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the present invention provides as curing agents hydrazide compounds having the following general formulas ( i ) and ( ii ) wherein r is a divalent hydrocarbon residue having 2 - 24 carbon atoms . the hydrazides which may be represented by the above general formulas ( i ) or ( ii ) are novel compounds and may be readily prepared by reacting an adduct of 1 mole of ammonia and 3 moles of alkyl acrylate having the general formula ch 2 = chcoor &# 39 ; wherein r &# 39 ; is alkyl group or an adduct of 1 mole of diamine represented by the general formula nh 2 -- r -- nh 2 wherein r has the meanings set forth above and 4 moles of alkyl acrylate , with hydrazine hydrate . the adduct of ammonia and trimolecular alkyl acrylate , and the adduct of diamine and tetramolecular alkyl acrylate being represented by the following general formula ( a ) and ( b ), respectively . wherein r has the meanings set forth above and r &# 39 ; is an alkyl group having 1 - 4 carbon atoms . examples of diamines which may be represented by the general formula nh 2 -- r -- nh 2 wherein r has the meanings set forth above and which may be employed as the raw material for the preparation of the hydrazide of the general formula ( ii ) include ethylene diamine , propylene diamine , trimethylenediamine , tetramethylenediamine , pentamethylenediamine , hexamethylenediamine , octamethylenediamine , nonamethylenediamine , decamethylenediamine , dodecamethylene diamine , 1 , 3 - diamino - 2 , 2 - dimethylpropane , 1 , 2 - cyclohexanediamine , 1 , 3 - di ( aminomethyl ) cyclohexane , 4 , 4 &# 39 ;- diaminodicyclohexylmethane and the like . the preparation of the ammonia - trimolecular alkyl acrylate adduct ( a ) may be accomplished by heating an 28 % concentrated aqueous ammonia solution and alkyl acrylate at about 40 ° c . for several hours under stirring , the amount of alkyl acrylate being at least 3 times mole based on ammonia . the preparation of the diaminetetramolecular alkyl acrylate adduct ( b ) may be accomplished by reacting 1 mole of diamine with at least 4 moles of alkyl acrylate at 0 °- 40 ° c . for several hours under stirring . the alkyl acrylate to be reacted with ammonia or diamine is not particularly limited . usually a lower alkyl ester of 1 - 4 carbon atoms is employed . especially , methyl ester is practical . after the addition reaction has been completed , the excess acrylic ester is removed from the reaction mixture by distillation . the thus obtained ammonia - trimolecular acrylic ester adduct ( a ) or the diamine - tetramolecular acrylic ester adduct ( b ) obtained is further reacted with hydrazine hydrate in a methanol solvent at room temperature for several hours under stirring . the amount of hydrazine hydrate may be at least 3 times mole based on the adduct ( a ) while it may be at least 4 times mole based on the adduct ( b ). the reaction may be carried out at 40 °- 50 ° c . if necessary . after the completion of the reaction , the excess hydrated hydrazine and the solvent are removed from the reaction mixture by distillation and the precipitated hydrazide is separated and recrystallized from a suitable solvent such as methanol , ethanol or water . the hydrazide of the present invention may be pulverized into fine particles . the hitherto known dibasic acid hydrazides such as adipic acid hydrazide , sebacic acid hydrazide , isophthalic acid hydrazide and the like are high melting compound above 180 ° c . and the epoxy resin compositions incorporating such dibasic acid hydrazides is cured when heated to 150 ° c . or higher temperatures . contrary thereto , the hydrazides of the present invention are relatively low melting compounds and provide when incorporated into an epoxy resin , curable compositions which are stable for periods of several weeks at 40 ° c . and which can thereafter be readily cured at temperatures of as low as about 100 °- 140 ° c . to give colorless , transparent and tough cured product . especially , the use of hydrazide derived from the higher aliphatic straight chain diamine having 10 to 24 carbon atoms imparts excellent flexibility to the cured resin . the required amount of curing agent is determined by the number of active hydrogen atoms in the curing agent employed and the number of epoxy groups in the epoxy resins . in general , 0 . 5 - 1 . 5 preferably 0 . 7 - 1 . 2 active hydrogen equivalent weight per epoxy equivalent weight is employed . as epoxy resins which may be applied to the hydrazide curing agents of the present invention , various well - known ones having an average of more than 1 epoxy groups in the molecule may be employed . representative epoxy resins are those based on glycidyl ethers of polyhydric phenols such as 2 , 2 - bis ( 4 - hydroxyphenyl )- propane ( bisphenol a ), resorcinol , hydroquinone , pyrocatechol , saligenin , glycidyl ether of bisphenol f and glycidyl ether of phenolformaldehyde resin . if necessary , other curing agents , cure accelerator and fillers may be employed in combination with the curing agent of the present invention . in an autoclave equipped with electromagnetic stirrer , 43 g of methyl acrylate and 9 g of 28 % aqueous ammonia were mixed . the mixture was heated to 60 ° c . for 3 hours with stirring . after cooling , the reaction mixture was dissloved in 150 ml of ethyl ether . after washing three times with 100 ml of water , ethyl ether and the unreacted methyl acrylate were removed under the reduced pressure . the residue was fractionated under reduced pressure to obtain 16 . 3 g of the adduct ( 1 )&# 39 ;. 131 . 5 °˜ 132 . 5 ° c . ( 1 mmhg ). 15 . 5 of the adduct ( 1 )&# 39 ; was dissolved in 50 ml of ethanol . to this solution , 12 . 0 g of 80 % hydrazine hydrate solution was added and was allowed to react at 40 ° c . for 1 . 5 hours with stirring . from the reaction mixture , excess hydrazine hydrate and ethanol were removed in vacuo . the residue was dissolved in 10 ml of ethanol and allowed to stand overnight to precipitate the crystals . after filtration , the crystals were recrystallized from ethanol , dried in vacuo to obtain 8 . 0 of prisms . ______________________________________ c h n (%) ______________________________________found 39 . 34 7 . 87 35 . 71calculated for c . sub . 9 h . sub . 21 n . sub . 7 o . sub . 3 39 . 26 7 . 69 35 . 62______________________________________ to a mixture of 6 . 0 g of ethylene diamine and 10 ml of methanol contained in a 300 ml three - necked flask equipped with stirrer was added dropwise 105 g of methyl acrylate with stirring at room temperature . after dropping , the reaction mixtures was allowed to stand overnight . methanol and excess methyl acrylate were removed in vacuo to obtain 39 . 9 g of the adduct ( 2 )&# 39 ;. 39 . 5 g of the adduct ( 2 )&# 39 ; thus obtained and 27 . 3 g of 80 % hydrazine hydrate solution were dissolved in 150 ml of methanol , and the solution was heated under reflux for 4 hours with stirring . from the reaction mixture , excess hydrazine hydrate and methanol were removed in vacuo . the residue was dissolved in 50 ml of methanol and allowed to stand overnight to precipitate the crystals . after filtration , the crystals were washed with methanol , dried under reduced pressure to obtain 32 . 3 g of the target product . ______________________________________ c h n (%) ______________________________________found 41 . 56 8 . 31 34 . 24calculated for c . sub . 14 h . sub . 32 n . sub . 10 o . sub . 4 41 . 58 7 . 92 34 . 65______________________________________ to a mixture of 7 . 4 g of 1 , 3 - diaminopropane and 70 ml of methanol contained in a 300 ml three - necked flask equipped with stirrer was added dropwise 41 . 3 g of methyl acrylate with stirring at room temperature . after dropping , the mixture was stirred for 4 hours at room temperature . methanol and excess methyl acrylate were removed in vacuo to obtain 41 . 1 g of the adduct ( 3 )&# 39 ;. 41 . 1 g of the adduct ( 3 )&# 39 ; thus obtained and 30 . 0 g of 80 % hydrazine hydrate solution were dissolved in 100 ml of methanol , and the solution was stirred for 5 hours at room temperature . from the reaction mixture , excess hydrazine hydrate and methanol were removed in vacuo . the residue was allowed to stand overnight to precipitate the white crystals . after filtration , the crystals were recrystallized from ethanol , dried in vacuo to obtain 29 . 3 g of the target product . ______________________________________ c h n (%) ______________________________________found 42 . 95 8 . 60 33 . 22calculated for c . sub . 15 h . sub . 34 n . sub . 10 o . sub . 4 43 . 05 8 . 19 33 . 47______________________________________ to a mixture of 10 . 0 g of 1 , 12 - diaminododecane and 100 ml of methanol contained in a 300 ml three - necked flask equipped with stirrer was added dropwise 22 . 4 g of methyl acrylate with stirring at room temperature . after dropping , the reaction mixture was stirred for 5 hours at room temperature . methanol and excess methyl acrylate were removed in vacuo to obtain 27 . 0 g of the adduct ( 4 )&# 39 ;. 27 . 0 g of the adduct ( 4 )&# 39 ; thus obtained and 15 . 0 g of 80 % hydrazine hydrate solution were dissolved in 100 ml of methanol . the solution was stirred for 3 hours at room temperature to obtain white crystals . after filtration , the crystals were recrystallized from the mixture of water and methanol ( 2 : 8 ), washed with methanol , dried under reduced pressure to obtain 25 . 5 g of the target product . ______________________________________ c h n (%) ______________________________________found 52 . 74 10 . 01 25 . 48calculated for c . sub . 24 h . sub . 52 n . sub . 10 o . sub . 4 52 . 91 9 . 62 25 . 72______________________________________ the hydrazides prepared by similar manner as in examples , their melting points , the solvents for recrystallization and the values of elemental analysis are shown in table 1 . table 1__________________________________________________________________________ solvent for melting elemental analysissample recrystal - point ( calculated ) no . hydrazides lization (° c .) c % h % n % __________________________________________________________________________1 n --( ch . sub . 2 ch . sub . 2 conhnh . sub . 2 ). sub . 3 ethanol 129 39 . 34 7 . 87 35 . 71 ( 39 . 26 ) ( 7 . 69 ) ( 35 . 62 ) 2 ( nh . sub . 2 nhcoch . sub . 2 ch . sub . 2 ). sub . 2 n ( ch . sub . 2 ). sub . 2 n ( ch . sub . 2 ch . sub . 2 conhnh . sub . 2 ). sub . 2 methanol 126 41 . 56 8 . 31 34 . 24 ˜ 127 ( 41 . 58 ) ( 7 . 92 ) ( 34 . 65 ) 3 ## str1 ## ethanol 131 42 . 91 8 . 58 33 . 27 ( 43 . 05 ) ( 8 . 19 ) ( 33 . 47 ) 4 ( nh . sub . 2 nhcoch . sub . 2 ch . sub . 2 ). sub . 2 n ( ch . sub . 2 ). sub . 3 n ( ch . sub . 2 ch . sub . 2 conhnh . sub . 2 ). sub . 2 ethanol 95 42 . 95 8 . 60 33 . 22 ( 43 . 05 ) ( 8 . 19 ) ( 33 . 47 ) 5 ( nh . sub . 2 nhcoch . sub . 2 ch . sub . 2 ). sub . 2 n ( ch . sub . 2 ). sub . 6 n ( ch . sub . 2 ch . sub . 2 conhnh . sub . 2 ). sub . 2 methanol 111 46 . 73 9 . 05 30 . 04 ( 46 . 94 ) ( 8 . 75 ) ( 30 . 41 ) 6 ( nh . sub . 2 nhcoch . sub . 2 ch . sub . 2 ). sub . 2 n ( ch . sub . 2 ). sub . 12 n ( ch . sub . 2 ch . sub . 2 conhnh . sub . 2 ). sub . 2 water , 129 52 . 74 10 . 01 25 . 48 methanol ( 52 . 91 ) ( 9 . 62 ) ( 25 . 72 ) ( 2 : 8 ) __________________________________________________________________________ reactivity and storage stability of the formulated epoxy resin composition were evaluated . the formulation of the sample is shown in table 2 . the individual components were sufficiently mixed in a mortar . ( 2 - 1 ) onset temperature and peak temperature were measured by differential thermal analysis ( dta ) ( 2 - 2 ) the sample was put into a geer &# 39 ; s oven for 60 minutes and cured temperature was measured . the sample was put into a geer &# 39 ; s oven set to 40 ° c . and the day required for the sample becoming non - fluidity was measured . table 2__________________________________________________________________________ formulation no . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9__________________________________________________________________________the epon 828 *. sup . 1 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100presentcompound ( 1 ) 23inventioncompound ( 2 ) 27compound ( 3 ) 28compound ( 4 ) 28compound ( 5 ) 30compound ( 6 ) 36controladipic dihydrazide 23isophthalic 26dihydrazidedicyandiamide 8__________________________________________________________________________ *. sup . 1 a product of shell chemical co . bisphenol a type epoxy resin having epoxy equivalent of 175 ˜ 210 . table 3______________________________________ item reactivity cured storageformulation onset peak temp . stabilityno . temp . temp . ( 60 min ) ( 40 ° c .) ______________________________________the no . 1 118 ° c . 130 ° c . 100 ° c . & gt ; 2 weekspresent no . 2 130 155 120 &# 34 ; invention no . 3 131 152 110 &# 34 ; no . 4 120 152 130 &# 34 ; no . 5 109 147 100 &# 34 ; no . 6 130 152 110 &# 34 ; control no . 7 151 173 160 &# 34 ; no . 8 158 192 160 &# 34 ; no . 9 160 199 180 ( partial separation occurred ) ______________________________________ the result of table 3 shows that the latent curing agent for epoxy resin in this invention has excellent storage stability and reactivity . especially , the reactivity of this agent is superior to the control agent .

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