMPERATURE OF FROM 55* TO 100*C. TO LIBERATE THE FREE AMINE, THEREBY FORMING AN INORGANIC HALIDE SALT, FURTHER HEATING AND REACTING AT A TEMPERATURE OF FROM 55* TO 100*C. TO FORM SAID POLYMERIC REACTION PRODUCT CONTAING FROM 3 TO 20 RECURRING UNITS, AND FILTERING TO REMOVE SAID INORGANIC HALIDE SALT.