Abstract: The present invention relates to an isocyanate functional prepolymer that can be achieved through a) a reaction of an H functional starter compound having at least one Zerewitinoff active H atom with an alkylene oxide and a comonomer to a preliminary stage bearing hydroxyl groups, wherein said comonomer is selected from the group comprising lactides, glycolides, cyclical dicarboxylic acid anhydrides as well as combinations thereof and wherein said comonomer is integrated through statistical copolymerization into the polymer chain(s) of the preliminary stage bearing hydroxyl groups, and b) a reaction of the preliminary stage bearing hydroxyl groups from step a) with a polyfunctional isocyanate to an isocyanate functional prepolymer. The invention additionally relates to a process for producing this isocyanate functional prepolymer, a tissue adhesive system containing such an isocyanate functional prepolymer and a dispensing system having at least two chambers and this type of tissue adhesive system.

Abstract: The invention relates to etherified lactate esters of formula (I), in which R represents alkyl and RI an alkoxylated alkyl radical and to the use thereof for enhancing the effect of plant protecting agents.

Abstract: The present invention provides polyols which can be obtained by a simple process. These polyols, unless explicitly specified, are to be understood to encompass both polyether polyols and polyether ester polyols. The invention further provides the simple process for the production of the polyols, and also, the production of polyurethanes comprising reacting a polyol according to the invention with a polyisocyanate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing cyanimino-1,3-thiazolidines, which are important building blocks for the preparation of crop protection active ingredients and pharmaceuticals, by the following scheme: where A is an alkali metal and X represents an acid radical.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing polyether polyols by base-catalyzed addition of alkylene oxides (epoxides) onto starter compounds which are solid at room temperature and have Zerevitinov-active hydrogen atoms, a particular feature of which is that visually clear and/or homogeneous products are obtained even in the absence of solvents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for solvent-free preparation of polyether polyols with blockwise polyether chain structure, based on starter compounds solid at room temperature.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for producing rigid polyurethane-polyisocyanurate foams using polyols having a high proportion of secondary hydroxyl end groups. The invention further relates to the rigid polyurethane-polyisocyanurate foams thus obtainable and to the use thereof in the production of composite elements from rigid polyurethane-polyisocyanurate foams and suitable outer layers. The invention further provides the composite elements thus obtainable.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer composition containing 3 to 95% by weight of a copolymer H and 3 to 95% by weight of a copolymer K, the copolymers H and K each having polyether macromonomer structural units and acid monomer structural units, which are present in the copolymers H and K in each case in a molar ratio of 1:20 to 1:1, and at least 20 mol % of all structural units of the copolymer H and at least 25 mol % of all structural units of the copolymer K being present in each case in the form of acid monomer structural units, the polyether macromonomer structural units of the copolymers H and K having side chains containing in each case at least 5 ether oxygen atoms, the number of ether oxygen atoms per side chain of the polyether macromonomer structural units of the copolymers H and K varying in each case in such a way that the corresponding frequency distribution diagrams, in which the number of ether oxygen atoms per side chain of a polyether macromonomer structural unit is plotted in each case along

Abstract: The invention relates to a copolymer which can be used as a superplasticizer for hydraulic binders and comprises 30 to 47 mol % of a (meth)allyl alcohol polyether derivative structural unit and 53 to 70 mol % of a maleic acid derivative structural unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of polyether polyols with equivalent molecular weights of from 8,000 to 20,000 g/mol from one or more H-functional starter compounds and one or more alkylene oxides in the presence of a double metal cyanide catalyst, characterized in that the alkylene oxides are metered into the reactor in the course of from 15 to 23 h.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of polyether ester polyols starting from fatty acid esters and starter compounds having Zerewitinoff-active hydrogen atoms, and to their use in the production of solid or foamed polyurethane materials.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process for the preparation of a hardening accelerator composition by reaction of a water-soluble calcium compound with a water-soluble silicate compound and a process for the preparation of a hardening accelerator composition by reaction of a calcium compound with a silicon dioxide containing component under alkaline conditions, in both cases the reaction of the water-soluble calcium compound with the water-soluble silicate compound being carried out in the presence of an aqueous solution which contains a water-soluble comb polymer suitable as a plasticizer for hydraulic binders. The invention concerns also a composition of calcium silicate hydrate and comb polymer, its use as hardening accelerator and for the reduction of the permeability of hardened compositions.

Abstract: Aqueous dispersions of reactive sizes comprise cationic polymers comprising vinylamine units as a protective colloid, the protective colloid comprising less than 0.0001% by weight, based on the protective colloid, of diketenes.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods for the preparation of polyether polyols by DMC-catalysed alkylene oxide addition to starter compounds comprising acidic sulfuric acid salts, to the use thereof for the preparation of polyurethanes, and to polyurethanes comprising the polyether polyols according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of polyether carbonate polyols with primary hydroxyl end groups, comprising the steps of reaction of a starter compound containing active hydrogen atoms with an epoxide and carbon dioxide under double metal cyanide catalysis, reaction of the product obtained with a cyclic carboxylic acid anhydride and reaction of this product obtained with ethylene oxide in the presence of a catalyst which contains at least one nitrogen atom per molecule, excluding non-cyclic tertiary amines with identical substituents. The invention furthermore relates to polyether carbonate polyols obtainable by this process, compositions comprising these polyether carbonate polyols and polyurethane polymers based on these polyether carbonate polyols.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of polyricinoleic acid ester polyols having primary hydroxyl end groups. It furthermore relates to polyricinoleic acid ester polyols obtainable according to the invention and polyurethane polymers prepared using these polyols. The process comprises the steps: a) polycondensation of ricinoleic acid until a hydroxyl number of >0 mg of KOH/g to <60 mg of KOH/g is reached; and b) reaction of the product obtained in step a) or of a secondary product of the product obtained in step a) comprising carboxyl groups with an epoxide of the general formula (I), wherein R1 represents hydrogen, an alkyl radical or an aryl radical, with the proviso that >80% by weight to <100% by weight, based on the total amount of the epoxide (I) employed, is ethylene oxide and the reaction is carried out in the presence of an amine as the catalyst.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a copolymer in a semicontinuous mode of operation in a polymerization apparatus containing a polymerization reactor connected to a metering device, in each case acid monomer being initially introduced into the metering device and polyether macromonomer and water into the polymerization reactor, acid monomer being metered from the metering device into the polymerization reactor, the metering of the acid monomer into the polymerization reactor being effected in such a way that first a polymerization pH is established in the aqueous medium and then, until the conversion of 70 mol % of the polyether macromonomer initially introduced into the polymerization reactor, acid monomer is passed into the polymerization reactor in an amount per unit time such that the pH in the aqueous medium deviates by not more than ±0.3 from the initially established polymerization pH.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a copolymer in semicontinuous operation in a polymerization apparatus, comprising a polymerization reactor connected to a metering device, acid monomer being initially taken in the metering device and polyether macromonomer, acid monomer and water in the polymerization reactor, acid monomer being metered from the metering device into the polymerization reactor, the metering of the acid monomer being effected with the proviso that at least 70 mol % of the acid monomer metered in altogether are metered in the course of 5 to 19 minutes at a metering rate that is constant or varies to a limited extent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a copolymer comprising i) 3 to 40 mol % of an isoprenolpolyether derivative structural unit ? ii) 3 to 40 mol % of a vinyloxypolyether derivative structural unit ? and iii) 35 to 93 mol % of an acid structural unit ?, the structural units of the copolymer which belong to the vinyloxypolyether derivative structural unit ? having longer side chains than the structural units which belong to the isoprenolpolyether derivative structural unit ?.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a copolymer in semicontinuous operation in a polymerization apparatus including a polymerization reactor connected to a metering device, acid monomer being initially taken in the metering device and polyether macromonomer and water in the polymerization reactor, acid monomer being metered from the metering device via an acid monomer metering line into the polymerization reactor, a portion of the copolymer-containing aqueous medium being passed continuously during the free radical polymerization from the polymerization reactor via a reaction mixture line which is connected via a mixing device to the acid monomer metering line, the discharged copolymer-containing aqueous medium being mixed with the acid monomer in the mixing device during the metering of the acid monomer and being recycled to the polymerization reactor after the mixing via the acid monomer metering line.