Hydroxyfatty-acid-based monomers for producing plastics
AssigneeBattelle-Institut e.V.
InventorsRainer Frische, Juergen Volkheimer
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a new kind of hydroxyfatty-acid-based monomers which are suited for producing plastics and which are obtained by reacting the esters of hydroxyl-group-containing fatty acids or the esters or salts of amino-group-containing fatty acids with appropriate bifunctional compounds that are capable of reacting with hydroxyl or amino groups, the reaction being such that always two molecules of such fatty acid esters are linked together via the hydroxyl groups or the amino groups by means of the bifunctional compound.
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A monomer for preparation of thermoplastic polymers, said monomer obtained by reacting esters of hydroxyl-group-containing fatty acids or esters or salts of amino-group-containing fatty acids, either separately or as mixtures thereof, with bifunctional compounds which are capable of reacting with hydroxyl or amino groups, said reaction being such that two molecules of the fatty acid esters or salts, the fatty acid residues of which may be identical or different, are always linked with each other by means of said bifunctional compound via the hydroxyl groups or the amino groups.
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