Abstract: A reactor for the thermal cleavage of monofunctional and/or polyfunctional carbamic esters into the corresponding isocyanate and hydroxyl components in the liquid phase having devices for introduction of heat into the reactor, where the devices are heat exchanger plates through which a heat transfer medium flows and have a geometry defined by the ratio of the degassing area to the volume and arrangement of the heating surfaces which makes it possible for the cleavage to be carried out in a two-phase mixture which has a gas content of over 50% by volume.

Abstract: A reactor for the thermal cleavage of monofunctional and/or polyfunctional carbamic esters into the corresponding isocyanate and hydroxyl components in the liquid phase having devices for introduction of heat into the reactor, where the devices are heat exchanger plates through which a heat transfer medium flows and have a geometry defined by the ratio of the degassing area to the volume and arrangement of the heating surfaces which makes it possible for the cleavage to be carried out in a two-phase mixture which has a gas content of over 50% by volume.

Abstract: Organic diurethanes and/or polyurethanes are prepared by reacting organic diamines and/or polyamines (a) with urea and/or alkyl cabamates (b) and alcohols (c) in the presence of soluble zirconium compounds, preferably zirconium alkoxides, zirconium acetate or zirconium acetylacetonate, as catalyst (d). They can be used for preparing diisocyanates and/or polyisocyanates by thermal dissociation.

Abstract: Organic diurethanes and/or polyurethanes are prepared by reacting organic diamines and/or polyamines (a) with urea and/or alkyl cabamates (b) and alcohols (c) in the presence of soluble zirconium compounds, preferably zirconium alkoxides, zirconium acetate or zirconium acetylacetonate, as catalyst (d). They can be used for preparing diisocyanates and/or polyisocyanates by thermal dissociation.

Abstract: In a reactor for the thermal cleavage of mono- and polyfunctional carbamic esters into the corresponding isocyanates and the hydroxyl component in the liquid phase, the geometry of the reactor, defined by the degassing area in relation to the volume and the arrangement of the heating surfaces, permits cleavage in a two-phase mixture which has a volumetric gas content of more than 50%.

Abstract: Novel 2,2 -dialkylpentane-1,5-diisocyantes, 2,2-dialkylpentane-1,5-diurethanes and 2,2-dialkylpentane-1,5-dicarbamoyl chlorides of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different linear C.sub.1 -to C.sub.12 -alkyl, branched C.sub.3 - to C.sub.12 -alkyl, branched C.sub.2 - to C.sub.12 -alkenyl or branched C.sub.4 - to C.sub.12 -alkenyl,or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together are alkylene having from 4 to 7 carbon atoms, which is unsubstituted or substituted by from 1 to 5 C.sub.1 - to C.sub.4 -alkyl groups, and X is NCO, NH--CO.sub.2 R.sup.3, NHCO.sub.2 R.sup.4 or NHCOCl, where R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are identical or different and are linear C.sub.1 - to C.sub.20 -alkyl, branched C.sub.3 - to C.sub.20 -alkyl or C.sub.5 - to C.sub.12 -cycloalkyl, are described.

Abstract: Polyisocyanates containing isocyanurate groups are prepared by a partial trimerization of (cyclo)aliphatic diisocyanates in the presence of at least one trimerization catalyst selected from the group consisting of tetraalkylammonium alkyl carbonates of the formula (I) ##STR1## (quaternary ammonioalkyl) carbonates having a betaine structure of the formula (II) ##STR2## and the preferred use of the polyisocyanates containing isocyanurate groups which are obtainable in this way is aspolyisocyanate component in polyurethane finishes.

Abstract: A multistep process for the continuous preparation of organic polyisocyanates, preferably aliphatic or cycloaliphatic diisocyanates, by reacting the corresponding organic polyamines with carbonic acid derivatives and alcohols to give monomeric polyurethanes and pyrolyzing the latter involves separating the resultant polyisocyanates and worthless residues in certain reaction steps and recycling the reusable by-products into earlier steps.

Abstract: Silicon-containing polymers consist ofa) from 65 to 99.95 parts by weight of one or more acrylates and/or methacrylates of an aliphatic alcohol of 1 to 12 carbon atoms (monomers A),b) from 0 to 30 parts by weight of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers capable of undergoing free radical copolymerization (monomers B),c) from 0.05 to 10 parts by weight of one or more anhydrides of an .alpha.,.beta.-monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid of 4 to 10 carbon atoms (monomers C) or from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of one or more monomers containing one or more isocyanate groups and capable of undergoing free radical copolymerization (monomers D) andd) effective amounts of one or more silanes of the general formula INH.sub.2 --R.sup.1 --Si(R.sup.2).sub.3-m (R.sup.3).sub.m (I)where m is 0, 1 or 2, R.sup.1 is a hydrocarbon chain of not more than 10 carbon atoms which may be interrupted by oxygen or nitrogen, the radicals R.sup.2 are identical or different hydrolyzable groups and the radicals R.sup.