The present invention relates to a process for preparing liquid compositions of etherified melamine formaldehyde resins, namely melamine formaldehyde resins etherified with a primary C.sub.1-C.sub.6-alkanol, which have low formaldehyde contents. The invention also relates to such liquid compositions of etherified melamine formaldehyde resins having a content of free formaldehyde of less than 0.3% by weight. The liquid compositions of etherified melamine formaldehyde resins are useful as crosslinking agents in coating compositions.

An antireflective coating composition, including a polymer, a photoacid generator having a crosslinkable group, a compound capable of crosslinking the polymer and the photoacid generator, a thermal acid generator, and an organic solvent.

This invention relates to coating compositions comprising at least one aminoplast crosslinker resin A, binder resins B that have active hydrogen functionality, and a catalyst composition C, wherein the catalyst composition C is a mixture of an organic sulfonic acid C1, and an amine C2 which may be primary, secondary, or tertiary, and which must have a pKa value of not more than 10, and preferably not less than 4, a process for the preparation thereof, and to a method of use thereof.

A process for preparing an aqueous dispersion of pigment particles is described. The pigment particle contains a pigment and an aminoplast resin which surrounds or embeds the pigment. The process includes (i) a step of subjecting an aqueous suspension of a pigment in the form of coarse particles to milling so that the coarse particles are comminuted in the presence of a polymeric dispersant to a particle diameter d(v 0.9) of below 1500 nm, as determined by laser diffraction; and (ii) a step of polycondensation of an aminoplast pre-condensate in the aqueous suspension of the comminuted particles of the pigment obtained in step (i) or during the milling of step (i). The polycondensation is performed in the presence of an acid catalyst at pH of below 5.5. The aqueous dispersion obtained by the process and the use of the aqueous dispersion for tinting waterborne liquid coating composition are also described.

Provided is a melamine-formaldehyde resin composition. In a first aspect, the melamine-formaldehyde resin composition has at least one melamine oligomer with a mass-to-charge ratio (m/z) ranging from 393 to 692. Based on the total area of all chromatographic peaks in the melamine-formaldehyde resin composition, the sum of the areas of the chromatographic peaks with m/z of 393 to 692 ranges from 2% to 20%. In a second aspect, the melamine-formaldehyde resin composition comprises 2,4,6-tri[bis(methoxymethyl)amino]-1,3,5-triazine, and the area thereof ranges from 15% to 33% based on the total area of all chromatographic peaks in the melamine-formaldehyde resin composition. The melamine-formaldehyde resin composition of the present invention has superior freeze resistance and extended low-temperature storage life.

An antireflective coating composition, including a polymer, a photoacid generator having a crosslinkable group, a compound capable of crosslinking the polymer and the photoacid generator, a thermal acid generator, and an organic solvent.

A process for preparing an aqueous dispersion of pigment particles is described. The pigment particle contains a pigment and an aminoplast resin which surrounds or embeds the pigment. The process includes (i) a step of subjecting an aqueous suspension of a pigment in the form of coarse particles to milling so that the coarse particles are comminuted in the presence of a polymeric dispersant to a particle diameter d(v 0.9) of below 1500 nm, as determined by laser diffraction; and (ii) a step of polycondensation of an aminoplast pre-condensate in the aqueous suspension of the comminuted particles of the pigment obtained in step (i) or during the milling of step (i). The polycondensation is performed in the presence of an acid catalyst at pH of below 5.5. The aqueous dispersion obtained by the process and the use of the aqueous dispersion for tinting waterborne liquid coating composition are also described.

A curable aminoplast acrylic polyol composition containing, calculated as solids on all the solids of the composition, (a) 50 to 85% by weight of at least one type of an acrylic polyol having a glass transition temperature Tg of from 15 to <50 C., an equivalent weight of hydroxyl groups on solids of from 330 to 420, a hydroxyl number on solids of from 120 to 180 mg KOH/g, and a number average of the molecular weight (Mn) of 1,000 to 3,000 Dalton, and (b) 15 to 50% by weight of an alkylated amino formaldehyde resin having a formaldehyde content in accordance with DIN EN ISO 11402 4.3 of less than 0.10%, and the amino compound is melamine, guanamine, benzoguanamine, urea, toluenesulfonamide and glycoluril, and the alkylated amino formaldehyde resin containing at least one type of alkyl groups having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and (c) 0.5 to 5.0% by weight of at least one type of an acidic catalyst, together with a process of for preparation of the composition and methods of using the composition.

The present invention relates to a process for preparing liquid compositions of etherified melamine formaldehyde resins, namely melamine formaldehyde resins etherified with a primary C.sub.1-C.sub.6-alkanol, which have low formaldehyde contents. The invention also relates to such liquid compositions of etherified melamine formaldehyde resins having a content of free formaldehyde of less than 0.3% by weight. The liquid compositions of etherified melamine formaldehyde resins are useful as crosslinking agents in coating compositions.

A curable aminoplast acrylic polyol composition containing, based on the complete weight of the solids of the composition, (a) 50 to 85% by weight of an acrylic polyol having a glass transition temperature Tg of from 50 to 70 C., an equivalent weight of hydroxyl groups on solids of from 320 to 400, and a hydroxyl number on solids of from 130 to 180 mg KOH/g, (b) 15 to 50% by weight of an alkylated amino formaldehyde resin having a formaldehyde content in accordance with DIN EN ISO 11402 4.3 of less than 0.10%, and the amino compound is melamine, guanamine, benzoguanamine, urea, toluenesulfonamide and glycoluril, containing at least two types of alkyl groups having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and (c) 0.5 to 5.0% by weight of at least one type of an acidic catalyst, together with a process for preparation of the composition and methods of using the composition.