Aqueous polyurethane dispersions having latent crosslinking properties

• US 5,840,823 A
• Filed: 02/25/1997
• Issued: 11/24/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: BASF AG (BASF SE)
• Original Assignee: BASF AG (BASF SE)
• Inventors: Licht, Ulrike, Kokel, Nicolas, Haberle, Karl, Wustefeld, Renate
• Primary Examiner(s): GORR, RACHEL F
• Application Number:
  US08/804,690
• Time in Patent Office: 637 Days
• Field of Search: 525/455, 525/458, 528/73, 528/392, 528/376, 524/507, 524/840, 522/98
• US Class Current: 528/73
• CPC Class Codes: C08G 18/0804 Manufacture of polymers containing ionic or ionogenic groups
• CPC Class Codes: C08G 18/67 Unsaturated compounds having active hydrogen
• CPC Class Codes: C08G 18/833 by nitrogen containing compounds by azo compounds C08G18/85
• CPC Class Codes: C08G 18/835 Unsaturated polymers modified by compounds containing a thiol group
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 75/04 Polyurethanes
• CPC Class Codes: C09D 175/14 Polyurethanes having carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 175/14 Polyurethanes having carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds

Abstract

Aqueous polyurethane dispersions having latent crosslinking properties contain

I) a disperse phase (P.I), containing

Ia) a polyurethane (PUR.Ia) which, in addition to groups which impart water dispersibility to the polyurethane, carries groups which have a C--C double bond and in which the double bond is activated by a carbonyl group bonded directly therewith, or

Ib) a mixture of

a polyurethane (PUR.Ib) which carries groups which impart water dispersibility to the polyurethane but not groups which have a C--C double bond and in which the double bond is activated by a carbonyl group bonded directly therewith and

a compound (V.I) which differs from the polyurethanes PUR.Ia and PUR.Ib, and which carries groups which have a C--C double bond and in which the double bond is activated by a carbonyl group bonded directly therewith and

II) a disperse phase (P.II) containing a compound which differs from the compounds (PUR.Ia), (PUR.Ib) and (V.I) and which carries a plurality of groups selected from the group consisting of the thiol groups, primary amino groups and secondary amino groups.

Claims

1. An aqueous polyurethane dispersion having latent crosslinking properties and containing

I) a disperse phase (P.I), containing

Ia) a polyurethane (PUR.Ia) which, in addition to groups which impart water dispersibility to the polyurethane, carries groups which have a C--C double bond and in which the double bond is activated by a carbonyl group bonded directly therewith, or

Ib) a mixture of

a polyurethane (PUR.Ib) which carries groups which impart water dispersibility to the polyurethane but not groups which have a C--C double bond and in which the double bond is activated by a carbonyl group bonded directly therewith and

a compound (V.I) which differs from the polyurethanes PUR.Ia and PUR.Ib, and which carries groups which have a C--C double bond and in which the double bond is activated by a carbonyl group bonded directly therewith and

II) a disperse phase (P.II) containing a compound which differs from the compounds (PUR.Ia), (PUR.Ib) and (V.I) and which carries a plurality of groups selected from the group consisting of the thiol groups, primary amino groups and secondary amino groups.

2. An aqueous dispersion as claimed in claim 1, wherein the phase (P.I) contains a polyurethane (PUR.Ia) composed of

a1) polyfunctional isocyanates of 4 to 30 carbon atoms,

a2) polyols, of which

a2.1) from 10 to 100 mol %, based on the total amount of the diols (a2), have a molecular weight of from 500 to 5000 and

a2.2) from 0 to 90 mol %, based on the total amount of the diols (a2), have a molecular weight of from 60 to 500 g/mol,

a3) monomers which differ from the monomers (a1) and (a2) and carry at least one isocyanate group or at least one group reactive toward isocyanate groups and furthermore carry at least one hydrophilic group or one potentially hydrophilic group, imparting water-dispersibility to the polyurethanes,

a4) monomers which differ from the monomers (a1), (a2) and (a3) and carry at least one isocyanate group or at least one group reactive toward isocyanate groups which furthermore carry at least one acryloyl or methacryloyl group and

a5) if required, further polyfunctional compounds which differ from the monomers (a2) to (a4) and have groups which are reactive toward isocyanate groups and which are alcoholic hydroxyl groups or primary or secondary amino groups.

3. An aqueous dispersion as claimed in claim 1, wherein the phase (P.I) is a mixture of

a polyurethane (PUR.Ib) and

a polyurethane (PUR.Ic) as compound (V.I),

the polyurethane (PUR.Ib) being composed of

b1) polyfunctional isocyanates of 4 to 30 carbon atoms,

b2) polyols, of which

b2.1) from 10 to 100 mol %, based on the total amount of the diols (b2), have a molecular weight of from 500 to 5000 and

b2.2) from 0 to 90 mol %, based on the total amount of the diols (b) have a molecular weight of from 60 to 500 g/mol,

b3) monomers which differ from the monomers (b1) and (b2) and have at least one isocyanate group or at least one group reactive toward isocyanate groups and furthermore carry at least one hydrophilic group or one potentially hydrophilic group imparting water-dispersibility to the polyurethanes,

b4) if required, further polyfunctional compounds which differ from the polyols (b2) and monomers (b3) and have groups which are reactive toward isocyanate and are alcoholic hydroxyl groups or primary or secondary amino groups,

and the polyurethane (PUR.Ic) being composed of

c1) polyfunctional isocyanates of 4 to 30 carbon atoms,

c2) polyols, of which

c2.1) from 10 to 100 mol %, based on the total amount of the diols (c2), have a molecular weight of from 500 to 5000 and

c2.2) from 0 to 90 mol %, based on the total amount of the diols (c2), have a molecular weight of from 60 to 500 g/mol,

c3) and monomers which differ from the monomers (c1) and (c2) and have at least one isocyanate group or at least one group reactive toward isocyanate groups and furthermore carry at least one acryloyl or methacryloyl group.

4. An aqueous dispersion as claimed in claim 3, wherein the monomer (a4) or (c3) is a hydroxy-C₁ -C₆ -alkyl acrylate, a hydroxy-C₁ -C₆ -alkyl methacrylate or the bisadduct of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid with a bisepoxide.

5. An aqueous dispersion as claimed in claim 1, wherein the phase (P.II) contains a polyurethane (PUR.IId) which carries groups which impart water dispersibility to the polyurethane, a polymer (POL.IIa) prepared from monomers capable of free radical polymerization and having C═

C double bonds by the method of free radical emulsion or suspension polymerization or a polymer (POL.IId) which carries groups which impart water dispersibility to the polymer, prepared from monomers capable of free radical polymerization and having C═

C double bonds by the method of free radical mass or solution polymerization, the polyurethane (PUR.IId) and the polymers (POL.IIa) and (POL.IIb) carrying from 0.05 to 3 mol of primary amino groups, secondary amino groups or thiol groups per kg.

6. An aqueous dispersion as claimed in claim 1, wherein the phase (P.II) contains a mixture of

a polyurethane (PUR.IIe) which carries groups which impart water dispersibility to the polyurethane, a polymer (POL.IIc) prepared from monomers capable of free radical polymerization and having C═

C double bonds by the method of free radical emulsion or suspension polymerization or a polymer (POL.IId) which carries groups which impart water dispersibility to the polymer, the polymer being prepared from monomers capable of free radical polymerization and having C═

C double bonds by the method of free radical mass or solution polymerization, the polyurethane (PUR.IIe) or the polymers (POL.IIc) or (POL.IId) carrying less than 0.05 mol of primary amino groups, secondary amino groups or thiol groups per kg, and

a compound (V.II) which carries at least 2 groups selected from the group consisting of the thiol groups, primary amino groups or secondary amino groups and has a solubility of less than 1 g/l in water and a molecular weight of less than 10000.

7. An aqueous dispersion as claimed in claim 6, wherein the compound (V.II) is

an araliphatic C₆ -C₃₀ -polyamine or an aliphatic C₄ -C₃₀ -polyamine or

an ester synthesized from a polyhydric C₂ -C₁₀ -alkyl alcohol and a C₂ -C₁₀ -thiomonocarboxylic acid.

8. An aqueous dispersion as claimed in claim 7, wherein the compound (V.II) is pentaerythrityl tetrakis-3-mercaptopropionate.

9. An article of wood, metal, textile, leather or plastic which is adhesively bonded, impregnated or coated with an aqueous dispersion as claimed in claim 1.

10. A method of coating or adhesively bonding a substrate comprising applying to said substrate an aqueous dispersion as claimed in claim 1.