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Process for the manufacture of heat-curable synthetic resins which can be diluted with water and are suitable for the electrophoretic coating process

Assignee: Hoechst AG
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Filing: 1974-03-11
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Granted: 1976-02-10
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Expires: 1994-03-11
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Abstract

Abstract The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of heat-curable synthetic resins, based on reaction products of maleic anhydride with mixtures of polybutadiene, unsaturated hydrocarbon resins and unsaturated fatty acid glyceride esters, which can be diluted with water and are suitable for the electropheretic coating process.

Inventors

  • 👤 Bernhard Broecker
  • 👤 Richard Schardt
  • 👤 Gerhard Werner

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 13:15
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09D; C09D5/00; C09D5/44; C09D5/4403; C08; C08C; C08C19/00; C08C19/28; C08C19/30; C08C19/34; C08C19/36; C08K; C08K5/00; C08K5/04; C08K5/09; C08K5/10; C08L; C08L13/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim 310 words
Process for the manufacture of heat-curable synthetic resins, based on reaction products of maleic anhydride with mixtures of polybutadiene, unsaturated hydrocarbon resins and unsaturated fatty acid glyceride esters, which can be diluted with water and are suitable for the electrophoretic coating process, characterized in that a mixture consisting of a. 20-60% by weight of a polybutadiene having an average molecular weight of 750-2,000 and an iodine number between 300 and 450, b. 10-60% by weight of a hydrocarbon resin of predominantly aliphatic structure, having a viscosity between 30 and 800 cP, measured in 70% strength solution in toluene at 20°C. and an iodine number of between 160 and 400, consisting of b 1 . 20-80% by weight of polyisoprene, b 2 . 5-50% by weight of cyclopentadiene and/or dicyclopentadiene, and b 3 . 5-50% by weight of further mono-unsaturated or poly-unsaturated hydrocarbons with 5-6 C atoms which are of predominantly aliphatic or cycloaliphatic structure, and c. 5-40% by weight of a fatty acid glyceride ester, wherein each fatty acid radical contains 16-18 C atoms and the fatty acid glyceride ester has an iodine number between 140 and 220, is pre-polymerized by heating to 200°-270°C. until the reaction mixture of components (a), (b) and (c), which has an initial viscosity of about 100 to 300 sec., measured according to DIN 53,211, displays viscosities between 500 and 2,000 sec., measured according to DIN 53,211, the resulting mixture is then reacted with d. 10-20% by weight of maleic anhydride at 180° to 190°C., until no further free maleic anhydride is present, the sum of components (a), (b), (c) and (d) employed having to add up to 100 % by weight, and e. in the resulting adduct the anhydride groups present are opened by hydrolysis with water or alcoholysis with the amount of monohydric alcohols with 1-4 C atoms required to form the half-ester.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 310 words
Process for the manufacture of heat-curable synthetic resins, based on reaction products of maleic anhydride with mixtures of polybutadiene, unsaturated hydrocarbon resins and unsaturated fatty acid glyceride esters, which can be diluted with water and are suitable for the electrophoretic coating process, characterized in that a mixture consisting of a. 20-60% by weight of a polybutadiene having an average molecular weight of 750-2,000 and an iodine number between 300 and 450, b. 10-60% by weight of a hydrocarbon resin of predominantly aliphatic structure, having a viscosity between 30 and 800 cP, measured in 70% strength solution in toluene at 20°C. and an iodine number of between 160 and 400, consisting of b 1 . 20-80% by weight of polyisoprene, b 2 . 5-50% by weight of cyclopentadiene and/or dicyclopentadiene, and b 3 . 5-50% by weight of further mono-unsaturated or poly-unsaturated hydrocarbons with 5-6 C atoms which are of predominantly aliphatic or cycloaliphatic structure, and c. 5-40% by weight of a fatty acid glyceride ester, wherein each fatty acid radical contains 16-18 C atoms and the fatty acid glyceride ester has an iodine number between 140 and 220, is pre-polymerized by heating to 200°-270°C. until the reaction mixture of components (a), (b) and (c), which has an initial viscosity of about 100 to 300 sec., measured according to DIN 53,211, displays viscosities between 500 and 2,000 sec., measured according to DIN 53,211, the resulting mixture is then reacted with d. 10-20% by weight of maleic anhydride at 180° to 190°C., until no further free maleic anhydride is present, the sum of components (a), (b), (c) and (d) employed having to add up to 100 % by weight, and e. in the resulting adduct the anhydride groups present are opened by hydrolysis with water or alcoholysis with the amount of monohydric alcohols with 1-4 C atoms required to form the half-ester.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 38 words
Process according to claim 1, characterised in that polybutadienes in the form of homopolymers of butadiene with an average molecular weight of 750 - 2,000 and iodine numbers of between 300 and 450 are employed as component (a).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 59 words
Process according to claim 2, characterised in that a polybutadiene with an average molecular weight of about 1,400 and an iodine number of 450, 65 - 75 % of the double bonds being in the 1,4-cis configuration, 25 - 35 % in the 1,4-trans configuration and less than 1 % in the 1,2-vinyl configuration, is employed as component (a).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 55 words
Process according to claim 2, characterised in that a polybutadiene with an average molecular weight of 1,000 - 1,500, and an iodine number of 420, 10 % of the double bonds being in the 1,4-cis configuration, 45 % in the 1,4-trans configuration and 45 % in the 1,2 vinyl configuration, is employed as component (a).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 22 words
Process according to claim 2, characterised in that butadiene polymers with terminal carboxyl groups or hydroxyl groups are employed as component (a).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 54 words
Process according to claim 1, characterised in that hydrocarbon resins which are built up by polymerisation from 40 - 60 % by weight of isoprene, 20 - 35 % by weight of cyclopentadiene and 5 - '% by weight of further unsaturated hydrocarbons with 5 - 6 C atoms are employed as component (b).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 65 words
Process according to Claim 1, characterised in that triglycerides of unsaturated fatty acids, such as tall oil fatty acid, soya oil fatty acid, linseed oil fatty acid, dehydrated castor fatty acid, wood oil fatty acid, groundnut fatty acid, rape oil fatty acid and the like, and particularly preferentially linseed oil, wood oil and/or dehydrated castor oil individually or in mixture, are employed as component (c).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 30 words
Process according to claim 1, characterised in that the hydrolysis or alcoholysis is carried out at 80° - 120°C and is accelerated by addition of catalytic amounts of teriary amines.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 55 words
Process according to claim 1, characterized in that end products with viscosities of between 40 and 152 seconds, as measured according to DIN 53,211, measured at 50% strength by weight in ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, and acid numbers of between 60 and 140 are manufactured through choice of the reactants and of the reaction time.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 38 words
Process according to Patent claim 1, characterized in that after the opening of the anhydride group by hydrolysis or alcoholysis the resulting synthetic resins are diluted with solvents which are water-soluble and/or only have limited solubility in water.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 56 words
Process according to claim 10, characterized in that minor proportions of water-insoluble solvents are co-used, but the total proportion of solvents does not exceed 30 parts by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of binder solution, and the proportion of water-insoluble solvents is at most 20 parts by weight of the amount of solvent employed.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 58 words
Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the components are employed in the following percentages a. 20-60% by weight of polybutadiene, b. 10-60% by weight of hydrocarbon resin, c. 5-40% by weight of unsaturated oil and d. 10-20% by weight of maleic anhydride, the sum of the amounts employed having to add up to 100% by weight.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 45 words
Process according to claim 1, characterised in that as component a.) polybutadiene of an average molecular weight of 900, an iodine number of 360 and whereby the >C=C<double bonds have 10 % 1,4-cis configuration, 45 % 1,4-trans configuration and 45 % 1,2-vinyl configuration, is employed.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 65 words
Process according to one or more of Claims 1 to 13, characterised in that as component b.) hydrocarbon resins being polymerisates of 25 - 40 % by weight of isoprene, 30 - 40 % by weight of cyclopentadiene, 15 - 30 % by weight of methyl cyclopentadiene and 5 - 30 % of other unsaturated polymerisable hydrocarbons with 5 - 6 carbon atoms are employed.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 12 words
The heat-curable synthetic resin, manufactured by the process according to claim 1.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 40 words
In a process for preparing a heat curable coating composition which can be pigmented, unpigmented and/or filled, the improvement which comprises using as a resin binder therein a water dilutable, synthetic resin which has been manufactured according to claim 1.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 37 words
A process as defined in claim 16 wherein a heat-curable coating composition useful for an electrophoretic coating process is prepared by using as a binder therein a synthetic resin having an acid number between 60 and 140.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 32 words
A process as defined in claim 16 wherein the heat-curable coating composition useful for electrolytic application is prepared to contain a total solids content of between 7 and 20 percent by weight.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 45 words
Process according to claim 16 wherein the heat-curable coating composition is prepared using as a binder therein a synthetic resin having a viscosity between 40 and 152 seconds, as measured by standard test number DIN 53,211, measured 1:1 in ethylene glycol monobutyl ether at 20°C.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 33 words
Process according to claim 16 wherein the heat-curable coating composition synthetic resin binder includes therein an additional binder selected from the group consisting of hydrophilic, heat-curable aminoplasts, phenolresols, etherified phenol-resols, and mixtures thereof.

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