Water-soluble or water-dispersible resinous sulphur or phosphorus containing salts, their preparation, and their use in coatings

Claim 1

A salt of the general formula I ##STR20## where R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R 1 represents an aliphatic, aromatic, or araliphatic di- or trivalent hydrocarbon group having up to 10 carbon atoms, R 2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, one of R 3 and R 3 1 represents a hydroxyl group and the other represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an alkenyl group of 2 to 4 carbon atoms, each R 4 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an alkenyl group of 2 to 4 carbon atoms, R 5 represents an atom or a group bonded to a ring carbon atom which is ortho or para to the group R 3 or R 3 1 that represents a hydroxyl group, and is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group of 2 to 4 carbon atoms, a group of formula --CH(R 2 )OH, a group of formula --CH(R 2 )OR 8 , or a group of formula II ##STR21## R 6 represents the residue of a polyepoxide after removal of (m+p) 1,2-epoxide groups, each of the substituents R 7 represents either a hydrogen atom or a covalent bond linked to the group R 6 to form a cycloaliphatic ring, R 8 represents either an alkyl group of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an alkoxyalkyl group wherein the alkoxy group and the alkyl group each have from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R 9 represents the residue of a monohydric phenol, a secondary monoamine, or a monocarboxylic acid after removal of the hydrogen atom of the phenolic hydroxyl group, the secondary amino group, or the carboxylic acid group, m represents 1, 2, 3 or 4, n represents zero or 1, p represents zero or 1 such that (m+p) is at least 2 and at most 4, t represents 1 or 2, X represents an alkylene or alkylidene group of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a carbonyl or sulfonyl group, an oxygen or sulfur atom, or a valence bond, M + represents a hydrogen ion, a cation derived from an alkali metal, ammonia, an amine, including quaternary ammonium cations, or one valence of a polyvalent cation, with the proviso that at least 25% of the ions M + represent a said cation, s represents 1 or 2, and Y t- represents an anion of formulae III, IV or V ##STR22##