Abstract: The invention relates to a foamable mixture which contains at least one alkoxysilane-terminated prepolymer and which can be produced of a) at least one alkoxysilane that was functionalized with isocyanate groups and that can be produced of at least one hydroxyfunctional and/or aminofunctional alkoxysilane and at least one diisocyanate or polyisocyanate, and b) at least one compound that contains at least one OH group, and at least one blowing agent, characterized in that the foamable mixture has a dynamic viscosity of 100 to 25,000 mPas, preferably 500 to 10,000 mPas, at 23° C. The invention further relates to a method for producing said foamable mixture. The foamable mixtures according to the invention are suitable for sealing, insulating and mounting joints, roof surfaces, windows and doors or for filling hollow spaces.

Abstract: The invention relates to a controlled polymerization process for preparing (meth)acrylate-based AB diblock copolymers with a B block which has a narrow monomodal molecular weight distribution, and an A block which has a broad bimodal molecular weight distribution, and to the use thereof, for example, as a binder in adhesives or sealants.

Abstract: The invention relates to a controlled polymerization method for producing telechelics on the basis of (meth)acrylate, which have a bimodal molecular weight distribution, and to the use thereof as binders in glues or sealing compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to a controlled polymerization method for producing ABA-triblock copolymers on the basis of (meth)acrylate with A-blocks which have a narrow, monomodal molecular weight distribution and a B-block which has a bimodal molecular weight distribution, and to the use thereof as binders in glues and sealing materials

Abstract: The invention relates to block copolymers produced by means of controlled polymerization and that have at least one block A or B comprising (meth)acrylate monomers and copolymerizable monomers, and a block P on the basis of functionalized polymers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cross-linkable composition containing 10-50% by weight of silane-group terminated polymers with a number average molecular weight of between 3,000 and 30,000 g/mol, 0.5 to 20% by weight of (meth)acrylate block copolymers of type A(BA)n, where n=1 to 5 and said copolymers contain at least two hydrolysable silane groups, 85 to 40% by weight of fillers and auxiliary agents, the sum of the constituents totalling 100%. The invention is characterised in that the (meth)acrylate block copolymers have a number average molecular weight of between 5,000 and 100,000 g/mol and that the silane groups are contained in at least one block A or B and said groups are not terminal in the polymer chain.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing (meth)acrylate-based ABA triblock copolymers with a silyl functionalization of the A blocks.

Abstract: The invention relates to a silylated polyurethane that is manufactured by reacting at least one polyether compound having an OH number per DIN 53783 between 3 and 20 mg KOH/g, made up of at least two polyoxyalkylene blocks A and B, the number of carbon atoms in the alkylene units of blocks A and B differing by at least 1, with one or more isocyanatosilanes of formula (I): OCN—R—Si—(R1)m(—OR2)3-m, in which m is 0, 1, or 2, each R2 is an alkyl residue having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, each R1 is an alkyl residue having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R is a difunctional organic group, in order to cap the hydroxyl groups of the prepolymer with the isocyanatosilane, thereby forming a silylated polyurethane that comprises alkoxysilyl groups as reactive end groups. The silylated polyurethanes that are described are suitable for the manufacture of adhesive, sealant, or coating-agent preparations having good mechanical properties.

Abstract: Silylated polyurethanes can be manufactured by reacting at least one polyol compound, having a molecular weight from 4000 to 20,000 dalton, with a diisocyanate, with a stoichiometric excess of the diisocyanate compound with respect to the polyol compound or compounds, with the result that a polyurethane prepolymer that is isocyanate-terminated is formed; and by subsequently reacting the polyurethane prepolymer with one or more OH-terminated silanes of formula (1) to yield a polyurethane having predominantly terminal alkoxysilyl groups. In formula (1), m is equal to 0, 1, or 2, R1 is an alkyl residue having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R2 is an alkyl residue having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R3 is a divalent organic residue having 1 to 12 atoms, selected from C, N, S, and/or O, in the chain, but by preference exclusively carbon atoms, R4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl residue having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and R is a difunctional organic group, preferably a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing cross-linkable formulations. In a first step of the method, at least one ?,?-difunctional organic polymer of formula (1) X-A-X (1) is converted into organyloxysilyl-terminated polymers P1, using organofunctional silanes of formula (2) Y—R—Si—(R1)m(—OR2)3m (2), in the presence of catalysts (A) selected from the group consisting of potassium, iron, indium, zinc, bismuth and copper compounds.

Abstract: Silyated polyurethanes can be manufactured by (A) converting (i) at least one polyol compound A with a molecular weight of 500-20,000 Dalton, in particular 4000-10,000 Dalton, (ii) with a dihalogenide to a polyol compound B with a molecular weight of 4000-40,000 Dalton, in particular 8000-20,000 Dalton, and subsequent (B) conversion of this polyol B with one or more isocyanatosilanes of formula (1): OCN—R—Si—(R1)m(-OR2)3-m where m is 0.1 or 2, each R2 is an alkyl radical with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, each R1 is an alkyl radical with 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R is a difunctional organic pump. These silylated polyurethanes are suited to use as adhesives, sealant or coating agent in preparations containing one or more such silylated polyurethane.

Abstract: A method for producing a silylated polyurethane including the steps: (A) converting (i) at least polyol compound having a molecular weight of 4,000-30,000 g/mol and at least one monofunctional compound relative to isocyanates and (ii) at least one diisocyanate at a stoichiometric excess of the sum of the polyol compound(s) and monofunctional compound relative to the diisocyanate compound(s), whereby a hydroxyl-terminated polyurethane prepolymer is formed; and (B) converting the polyurethane prepolymer and one or more isocyanate silane(s) of the formula (I): OCN—R—Si—(R1)m(-OR2)3-m, where m is 0, 1 or 2, each R2 is an alkyl radical having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, each R1 is an alkyl radical having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R is a difunctional organic group. Also compounds comprising the silylated polyurethane that can be so produced, and the use thereof as an adhesive and sealant or coating composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to silane cross-linking curable compositions, comprising a polymer P with at least two terminal groups of the following formulae (I) and (II) -Am-K1—SiXYZ (I), -Am-K2—SiXYZ (II), and/or two polymers P1 and P2, the polymer P1 having terminal groups of the following formula (I) -Am-K1—SiXYZ (I), and the polymer P2 having terminal groups of the following formula (II) -Am-K2—SiXYZ (II). In said formulae, A represents a bivalent binding group K1 and K2 independently of one another represent a bivalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group with a main chain of between 1 and 6 carbon atoms, the hydrocarbon groups K1, K2 being different, X, Y and Z independently of one another represent a hydroxy group of a hydrolysable group and m stands for 0 or 1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to silane-crosslinking curable compositions encompassing a polymer P having at least two terminal groups of the following formulas (I) and (II) -Am-K1—SiR1XY (I), -Am-K2—SiR2XY (II), and/or two polymers P1 and P2, polymer P1 having terminal groups of the following formula (I) -Am-K1—SiR1XY (I), and polymer P2 having terminal groups of the following formula (II) -Am-K2—SiR2XY (II), in which A denotes a divalent bonding group, K1, K2, mutually independently, denote a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group that has a main chain of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, the hydrocarbon groups K1, K2 being different, X, Y mutually independently denote a hydroxy group or a hydrolyzable group, R1, R2 mutually independently denote a hydrocarbon residue having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and m assumes the values 0 or 1.

Abstract: The invention relates to alkyl benzoate mixtures, the sum of the C12- and C14-alkyl benzoates being greater than or equal to 85%, in relation to the total sum of the alkyl benzoates. The invention also relates to the use of said alkyl benzoate mixtures in cosmetic and/or pharmaceutical preparations, in particular as oil components.

Abstract: Esters of 2-propylheptanol with linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated C5-C36 carboxylic acids and C4-C36 dicarboxylic acids, compositions comprising these esters, and to the use of esters of 2-propylheptanol with linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated C5-C36-carboxylic acids and/or C4-C36-dicarboxylic acids in cosmetic and/or topical pharmaceutical preparations.

Abstract: A process is provided for the production of linear saturated alkanes from one or more primary alcohols, wherein the carbon chain of the one or more primary alcohols has one carbon atom more than the alkane, including conducting reductive dehydroxymethylation of one or more primary fatty alcohols containing 8 to 24 carbon atoms, at a temperature ranging from 100 to 300° C. and pressures from 1 to 250 bar in the presence of hydrogen and a catalyst, and removing water formed during the reaction.

Abstract: A storage-stable, smooth-feeling, non-comedogenic fatty acid ester mixture of 2-ethylhexanol and fatty acids comprising 2-ethylhexyl fatty acid esters, wherein the aggregate amount of C12 and C14 2-ethylhexyl fatty acid esters is 85% or more of the mixture, based on the total weight of all fatty acid esters in the mixture, which mixtures are useful in or as an oil component of a cosmetic or pharmaceutical preparation.

Abstract: Process for producing poly-?-olefins are described wherein the processes comprise: (a) providing a primary alcohol; and (b) polymerizing the primary alcohol in the presence of an acidic alumino layer silicate to form a poly-?-olefin. Water formed during the polymerization can be removed, optionally during the polymerization, and subsequent hydrogenation may be performed.

Abstract: Processes for producing conjugated linoleic acid are described which comprise: (a) isomerizing a linoleic acid lower alkyl ester in the presence of an alkali metal alcoholate to form a conjugated linoleic acid lower alkyl ester; (b) saponifying the conjugated linoleic acid lower alkyl ester in the presence of an aqueous lye to form a saponification product; and (c) neutralizing the saponification product with phosphoric acid.