Water dissipatable polyesters

Claim 2

A linear, water-dissipatable polyester of (a) at least one dicarboxylic acid, (b) at least one glycol, (c) an amount sufficient to provide said water-dissipatible characteristic of said polymer of at least one polycarboxylic acid or polyhydric alcohol which contains a sulfonic acid salt moiety derived from a nitrogen-containing base having an ionization constant in water at 25° C. of 10 -3 to 10 -10 , said polyester having an I.V. of at least 0.1 as measured in a 60/40 mixture of phenol-tetrachloroethane.

Claim 3

A linear, water-dissipatable polyester according to claim 1 wherein said polycarboxylic acid or polyhydric alcohol containing said sulfonic acid salt moiety is present in an amount of from about 5 to about 20 mole percent based on the total acid or glycol content.

Claim 4

A linear, water-dissipatable polyester according to claim 1 wherein said polycarboxylic acid or polyhydric alcohol containing said sulfonic acid salt moiety is present in an amount of from about 8 to about 15 mole percent based on the total acid or glycol content.

Claim 5

A linear, water-dissipatable polyester according to claim 1 wherein said dicarboxylic acid comprises isophthalic acid.

Claim 6

A linear, water-dissipatable polyester according to claim 1 wherein said glycol compresis a polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of from about 100 to about 1000.

Claim 7

A linear, water-dissipatable polyester according to claim 5 wherein said glycol comprises diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, or mixtures thereof.

Claim 8

A linear, water-dissipatable polyester according to claim 1 wherein said sulfonic acid salt moiety is attached to an aromatic nucleus.

Claim 9

A linear, water-dissipatable polyester according to claim 1 wherein said acid comprises isophthalic acid, said glycol comprises a polyethylene glycol and said sulfonic acid salt moiety is attached to an aromatic nucleus.

Claim 10

A linear, water-dissipatable polyester according to claim 1 wherein the ionization constant of said nitrogen-containing base is water at 25° C. is between 10 -5 and 10 -8 .

Claim 11

A linear, water-dissipatable polyester according to claim 9 wherein said nitrogen-containing base is selected from ammonia, dimethylethanolamine, diethanolamine, triethanolamine, pyridine, morpholine and piperidine.

Claim 12

A linear, water-dissipatable polyester of (a) at least one dicarboxylic acid and at least one α,β unsaturated acid, (b) at least one glycol, (c) an amount sufficient to provide said water-dissipatible characteristic of said polymer of at least one polycarboxylic acid or polyhydric alcohol which contains a sulfonic acid salt moiety derived from a nitrogen-containing base having an ionization constant in water at 25° C. of 10 -3 to 10 -10 , and (d) from 0.1 to about 80 mole percent of at least one difunctional compound selected from a hydroxycarboxylic acid having one --CH 2 OH group, an aminocarboxylic acid having one --NRH group, an amino-alcohol having one CR 2 --CH group and one --NRH group, as diamine having two --NRH groups, wherein R is H or a 1-4 carbon alkyl group, said polyester having an I.V. of at least 0.1 as measured in a 60/40 mixture of phenol-tetrachloroethane.

Claim 13

A linear, water-dissipatable polyester of (a) at least one dicarboxylic acid and at least one α,β unsaturated acid, (b) at least one glycol, (c) an amount sufficient to provide said water-dissipatible characteristic of said polymer of at least one polycarboxylic acid or polyhydric alcohol which contains a sulfonic acid salt moiety derived from a nitrogen-containing base having an ionization constant in water at 25° C. of 10 -3 to 10 -10 , and (d) from 0.1 to about 80 mole percent of at least one difunctional compound selected from a hydroxycarboxylic acid having one --CH 2 OH group, an aminocarboxylic acid having one --NRH group, an amino-alcohol having one CR 2 --CH group and one --NRH group, as diamine having two --NRH groups, wherein R is H or a 1-4 carbon alkyl group, said polyester having an I.V. of at least 0.1 as measured in a 60/40 mixture of phenol-tetrachloroethane.

Claim 14

An aqueous solution of the polyester defined in claim 1.

Claim 15

An aqueous solution of the polyester defined in claim 2.

Claim 16

An aqueous solution of the polyester defined in claim 3.

Claim 17

An aqueous solution of the polyester defined in claim 4.

Claim 18

An aqueous solution of the polyester defined in claim 5.

Claim 19

An aqueous solution of the polyester defined in claim 6.

Claim 20

An aqueous solution of the polyester defined in claim 7.

Claim 21

An aqueous solution of the polyester defined in claim 8.

Claim 22

An aqueous solution of the polyester defined in claim 9.

Claim 23

An aqueous solution of the polyester defined in claim 10.

Claim 24

An aqueous solution of the polyester defined in claim 11.