Unsaturated peroxide compositions, polymeric-peroxides derived therefrom and their uses

An ethylenically unsaturated peroxide of Structure A:

• R--Q--X--R.sub.1 A
• where:
• Q is an unsaturated diradical selected from structures (1), (2) or (3):
• ##STR23## where --(X--R.sub.1) shows the point of attachment of the X--R.sub.1 group and (R)-- shows the point of attachment of the R group to the Q diradical;
• R is selected from the group consisting of H--,carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl radicals of 2 to 19 carbons, aryloxycarbonyl radicals of 7 to 15 carbons, t-alkylperoxycarbonyl radicals of 5 to 11 carbons, alkyl radicals of 1 to 18 carbons, alkenyl radicals of 2 to 18 carbons, aryl radicals of 6 to 10 carbons, and R.sub.1 --X-- radicals;
• R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of H-- and alkyl radicals of 1 to 4 carbons;
• R.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of H--, alkyl radicals of 1 to 18 carbons and alkenyl radicals of 2 to 18 carbons, provided that when R.sub.3 is methyl, R and R.sub.2, are not both hydrogen;
• R.sub.1 is a peroxy-containing radical of structures (4), (5) and (6):
• ##STR24## where t is 0 or 1;
• v is 1 or 2;
• w is 1 or 2;
• T is a direct bond or oxy;
• R.sub.4 is selected from the group consisting of t-alkyl radicals of 4 to 12 carbons, t-aralkyl radicals of 9 to 13 carbons and t-alkynyl radicals of 5 to 9 carbons;
• R.sub.5, R.sub.6 and R.sub.9 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of alkyl radicals of 1 to 4 carbons;
• in structure (5) and when T is a direct bond in structure (6), R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of H-- and alkyl radicals of 1 to 4 carbons;
• in structure (6) when T is oxy, R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of alkyl radicals of 1 to 4 carbons;
• R.sub.10 is selected from the group consisting of t-alkyl radicals of 4 to 12 carbons, t-aralkyl radicals of 9 to 13 carbons, t-alkynyl radicals of 5 to 9 carbons, and structures (7), (8), (9), (10), (11) and (12):
• ##STR25## where:
• R.sub.12 and R.sub.13 can be the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of H-- and alkyl radicals of 1 to 8 carbons;
• R.sub.14 is selected from the group consisting of H--, alkyl radicals of 1 to 8 carbons, alkenyl radicals of 2 to 8 carbons, aryl radicals of 6 to 10 carbons, alkoxy radicals of 1 to 6 carbons and aryloxy radicals of 6 to 10 carbons;
• R.sub.13 and R.sub.14 may be concatenated to form an alkylene diradical of 4 to 5 carbons;
• R.sub.15 and R.sub.16 are independently selected from alkyl radicals of 1 to 4 carbons;
• R.sub.17 and R'.sub.17 are independently selected from the group consisting of H-- lower, alkyl radicals of 1 to 4 carbons, alkoxy radicals of 1 to 4 carbons, phenyl radicals, acyloxy radicals of 2 to 8 carbons, t-alkylperoxycarbonyl radicals of 5 to 9 carbons, hydroxy, fluoro, chloro and bromo;
• x is 0 or 1;
• R.sub.18 is selected from substituted or unsubstituted alkyl radicals of 1 to 18 carbons, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl radicals of 5 to 12 carbons, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic radicals having an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom in the heterocyclic ring, with substituents for the alkyl radicals being one or more alkyl radicals of 1 to 6 carbons, t-alkylperoxy radicals of 4 to 8 carbons, alkoxy radicals of 1 to 6 carbons, aryloxy radicals of 6 to 10 carbons, hydroxy, chloro, bromo and cyano and with substituents for either cyclic radical being one or more lower alkyl radicals of 1 to 4 carbons, or R.sub.18 is the radical:
• ##STR26## where y is 0 or 1, R.sub.a, R.sub.b and R.sub.c are the same or different and are selected from H-- or alkyl radicals of 1 to 8 carbons, with the proviso. that R.sub.a and R.sub.b may be concatenated to form a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene diradical of 4 to 11 carbons, substituents being one or more alkyl radicals of 1 to 5 carbons or phenyl radicals;
• R.sub.19 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl radicals of 1 to 4 carbons and, additionally, the two R.sub.19 radicals may optionally be concatenated to form an alkylene diradical of 4 to 5 carbons;
• R.sub.11 is selected from the group consisting of unsubstituted alkylene diradicals of 2 to 3 carbons, alkylene diradicals of 2 to 3 carbons substituted with one or more lower alkyl radicals of 1 to 4 carbons, a 1,2-phenylene diradical, 1,2-phenylene diradicals substituted with one or more lower alkyl radicals of 1 to 4 carbons, chloro, bromo, nitro or carboxy;
• and,
• X is a direct bond or is selected from the group consisting of connecting diradical structures (13), (14), (15) and (16):
• ##STR27## where (R--Q) shows the point of attachment of the R--Q group to the unsymmetrical X connecting diradical;
• z is 1 to 10;
• R.sub.22 is an alkylene diradical of 2 to 4 carbons, optionally substituted with one or more alkyl radicals of 1 to 4 carbons;
• and,
• when the X connecting diradical is structure (16), R.sub.1 may additionally be the peroxide containing radical of the structure (17):
• ##STR28##