Stabilizer and coating compositions thereof

1. A coating composition comprising:

a thermoplastic dispersion; and

an epoxy-functional stabilizer derived from:

(i) a polyhydric phenol having one or more aryl or heteroaryl groups in which each aryl or heteroaryl group includes a hydroxyl group attached to the ring and a substituent group attached to the ring at an ortho or meta position relative to the hydroxyl group; or

(ii) a polyhydric phenol having two or more aryl or heteroaryl groups joined by a polar linking group or by a linking group having a molecular weight of at least 125 Daltons; or

(iii) a polyhydric phenol having the features of both (i) and (ii); and

wherein the coating composition is substantially free of diphenols having estrogenic activity greater than or equal to that of bisphenol S.

2. The coating composition of claim 1 , wherein the stabilizer is derived from a polyhydric phenol having one or more aryl or heteroaryl groups in which each aryl or heteroaryl group includes a hydroxyl group attached to the ring and a substituent group attached to the ring at an ortho or meta position relative to the hydroxyl group.

3. The coating composition of claim 1 , wherein the stabilizer is derived from a polyhydric phenol having two or more aryl or heteroaryl groups joined by a polar linking group or by a linking group having a molecular weight of at least 125 Daltons.

4. The coating composition of claim 1 wherein the stabilizer includes one or more segments of Formula I:

wherein:

H denotes a hydrogen atom if present;

each R 1 is independently an atom or group having an atomic weight of at least 15 Daltons;

v is independently 0 to 4; with the proviso that if v is 0, then n is 1 or the phenylene groups depicted in Formula I join to form a fused ring system;

w is 4;

R 2 , if present, is a divalent group;

n is 0 or 1; with the proviso that if n is 0, the phenylene groups depicted in Formula I can optionally join to form a fused ring system in which case w is 3 and v is 0 to 3;

t is 0 or 1;

if v is 0 and t is 1, R 2 is polar linking group or a linking group having a molecular weight of at least 125 Daltons;

two or more R 1 or R 2 groups can join to form one or more cyclic groups;

and wherein the coating composition is substantially free of polyhydric phenols having estrogenic activity greater than or equal to that of bisphenol S.

5. The coating composition of claim 4 , wherein t is 0.

6. The coating composition of claim 4 , wherein each v independently 1 to 4 and the phenylene groups depicted in Formula 1 include at least one R 1 group attached to the phenylene ring at an ortho position relative to the oxygen atom.

7. The coating composition of claim 4 , wherein each v is independently 2 to 4 and an R 1 group is attached to the phenylene ring at both ortho positions relative to the oxygen atom.

8. The coating composition of claim 4 , wherein the R 1 groups independently comprise methyl or ethyl groups attached to the phenylene ring at an ortho position relative to the oxygen atom.

9. The coating composition of claim 4 , wherein an R 1 group is attached to the phenylene ring at an ortho position relative to the oxygen atom, and a width measured perpendicular from a center-line of the phenylene ring to the maximal outside extent of the van der Waals volume of R 1 is greater than about 4.5 Angstroms.

10. The coating composition of claim 4 , wherein:

n is 1;

R 2 is an organic group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and

the oxygen atom of each phenylene group depicted in Formula I is located at a para position relative to R 2 .

11. The coating composition of claim 4 , wherein:

n is 1;

R 2 is a divalent group.

12. The coating composition of claim 4 , wherein:

n is 1;

R 2 is —CH 2 —.

13. The coating composition of claim 4 wherein:

v is 0;

n is 1; and

R 2 is a polar linking group or a linking group having a molecular weight of at least 125 Daltons.

14. The coating composition of claim 4 , wherein the segments of Formula I are derived from one or more of the diglycidyl ether of 4,4′-methylenebis(2,6-di-t-butylphenol), the diglycidyl ether of 2,2′-methylenebis(4-methyl-6-t-butylphenol), the diglycidyl ether of 44′-methylenebis(2,6-dimethylphenol), the diglycidyl ether of 4,4′-butylidenebis(2-t-butyl-5-methylphenol), the diglycidyl ether of bis-(3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)methane, the diglycidyl ether of 2,5-di-t-butylhydroquinone, or a derivative or combination thereof.

15. The coating composition of claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic dispersion comprises thermoplastic halogenated polyolefin particles dispersed in a liquid carrier.

16. The coating composition of claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic dispersion comprises a vinyl organosol.

17. The coating composition of claim 1 , wherein the stabilizer includes at least two epoxy end groups.

18. The coating composition of claim 1 , wherein the stabilizer is derived from a polyhydric phenol or derivative thereof that exhibits a log Relative Proliferative Effect value in an MCF-7 cell proliferation assay less than that of bisphenol S.

19. A packaging article with the composition of claim 1 adhered to at least a portion of a surface thereof.

20. A packaging article according to claim 19 , wherein the packaging article comprises a food or beverage container or a portion thereof having a cured coating composition of claim 1 adhered to at least a portion of an interior surface.

21. A method comprising:

applying the coating composition of claim 1 to a substrate or portion thereof; and

curing the coating composition to form a cured coating on the substrate or portion thereof.

22. A method comprising:

applying a coating composition to at least a portion of a metal substrate prior to or after forming the metal substrate into a container or portion thereof, the coating composition comprising a thermoplastic dispersion and an epoxy-functional stabilizer derived from a polyhydric phenol that includes one or more segments of Formula I:

 Formula I

wherein:

H denotes a hydrogen atom, if present;

each R 1 is independently an atom or group having an atomic weight of at least 15 Daltons;

v is independently 0 to 4; with the proviso that if v is 0, then n is 1 or the phenylene groups depicted in Formula I join to form a fused ring system;

w is 4;

R 2 , if present, is a divalent group; a polar linking group or a linking group having a molecular weight of at least 125 Daltons;

n is 0 or 1; with the proviso that if n is 0, the phenylene groups depicted in Formula I can optionally join to form a fused ring system in which case w is 3 and v is 0 to 3;

t is 0 or 1;

if v is 0 and t is 1, R 2 is a polar linking group or a linking group having a molecular weight of at least 125 Daltons; and

two or more R 1 or R 2 groups can join to form one or more cyclic groups; and

drying and at least partially curing the composition to produce a cured coating system adhered to the metal substrate and wherein the coating composition is substantially free of polyhydric phenols having estrogenic activity greater than or equal to that of bisphenol S.