Claims
- 1. A coating composition comprising an anionically-polymerized addition polymer of at least one ester of methacrylic acid, the polymer comprising mers having condensation-crosslinkable functionality, wherein the average chain length of the polymer, n, is about 6 to about 50 mers and about 1 to about 50% by weight of water or an organic solvent, and optionally comprising a pigment.
- 2. The composition of claim 1 wherein the anionically-polymerized polymer is an alkoxide polymerized polymer wherein at least about 85% by weight of the molecules of the polymer have chain lengths of about .sqroot.2n to about 2 n mers.
- 3. The composition of claim 2 wherein the average chain length is about 6 to about 25 mers.
- 4. The composition of claim 2 wherein the polymer is a copolymer of at least one (C.sub.1 -C.sub.24)alkyl methacrylate and at least one copolymerizable ethylenically-unsaturated ester of methacrylic acid having condensation-crosslinkable functionality.
- 5. The composition of claim 4 wherein the copolymerization ester is 2-oxazolidinylethyl methacrylate, 2-(2-isopropyloxazolidinyl)ethyl methacrylate, or t-butylaminoethyl methacrylate.
- 6. The composition of claim 5 wherein the alkyl methacrylate is a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkyl methacrylate.
- 7. The composition of claim 2 wherein the polymer comprises mers having the structure ##STR10## wherein Y is a halogen atom, an amino group, a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkylamino group, a di(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkylamino group, a hydroxy(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkylamino group, a bis-hydroxy(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkylamino group, or a group of the formula--OR, wherein R is a hydrogen atom, a (C.sub.2 -C.sub.8)aminoalkyl group, an alkylaminoalkyl group having up to 6 carbon atoms, a (C.sub.2 -C.sub.8)isocyanatoalkyl group, a (C.sub.2 -C.sub.8)hydroxyalkyl group, a 1,3-oxazolidin-3-yl-(C.sub.2 -C.sub.4)alkyl group, optionally having up to two (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkyl substituents on the oxazolidinyl ring, a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-aldimino(C.sub.2 -C.sub.6)-alkyl group, a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)aldimino(C.sub.2 -C.sub.6)alkoxyalkyl group, a (C.sub.3 -C.sub.8)ketimino(C.sub.2 -C.sub.6)alkyl group, a (C.sub.3 -C.sub.8)ketimino-(C.sub.2 -C.sub.6)alkoxyalkyl group, a 1,3-dioxolan-4-yl(C.sub.2 -C.sub.4)-alkyl group, optionally having up to two (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkyl substituents on the dioxolanyl ring, an epoxy(C.sub. 2 -C.sub.4)-alkyl di(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkyl ammonium(C.sub.2 -C.sub.4)alkyl group, a (C.sub.2 -C.sub.8)epoxy alkyl group, a 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyldimethylammoniumethyl group, a 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl group, or a sodium, potassium, or ammonium cation.
- 8. The composition of claim 7 wherein the polymer also comprises mers of the structure ##STR11## wherein R.sup.1 is a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.24)alkyl group.
- 9. The composition of claim 2 wherein the initial group and the terminal group are acid groups.
- 10. The composition of claim 9 wherein at least one additional group is an acid group.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a division of United States Ser. No. 517,337 filed Oct. 23, 1974, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,103,093, issued July 25, 1978 is a continuation-in-part of our abandoned application United States Ser. No. 371,921, filed on June 20, 1973, which is a continuation-in-part of our abandoned application United States Ser. No. 137,057, filed on Apr. 23, 1971.
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