Tertiary aromatic amine accelerators derived from para-aminophenethanol

Claim 1

A composition of matter comprising (1) a component selected from the group consisting of polymerizable vinyl monomers and unsaturated polyesters, (2) a peroxide catalyst, and (3) a tertiary aromatic amine having the following structure: ##STR22## where R 1 and R 2 are the same or different and are selected from the following groups: (a) --CH 3 , (b) --CH 2 CH 2 C n H 2n+1 with n varying between 0 and 18, ##STR23## where R 1 ', R 2 ' and R 3 ' are each either hydrogen, normal alkyl, --C n H 2n+1 , with n varying between 1 and 20, or t-butyl, but if one R' is t-butyl, then the adjacent R' is hydrogen, ##STR24## where R 1 " is --C n H 2n+1 with n varying from 0 to 17, or (f) --CH 2 CH 2 OH; and where R 3 is either hydrogen, or a lower normal alkanoyl group, ##STR25## with n varying between 1 and 20, or ##STR26## wherein R is hydrogen or a methyl group; or (B) a polymeric amine having 10 or fewer amine groups which is the reaction product of the amine ##STR27## in which R 1 and R 2 are each hydrogen and R 3 is as defined in (A), with the diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A, viz., ##STR28## where n varies between 1 and 10, or the hydrolysis product of this polymeric amine, viz., ##STR29## (C) an amine having the formula ##STR30## with n varying between 1 and 10, where R 1 and R 2 are as defined in (A) or are of the formula ##STR31## and where R 3 is as defined in (A); or (D) a polymeric amine having 10 or fewer amine groups which is the reaction product of the amine (B) with methacrylic or acrylic acid; or (E) an amine having the formula ##STR32## where R 1 and R 2 are as defined in (A) but with no greater than 5 carbon atoms in the alkyl substituents of R 1 and R 2 , and where n varies between 2 and 10; or (F) an amine having the formula ##STR33## where R 1 and R 2 are as defined in (A), and where n varies between 2 and 10.