Abstract: Benzylpyridinium or benzylammonium salts of a benzenesulfonate anion are useful as a proton-donating curing catalyst ion a resinous system capable of curing in the presence of such a catalyst. The catalyst is characterized by its heat-latent nature and thus does not impair the storage stability of the resinous system at an ambient temperature.

Abstract: A novel class of silicon-containing vinyl polymers having in its molecule at least one constitutent unit of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon residue; R.sup.2 is ##STR2## R.sup.3 is hydrogen or methyl group; R.sup.4 is a substituent directly bonded to silicon atom and is selected from a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene containing hetero atoms; m and n each is a positive integer, which will fulfill the requirement of 2.ltoreq.m+m.ltoreq.4; A is a direct bond, ##STR3## phenylene or substituted phenylene; B is ##STR4## R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 each represents an alkylene, providing that when A is ##STR5## m+n is 2. The present vinyl polymers are very useful in various technical fields including preparation of lens and other molding products, paints and various industrial resins.

Abstract: A polymerizable vinyl monomer represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or methyl group and n is a real number of 3 to 100, and preparation thereof. The vinyl monomer is useful for the preparation of vinyl resin which is highly reactive in crosslinking with a hardener and capable of resulting in a coating of resilient, tough and flexible nature.

Abstract: A novel class of polymerizable monomers containing silicons represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon residue; R.sup.2 represents an alkylene attached to silicon atom and selected from an unsubstituted alkylene, a substituted alkylene, an unsubstituted alkylene containing hetero atoms or a substituted alkylene containing hetero atoms; m and n each represents a positive number which will fulfil the requirement of 2.ltoreq.m+n.ltoreq.4; R.sup.3 is hydrogen or methyl; A is a direct bond, ##STR2## or a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene; B is ##STR3## R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 each represents an alkylene, providing that when A represents ##STR4## m+n is 2. The invention also provides a preparation method thereof.

Abstract: A hydrolyzable resin composition consisting essentially of a resin selected from the group consisting of an acrylic resin, a polyester resin and an epoxy resin and an organic solvent in which the resin is soluble, wherein said resin has at least one side chain bearing at least one terminal group of the formula: ##STR1## wherein X represents ##STR2## M is a metal selected from zinc, copper and tellurium; x is an integer of 1 to 2; R represents an organic acid residue selected from ##STR3## and R.sub.1 is a monovalent organic residue, and the metal content of said resin is 0.3 to 20% by weight of the resin.The subject composition provides superior antifouling coating compositions.