A low temperature process for the preparation of isopropenyl-alpha, alpha-dimethyl-benzyl isocyanate-grafted latexes

摘要

A process for the preparation of novel grafted latexes having backbones formed from unsaturated monomers and having pendent isocyanate containing sidechains derived from isopropenyl-alpha, alpha-dimethylbenzyl isocyanate or copolymers thereof is described. Grafting latexes is carried out using a free radical redox initiator system in an aqueous medium. Latexes such as polybutadiene, polyvinyl chloride, and polyvinyl chloride-acrylic copolymers are converted to the corresponding isocyanate-functional latexes by the process of the invention. The isocyanate-functional grafted and cografted latexes described are useful in curable compositions.