Arakawa Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Kohtaro Matsuo

Seiichi Tsuchida

Tatsumi Toshine

Satoshi Kawamura

A process for preparing a stabilized rosin ester having a higher softening point which comprises subjecting a rosin to disproportionation and purification, and esterifying the resulting purified disproportionated rosin with a tri- or more valent polyhydric alcohol to give a rosin ester having a softening point (according to ring and ball method) of 65.degree. to 140.degree. C. The resulting rosin ester has superior heat resistance and aging resistance as well as a high softening point and is suitably employed as a tackifier for pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions and hot-melt compositions.

Stabilized rosin ester and pressure-sensitive adhesive and hot-melt

This invention provides a process for disproportionating rosin, poly-unsaturated fatty acid or mixture thereof, characterized in that the disproportionation reaction is conducted in the presence of a catalyst comprising (A) at least one iodide selected from the group consisting of sodium iodide and potassium iodide and (B) at least one iron compound selected from the group consisting of iron, iron oxides, iron hydroxides and iron sulfides. The disproportionated product of this invention affords an emulsifier suitable for emulsion polymerization when neutralized with an alkali.

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