Patent GB-905045-A (GB)
Title: New glycidyl ethers
IPC: C08G59/14
Filed: 1960-03-16
Abstract: A hardenable mixture suitable as a textile assistant, laminating resin, lacquer, coating composition, dipping resin, casting resin, brushing compound, putty, moulding compound or adhesive comprises a di-glycidyl ether or a mixture of mono- and di-glycidyl ethers of an unsaturated dialcohol of the general formula <FORM:0905045/IV(a)/1> in which R1 to R8 each represent monovalent substituents, such as halogen or hydrogen atoms, or aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon residues, preferably alkyl radicals with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R1 and R5 together may also represent an alkylene group, together with a hardener for epoxy resins.  Suitable hardeners are: Amines or amides, such as aliphatic and aromatic primary, secondary and tertiary amines, for example mono-, di- and tributylamines, para-phenylenediamine, ethylenediamine, hydroxyethyl ethylenediamine-N:N-diethyl-ethylenediamine, diethylene triamine, triethylene tetramine, trimethylamine, diethylamine, triethanolamine, Mannich's bases, piperidine, piperazine, guanidine and guanidine derivatives, such as phenyl-diguanidine, diphenylguanidine, dicyandiamide, urea-formaldehyde resins, melamine-formaldehyde resins, aniline-formaldehyde resins, polymers of amino styrenes, polyamides, for example those formed with dimerized or trimerized unsaturated fatty acids, isocyanates, isothiocyanates, phosphoric acid, polybasic carboxylic acids and anhydrides thereof, for example phthalic anhydride, methylendomethylene-tetrahydrophthalic anhydride, dodecenyl-succinic anhydride, hexahydrophthalic anhydride, hexachloro-endomethylene-tetrahydrophthalic anhydride or endomethylene-tetrahydrophthalic anhydride or mixtures thereof, maleic or succinic anhydride; polyhydric phenols, for example resorcinol, hydroquinone, quinone, phenol-aldehyde resins, oil-modified phenolaldehyde resins; reaction products of aluminium alcoholates or phenolates with compounds of tautomeric reaction of the type of acetoacetic acid esters; Friedel-Crafts catalysts, such as aluminium trichloride, antimony pentachloride, tin tetrachloride, ferric chloride, zinc chloride, boron trifluoride and complexes thereof with organic compounds. Suitable extenders and fillers are, for example, asphalt, bitumen, glass fibres, mica, quartz powder, cellulose, kaolin, finely divided silicic acid and metal powders. The new glycidyl ethers may also be used as diluents for modifiers for known epoxy resins such as those obtained by reacting epichlorohydrin in an alkaline medium with a polyhydric phenol, such as resorcinol or bis[4-hydroxyphenyl]-dimethylmethane.  In Examples, (4) a mixture of glycidyl ethers of 1:1-dimethylolcyclohexene-3 is mixed with cresyl glycide, hexahydrophthalic anhydride, tetrahydrophthalic anhydride, phthalic anhydride and tris-[dimethylaminomethyl]-phenol and hardened; (5) the glycidyl ethers of (4) are used as diluents for an epoxy resin obtained from epichlorohydrin and bis-[4-hydroxyphenyl]-dimethylmethane with methylendomethylene-tetrahydrophthalic anhydride as hardener and tris-[dimethylaminomethyl]phenol as accelerator; (6) the diglycidyl ether of 1:1-dimethylol cyclohexene-3 is mixed with a sodium alcoholate of 2:4-dihydroxy-3-hydroxymethylpentane and hardened with phthalic anhydride; (7) a mixture of the above diglycidyl ether and a cycloaliphatic diepoxy compound prepared by epoxidation with peracetic acid of an acetal from D 3-tetrahydrobenzaldehyde and 1:1-dimethylolcyclohexene-3 is hardened with phthalic anhydride; (8) the above diglycidyl ether is mixed with dibutyl phthalate and the epoxy resin specified in (5) and hardened with triethylene tetramine. Monoglycidyl ethers.  Monoglycidyl ethers of dialcohols of the above formula may be polymerized or cross-linked with the aid of the hardeners mentioned above, especially polybasic carboxylic acids or anhydrides.  No examples are given.  Specification 870,696 is referred to.ALSO:The invention comprises glycidyl ethers of unsaturated dialcohols of the general formula: <FORM:0905045/IV (b)/1> in which R1 to R8 each represent monovalent substituents, such as halogen or hydrogen atoms, or aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon residues, preferably alkyl radicals with 1-4 carbon atoms, and R1 and R5 together may also represent an alkylene group, such as a methylene group, and R9 represents a hydrogen atom or a glycidyl group.  The new glycidyl ethers may be prepared by reacting the corresponding unsaturated dialcohol with an epihalohydrin or dihalohydrin, preferably with epichlorohydrin, either in one stage in the presence of alkali, or in two stages, the first being effected with an acidic catalyst such as boron trifluoride to form the halohydrin ether whcih is then dehydrohalogenated in the second stage by means of alkali, to the glycidyl ether.  The process results in a mixture of mono and diglycidyl ethers which can be separated by fractional distillation. The epoxy ethers can be hardened or used as diluents or modifiers for known epoxy resins (see Group IV(a)). Specification 870,696 is referred to.