Waterborne Polymers for use in Thermoset Coatings: A new Hydrolysis Resistant Monomer as a...

S.C. Johnson Polymer (*)

In an effort to obtain waterborne polymers which would yield ambient temperature cured films, we synthesized several acetoacetoxyethyl methacrylate containing copolymers. While cured films could be obtained if the copolymers were used to make films soon after they were synthesized, a decline in film performance was noted which correlated with age of the copolymer solution/dispersion. Accordingly, we set out to synthesize a replacement for the acetoacetoxyethyl methacrylate. We decided on an amide type monomer which was synthesized in three step