Aqueous coating compositions

Claim 2

Aqueous selfcrosslinkable coating composition which composition comprises an aqueous dispersion comprising at least one polymer having chain-pendant amine functional groups and which also comprises at least one non-polymeric compound having at least two ketone groups reactable with the chain-pendant amine groups, each ketone group being part of a sub-grouping of formula: ##STR19## wherein --X-- is an electron withdrawing group and --M-- is --CH 2 --or ##STR20## where L is an alkyl, alkylene, or alkanetriyl group of at least one carbon atom, or a substituted derivative thereof.

Claim 3

Composition according to claim 1 wherein X is selected from an ester-linking moiety ##STR21## an amide-linking moiety ##STR22## and a ketonic carbonyl group

Claim 4

Composition according to either claim 1 or claim 2 which composition comprises an aqueous latex of said at least one polymer.

Claim 5

Composition according to any one of the preceding claims wherein said chain-pendant amine-functional group is a primary amino group (--NH 2 ) which is bonded to a carbon atom of an aliphatic grouping or is part of a hydrazino grouping (--NHNH 2 ).

Claim 6

Composition according any one of the preceding claims wherein the composition contains amine-functional groups and ketone functional groups in a ratio which is within the range of from 1:20 to 20:1.

Claim 7

Composition according to any one of the preceding claims wherein said at least one polymer is an addition polymer derived from one or more olefinically unsaturated monomers.

Claim 8

Composition according to claim 6 wherein said polymer of the composition is a copolymer formed by first preparing, using a free-radical addition polymerisation process, a precursor copolymer comprising polymerised units of at least one olefinically unsaturated monomer having at least one amine precursor group and at least one other olefinically unsaturated monomer, and subsequently reacting at least a proportion of the amine precursor groups to provide chain-pendant amine functional groups.

Claim 9

Composition according to claim 7 wherein the chain-pendant amine functional groups of said polymer have been introduced into the polymer by an immination reaction involving carboxyl groups as amine-precursor groups and an added aziridine compound.

Claim 10

Composition according to any one of claims 1 to 5 wherein said at least one polymer is a condensation polymer.

Claim 11

Composition according to claim 9 wherein said at least one polymer is a polyurethane polymer.

Claim 12

Composition according to claim 10 wherein said polyurethane polymer has been prepared by forming an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer from a reaction comprising at least one organic polyisocyanate and at least one organic compound containing at least two isocyanate-reactive groups and chain-extending the prepolymer by reaction with at least one active-hydrogen-containing compound, and wherein said lateral amino functional groups have been incorporated into the polymer either (a) by employing as a reactant in the prepolymer formation an isocyanate-reactive compound which also has a hydrazine-precursor group which becomes chain-pendant after polymer formation and subsequently converting the resulting chain-pendant precursor groups to chain-pendant hydrazino groups, or (b) by employing during the chain-extension stage an active-hydrogen chain-extending material which is or which includes a compound having a hydrazino group and which provides hydrazino groups pendant to the polymer chain.

Claim 13

Composition according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the ketone-containing non-polymeric compound of the composition is selected from acetoacetate esters, acetoacetate amides, and 1,3 diketones wherein the relevant sub-groupings are respectively of formula: ##STR23## where the asterisk denotes bonding to an alkylene or akanetriyl group.

Claim 14

Composition according to any one of claims 1 to 12 wherein the keto-containing non-polymeric compound is selected from 1,4-diketones and 1,5-diketones.

Claim 15

A film coating derived from a composition according to any one of the preceding claims.