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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1997
Kevin Rodney Lassila, Allentown, PA (US);
Mark David Conner, New Tripoli, PA (US);
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
Reductive alkylation of branched, short chain diamines, such as 2-methyl-1,5-pentanediamine, with certain aldehydes or ketones of moderate molecular weight, such as benzaldehyde or methyl isobutyl ketone, produces novel tri- and difunctional amines which are useful in curing epoxy resins to compositions having improved flexibility and enhanced resistance to moisture and chemicals. Particularly favorable results are achieved when this curative is combined in the epoxy formulation with low molecular weight acrylic copolymers added as flexibilizers. Further improvements are available by including in the recipe monofunctional epoxy or acrylic reactive diluents.