Polymeric Materials Synthesis by Oxidative Polymerization of Triacylglycerides and Derivatives [Síntese de Materiais Poliméricos por Polimeriza o Oxidativa de Triacilglicerídeos e Derivados]

Alkyd resins are essential components of certain classes of paints. They typically have in their composition vegetable oils or fatty acid derivatives which contain in their carbon chain a certain degree of unsaturations (CC double bonds). The presence of these unsaturations allows prompting chemical reactions that lead to the oxidative polymerization of the material (reaction with molecular oxygen present in the air). Due to these chemical characteristics the resin becomes a polymeric structure which leads to the formation of a film over the surface, protecting and beautifying it.