Hydroxyl-functional thioether compounds and their use in curable compositions

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a hydroxyl-functional thioether compound having formula (I) where Z is an n-valent hydrocarbyl group, optionally containing one or more moieties selected from the group consisting of an ether moiety, a thioether moiety and an isocyanurate moiety; R1 is a linear or branched alkylene group; R2 is selected from the group consisting of CH2CH(OH)CH2 and CH(CH2OH)CH2; R3 is a linear or branched alkyl group; m=0 or 1; and n=2 to 10. Further disclosed herein are a method of producing the same, a thermally curable composition containing the same and a method of using the hydroxyl-functional thioether compounds as reactive diluents in the thermally curable composition. Additionally disclosed herein are multilayer coatings where at least one layer is formed from such a composition, multilayer coated substrates and a method of producing such multilayer coatings.

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