Resins and coating compositions

1. A polyesteramide resin containing ester groups and at least one amide group in the backbone characterized in that the resin has a Tg <0 ° C. and at least one hydroxyalkylamide endgroup having the structure I

wherein the free bond extends to the polymer backbone;

A is an, optionally substituted, (C 6 -C 24 ) aryldiradical or an, optionally substituted (C 2 -C 24 ) (cyclo)alkyl aliphatic diradical;

 H or (C 1 -C 20 ) (cyclo) alkyl,

or (C 6 -C 10 ) aryl;

X 1 is H or a group —CO—R 7 , —CO-A-CO—N(R 8 ,R 9 ), —CO-A-CO—OR 10 , or —NHet;

R 1 to R 6 are, independently of each other, H, (C 1 -C 20 ) alkyl, (C 3 -C 7 ) cycloalkyl or (C 6 -C 10 ) aryl;

R 7 is (C 1 -C 20 ) alkyl, (C 3 -C 7 ) cycloalkyl, (C 6 -C 10 ) aryl, or a radical of a polymer or an oligomer;

R 8 and R 9 are, independently of each other, (C 1 -C 20 ) alkyl or (C 6 -C 10 ) aryl groups; or (C 1 -C 20 ) alkyl or (C 6 -C 10 ) aryl groups substituted by a group containing at least one hetero atom or R 8 and R 9 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a 5 or 6 membered ring wherein optionally one or several C-atoms are replaced by —NH, —N—(C 1 -C 20 ) alkyl, —N-aryl, —O— or —S—;

R 10 is (C 1 -C 20 ) alkyl, (C 3 -C 7 ) cycloalkyl or (C 6 -C 10 ) aryl, or a radical of a polymer or an oligomer;

—NHet is a mono-, bi- or multicyclic nitrogen containing heterocyclyl group attached via a nitrogen atom to the polymer which may be aromatic or partly or completely hydrogenated and may contain additional heteroatoms such as nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur and which may optionally be substituted;

n is an integer of 1 to 4, preferably n =1;

wherein that no more than one of X 1 and X 2 is H, (C 1 -C 20 ) alkyl, (C 3 -C 7 ) cycloalkyl or (C 6 -C 10 ) aryl; and

wherein nitrogen containing groups may be quaternized or protonated; and wherein

the polyesteramide resin comprises:

a) at least a diacid and/or anhydride;

b) at least an alkanolamine, and

c) functional end groups different than OH groups, provided by at least one component being a fatty acid selected from the list consisting of octanoic, isononanoic, decanoic, lauric, versatic -5 acid, versatic -10 acid and mixtures thereof,

wherein the a):b) equivalent ratio is from 1.0:1.0 and 1.0:3; and wherein

the polyesteramide resin also comprises at least a functionality selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acid groups, ester groups, polyethylene oxide groups, polypropylene oxide groups, amine groups, tertiary amine groups, quaternary amine groups, cyclic groups, heterocyclic groups, phenolic groups and mixtures thereof.

2. A polyesteramide resin according to claim 1 having a functionality of reactive groups of from 2 to 6.

3. A polyesteramide resin according to claim 1 , wherein Mn ≦2000 Da.

4. A polyesteramide resin according to claim 1 , wherein in the state of 100% solids the viscosity of the polyesteramide resin is ≦150 Pas at 50 ° C.

5. A polyesteramide resin according to claim 1 having an OH value from 120 to 180 mg KOH/g.

6. A polyesteramide resin according to claim 1 diluted with a liquid medium, wherein the liquid medium is selected from the group consisting of organic solvents, water and mixtures thereof.

7. A polyesteramide resin according to claim 1 , wherein the polyesteramide resin has a viscosity dissolved as 70 wt % solids in a liquid medium which is <800 mPas at room temperature.

8. A process for making the polyesteramide resin according to claim 1 , comprising the steps:

i) reacting at least a diacid and/or its anhydride a) with at least a dialkanolamine b);

ii) performing a polycondensation reaction of the resulting monomers; and

iii) optionally adding (before or after step ii) of the polycondensation reaction), component c) to take part in the polycondensation.

9. A binder composition comprising the polyesteramide resin according to claim 1 and optionally at least one other resin.

10. A binder composition according to claim 9 wherein the other resin is at least one resin selected from the group consisting of acrylic resins and polyester resins.

11. A two component coating composition comprising:

A) a first component being a binder composition according to claim 9 and

B) a second component being at least a crosslinking compound that is capable of reacting with hydroxyl and/or other functional groups of the polyesteramide resin; and

C) optionally a catalyst.

12. A two component coating composition according to claim 11 comprising less than 500 g/I of volatile organic solvent based on the total composition.

13. A method for applying a coating composition to a substrate or article, the method comprising applying a coating of the coating composition according to claim 11 to the substrate or article by spraying, knife-coating, brushing, dipping, rolling, flow coating, roller coating.

14. A coating obtained by curing a two component coating composition according to claim 11 .

15. A coated substrate or article which comprises a film coating of the two component coating composition according to claim 11 applied onto at least a part of the substrate or article.

16. A two component coating composition which comprises the polyesteramide resin according to claim 1 as one component thereof.

17. An adhesive or sealing composition which comprises the polyesteramide resin according to claim 1 .

18. A polyesteramide resin according to claim 7 , wherein the viscosity of the polyesteramide resin dissolved as 70 wt % solids in a liquid medium is <400 mPas, at room temperature.