EPOXY RESINS DERIVED FROM SEED OIL BASED ALKANOLAMIDES AND A PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME

摘要

An epoxy resin comprising at least one epoxy amide such as at least one of a glycidyl ether amide and a glycidyl ester amide derived from at least one seed oil based alkanolamide; wherein the seed oil based alkanolamide is derived from the reaction of (i) at least one of a fatty acid ester, a fatty acid and a fatty acid triglyceride; and (ii) at least one alkanolamine; and a process for preparing such epoxy resin. An epoxy resin composition can be prepared comprising the epoxy amide above and one or more epoxy resins other than the epoxy amide. A curable epoxy resin composition can also be made from the above epoxy resin composition which contains at least one curing agent and/or at least one curing catalyst.