Water-soluble coating compositions and process for their preparation

Claim 2

A coating composition for cathode-precipitating electrodeposition consisting essentially of (1) a curable resinous film-forming component capable of being rendered water-soluble, said component consisting of an unsaturated organic compound having a molecular weight of 300 to 30,000 containing a carbon-carbon double bond in an amount corrresponding to an iodine number of 50 to 500, said unsaturated organic compound being selected from the group consisting of (a) a homopolymer of a conjugated diolefin containing 4 to 8 carbon atoms, (b) a copolymer of at least two conjugated diolefins containing 4 to 8 carbon atoms, (c) a copolymer of at least one conjugated diolefin containing 4 to 8 carbon atoms and a vinyl monomer having an ethylenic unsaturation containing 2 to 20 carbon atoms, (d) a natural oil, (e) a natural fat and (f) a petroleum resin produced by cationic polymerization of petroleum cracking fractions containing 4 to 10 carbon atoms with a Friedel-Crafts catalyst, said unsaturated organic compound having bonded thereto, through a carbon-carbon bond, organic basic groups of the following formula in aqueous solutions when rendered water-soluble ##STR12## wherein R 1 is hydrogen, halogen or a hydrocarbon residue containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are identical or different and each represents a hydrocarbon residue containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R 5 is hydrogen, and X represents hydrogen or a bond, the amount of said organic basic groups being 0.05 to 0.5 mole per 100 g of the film-forming component, and (2) an aqueous or organic liquid medium, said film-forming component being rendered water-soluble by neutralization with a water-soluble inorganic or organic acid.

Claim 3

The composition of claim 1 wherein said organic basic groups have been rendered water-soluble.

Claim 4

The composition of claim 1 wherein said unsaturated organic compound is an oil selected from the group consisting of linseed oil, tung oil, soybean oil, dehydrated castor oil and a stand oil.

Claim 5

The composition of claim 1 wherein the unsaturated organic compound contains, in addition to the organic basic groups, hydroxyl containing groups represented by the formula ##STR13## wherein R 6 is hydrogen, halogen or a hydrocarbon residue containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R 7 is a hydrocarbon residue containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and X' represents hydrogen or a bond, in an amount of up to 0.2 mole per 100 g of the film-forming component.

Claim 6

A process for producing the composition of claim 1, which comprises reacting (A) an unsaturated organic compound having a molecular weight of 300 to 30,000 containing a carbon-carbon double bond in an amount corresponding to an iodine number of 50 to 500, said unsaturated organic compound being selected from the group consisting of (a) a polymer of a conjugated diolefin containing 4 to 8 carbon atoms, (b) a copolymer of at least two conjugated diolefins containing 4 to 8 carbon atoms, (c) a copolymer of at least one conjugated diolefin containing 4 to 8 carbon atoms and a vinyl monomer having an ethylenic unsaturation containing 2 to 20 carbon atoms, (d) a natural oil, (e) a natural fat and (f) a petroleum resin produced by cationic polymerization of petroleum cracking fractions containing 4 to 10 carbon atoms with a Friedel-Crafts catalyst, said unsaturated organic compound having bonded thereto, through a carbon-carbon bond, acidic groups of the formula ##STR14## wherein R 1 is hydrogen, halogen or a hydrocarbon residue containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R 8 is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon residue containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and X represents hydrogen or a bond, with (B) a diamine compound of the formula ##STR15## wherein R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are identical or different and each represents a hydrocarbon residue containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms, at a temperature of 100° to 200° C. to form a resinous substance containing basic groups, adding a water-soluble inorganic or organic acid to the resinous substance to render the resinous substance water-soluble, and mixing the resulting water-soluble resinous substance with an aqueous or organic liquid medium; or performing the above reaction in the presence of the liquid medium.

Claim 7

The process of claim 5 wherein said diamine compound is selected from the group consisting of dimethylaminoethylamine, diethylaminoethylamine, dimethylaminopropylamine, diethylaminopropylamine and dibutylaminopropylamine.

Claim 8

The process of claim 1 wherein said alcoholamine compound is selected from the group consisting of monomethanolamine, monoethanolamine, monopropanolamine monobutanolamine.

Claim 9

The process of claim 5 wherein the unsaturated organic compound component (A) is reacted with the diamine compound component (B) and an alcohol amine compound component (C) represented by the formula H.sub.2 N -- R.sub.7 -- OH wherein R 7 is a hydrocarbon residue containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms.

Claim 10

The process of claim 5 wherein said component (A) is selected from the group consisting of maleinized linseed oil, maleinized liquid polybutadiene and maleinized petroleum resin.