| abstract |
This invention relates to radiation curable alk-1-enyloxy carbonate reaction products of a polyhydroxylated compound having the formula ROH and a dialk-1-enyloxy carbonate having the formula ##STR1## wherein R is a C 3 to C 50 saturated or unsaturated, linear, branched or cyclic polyhydroxylated hydrocarbon radical optionally substituted with halo, alkoxy, lower alkyl, cyano or nitro; n R' is hydrogen or lower alkyl n B is a linear, branched or cyclic divalent radical having from 2 to 12 carbon atoms and is selected from the group of alkylene, mono- or poly- alkoxylated alkylene, alkenylene, alkynylene, arylene, alkarylene and aralkylene radicals, which radicals are optionally substituted with halo, lower alkyl, cyano, nitro or alkoxy and m has a value of from 1 to 10. The products of this invention are defined by the formula: ##STR2## wherein R" is the same as R except that it contains at least one less hydroxy group; (b) has a value of at least 1 up to the number of hydroxy groups in ROH and (n) represents the number of hydroxy groups in ROH. |