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US 11,655,340 B2Granted
Dual cure sealants
AssigneePRC-DeSoto International, Inc.
InventorsJianCheng Liu, Srikant Pathak, Bruce Virnelson
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Abstract
Compositions that are curable by free radical redox reactions are disclosed. Free radical curing reactions between polythiols and polyalkyenyls are initiated by the reaction of metal complexes and organic peroxides. The compositions are useful as sealants.
Claims21
A composition comprising:
- a polythiol, wherein the polythiol comprises a thiol-terminated polythioether prepolymer, wherein the thiol-terminated polythioether prepolymer comprises a moiety having the structure of Formula (2c):
- —S—R1—[S-A-S—R1-]n—S— (2c)
- wherein,
- n is an integer from 1 to 60;
- each R1 is independently selected from C2-10 alkanediyl, C6-8 cycloalkanediyl, C6-14 alkanecycloalkanediyl, C5-8 heterocycloalkanediyl, and —[(CHR3)p—X—]q(CHR3)—, wherein,
- p is an integer from 2 to 6;
- q is an integer from 1 to 5;
- r is an integer from 2 to 10;
- each R3 is independently selected from hydrogen and methyl;
- and
- each X is independently selected from O, S, and NR, wherein R is selected from hydrogen and methyl;
- and
- each A is independently a moiety derived from a polyvinyl ether of Formula (3) and a polyalkenyl polyfunctionalizing agent of Formula (4):
- CH2═CH—O—(R2—O)m—CH═CH2 (3)
- B(—R70—CH═CH2)z (4)
- wherein,
- m is an integer from 0 to 50;
- each R2 is independently selected from C1-10 alkanediyl, C6-8 cycloalkanediyl, C6-14 alkanecycloalkanediyl, and —RCHR)p—X—WCHR3),—, wherein p, q, r, R3, and X are as defined for R1;
- B represents a core of a z-valent, polyalkenyl polyfunctionalizing agent B(—R70—CH═CH2)z wherein,
- z is an integer from 3 to 6;
- and
- each R70 is independently selected from C1-10 alkanediyl, C1-10 heteroalkanediyl, substituted C1-10 alkanediyl, and substituted C1-10 heteroalkanediyl;
- a polyalkenyl, wherein the polyalkenyl comprises an alkenyl-terminated prepolymer, a polyalkenyl monomer, or a combination thereof;
- a metal complex;
- and
- an organic peroxide.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.