Accelerator for curable compositions

Claim 1

A curable adhesive and sealant composition comprising: (a) a room temperature polymerizable acrylate ester having the formula ##STR14## wherein n is an integer from 2 to about 6; B is a polyvalent organic radical selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkaryl and heterocyclic radicals both substituted and unsubstituted; R 7 is selected from the class consisting of hydrogen, chlorine and methyl and ethyl radicals; and R 8 is a divalent organic radical selected from the group consisting of lower alkylene of 1 through 8 carbon atoms, phenylene and napthylene, and X is selected from the group consisting of --O-- and ##STR15## wherein R 9 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and lower alkyl of 1 through 7 carbon atoms; (b) a free radical initiator in an amount sufficient to initiate polymerization of said ester; and, (c) as a polymerization accelerator, a compound having the formula ##STR16## wherein R 1 is phenyl substituted with C 1 -C 4 alkyl group and R 2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, carbonyl, amino, and the following groups: ##STR17## wherein R 10 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups containing one to about 10 carbon atoms, alkenyl groups containing two to about 10 carbon atoms, and aryl groups containing up to about 10 carbon atoms, said accelerator being present in an amount sufficient to accelerate the polymerization at room temperature.