Abstract: This invention relates to an aqueous binder composition containingA) an aqueous solution or dispersion of an organic polyol component which can be diluted with water and contains at least one polyester resin containing urethane, carboxylate and hydroxyl groups andB) a polyisocyanate component which has a viscosity of 50 to 10,000 mPa.s at 23.degree. C. and contains at least one organic polyisocyanate which is present as an emulsion in component A),wherein the NCO/OH equivalent ratio, based on the isocyanate groups of component B) and the hydroxyl groups of the polyol component present in A), is 0.5:1 to 5:1.The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of these coating compositions by emulsifying a polyisocyanate component having a viscosity of 50 to 10,000 mPa.s at 23.degree. C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous polyesters for high-solids stoving coatings which containa) 35.0 to 65.0% by weight of a polyester resin containing urethane, carboxyl and hydroxyl groups and containing the reaction product of77 to 89% by weight of a branched polyester polyol having a hydroxyl number of 125 to 175, an acid number of less than 4 and a molecular weight of 2,500 to 6,500,2) 2.5 to 4.5% by weight of a 2,2-bis-(hydroxymethyl)alkane carboxylic acid,3) 0 to 3.5% by weight of a diol component having a molecular weight of 62 to 250 and4) 9 to 19% by weight of a diisocyanate component,wherein the percentages of a1), a2), a3) and a4) add up to 100%, based on the weight of a1), a2), a3) and a4),b) 0.1 to 1.5% by weight of a basic neutralizing agent which is sufficient to convert 35 to 100% of the carboxyl groups of component a) to carboxylate groups,c) 0 to 7.5% by weight of an organic auxiliary solvent andd) 26 to 64.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating composition which is liquid and storable at room temperature and wherein the binder is based on a mixture of A) a crosslinking component containing at least one amino resin and/or at least one blocked polyisocyanate and B) a polyester component containing at least one hydroxyl- and carboxyl-functional polyester which also contains olefinic double bonds incorporated through unsaturated dicarboxylic acids. The present also related to coated substrates prepared from this coating composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition which is suitable for the preparation of coatings, sealants and/or fillers and contains one or more binder components and as reactive thinner an octadienyl ether which may contain ester groups and which has a viscosity at 23.degree. C. of at most 5,000 mPas and a content of 1 to 80% by weight of octadienyl groups, --C.sub.8 H.sub.13, 0 to 35% by weight of hydroxyl groups and 0 to 30% by weight of carboxyl groups.

Abstract: Suspensions of solid polyisocyanates inactivated on the surface of adduct formation in organic, isocyanate reactive compounds as continuous phase, which suspensions are stable in storage at room temperature and heat curable and optionally contain auxiliary agents and additives, the continuous phase containing at least 10% by weight of ether group- and ester group-containing polyhydroxyl compounds having an (average) hydroxyl functionality of from 0.5 to 3 and an (average) hydroxyl number of from 15 to 150 constituting esterification products of (i) polyether polyols having an (average) hydroxyl functionality of from 3 to 8 and an (average) hydroxyl number of from 200 to 1000 with (ii) from 40 to 90 equivalents percent of inorganic monocarboxylic acids and the use of these suspensions for the production of coatings, adhesives or sealing compounds, in particular as underseal and doorseal compounds for motor vehicles.

Abstract: Binders for moisture-hardening coating or sealing compositions contain modified copolymers having a weight average molecular weight of from 1,500 to 75,000 determined by gel permeation chromatography of olefinically unsaturated compounds containing chemically incorporated moieties which are addition-reactive to amino wherein the modified copolymers contain both(i) intramolecular carboxylic anhydride moieties and(ii) olefinically unsaturated (meth)acrylate moieties in chemically bound form as the moieties which are addition-reactive to amino, with the anhydride equivalent weight being in the range from 392 to 9,800 and the (meth)acrylate equivalent weight in the range from 284 to 7,100.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous solutions or dispersions of hydroxy-functional copolymers containing imide structural units corresponding to the formula ##STR1## The present invention also relates to a process for the production of these aqueous solutions or dispersions of hydroxy-functional copolymers containing imide structural units by reacting anhydride-functional and optionally carboxyl-functional copolymers corresponding to the hydroxy-functional copolymers with aminoalcohols and optionally aminocarboxylic acids. In a further embodiment of the process the hydroxy-functional copolymers may be reacted with lactones resulting in ring opening and the formation of ester groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to powder coating compositions which can be cured in the presence of heat and/or high energy radiation and contain polyurethanes which melt at temperatures of 50.degree. to 180.degree. C., have 3 to 10% by weight of olefinic double bonds in the form of (meth)acryloyl groups (calculated as .dbd.C.dbd.C.dbd., molecular weight=24) and are based on the reaction product ofA) 40 to 80 parts by weight of one or more organic polyisocyanates withB) 15 to 50 parts of weight of one or more monohydric alcohols containing (meth)acryloyl groups andC) 2 to 20 parts by weight one or more compounds which are free from (meth)acryloyl groups and contain isocyanate reactive groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to hydroxy functional polyacrylate copolymers having a molecular weight (M.sub.n) of about 2000 to 30,000 and containinga) about 1 to 70% by weight of structural units corresponding to the formula ##STR1## The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of these hydroxy functional copolymers by reacting the corresponding anhydride functional copolymers with amino alcohols. Finally, the present invention also relates to the use of these hydroxy functional copolymers as binder components in combination with polyisocyanates for the production of polyurethane lacquers, coatings, sealants, adhesives or printing inks.

Abstract: Oxidatively cross-linkable, water dilutable binders suitable for lacquers, coating compositions and sealing compounds are modified co-polymers of olefinically unsaturated compounds, having a molecular weight of 6000 to 160,000 and having for each 100 grams of solids content, a total of from60 to 250 milliequivalents of chemically incorporated carboxyl groups, of which from 10 to 100% are neutralized thereby rendering the product dilutable in water andfrom 15 to 50% by weight of chemically incorporated moieties corresponding to the formula--O--RwhereinR represents an olefinically monounsaturated or polyunsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon having a molecular weight above 166 and containing from 12 to 22 carbon atoms, are prepared by:(a) preparing a co-polymer having a molecular weight from 5000 to 80,000, determined by gel permeation chromatography, and having intramolecular carboxylic acid anhydride units corresponding to the formula ##STR1## and an anhydride equivalent weight of from 240 to 1960 by a radically i

Abstract: Water-dilutable binders for water-dilutable lacquers, coating compositions or sealing compounds consist essentially of a mixture of 5 to 40 parts by weight of a crosslinker resin and 60 to 95 parts by weight of a copolymer containing carboxyl groups or acid anhydride groups or both and further containing hydroxyl groups, and wherein the carboxyl or acid anhydride groups have been at least partially converted into carboxylate groups to the degree necessary to provide solubility or dispersibility of the binder in water and said copolymer is obtained by copolymerizing an alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid, a hydroxyalkyl acrylate or methacrylate, an olefinic monomer, a hydroxy-free acrylate or methacrylate and, optionally other mono-or polyunsaturated monomer, and wherein at least 30% of the hydroxyl groups of the copolymer are modified by esterification with a lactone.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to polyester polyols in the hydroxyl number range of about 80 to 250 which are based on reaction products of(a) about 52 to 60 mole % of a polyol component with(b) about 40 to 48 mole % of dicarboxylic acid component, characterized in that(a) the polyol component is based on (i) about 2 to 30 mole % of at least one dihydric aliphatic alcohol which has at least two carbon atoms and is different from neopentyl glycol, (ii) about 5 to 40 mole % of at least one aliphatic alcohol which is at least trihydric and has at least 3 carbon atoms, (iii) about 20 to 60 mole % of bis-(hydroxymethyl)-cyclohexane and (iv) about 10 to 50 mole % of neopentyl glycol, and(b) the dicarboxylic acid component is based on (v) about 50 to 99 mole % of at least one aliphatic, saturated dicarboxylic acid or an anhydride of such an acid containing at least 2 carbon atoms and (vi) about 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new binder combinations comprising(A) 99-30 parts by weight of OH-functional graft copolymer resins prepared by copolymerization of a polybutadiene having a molecular weight of from 500 to 10000 and containing more than 30% of 1,2-vinyl structure with selected olefinically unsaturated monomers and(B) 1 to 70 parts by weight of a multifunctional crosslinking resin, preferably a polyisocyanate resin. The new binder combinations are suitable for preparing coatings having a very high level of elasticity and an excellent surface hardness.

Abstract: The present invention relates to oxidatively drying binders containing ester groups and urethane groups, obtainable by the reaction of(A) about 60 to 98% by weight of esters having an oil length of about 20 to 75% by weight and an OH number of about 20 to 150 selected from(i) partial esters of polyhydric alcohols and long-chain unsaturated fatty acids and/or(ii) polyesters of polyhydric alcohols, long-chain unsaturated fatty acids and polycarboxylic acidswith(B) about 2 to 40% by weight of a polyisocyanate having the following structure ##STR1## wherein R is a C.sub.6 -C.sub.18, preferably a C.sub.8 -C.sub.15 and more preferably a C.sub.10 -C.sub.13 alkyl radical.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for the preparation of polymers containing hydroxyl groups by reacting polymers based on acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid and containing carboxyl groups with alkylene oxides in the presence of catalysts, characterized in that the catalysts used are(a) addition products containing two thioether groups of (i) mercaptoalkanols corresponding to the formula ##STR1## and (ii) doubly unsaturated terpene hydrocarbons and/or condensation products with a maximum molecular weight of 5000 obtained by the condensation of such addition products on their own or with other polyhydric alcohols having a molecular weight of 62 to about 200, and/or(b) relatively high molecular weight thioethers having a molecular weight of about 500 to 5000 obtainable by the condensation of thiodiglycols corresponding to the formula ##STR2## optionally in admixture with up to 50 hydroxyl equivalents percent, based on the total mixture, of other polyhydroxyl compounds having a molecular weight of

Abstract: An improved lacquer system composition based on alkyl resins and/or oil-free polyesters contains as a reactive diluent the esterification product of(A) polyols containing an average on average at least 3 hydroxyl groups per molecule and, per hydroxyl group, an average of 0.5 to 15, but in total no more than an average of 20 ether groups per molecule and(B) 0.05 to 1.0 equivalent, based on hydroxyl groups of A, of C.sub.2 -C.sub.30 monocarboxylic acids,with the proviso that the esterification products of A and B have an acid number of at most 5, a hydroxyl number of from 5 to 800 and, on average, from 0.1 to 5 hydroxyl groups per molecule.

Abstract: (Meth)acrylic acid esters can be prepared by acid-catalyzed reaction of (meth)acrylic acid with alcohols in a water-immiscible solvent. After the esterification, the reaction mixture is washed with aqueous solutions having an alkaline reaction and then reacted at elevated temperature with carbodiimides. Acid numbers below 0.5 (mg of KOH/g of substance) are obtained in this way. (Meth)acrylic acid esters are used, for example, as reactive diluents or as comonomers.

Abstract: Aqueous lacquers, which contain grafted polybutadiene/maleic acid semi-esters or semi-amides as bonding agent, can be siccativated while the siccative is firstly dispersed in the aqueous phase and the bonding agent is dispersed in this dispersion.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to polyhydroxyl compounds containing both ether and ester groups, having an average hydroxyl functionality of 2 to 6 and an average hydroxyl number of about 100 to 600, based on the esterification product of (i) polyether polyols having an average hydroxyl functionality of 3 to 8 and an average hydroxyl number of about 200 to 1000 with (ii) about 5 to 70 equivalent %, based on the hydroxyl group of component (i) and the carboxyl group of component (ii), of organic monocarboxylic acids. The present invention is also directed to the use of the polyhydroxyl compounds as synthesis components in the production of polyurethane plastics materials by the isocyanate-polyaddition process, particularly their use as the polyol component in two-component polyurethane coating agents and/or polyurethane casting systems which are solvent-free or have a low solvent content.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to cross-linkable, hydroxyl group-containing polymer resins which are obtained by copolymerizing olefinically-unsaturated monomers and are suitable as binder components for lacquers, the polymer resins having a hydroxyl number of about 20 to 400, an average osmometrically-determined molecular weight of about 500 to 30,000 and a molecular inhomogeneity U of about 0.5 to 15, characterized in that they contain about 0.2 to 80% by weight, preferably about 10 to 70% by weight, based on the total weight of the copolymers, of incorporated monomers selected from olefinically- and acetylenically-unsaturated aliphatic diols having 4 carbon atoms, the ether group-containing alkoxylation products thereof with a hydroxyl number of about 50 to 900, the reaction products of these diols with .epsilon.-caprolactone in a mol ratio of diol:-caprolactone of about 1:0.2 to 1:10 and any mixtures of these components.