Polymer dispersible polybasic metal carboxylate complexes

1. A carboxylate composition comprising the formula

(A) 2 M. n D(OH) 2 .x H 2 O

wherein:

A is an organic fatty acid and is selected from the group consisting of saturated C 12-24 carboxylic acids, unsaturated C 12-24 carboxylic acids, aromatic C 12-24 carboxylic acids, alicyclic C 12-24 carboxylic acids, polycarboxylic acid derivatives thereof, anhydride derivatives thereof and blends thereof;

M is a divalent cation;

n is a fractional or whole number from about 1 to about 10 inclusive;

D is an alkali earth metal;

x is a fractional or whole number from about 0 to about 3 inclusive; and

wherein said D(OH) 2 is a solid phase dispersion in (A) 2 M.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said carboxylate compound further comprises the formula

(A) 2 M. n D(OH) 2 .x H 2 O. m (B) 2 N

wherein:

N is a divalent cation other than M;

B is selected from A; and

m is a fractional or whole number from 0 to about 1 inclusive.

3. The composition of claim 1 wherein

n is from about 2 to about 4 inclusive.

4. The composition of claim 3 wherein

n is about 3.

5. The composition of claim 2 wherein

m is about 0.25.

6. The composition of claim 1 wherein

A is selected from the group consisting of laurate, myristate, palmitate, stearate, arachidate, behenate, and lignocerate, oleate, linoleate, linolenate or mixtures thereof.

7. The composition of claim 1 wherein

D(OH) 2 does not completely separate from (A)2M when said carboxylate composition is immersed in water.

8. The composition of claim 1 , wherein

in a dispersion of said composition in water, the pH of the aqueous phase of said dispersion is less than about 14 and greater than about 7.

9. The composition of claim 8 , wherein

in a dispersion of said composition in water, the pH of the aqueous phase of said dispersion is less than about 14 and greater than about 9.

10. The composition of claim 9 , wherein

in a dispersion of said composition in water, the pH of the aqueous phase of said dispersion is about 12.

11. The composition of claim 1 wherein

A is an organic fatty acid and is selected from the group consisting of saturated C 12-24 carboxylic acids, unsaturated C 12-24 carboxylic acids and blends thereof;

M is Ca;

n is about 3;

D is Ca; and

x is about 2.

12. The composition of claim 2 wherein

A is an organic fatty acid and is selected from the group consisting of saturated C 12-24 carboxylic acids, unsaturated C 12-24 carboxylic acids and blends thereof;

B is selected from A;

M is Ca;

N is Zn;

n is about 3;

D is Ca;

x is about 2; and

m is about 0.25.

13. The composition of claim 11 wherein

A is a stearate.

14. The composition of claim 12 wherein

A is a stearate; and

B is a stearate.

15. The composition of claim 12 which further comprises:

a halogenated polymer.

16. The composition of claim 15 wherein

said halogenated polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride, chlorinated polyvinyl chloride, chlorinated polyolefins and blends thereof.

17. The composition of claim 16 wherein

said composition is present in said polymer from about 0.5 to about 2 parts per hundred parts polymer.

18. A method of making a calcium carboxylate composition comprising:

obtaining an amount of fatty carboxylic acid;

obtaining an amount of a calcium hydroxide, such that the molar ratio of calcium to carboxylic acid is from about 2:2 to about 11:2;

forming a first mixture of said amount of said calcium hydroxide in dry form, optionally, from about 0 to about 90 percent of said amount of carboxylic acid in dry form, and an amount of water which ranges from no added water to an amount which is about 1.5 moles of water per mole of carboxylic acid;

forming a second mixture of said first mixture and from about 100 to about 10 percent of said amount of carboxylic acid in molten form; and

mixing said second mixture at least until said second mixture exotherms.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein

said molar ratio of metal to carboxylic acid is from about 3:2 to about 5:2.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein

said molar ratio of metal to carboxylic acid is about 4:2.

21. The method of claim 18 , wherein

about 50 percent of said amount of carboxylic acid in dry from is added to form said first mixture; and

about 50 percent of said amount of carboxylic acid in molten form is added to form said second mixture.

22. The method of claim 18 , wherein

100 percent of said fatty carboxylic acid is added in molten form in said second mixture.

23. The method of claim 18 , wherein

said fatty carboxylic acid is selected from the group consisting of lauric, myristic, palmitic, stearic, arachidic, behenic, lignoceric, oleic, linoleic, and linolenic acids or mixtures thereof.

24. The method of claim 18 , wherein

said step of forming said first mixture further comprises adding zinc stearate such that the molar ratio of said zinc stearate to said fatty carboxylic acid is from about to about 0.5.

25. The method of claim 18 , wherein

said step of forming said first mixture further comprises

adding zinc stearate such that the molar ratio of said zinc stearate to said fatty carboxylic acid is about 0.125.

26. The method of claim 18 , wherein

said second mixture exotherm to a temperature less than the boiling point of water.

27. A method of stabilizing vinyl polymers, comprising:

adding to a halogenated polymer a stabilizer composition comprising at least one carboxylate composition comprising the formula

(A) 2 M. n D(OH) 2 .x H 2 O

wherein:

A is an organic fatty acid and is selected from the group consisting of saturated C 12-24 carboxylic acids, unsaturated C 12-24 carboxylic acids, aromatic C 12-24 carboxylic acids, alicyclic C 12-24 carboxylic acids, polycarboxylic acid derivatives thereof, anhydride derivatives thereof and blends thereof;

M is a divalent cation;

n is a fractional or whole number from about 1 to about 10 inclusive;

D is an alkali earth metal;

x is a fractional or whole number from about 0 to about 3 inclusive; and

wherein said D(OH) 2 is a solid phase dispersion in (A) 2 M.

28. The method of claim 27 , wherein said metal carboxylate compound further comprises the formula

(A) 2 M. n D(OH) 2 .x H 2 O. m (B) 2 N

wherein:

N is a divalent cation other than M;

B is selected from A; and

m is a fractional or whole number from 0 to about 1 inclusive.

29. The method of claim 27 wherein

n is from about 2 to about 4 inclusive.

30. The method of claim 29 wherein

n is about 3.

31. The method of claim 28 wherein

m is about 0.25.

32. The method of claim 27 wherein

A is selected from the group consisting of laurate, myristate, palmitate, stearate, arachidate, behenate, and lignocerate, oleate, linoleate, linolenate or mixtures thereof.

33. The method of claim 27 wherein

D(OH) 2 does not completely separate from (A) 2 M when said carboxylate composition is immersed in water.

34. The method of claim 27 , wherein

in a dispersion of said composition in water, the pH of the aqueous phase of said dispersion is less than about 14 and greater than about 7.

35. The method of claim 34 , wherein

in a dispersion of said composition in water, the pH of the aqueous phase of said dispersion is less than about 14 and greater than about 9.

36. The method of claim 35 , wherein

in a dispersion of said composition in water, the pH of the aqueous phase of said dispersion is about 12.

37. The method of claim 27 wherein

A is an organic fatty acid and is selected from the group consisting of saturated C 12-24 carboxylic acids, unsaturated C 12-24 carboxylic acids and blends thereof;

M is Ca;

n is about 3;

D is Ca; and

x is about 2.

38. The method of claim 28 wherein

A is an organic fatty acid and is selected from the group consisting of saturated C 12-24 carboxylic acids, unsaturated C 12-24 carboxylic acids and blends thereof;

B is selected from A;

M is Ca;

N is Zn;

n is about 3;

D is Ca;

x is about 2; and

m is about 0.25.

39. The method of claim 37 wherein

A is a stearate.

40. The method of claim 38 wherein

A is a stearate; and

B is a stearate.

41. The method of claim 37 which further comprises:

the step of adding said composition to a halogenated polymer.

42. The method of claim 41 wherein

said halogenated polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride, chlorinated polyvinyl chloride, chlorinated polyolefins and blends thereof.

43. The method of claim 41 wherein

said composition is present in said polymer from about 0.5 to about 2 parts per hundred parts polymer.

44. The method of claim 38 which further comprises:

a halogenated polymer.

45. The method of claim 44 wherein

said halogenated polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride, chlorinated polyvinyl chloride, chlorinated polyolefins and blends thereof.

46. The method of claim 45 wherein

said composition is present in said polymer from about 0.5 to about 2 parts per hundred parts polymer.