Triethanolamine borate catalyzed condensation of bis-phenol a glycidyl ethers with polymeric fat acids

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PREPARING A LINEAR ACETONE-SOLUBLE NON-HEAT CURABLE EPOXY-CONTAINING CONDENSTE WHICH COMPRISES ADDING A POLYMERIZED FATTY ACID PREPARED BY POLYMERIZING AN UNSATURATED FATTY ACID HAVING UP TO ABUT 20 CARBON ATOMS TO 1.5-4 TIMES THE CHEMICAL EQUIVALENT AMOUNT OF A POLYEPOXIDE CONTAINING MORE THAN ONE VICEPOXY GROUP AND HAVING NO ADDITIONAL SUBSTITUENT CAPABLE OF REACTING WITH SAID POLYMERIC FATTY ACID OTHER THAN HYDROXYL AND EPOXY GROUPS IN THE PRESENCE OF 0.05-3% BY WEIGHT, BASED ON THE REACTANTS, OF A TERTIARY AMINE BORATE PREPARED BY REACTING A TERTIARY AMINE WITH METHYL BORATE AT ROOM TEMPERTURE, THE EXPRESSION "EQUIVALENT AMOUNT" AS USED HEREIN REFERRING TO THAT AMOUTN NEEDED TO FURNIXH ONE ACIDIC GROUP PER EPOXY GROUP.