Melamine based mannich-compounds and a process for obtaining the same

1. A melamine-based Mannich compound selected from the group consisting of the following formulae (7) to (11):

wherein

A is O,

the moieties R 1 , R 2 and R 5 are selected from a group comprising H, non-substituted C 1 -C 50 -alkyl, non-substituted C 2 -C 50 -alkenyl, non-substituted C 2 -C 50 -alkinyl, non-substituted C 3 -C 10 -cycloalkyl, non-substituted C 5 -C 7 -cycloalkenyl, which in each case can be interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms, sulphur atoms, substituted or mono-substituted nitrogen atoms, double bonds, siloxan groups and/or by one or more groups of the type —C(O)O—, —OC(O)—, —C(O)—, —NHC(O)O—, —OC(O)NH— and/or —OC(O)O—,

the moieties R 3 and R 4 are selected from a group comprising non-substituted C 1 -C 50 -alkyl, non-substituted C 2 -C 50 -alkenyl, non-substituted C 2 -C 50 -alkinyl, non-substituted C 3 -C 10 -cycloalkyl, non-substituted C 5 -C 7 -cycloalkenyl, which in each case can be interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms, sulphur atoms, substituted or mono-substituted nitrogen atoms, double bonds, siloxan groups and/or by one or more groups of the type —C(O)O—, —OC(O)—, —C(O)—, —NHC(O)O—, —OC(O)NH— and/or —OC(O)O—,

the moiety R 9 is selected from a group comprising H, substituted or non-substituted hydroxy, substituted or non-substituted amino, halogen, substituted or non-substituted C 1 -C 12 -alkyl, substituted and non-substituted C 3 -C 7 -cycloalkyl, substituted and non-substituted C 2 -C 12 -alkenyl, substituted or non-substituted aryl, whereby the substituted aryl can be bound via at least one methylene bridge to the aromatic structure and can be a group of the formula:

wherein R 9′ has the meaning of R 9 ; substituted or non-substituted heteroaryl, substituted and non-substituted carbonyl, substituted and non-substituted C 1 -C 50 -alkyl, substituted and non-substituted C 1 -C 50 -alkenyl, substituted and non-substituted C 1 -C 50 -alkinyl, substituted and non-substituted C 3 -C 10 -cycloalkyl, substituted and non-substituted C 5 -C 7 -cycloalkenyl, whereby each alkyl, alkenyl and alkinyl chain, can be interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms, sulphur atoms, substituted or mono-substituted nitrogen atoms, double bonds, siloxan groups and/or by one or more groups of the type —C(O)O—, —OC(O)—, —C(O)—, —NHC(O)O—, —OC(O)NH— and/or —OC(O)O—, and whereby up to four moities R 9 are present on the aromatic ring,

and mixtures thereof.

2. The compound according to claim 1 , wherein, the moieties R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 are selected from a group comprising non-substituted C 1 -C 12 -alkyl, substituted and non-substituted C 3 -C 7 -cycloalkyl and substituted and non-substituted C 2 -C 12 -alkenyl.

3. The compound according to claim 1 , wherein, the moiety R 9 is selected from a group comprising —OH, —OCH 3 , —OC 2 H 5 , —NH 2 , —CH 3 , —C 2 H 5 , substituted and non-substituted C 6 -C 12 Aryl, —CH 2 C 6 H 5 , —C(CH 3 ) 2 C 6 H 5 or —CH 2 C 6 H 4 AH.

4. The compound according to claim 2 , wherein, the moiety R 9 is selected from a group comprising —OH, —OCH 3 , —OC 2 H 5 , —NH 2 , —CH 3 , —C 2 H 5 , substituted and non-substituted C 6 -C 12 Aryl, —CH 2 C 6 H 5 , —C(CH 3 ) 2 C 6 H 5 or —CH 2 C 6 H 4 AH.

5. The compound according to claim 1 , wherein said compound is selected from the group consisting of the following formulae (13) to (18):

and mixtures thereof,

wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , and A have the above meanings.

6. The compound according to claim 1 , wherein said compound is selected from the group consisting of the following formulae (19) to (21), (23), (24), (26), (27), and (49) to (51):

7. A process for synthesizing a compound according to claim 1 comprising the steps of:

a) reacting at least one melamine (36) with formaldehyde (37) under basic conditions to form at least one compound (38) according to the reaction scheme I,

b) reacting the at least one compound (38) in the presence of at least one catalyst to form at least one Mannich-base (39) according to the reaction scheme II,

c) reacting the at least one Mannich-base (39) with at least one substituted or non-substituted aromatic compound of the formulae (41) to form at least one of the compounds according to the formulae (7) to (18) according to the reaction scheme IV

and

d) working up the reaction mixture,

wherein the moieties R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 9 and A have the above meanings.

8. The process according to claim 7 , wherein step a) is carried out at a pH between 8 and 12, in the presence of an inorganic or organic base, and steps b) and c) are carried out at a pH between 1-6.

9. The process according to claim 7 , wherein the catalyst used in steps b) and c) is selected from a group comprising sulphonic acid, sulphuric acid, trifluoracetic acid (TFAA), 4-toluenesulphonic acid (pTSA), monochloracetic acid (MCAA), glacial acetic acid, formic acid, hydrochloric acid and molecular sieve.

10. The process according to claim 7 , wherein steps b) and c) are carried out in a solvent, or in substance.

11. A precondensate comprising the reaction product of components comprising at least one compound according to claim 1 with at least one aldehyde.

12. The precondensate according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one aldehyde is formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, furan-2-aldehyde (furfural), glyoxal and/or trans-3-phenyl-2-propenal (cinnamaldehyde).

13. The precondensate according to claim 12 , wherein the components further comprise at least one aromatic compound and/or other precondensates.

14. The precondensate according to claim 11 , wherein said precondensate is selected from the group consisting of the following structures:

wherein n is larger than 1 and

wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and A have the above meanings.

15. The process according to claim 8 , wherein step a) is carried out at a pH between 9 and 11.

16. The process according to claim 8 , wherein step a) is carried out in the presence of K 2 CO 3 , Na 2 CO 3 , Ca(OH) 2 , NaOH and/or KOH.

17. The process according to claim 8 , wherein steps b) and c) are carried out at a pH between 2 and 5.

18. The process according to claim 8 , wherein steps b) and c) are carried out at a pH between 2 and 4.

19. The process according to claim 9 , wherein the catalyst used in steps b) and c) is selected from a group comprising sulphonic acid, sulphuric acid, trifluoracetic acid (TFAA), 4-toluenesulphonic acid (pTSA), monochloracetic acid (MCAA), glacial acetic acid, formic acid, hydrochloric acid and zeolithes.

20. The process according to claim 10 , wherein steps b) and c) are carried out in benzol, chloroform, methylenehloride, acetic acid, formic acid, cresol, formalin or water.

21. The process according to claim 10 , wherein steps b) and c) are carried out in phenol melt.

22. The precondensate according to claim 13 , wherein the components further comprise at least one of phenol and/or melamine.

23. The precondensate according to claim 13 , wherein the components further comprise at least one of phenol-formaldehyde-, melamine-formaldehyde- and/or urea-formaldehyde-precondensates.

24. The precondensate according to claim 14 , wherein n is 1 to 50.

25. The precondensate according to claim 14 , wherein n is 1 to 10.