Process for producing polymers useful in thermoset coatings and polymer so produced
US4933430A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 19, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jun 12, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 19, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08G85/00
- WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A polymerization process to produce polyol polymer useful in the formulation of thermoset coatings, including the polymer so produced, is disclosed. The polymers are characterized as having at least one main chain and a plurality of side chains attached thereto. The polymerization process comprises combining in a solvent, at an elevated temperature and for a predetermined period of time, an addition-polymerizable monomer (that is also a free-radical initiator) together with an ethylenically-unsaturated monomer (having a nucleophilic or an electrophilic moiety), to initiate addition copolymerization of the addition-polymerizable monomer with the ethylenically-unsaturated monomer, whereby propagation of the reaction forms the main chain of the polymer. Meanwhile, also combined in the solvent is a polymerizable, carbonyl carbon-containing, ringed molecule--such as a lactone--which, at the elevated temperature, has a ring portion that opens to initiate ionic-copolymerization (of the now-opened ring molecule) with the nucleophilic-containing or electrophilic-containing moiety, whereby propagation of this reaction forms the side chains of the polyol polymer. Termination of the addition-c…
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