Preparation of polymeric reaction products of poly(alkoxyalkylene)amines and epihalohydrins

Claim 1

The process of making a polymeric reaction product which comprises reacting one molar proportion of a poly(oxyalkylene)amine of the structure A-(R 1 O) n -RNH 2 , wherein (a) R and each R 1 are independently selected from the group consisting of alkylene moieties containing from 2 to about 10 carbon atoms; (b) n is an integer from 2 to about 50; (c) A is selected from the group consiting of H 2 N, alkoxy, where the carbonaceous portion contains from 1 to about 40 carbon atoms, and ##STR3## wherein B is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl containing from 1 to about 10 carbon atoms, and y, z are integers from 1 to about 10; with about 0.5 to about 2.0 molar proportions of an epihalohydrin selected from the group consisting of epihalohydrin, 1-halo-3,4-epoxybutane, 1-halo-2,3-epoxybutane, 1-halo-4,5-epoxypentane, and 1-halo-3,4-epoxypentane, at a temperature from about 40° C. to about 150° C., thereafter reacting the resultant adduct with an inorganic base at said temperature, and recovering the polymeric reaction product.