Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.54, No.8, 1013-1018, 1994
Step-Growth Polymerization of Unsaturated Aldehydes with Aliphatic-Amines
The step-growth polymerization of unsaturated aldehydes (acrolein, crotonaldehyde, cinnamaldehyde) and aliphatic amines (butylamine, ethylenediamine, triethylenetetramine, diethylenetriamine, hexamethylenediamine) took place intensively in the temperature range between 50 and 90 degrees C. The rates of individual reactions depended on the type of individual aldehydes and amines. The quantity of individual unreacted monomers was mostly under 1%. The average molecular weights of oligomers were between 290 and 710. The individual resins consisted of oligomers with free - OH, - NH, - CH = N -, and - CH = CH -groups, which are further able to cross-link the resins with three blocked isocyanate to insoluble, elastic film with high adhesion to glass and metal substratum.