Patent ID: 6150429
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: C09D

Abstract:
A polyester coating composition containing essentially no volatile organic components, the composition comprising:(a) at least one prepolymer which comprises the reaction product of(i) at least one substituted vinyl dioxolane monomer having the formula ##STR8## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.1 ' are independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, n is a number from 0 to about 10, and R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, and R.sub.5 are independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having irom 1 to about 10 carbon atoms; and(ii) at least one ester of a polycarboxylic acid; and(b) a catalyst system comprising cobalt and aluminum and excluding zinc to initiate polymerization of the prepolymer of step (a) to form a coating.