USE OF COPOLYMERIZATES BASED ON LONG-CHAIN ALKYL VINYL ETHERS AND ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED DICARBOXYLIC ACID ANHYDRIDES FOR WATERPROOFING LEATHER AND FURS

摘要

PCT No. PCT/EP90/01283 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 10, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 10, 1992 PCT Filed Aug. 6, 1990 PCT Pub. No. WO91/02094 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 21, 1991.Copolymers which are obtainable by free radical copolymerization of (a) C8-C40-alkyl vinyl ethers, if necessary as a mixture with not more than 50 mol % of C8-C40-monoolefins, with (b) ethylenically unsaturated C4-C8-dicarboxylic anhydrides at from 80 degrees to 300 degrees C. to give copolymers having molecular weights of from 500 to 20,000 g/mol, subsequent solvolysis of the anhydride groups of the copolymers and partial or complete neutralization of the carboxyl groups formed during the solvolysis, in an aqueous medium by means of a base, and which are present in the form of aqueous dispersions or solutions, are used as agents for imparting water repellency to leathers and skins.