| abstract |
An air-drying alkyd resin comprising (I) at least one alpha , beta -olefinically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid unit or a mixture thereof with (I') a polycarboxylic acid unit being free from polymerizable olefinic and acetylenic bonds, said units bound as an ester, (II) at least one trihydric alcohol unit or a combination thereof with a minor amount of a dihydric alcohol unit, (III) from 10 to 35% by weight (referred to the total alkyd resin) of cyclopentadiene units and (IV) at least one predominantly aliphatic monocarboxylic acid unit, wherein the amount by weight of monocarboxylic acid units is at least as large as the total amount of polycarboxylic acid units, the latter being calculated as anhydride and a process of preparation said resin. |