Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing a powdery coating material by using:

Abstract: The present invention relates to oligomeric copolymers of vinyl alcohol, vinyl esters and optionally, monomers that can be copolymerized with vinyl esters. The present invention also relates to processes for the production of these copolymers and to their used in the production of polyurethanes. Preferred oligomeric copolymers of the present invention include vinyl acetate/vinyl alcohol copolymers having a degree of polymerization of less than 30, and an OH-functionality of 1 to 15.

Abstract: This invention provides water-based compositions which are essentially free of hydrocarbon solvents, particularly coating, ink, fountain solution, adhesive and agricultural compositions, manifesting reduced equilibrium and dynamic surface tension by the incorporation of a surface tension reducing amount of certain tartrate diester compounds of the structure 1

Abstract: There is provided an acrylic resin film having good matted appearances and good printing characteristics, e.g., little suffering missing prints when printed.

Abstract: Releasable tag reagents for use in the detection and analysis of target molecules, particular in mass spectrometric analyses are provided. Also provided are methods of detection that employ releasable tag reagents.

Abstract: Polyester based polycarbonate (meth)acrylates prepared by the reaction of a alkylene or arylene diol polycarbonate with an anhydride or its dicarboxylic acid to form a carboxyl terminated diester, reacting the diester with a diglycidyl ether and an acrylic or methacrylic acid to form an acrylate terminate polymer which is useful for radiation cured coatings which have superior adhesion and reverse impact strength when applied to plastic substrates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polyurethane polyol compositions comprising the reaction product of a polyisocyanate, a polyol, and a Guerbet alcohol having at least 12 carbon atoms or a Guerbet alcohol mixture having an average of at least 12 carbon atoms. Preferred polyols are &agr;,&bgr; diols and &agr;,&ggr; diols. The polyurethane polyol compositions exhibit very low viscosity and are particularly useful in very low VOC coating compositions. The resulting cured coating provides surprisingly improved properties.

Abstract: A coating composition for application to primed metal substrates as a topcoat is disclosed. The coating composition is especially useful on metal closures for vacuum-packed food products. The coating composition is free of a halide-containing vinyl polymer and comprises: (a) an acrylate co-polymer having pendant hydroxy groups, (b) a hydroxy-terminated polyester, (c) a crosslinker, and (d) a nonaqueous carrier.

Abstract: There are disclosed a thermosetting resin composition for a powder paint in which a resin composition component (A) is a (block) copolymer obtained by allowing a vinyl-based polymer G (branch) block (component (a-1)) to graft-react with a vinyl-based polymer S (back bone) block (component (a-2)), and if the solubility parameters of the components (a-1) and (a-2) are represented by SPG and SPG, respectively, SPG and SPS satisfy the following numerical formula (I), and a thermosetting powder paint composition comprising a resin composition component (A) and a hardener composition component (B) wherein the component (A) is said thermosetting resin composition for a powder paint. By these compositions, a thermosetting powder paint composition having excellent storage stabilities, appearance properties, physical properties and chemical properties can be provided.

Abstract: Methods for irradiation induced graft polymerization of a monomers, such as styrenes, onto fluoropolymers are provided. The methods, which involve either the use of acids, preferably mineral acids, or creating a rough surface on the fluoropolymer, provide higher levels of grafting of the copolymer than grafting in the absence of the acid or of the rough surface on the fluoropolymer. Also provided are grafted copolymers produced by the methods. Methods for increasing the performance of solid phase assays, such as scintillation proximity assays, are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to coating compositions comprising(A) at least one component which contains hydroxyl groups, consisting of at least one polyacrylate resin which contains hydroxyl groupsand(B) at least one crosslinking agent,characterized in thatan aromatic carboxylic acid or of an anhydride is added to component (A) after its preparation or to the coating composition.

Abstract: Acrylate copolymers AB obtainable by polymerization of a monomer mixture A in an organic solvent or in bulk, the monomer mixture A comprising proportions by mass of from 25 to 80% of C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl (meth)acrylates whose alkyl radicals can be linear, branched or cyclic, from 1 to 28% of C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 -hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylates whose hydroxyalkyl radicals can be linear, branched or cyclic, from 0.5 to 20% of .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acids and from 0 to 55% of aromatic vinyl compounds or aliphatic vinyl esters and vinyl ethers, vinyl halides, olefinically unsaturated ketones or aldehydes, esters of glycidyl alcohol or methylglycidyl alcohol with olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acids, or nitriles of .alpha.,.beta.

Abstract: Process for the production of preoriented filaments from polyester-based polymer mixtures by spinning the polymer mixtures with a draw-off speed v of at least 2500 m/min, a second amorphous, thermoplastically processable copolymer having a glass transition temperature of more than 100.degree. C. being added to the polyester, wherein the ratio of the melt viscosity of the copolymer to the melt viscosity of the polyester is 1:1 to 10:1, in that the amount of copolymer added to the polyester is at least 0.05 wt.

Abstract: A resin composition curable through a Michael reaction between (a) a component having a plurality of .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturate carbonyl groups and (b) a component having a plurality of activated methylene group in the presence of a catalyst is disclosed. The activated methylene component is a polymer of an asymmetric malonate ester in which one of carboxyl groups is esterified with an alkanol while the other carboxyl group is esterified with hydroxyalkyl (meth) acrylate or polyoxyalkylene glycol mono(meth)acrylate.

Abstract: A water-based thermosetting coating composition comprises a polyester resin having a number of pendant carboxyl groups and a crosslinker for the resin both dispersed in an aqueous medium containing a neutralizing base. The polyester resin contains as polyester-forming polyhydric alcohol reactants from 1 to 40% by weight of the entire polyester-forming reactants of a polyalkadienediol or a hydrogenated products thereof and from 2 to 50% by weight of the entire polyester-forming reactants of a 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)alkanoic acid. The coating composition is useful for forming a multilayer coating film on metallic substrates such as automobile bodies by applying the coating composition as an intermediate coating layer between an electrodeposition coating layer and a top coating layer.

Abstract: A resin composition comprises an acrylated polyester, the polyester being the reaction product of an equivalent excess of 1,6-hexanediol and an aromatic polycarboxylic acid or anhydride, preferably trimellitic anhydride. In the preferred embodiment, the reaction product includes a highly ethoxylated triacrylate. Upon UV initiated polymerization or copolymerization, improved clear coatings for "no-wax" resilient floors are obtained. These coatings have better resistance to household and other stains than commercial urethane/acrylate floor coverings.

Abstract: This invention relates to a polyester resin comprising (A) from about 5% to about 50% by weight reactive diluent and (B) from about 50% to about 95% by weight of an unsaturated polyester resin prepared from at least one component selected from the group consisting of (i) from about 0.5% up to about 8% by mole of a polyhydric alcohol, having at least three hydroxyl groups, and at least one transesterification catalyst, (ii) from about 2% up to about 12% by mole of a reaction product of a polyol and a fatty carboxylic acid, and (iii) from about 2% up to about 12% by mole of a fatty reactant selected from the group consisting of a fatty primary alcohol, a fatty epoxide, a fatty monocarboxylic acid and mixtures thereof, wherein each member of the group has up to about 100 carbon atoms. In another aspect, the invention relates to mixtures of the above polyester resins with conventional polyester resins. Methods of reducing volatile organic compound emissions are also part of the invention.

Abstract: A resin composition includes a dicyclopentenyl-group containing unsaturated polyester resin, a phenothiazine derivative (a) and an anion producing compound (b). On the other hand, resin composition includes a thermosetting resin, a phenothiazine derivative (a), an anion producing compound (b) and a phosphorous ester (c). A manufacturing method of resin composition includes the step of obtaining a dicyclopentenyl-group-containing unsaturated polyester by polycondensing unsaturated polyester material including a compound having a dicyclopentenyl group, and the step of mixing a cross-linking monomer with the obtained dicyclopentenyl-group-containing unsaturated polyester, wherein the phenothiazine (a) and the anion producing compound (b) are added in at least one of those steps.

Abstract: There is a provided a stable low viscosity graft polymer dispersion comprising from 25 to 60 weight percent based on the total weight of the polymer dispersion of at least three ethylenically unsaturated monomers polymerized in the presence of a reaction moderator and a free radical initiator in a polyol mixture initially containing less than 0.1 moles of induced unsaturation per mole of said polyol mixture. One of the monomers in the mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers is a hydroxylfunctional or aminofunctional C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkyl methacrylate.

Abstract: The invention relates to reaction products of polyetheramines with polymers containing dicarboxylic anhydride groups, which contain 20-80, preferably 40-60, mol % of bivalent structural units A and/or C and, if required, B ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, independently of one another, are hydrogen or methyl,a and b are equal to zero or one and a+b is equal to one,Y is X or NRR.sup.3,X is --OH, --O--C.sub.1-30 -alkyl, NR.sup.3 R.sup.4 or --O.sup..crclbar. N.sup..sym. R.sup.3 R.sup.4,R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, independently of one another, are hydrogen, C.sub.6 -C.sub.40 -alkyl or R,R is ##STR2## with the proviso that at least 1 mol % of the anhydride groups bonded to the polymer have reacted with a polyetheramine,Z is C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkyl,n is a number from 1 to 1000,R.sup.5 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.30 -alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 -cycloalkyl or C.sub.6 -C.sub.30 -aryl andR.sup.6 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: This invention relates to a polyester resin comprising (A) from about 5% to about 50% by weight reactive diluent and (B) from about 50% to about 95% by weight of an unsaturated polyester resin prepared from at least one component selected from the group consisting of (i) from about 0.5% up to about 8% by mole of a polyhydric alcohol, having at least three hydroxyl groups, and at least one transesterification catalyst, (ii) from about 2% up to about 12% by mole of a reaction product of a polyol and a fatty carboxylic acid, and (iii) from about 2% up to about 12% by mole of a fatty reactant selected from the group consisting of a fatty primary alcohol, a fatty epoxide, a fatty monocarboxylic acid and mixtures thereof, wherein each member of the group has up to about 100 carbon atoms. In another aspect, the invention relates to mixtures of the above polyester resins with conventional polyester resins. Methods of reducing volatile organic compound emissions are also part of the invention.

Abstract: An improved process for making polyetherester resins is disclosed. The process comprises reacting a polyether with a diol diester in the presence of a catalyst that promotes random insertion of the diester into carbon-oxygen bonds of the polyether to produce the polyetherester resin. The process of the invention offers many advantages, including higher resin yields, reduced by-product generation, and the ability to make resins with low color and low acid numbers. The resins are useful for making polyetherester thermosets.

Abstract: There are herein disclosed a method for preparing a modified resin which comprises thermal/reaction by the use of a norbornenyl group-containing compound typified by norbornenecarboguanamine or its derivative, a method for preparing an epoxy-modified resin which comprises the step of reacting the above-mentioned modified resin and an epoxide, a flame-retarding method, a thermal stabilization method, a compatibilizing method and a surface modification method which comprise utilizing the modified resin, as well as a coating resin composition and an adhesive resin composition containing the modified resin. According to the, preparation methods of the present invention, the deterioration of a material scarcely occurs, and a functional group which is excellent in flame retardancy, thermal stability, compatibility and the like can be introduced to the resins.

Abstract: A resin composition comprises an acrylated polyester, the polyester being the reaction product of an equivalent excess of 1,6-hexanediol and an aromatic polycarboxylic acid or anhydride, preferably trimellitic anhydride. In the preferred embodiment, the reaction product includes a highly ethoxylated triacrylate. Upon UV initiated polymerization or copolymerization, improved clear coatings for "no-wax" resilient floors are obtained. These coatings have better resistance to household and other stains than commercial urethane/acrylate floor coverings.

Abstract: An adherent film-forming composition comprising a carbamate-functional polyester polymer or oligomer, a hydroxy functional polymer derived from ethylenically unsaturated monomers and an aminoplast crosslinking agent is disclosed. The coating composition can be used to produce clear coats in composite color plus clear coatings exhibiting good levels of acid etch resistance as well as high intercoat adhesion. Also disclosed are a method of applying a composite color plus clear coating to a substrate and the coated article prepared by such a method.

Abstract: A radiation-curable powder composition for use as varnish or paint which comprises at least one crystalline polyester containing end methacrylyl groups comprising the reaction products of glycidyl methacrylate and of a crystalline polyester containing end carboxyl groups is described. The said crystalline polyester containing end carboxyl groups is either(a) a polyester which is the reaction product of(1) an acid constituent which contains (a.1.1) 85 to 100 mol % of terephthalic acid or of 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid and (a.1.2) 0 to 15 mol % of at least one other aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic di- or polycarboxylic acid having from 4 to 14 carbon atoms, and(2) an alcohol constituent which contains (a.2.1) 85 to 100 mol % of a saturated, straight-chain, aliphatic diol having from 2 to 12 carbon atoms and (a.2.

Abstract: Coating compositions and processes for coating wood and wood materials are described. The compositions comprise a first component comprising at least one reactive thinner and at least one unsaturated polyester, and a second component comprising a curing catalyst. The unsaturated polyester of the first component is the reaction product of: (a) a mixture of at least one saturated aliphatic dicarboxylic acid with 6 to 10 carbon atoms and at least one ethylenically unsaturated aliphatic dicarboxylic acid selected from maleic acid, fumaric acid, itaconic acid, citraconic acid, and mixtures thereof; (b) a diol component consisting of at least one of 1,4-dimethylolcyclohexane and substituted dimethylolcyclohexanes, with up to 50 mol % monomeric or oligomeric glycol, based on total moles of the diol component; and (c) up to 10 mol % of a polyol, based on total moles of polyester reactants. The compositions and processes of the invention result in coatings with improved hardness and aged cold crack resistance.

Abstract: Multi-component composites containing a linear polyester of an alkyl glycol and an aromatic diacid as one component, rubber as a second component, and a third component which is a compatibilizing polyester (polystyrene copolymer).

Abstract: Powder coating composition which comprises a hybrid polymer system in granular form of a polymer A formable from monomer(s) by aqueous suspension polymerisation and a polymer B, different to A, which polymer system has been obtained using a process which comprises dissolving polymer B in monomeric material to be used in the formation of polymer A, polymerising the monomer(s) to form polymer A using an aqueous suspension polymerisation process, and removing the aqueous phase to form a hybrid of the polymers A and B in granular form, and wherein polymer A and polymer B bear functional groups for imparting curability to the hybrid polymer system, and wherein further the hybrid polymer system has a number average molecular weight within the range of from 1500 to 15,000.

Abstract: A thermosetting composition which comprises:(D) a self-crosslinking compound having in the molecule (a) one or more functional groups of the formula (2): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are each hydrogen or an organic group of 1 to 18 carbons, R.sup.8 is an organic group of 1 to 18 carbons, Y.sup.2 is oxygen or sulfur, or R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are bonded with each other to form a heterocyclic structure which comprises Y.sup.2 as the heteroatom component; and (b) one or more reactive functional groups which can form a chemical bond with carboxyl functional groups which are regenerated from (a) by heating; (C) optionally, a thermal latent acid catalyst which is activated during curing of the composition by heating; (A) optionally, a compound having in the molecule two or more functional groups of the formula (1): ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each hydrogen or an organic group of 1 to 18 carbons, R.sup.4 is an organic group of 1 to 18 carbons, Y.sup.1 is oxygen or sulfur, or R.

Abstract: This invention is a thermoplastic saturated polyester low profile additive (low profile additive) useful in sheet molding compounds for parts, especially vehicle parts, the additive has a major component derived from aromatic compounds such as terephthalic acid including recycled polyethylene terephthalate. Asymmetrical glycols are an important ingredient and can be used to digest recycled PET to make oligomeric glycols which are reacted with acids having fewer than 12 carbon atoms to make one of the low profile additives of this invention.

Abstract: Thermosetting composition comprises a compound having in the molecule two or more carboxyl groups blocked by a vinyl ether compound, a vinyl thioether compound or a hetero compound having a vinyl type double bond and oxygen or sulfur as the hetero atom, a compound having two or more reactive functional groups which can form a chemical bond with the blocked carboxyl compound by heating, a specific vinyl ether or vinyl thioether and a thermal latent acid catalyst. The blocked carboxy group of the first compound and the reactive functional group of the second compound may be comprised in the same molecule. The thermosetting composition gives cured products having excellent chemical properties, physical properties, weathering resistant and storage stability and is advantageously utilized for coating compositions, ink, adhesive and molded plastics.

Abstract: A polymer electric device including a conductor and an electrically insulating polymer layer in contact with the conductor, wherein the electrically insulating polymer layer is a self-recovering and electrically insulating polymer layer which chemically reacts under the electric field of the conductor and recovers the electrically insulating properties of the polymer layer in the vicinity of the conductor which deteriorate with time.

Abstract: A thermal latent compound which is prepared by a reaction of a polycarboxyl compound having two or more carboxyl groups in the molecule, having an acid equivalent of not more than 1000 g/mole and a number average molecular weight of not more than 4000, with a monovinyl ether compound, wherein at least two carboxyl groups are transformed into a functional group of the formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each a hydrogen atom or an organic group of 1 to 18 carbon atoms, R.sup.4 is an organic group of 1 to 18 carbon atoms, Y.sup.1 is an oxygen atom or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are bonded together to form a heterocyclic with Y.sup.1 as a heteroatom.

Abstract: Polyester resins suitable as binders for electrophotographic toners and for acceptor layers for the thermal diffusion printing process based on hydroxyl-containing prepolymers of olefinically unsaturated monomers obtained by(1) polymerization of a mixture of(a) from 60 to 90% by weight of styrene or of a styrene derivative,(b) from 0 to 40% by weight of one or more C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aminoacrylates which have a viscosity of 200 to 3000 mPa.s at 23.degree. C. and 100% solids, a content of olefinic double bonds (calculated as C=C, molecular weight=24) of 8 to 20% by weight and a nitrogen content of 0.4 to 2.0% by weight, and which are prepared by an addition reaction by reacting at a molar ratio of primary amino groups from component a) to olefinic double bonds from component b) of 0.05:1 to 0.25:1a) mono- or diamines having a molecular weight of 31 to 300 and having aliphatically bound amino groups withb) acrylic esters of polyhydric alcohols which have been prepared at a COOH/OH equivalent ratio of 0.8:1 to 1:1 fromb1) acrylic acid andb2) ether-alcohols which have 3 or 4 hydroxyl groups and a molecular weight of 136 to 1000, possess at least one ethylene oxide unit --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --O-- as part of the ether structure and do not contain propylene oxide units --CH.sub.2 --CH(CH.sub.3)--O--.

Abstract: Spherical resin particles having a sharp particle size distribution and a method for producing such particles are disclosed. Resin particles according to this invention contain at least a polyester polymer and a polymer formed from a polymerizable monomer, and have an average diameter (D) of 1 to 500 .mu.m. At least 70% by weight of the particles have a diameter in the range of 0.5 D to 2.0 D. Such resin particles can be produced by swelling polyester-containing seed particles with a polymerizable monomer and then polymerizing the polymerizable monomer in swelled seed particles.

Abstract: An unsaturated polyester resin composition capable of affording a molded product having a small cured volume shrinkage, a superior dimensional stability, a surface quality and a high hardness, a sheet-form molding material using the composition and a process for producing a fiber-reinforced plastic molded product are provided, which composition comprises a saturated polyester obtained by reacting a saturated dibasic acid component containing 20% by mol or more of adipic acid with a saturated glycol component and having a number average molecular weight of 4,000 or higher and an acid value of 2 to 8 KOH mg/g, an unsaturated polyester and an ethylenic unsaturated monomer; which sheet-form molding material has the unsaturated resin composition together with a fiber reinforcing material placed between two films.

Abstract: A resin composition for toners, composed essentially of a suspension polymerizate of:(a) 5 to 40% by weight per total polymer of a polyester comprising at least one aromatic diol component an at least one aliphatic diol component, and having a weight average molecular weight of 3,000 to 30,000, an acid value of 0.5 to 10 mgKOH/g, and an OH value of 10 to 60 mgKOH/g;(b) 60 to 95% by weight per total polymer of a vinyl monomer; and(c) 0.1 to 1.0% by weight per total polymer of a divinyl monomer,wherein said suspension polymerizate hasa glass transition temperature of 40.degree. to 70.degree. C.,an acid value of 0.1 to 10 mgKOH/g, anda softening temperature of 100.degree. to 160.degree. C.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel hydroxy-functional polyester diluents, and more particularly, to acrylic-modified hydroxy-functional polyester reactive diluents useful for blending with a variety of thermosetting or thermoplastic film-forming polymers. More specifically, the hydroxy-functional polyester reactive diluents are essentially low molecular weight polyesters derived from triols, and a combination of unsaturated monocarboxylic acids and saturated monocarboxylic acids. These hydroxy-functional polyester diluents may be copolymerized with one or more acrylic monomers, i.e. hydroxy-functional acrylic monomers, and blended with a variety of thermosetting or thermoplastic film-forming polymers. These blends of the film-forming polymers and the hydroxy-functional polyester diluents can be crosslinked with conventional crosslinking agents such as isocyanates and used in the formulation of low VOC paint compositions particularly useful as automotive topcoats.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing flowable, stable and hardenable compositions, comprising mixing:a) a liquid basis constituted by at least one polymerizable monomer;b) a finely ground mineral filler;c) a silanizing agent for the mineral filler; andd) a hydrolysis catalyst of the silanizing agent, selected from the ammonium salts of organic acids.

Abstract: Spherical resin particles having a sharp particle size distribution and a method for producing such particles are disclosed. Resin particles according to this invention contain at least a polyester polymer and a polymer formed from a polymerizable monomer, and have an average diameter (D) of 1 to 500 .mu.m. At least 70% by weight of the particles have a diameter in the range of 0.5 D to 2.0 D. Such resin particles can be produced by swelling polyester-containing seed particles with a polymerizable monomer and then polymerizing the polymerizable monomer in swelled seed particles.

Abstract: This invention is a low cost styrene-soluble unsaturated polyester resin made using recycled or virgin polyethylene terephthalate. The PET is first glycolyzed using inexpensive glycols and then reacted with maleic anhydride and dicyclopentadiene, forming polyesters containing cyclopentadiene added by Diels-Alder reaction and/or norbornyl-terminated polyesters.

Abstract: A thermosetting powder paint coating containing a polymeric binder comprising a polyester graft acrylic copolymer and a low molecular weight crystalline polyester. The coatings can be pigmented or non-pigmented. The polyester-graft-acrylic copolymer can be self-crosslinking by the inclusion of beta-hydroxy ester groups or crosslinked by an external crosslinker.

Abstract: A cyanoacrylate adhesive composition having improved toughness comprising a cyanoacrylate monomer and an effective toughening amount of a polyester polymer derived from a dibasic aliphatic or aromatic carboxylic acid and a glycol and having repeating units of the structure: ##STR1## where R is the organic residue of the dibasic carboxylic acid and R.sup.1 is the organic residue of the glycol, the polyester having a weight average molecular weight of greater than 10,000 and a Tg of from about -40.degree. to 30.degree. C.

Abstract: A thermosetting powder paint coating containing a polymeric binder comprising a polyester graft acrylic copolymer and a low molecular weight crystalline polyester. The coatings can be pigmented or non-pigmented. The polyester-graft-acrylic copolymer can be self-crosslinking by the inclusion of beta-hydroxy ester groups or crosslinked by an external crosslinker.

Abstract: Disclosed are polymer blends of polyesters or polyesteramides and a polymer containing an acrylamide sulfonate monomer. The blends are preferably prepared by polymerizing monomers in the presence of the polyester or polyesteramide. The blends impart superior freeze-thaw stability to aqueous compositions such as inks.

Abstract: The invention relates to segmented copolyesteramides built up from units derived from one or more flexible segments, 1,4-butanediol, 1,4-butanediamine and terephthalic.

Abstract: A thermosetting coating composition is provided, which composition is based upon (A) an activated unsaturated group-containing compound, (B) an activated CH group-containing compound and (C) a strong basic catalyst, wherein the strong basic catalyst is blocked with a [particular] carboxylic acid which is volatile and/or undergoes decarboxylation under curing conditions. These coating compositions possess extended potlife, good curing speed, and a good balance of physical and mechanical properties making them especially well suited for a variety of coatings uses such as in paint, impregnating, sealing and bonding compositions.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards non-liquid crystalline phenol-terminated diester compositions which may be liquids or solids and crosslinkable formulations containing a mixture of the phenol terminated diesters and an amino crosslinking agent. These diesters are characterized by the structure of formula 1: ##STR1## wherein R is an aliphatic divalent hydrocarbon radical containing 2 to 40 carbon atoms or a mixture of such radicals, provided however that R contains at least about 8 carbon atoms when n is 0 and p is 0, R.sub.1 is an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon radical containing 2 to 40 carbon atoms or a mixture of such radicals, R.sub.