Desoto, Inc.

Angus Chemical Company

Arthur T Jones

Kevin P Murray

Ronald J Lewarchik

Chih-Yueh Chou

Thomas L Johnson

Marcella G Donovan

The present invention provides a moisture-scavenging composition including the compound: ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1 is a methyl group, or a branched or straight chain alkyl or alkanol group; R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.6 are, individually, a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a straight chain or branched chain alkyl or alkanol group, a cyclic alkyl or an aryl group; R.sub.5 is a methyl or methylol group, or a branched chain or straight chain alkyl or alkanol group; R.sub.7 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a straight chain or branched chain alkyl or alkanol group, a cyclic alkyl group, a carbonyl group or an aryl group, or R.sub.7 and R.sub.6 are fused together with the attached carbon to form an eight member bicyclic compound having the structure: ##STR2## wherein: R.sub.1 ' is a methyl group or a branched or straight chain alkyl or alkanol group; R.sub.2 ', R.sub.3 ', and R.sub.4 ' are, individually, a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a straight chain or branched chain alkyl or alkanol group, a cyclic alkyl or an aryl group.

Moisture scavenging oxazolidines

High solids thermosetting organic solvent solution coating compositions are disclosed which are particularly useful for sealing the pores in fiber reinforced plastics. These compositions contain a mixture of resins comprising (1) from 30% to 70% of one or more hydroxy functional resins having a number average molecular weight of at least about 700, a Gardner bubble viscosity less than about Z.sub.4 measured in methyl ethyl ketone at 90% solids at 25.degree. C., and at least 5% of the hydroxy groups thereof being primary hydroxy groups, (2) from 10% to 70% of low molecular weight epoxy ester made by esterifying one or more resinous polyepoxides having a 1,2-epoxy equivalency of at least 1.2 with an approximately stoichiometric proportion of monocarboxylic fatty acid to provide an essentially epoxy-free ester having a Gardner bubble viscosity less than Z.sub.4 at 75% solids in xylol at 25.degree. C., and (3) the balance of the mixture, but not less than 15% thereof, being a curing agent having a plurality of groups reactive with the hydroxy groups in the hydroxy resin and in the epoxy ester.

Thermosetting coating compositions for the sealing of fiber reinforced

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