Patent AU-750104-B2 (AU)
Title: Polyester polyols of low molecular mass, their preparation and use in coating compositions
Inventor: EPPLE ULRICH
IPC: C08G18/40
Filed: 1999-03-03
Granted: 2002-07-11
Abstract: Two component polyurethane lacquers containing low molecular polyester polyols as the hydroxyl containing component provide good adhesion to the base coat and to metal primers in automobile repairs.   Low molecular polyester-polyols (X) of mean molecular weight Mw of 2000 g/mol maximum, hydroxyl number 80-300 mg/g, and acid number 5-35 mg/g containing the above material amounts are derived from: (a) 1-45% of aliphatic polycyclic polyhydroxy compounds with at least two OH groups per molecule; (b) 5-50% of branched aliphatic acyclic dihydroxy compounds; (c) 30-50% of aliphatic cyclic polycarboxylic acids; (d) 0-30% of aliphatic acyclic or monocyclic polyhydroxy compounds with 3 or more OH groups per molecule; (e) 0-10% polyfunctional compounds selected from aliphatic, linear, and monocyclic dihydroxy compounds, aliphatic, linear, and branched dicarboxylic acids, aromatic dicarboxylic acids and polycarboxylic acids with 3 or more carboxyl groups per molecule; and (f) 0-10% monofunctional units selected from up to 100% substituted monocarboxylic acids and monohydric alcohols, made up of the material amounts given under (a) to (f). Independent claims are included for: (1) A mixture containing the low molecular polyester-polyol and a copolymerisate, separate or in the presence of the polyester-polyol, where the monomer mixture on which the copolymerisate is based contains at least one olefinically unsaturated monomer (g), which is an alkyl ester of an aliphatic linear, branched, or cyclic  alpha , beta -unsaturated monocarboxylic acid or an alkyl diester of an olefinically unsaturated aliphatic linear, branched, or a cyclic 1-20 C alkyl dicarboxylic acid and 3-10 C ester acid residue. In at least one of the hydroxyalkyl esters (h) of one of the mono- or dicarboxylic acids under (g), the hydroxyalkyl residue is derived from at least a divalent aliphatic linear, branched or cyclic 2-15 C alcohol. At least one carboxylic acid (i) selected from the monocarboxylic acids and dicarboxylic acids under (g) is unesterified or is in the half-ester form. At least one further olefinically unsaturated monomer (j) is selected from a vinyl aromatic, e.g. styrene,  alpha -methylstyrene, vinyl toluene, chlorostyrene, vinyl esters of aliphatic, linear, or branched cyclic 2-20 C monocarboxylic acids, vinyl halogenides, e.g. vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, unsaturated nitriles, e.g. acid acryl- and methacrylonitrile, amides or diamides, vinyl ethers of aliphatic linear, branched or cyclic 1-18 C alcohols, and 4-21 C olefinic unsaturated ketones; (2) single component lacquers containing low molecular polyester-polyols, or a mixture containing low molecular polyester-polyols with copolymerisates in (1) above; (3) two component lacquers containing low molecular polyester-polyols as under X above, or a mixture of containing low molecular polyester-polyols with copolymerisates as under (1) above; and (4) spray-filler lacquers containing low molecular polyester-polyols as under X above.