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Dicyclopentadiene polyester resins

Assignee: Ashland Inc
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Filing: 1979-09-24
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Granted: 1981-01-20
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Expires: 1999-09-24
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Abstract

Abstract The invention disclosed is for a method of preparing unsaturated polyester resins containing high amounts of dicyclopentadiene. These polyester resins are useful in curable liquid compositions containing them together with a monomeric copolymerizable component. Such compositions may be used at ambient or elevated temperature, in casting, laminating or molding techniques known to the polyester resin art.

Inventors

  • 👤 Omer E. Curtis, Jr.

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 13:14
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08G; C08G63/00; C08G63/02; C08G63/12; C08G63/52; C08G63/54; C08G63/553; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31786; Y10T428/31794

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim 158 words
Method for preparing an unsaturated polyester comprising the steps of: (a) reacting about 100 moles of a polycarboxylic acid component containing at least about 25 moles maleic acid with about 50 to about 200 moles of dicyclopentadiene at a temperature of about 90° C. to about 150° C. for a sufficient period of time to provide a reaction product comprising at least 25 mole % half maleic ester of dicyclopentyl alcohol; (b) further reacting the reaction product of step (a) with about 25 to about 100 moles of a polyol or mixture of polyols per 100 moles of polycarboxylic acid in step (a), at a temperature of at least about 180° C. until the acid number of the resultant unsaturated polyester is less than about 55, and (c) blending about 80 to about 40 parts by weight of the reaction product of step (b) with about 20 to about 60 parts by weight of a monomeric copolymerizable component.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 158 words
Method for preparing an unsaturated polyester comprising the steps of: (a) reacting about 100 moles of a polycarboxylic acid component containing at least about 25 moles maleic acid with about 50 to about 200 moles of dicyclopentadiene at a temperature of about 90° C. to about 150° C. for a sufficient period of time to provide a reaction product comprising at least 25 mole % half maleic ester of dicyclopentyl alcohol; (b) further reacting the reaction product of step (a) with about 25 to about 100 moles of a polyol or mixture of polyols per 100 moles of polycarboxylic acid in step (a), at a temperature of at least about 180° C. until the acid number of the resultant unsaturated polyester is less than about 55, and (c) blending about 80 to about 40 parts by weight of the reaction product of step (b) with about 20 to about 60 parts by weight of a monomeric copolymerizable component.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 12 words
A curable liquid composition produced according to the method of claim 1.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 13 words
A composition according to claim 2 wherein the monomeric copolymerizable component is styrene.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 11 words
A cured product produced from a composition according to claim 3.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 158 words
Method for preparing an unsaturated polyester comprising the steps of: (a) reacting about 100 moles of a polycarboxylic acid component containing at least about 25 moles maleic acid with about 50 to about 200 moles of dicyclopentadiene at a temperature of about 90° C. to about 150° C. for a sufficient period of time to provide a reaction product comprising at least 25 mole % half maleic ester of dicyclopentyl alcohol; (b) further reacting the reaction product of step (a) with about 25 to about 100 moles of a polyol or mixture of polyols per 100 moles of polycarboxylic acid in step (a), at a temperature of at least about 180° C. until the acid number of the resultant unsaturated polyester is less than about 55, and (c) blending about 75 to about 50 parts by weight of the reaction product of step (b) with about 25 to about 50 parts by weight of a monomeric copolymerizable component.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 158 words
Method for preparing an unsaturated polyester comprising the steps of: (a) reacting about 100 moles of a polycarboxylic acid component containing at least about 25 moles maleic acid with about 50 to about 200 moles of dicyclopentadiene at a temperature of about 90° C. to about 150° C. for a sufficient period of time to provide a reaction product comprising at least 25 mole % half maleic ester of dicyclopentyl alcohol; (b) further reacting the reaction product of step (a) with about 25 to about 100 moles of a polyol or mixture of polyols per 100 moles of polycarboxylic acid in step (a), at a temperature of at least about 180° C. until the acid number of the resultant unsaturated polyester is less than about 55, and (c) blending about 75 to about 50 parts by weight of the reaction product of step (b) with about 25 to about 50 parts by weight of a monomeric copolymerizable component.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 18 words
Method according to claim 5 wherein the polycarboxylic acid component contains at least about 50 moles maleic acid.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 58 words
Method according to claim 6 wherein the polycarboxylic acid component contains at least 50 moles maleic acid and is reacted with about 60 to about 160 moles dicyclopentadiene and the reaction product of step (a) has an acid number less than about 250 and contains at least about 45 moles of the half maleic ester of dicyclopentyl alcohol.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 21 words
Method of claim 7 wherein the resultant unsaturated polyester has a Gardner-Holdt Viscosity of at least about H at 30% xylene.

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