Catechol or pyrogallol containing flexible insulating tape having low gel time

Claim 1

A composition comprising: (A) semi-solid epoxide, a mixture of solid epoxide and liquid epoxide or a mixture of semi-solid epoxide and liquid epoxide, with a solvent for said epoxide selected from the group consisting of ketones, aromatic hydrocarbons, and mixtures thereof, where the weight ratio of total epoxide to total solvent is from about 85:15 to about 10:90; (B) about 0.01 to about 5.0 phr of an organo-tin compound having the structural formula: (R).sub.3 SnX where each R is independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups having from about 1 to 10 carbon atoms, aryl groups, Cl, Br, or NO 2 substituted aryl groups, alkaryl groups with the alkyl constituent having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, Cl, Br, or NO 2 substituted alkaryl groups with the alkyl constituent having from about 1 to 10 carbon atoms, aralkyl groups with the alkyl constituent having from about 1 to 10 carbon atoms, cyclopentane, groups, cyclopentene groups, cyclopentadiene groups, cyclohexane groups, cyclohexene groups, cyclohexadiene groups, pyrrolidine groups, pyrrole groups, tetrahydrofuran groups, dioxane groups, pyridine groups and piperdine groups, and each X is selected from the group consisting of halide, hydroxide, acetate, butyrate, propionate, and dimethyl phosphate; and (C) about 0.001 to about 1 phr of an activator selected from the group consisting of catechol, pyrogallol, and mixtures thereof.