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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: 1976-03-16
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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 electrophoretic coating process.

Inventors

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

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 12:12
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08C; C08C19/00; C08C19/28; C08C19/30; C08C19/34; C08C19/36; C08K; C08K5/00; C08K5/04; C08K5/10; C08L; C08L13/00; C09; C09D; C09D5/00; C09D5/44; C09D5/4403

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim 263 words
The 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, characterised in that a mixture consisting of a. 20-60% by weight of a polybutadiene having a number average molecular weight of 750-2,000 and an iodine number between 300 and 450, b. 10-60% by weight of a polyisoprene resin 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, and c. 5-40% by weight of a fatty acid glyceride ester, wherein the fatty acid radical contains 16-18 C atoms and the fatty acid glyceride ester has an iodine number between 140 and 220, is pre-polymerised 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°-190° C until no further free maleic anhydride is present, and the sum of the percents by weight of components (a), (b), c), and (d) being 100 percent by weight, 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 263 words
The 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, characterised in that a mixture consisting of a. 20-60% by weight of a polybutadiene having a number average molecular weight of 750-2,000 and an iodine number between 300 and 450, b. 10-60% by weight of a polyisoprene resin 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, and c. 5-40% by weight of a fatty acid glyceride ester, wherein the fatty acid radical contains 16-18 C atoms and the fatty acid glyceride ester has an iodine number between 140 and 220, is pre-polymerised 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°-190° C until no further free maleic anhydride is present, and the sum of the percents by weight of components (a), (b), c), and (d) being 100 percent by weight, 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 34 words
Process according to claim 1, characterised in that polybutadienes, 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 34 words
Process according to claim 2, characterised in that polybutadienes, all commercially available isomers, both those with cis and trans double bonds in the middle position and also those with vinyl double bonds, are employed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 53 words
Process according to claim 2, characterised in that a polybutydiene 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.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 48 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.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 19 words
Process according to claim 2, characterised in that butadiene polymers with terminal carboxyl groups or hydroxyl groups are employed.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 63 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 castor oil, are employed as unsaturated fatty acid glyceride esters.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 31 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 tertiary amines.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 51 words
Process according to claim 1, characterised in that end products with viscosities of between 40 and 152 seconds (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 37 words
Process according to claim 1, characterised 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, characterised in that minor proportions of water-insoluble solvents are coused, 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 66 words
Process according to claim 1, characterised in that the components are employed in the following percentages a. 20 - 60% by weight of polybutadiene, b. 10 - 60% by weight of polyisoprene 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 52 words
Process according to claim 1, characterised in that polybutadiene with a mean molecular weight of 900, an iodine number of 360 is employed, the double bonds having the 1,4-cis configuration to the extent of 10%, the 1,4-trans configuration to the extent of 45% and the 1,2-vinyl configuration to the extent of 45%.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 28 words
Process for preparing a heat-curable, pigmented or unpigmented coating composition which comprises using as a binder therein a synthetic resin manufactured according to the process of claim 1.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 27 words
Process according to Patent claim 14, wherein the synthetic resins employed for the coating composition for the electrophoretic coating process having acid numbers between 60 and 140.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 25 words
Process according to claim 14, wherein the coating compositions used for electrophoretic application having a total solids content of between 7 and 20% by weight.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 31 words
Process according to claim 14, wherein synthetic resins with viscosities between 40 and 152 sec (DIN 53,211), measured 1 : 1 in ethylene glycol monobutyl ether at 20° C, are used.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 39 words
Process according to claim 14, wherein relatively low molecular, at least hydrophilic, heat-curable condensation products, such as reaction products which form aminoplasts, and/or phenol-resols and/or etherified phenol-resols, are co-used as further binders for coating agents which can be stoved.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 9 words
Synthetic resin manufactured by the process of claim 1.

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