Patent ID: 7087703
Filing Date: 2006-08-08
Classification: C08J,C08L

Abstract:
1. A resin composition capable of being thermally cured consisting essentially of a mixture of (a) a phenolic resole resin, (b) an optional strong acid curing catalyst, and (c) an etherified phosphate ester latent catalyst, the etherified phosphate ester latent catalyst being selected from the group consisting of (1) a phosphate ester produced by adding an alkoxylated polyol to phosphoric acid, said polyol being selected from the group consisting of glycerol, pentaerythritol, sucrose, a dihydric phenol, a polyhydric phenol, resorcinol, phloroglucinol, neopentyl glycol, and trimethylol propane, and (2) a phosphate ester of a mono epoxy functional diluent of the following formula: wherein R is an alkyl of 1 to 18 carbon atoms or an alkyl carbonyl of 1 to 18 alkyl carbon atoms, and wherein the alkyl can be straight or branched, produced by adding the mono epoxy functional diluent to phosphoric acid.