Cure accelerators for anaerobic adhesive compositions

1. An anaerobic adhesive composition, comprising:

(a) a (meth)acrylate component; and

(b) an anaerobic cure system comprising a compound having at least one enamine unit.

2. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the compound having at least one enamine unit is formed from a carbocyclic ring having at least 5 ring atoms.

3. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the (meth)acrylate component is represented by H 2 C═CGCO 2 R 3 , wherein G is a member selected from the group consisting of H, halogen and alkyl having from 1 to about four carbon atoms, and R 1 is a member selected from the group consisting of alkyl group having from 1 to about 16 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cylcoalkenyl, alkaryl, and aryl groups, with or without substitution or interruption by a member selected from the group consisting of silane, silicon, oxygen, halogen, carbonyl, hydroxyl, ester, carboxylic acid, urea, urethane, carbamate, amine, amide, sulfur, sulonate and sulfone.

4. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the (meth)acrylate component is a member selected from the group consisting of silicone (meth)acrylate moieties, polyethylene glycol di(meth)acrylates, bisphenol-A-(meth)acrylates, ethoxylated bisphenol-A-(meth)acrylates, tetrahydrofuran (meth)acrylates and di(meth)acrylates, hydroxypropyl (meth)acrylate, hexanediol di(meth)acrylate, trimethylol propane tri(meth)acrylate, and an acrylate ester corresponding to the structure shown below:

wherein R 4 may be selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to about 4 carbon atoms, hydroxyalkyl of 1 to about 4 carbon atoms and

R 5 may be selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, and alkyl of 1 to about 4 carbon atoms;

R 6 may be selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxy

m is at least 1;

v is 0 or 1; and

n is at least 1;

and combinations thereof.

5. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the compound having at least one enamine unit is embraced by

wherein R, R 1 and R 2 are each independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl and aryl and substituted versions thereof, or taken together form a saturated or unsaturated ring with or without interuption by a heteroatom and with or without substitution;

at least one of R 3 and R 4 (is)are each independently selected from —C(═X)—R 5 or Ar, wherein R 5 is alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl and aryl and substituted versions thereof and Ar is an aromatic ring; and X is O, S, NR 6 , CR 7 R 8 , or CR 7 NR 1 R 2 , wherein R 6 , R 7 or R 8 are each independently selected from alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl and aryl and substituted versions thereof, and R 1 and R 2 are each independently as defined above.

6. The composition according to claim 2 , wherein the carbocyclic ring is substituted by one or more halogen atoms, hydroxyl groups, alkyl groups, alkenyl groups, aryl groups, carboxyl groups, or amino groups.

7. The composition according to claim 1 , further comprising one or more members selected from the group consisting of saccharin, peroxides, chelators, metals, hydrazines and toluidines.

8. Reaction products of the composition according to claim 1 .

9. An anaerobic cure system comprising a compound having at least one enamine unit and one or more members selected from the group consisting of saccharin, peroxides, chelators, metals, hydrazines and toluidines.

10. The anaerobic cure system according to claim 9 , the compound having at least one enamine unit is embraced by

wherein R, R 1 and R 2 are each independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl and aryl and substituted versions thereof, or taken together form a saturated or unsaturated ring with or without interuption by a heteroatom and with or without substitution;

R 3 and R 4 are each independently selected from —C(═X)—R 5 or Ar, wherein R 5 is alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl and aryl and substituted versions thereof and Ar is an aromatic ring; and

X is O, S, NR 6 , CR 7 R 8 , or CR 7 NR 1 R 2 , wherein R 6 , R 7 or R 8 are each independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl and aryl and substituted versions thereof, and R 1 and R 2 are each independently as defined above.

11. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the compound is selected from one or more of

12. The anaerobic cure system according to claim 9 , wherein the compound having at least one enamine unit is

13. A method of using one or more compounds having at least one enamine unit as a component of an anaerobic cure system for anaerobic adhesive, said method comprising the steps of

providing one or more compounds having at least one enamine unit; and

providing one or more members selected from the group consisting of saccharin, peroxides, chelators, metals, hydrazines and toluidines.

14. A method of preparing an anaerobic adhesive composition, comprising the step of:

mixing together a (meth)acrylate component and an anaerobic cure system comprising compounds having at least one enamine unit.