Abstract: | The step-growth polymerization of unsaturated aldehydes (acrolein, crotonaldehyde, cinnamaldehyde) and aliphatic amines (butylamine, ethylenediamine, triethylenetetramine, diethylenetriamine, hexamethylenediamine) took place intensively in the temperature range between 50 and 90°C. The rates of individual reactions depended on the type of individual aldehydes and amines. The quantity of individual unreacted monomers was mostly under 1%. The average molecular weights of oligomers were between 290 and 710. The individual resins consisted of oligomers with free ? OH, ? NH, ? CH?N? , and ? CH?CH? groups, which are further able to cross-link the resins with three blocked isocyanate to insoluble, elastic film with high adhesion to glass and metal substratum. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |