Metal-containing phosphate complexes and method of preparing same

Claim 1

A METAL-CONTAINING ORGANIC PHOSPHATE COMPLEX PREPARED BY THE PROCESS WHICH COMPRISES THE REACTION OF (A) A POLYVALENT METAL SALT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE ZINC, CADMIUM, LEAD, IRON, COBALT, NICKEL, BARIUM, CALCIUM, STRONTIUM, MAGNESIUM, COPPER, BISMUTH, TIN, CHROMIIUM, AND MANGANESE SALTS OF THE ACID JPHOSPHATE ESTERS DERIVED FROM THE REACTION OF PHOSPHORUS PENTOXIDE WITH A MIXTURE OF A MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SATURATED ALIPHATIC AND CYCLOALIPHATIC ALCOHOLS CONTAINING FROM 3 TO ABOUT 18 CARBON ATOMS, AND FROM 0.25 TO 4.0 EQUIVALENTS OF A POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOL HAVING FROM 2 TO AB OUT 4 HYDROXYL GROUPS AND CONTAINING FROM ABOUT 2 TO ABOUT 41 CARBON ATOMS WITH (B) AT LEAST ABOUT 0.1 EQUIVALENT OF AN ORGANIC EPOXIDE CONTAINING FROM ABOUT 2 TO ABOUT 57 CARBON ATOMS AND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF EPOXY ALKANES, EPOXY ALKYL CARBOXYLIC ACIDS, LACTONES, STYRENE OXIDE, AND ALPHA-METAL STYRENE OXIDE.