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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1998
Gerhard Bremer, Frechen, DE;
Hermann Kerber, Wuppertal, DE;
Manfred Krumme, Erftstadt, DE;
Olaf Ley, Wuppertal, DE;
Werner Stephan, Wuppertal, DE;
Jorg Wabbels, Bochum, DE;
Herberts Gesellschaft mit Beschrankter Haftung, Wuppertal, DE;
Abstract
This invention relates to copolymers which contain hydroxyl groups and which are based on vinyl esters of monocarboxylic acids, wherein the copolymers which contain hydroxyl groups have an OH number of 110-170 mg KOH/g, an acid number of 5-35 mg KOH/g and a number average molecular weight M.sub.n of 1500-8000 g/mole and are obtainable by the polymerisation of A) 5-20% by weight of one or more vinyl esters of saturated monocarboxylic acids, B) 10-30% by weight of one or more aromatic vinyl hydrocarbons, C) 41-55% by weight of hydroxy-functional, polymerisable, unsaturated monomers, and D) 0-40% by weight of further polymerisable, unsaturated monomers, wherein component C) contains C1) 40-70% by weight of one or more hydroxyalkyl esters of .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated monocarboxylic acids, C2) 1-10% by weight of one or more lactones, and C3) 30-55% by weight of one or more reaction products of an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated monocarboxylic acid with a glycidyl ester of a saturated .alpha.,.alpha.-dialkylalkane-monocarboxylic acid or of a saturated .alpha.-alkylalkane-monocarboxylic acid, and the sum of components A) to D) and the sum of components C1) to C3) add up to 100% by weight in each case.