Abstract: Compatibilizers for mutually immiscible polyol compositions, characterized in that they comprise dispersed particles, and processes for production of these and their use in polyurethane foams.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing esters from alcohols and olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acids by reacting an alcohol with an olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid or a reactive derivative thereof, in the presence of between 1 ppm and 1 wt. % of at least one oxazoline of formula 1, in relation to the weight of the reaction mixture of alcohol and olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid/carboxylic acid derivative, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 representing hydrogen or branched, linear, cyclical, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radicals containing up to 25 C atoms that can be substituted by heteroatoms, and R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 being the same or different.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for preparing amides from polyetheramines and (meth)acrylic acid or the corresponding anhydrides, the energy source used being microwaves.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing amines of formula (1), wherein R3 is an organic group containing from 2 to 600 alkoxy groups and R1 and R3 groups are similar or different and represent a hydrogen atom or an organic group containing from 1 to 400 carbon atoms. The inventive method consists in bringing a compound of formula (2) into contact a compound of formula (3) in the presence of hydrogen with a metal-containing catalyst, wherein the metal content in cobalt is equal to or greater than 80% by weight.

Abstract: Prepolymers having more than one alkoxysilyl function per chain end reactive towards epoxide groups as a constituent of curable compositions, and their use for producing adhesive-bonding and coating compositions, which may also be foamable, and also polymeric materials produced therefrom.

Abstract: The invention relates to polyethers containing urethane or urea groups as compatibilizing agents, their preparation and use, obtained by the reaction of A. at least one di- and/or polyisocyanate with B. (a) at least one hydrophilic polyether which randomly carries at least one OH and/or NH2 and/or NH function and (b) at least one hydrophobic polyether which randomly comprises at least one OH and/or NH2 and/or NH function and (c) optionally further compounds which carry at least one OH and/or NH2 and/or NH function and/or other isocyanate-reactive groups such as carboxylic acid or epoxide functions, and with the proviso that at least one isocyanate A is difunctional or multifunctional.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing copolymer dispersions made of alkylene oxides and glycidyl ethers according to formula (I) in which R1 is hydrogen or a C1-C4-alkyl radical, R2 and R4 are an alkyl or aryl radical having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and R3 is an alkyl or aryl radical having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, which may also contain heteroatoms. A is an alkylene unit having 2 to 6 carbon atoms. In formula (1), x is a number from 0 to 10, y is a number from 0 to 10, n is a number from 0 to 100, k is a number from 1 to 100, R5 is an acid group or hydrogen, and m is a number from 1 to 500, with the proviso that (y+n) must be at least 1.

Abstract: The invention relates to cyclic siloxanes in which organically modifying groups are bonded to the silicon atom via an oxygen atom (SiOC linkage), and to their use in the production of polyesterpolyurethane and as additive for enhancing the activity of biocides and pesticides.

Abstract: Disclosed are copolymers made of alkylene oxides and glycidyl ethers according to formula (I) in which R1 is hydrogen or a C1-C4-alkyl radical, R2 and R4 are an alkyl or aryl radical having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and R3 is an alkyl or aryl radical having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, which may also contain heteroatoms. A is an alkylene unit having 2 to 6 carbon atoms. In formula (1), x is a number from 0 to 10, y is a number from 0 to 10, n is a number from 0 to 100, k is a number from 1 to 100, R5 is an acid group or hydrogen, and m is a number from 1 to 500, with the proviso that (y+n) must be at least 1.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing amines of formula (1), wherein R3 is an organic group containing from 2 to 600 alkoxy groups and R1 and R3 groups are similar or different and represent a hydrogen atom or an organic group containing from 1 to 400 carbon atoms. The inventive method consists in bringing a compound of formula (2) into contact a compound of formula (3) in the presence of hydrogen with a metal-containing catalyst, wherein the metal content in cobalt is equal to or greater than 80% by weight.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a composition comprising at least one compound of the general formula (I) where R1 are identical or different, straight-chain or branched, aliphatic or aromatic, optionally halogenated, optionally unsaturated hydrocarbon radicals having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, k=0 to 10, R2 is a group of the formula A-B-D-Q, where A is an oxygen atom, a CH2 group or a CH?CH group, B is a CH2 group or a divalent radical selected from linear or branched, saturated, mono- or polyunsaturated alkyloxy, aryloxy, alkylaryloxy or arylalkyloxy groups having 2 to 20 carbon atoms or a group of the formula —CH2—O—(CH2)4—O—, D is a group of the general formula (II) (C2H4O)n(C3H6O)o(C12H24O)p(C8H8O)q(C4H8O)r—??(II) where n, o, p, q and r are mutually independent integers from 0 to 50, where the sum of the indices n+o+p+q+r is greater than or equal to 3 and the general formula II represents a statistical oligomer or a block oligomer, and Q is a radical selected from hydrogen, linear or branched

Abstract: The invention relates to copolymers of formula (I) wherein R1 is hydrogen, a C1-C5-alkyl radical or C2-C5-alkenyl radical which can also contain heteroatoms, an acid group or an aliphatic or aromatic group comprising 1-50 carbon atoms, including an acid group, R2 and R3 independently represent hydrogen, methyl and/or ethyl, n ranges from 0-100, and m ranges from 3 to 30, and k ranges from 1-200, and A is hydrogen, an acid group, a C1-C5-alkyl radical or a C2-C8-alkenyl radical which can also contain heteroatoms, an aliphatic or aromatic group comprising 1-50 carbon atoms, including an acid group, or a copolymer unit of formula (II), wherein R4 is hydrogen, a C1-C5-alkyl radical or a C2-C5-alkenyl radical which can also contain heteroatoms, an acid group or an aliphatic or aromatic group comprising 1-50 carbon atoms, including an acid group, R5 is hydrogen, methyl and/or ethyl, x ranges from 0 to 100, and y ranges from 3-30, wherein, if A is formula (2), R1 represents hydrogen or an acid group.

Abstract: Disclosed are copolymers made of alkylene oxides and glycidyl ethers according to formula (I) in which R1 is hydrogen or a C1-C4-alkyl radical, R2 and R4 are an alkyl or aryl radical having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and R3 is an alkyl or aryl radical having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, which may also contain heteroatoms. A is an alkylene unit having 2 to 6 carbon atoms. In formula (1), x is a number from 0 to 10, y is a number from 0 to 10, n is a number from 0 to 100, k is a number from 1 to 100, R5 is an acid group or hydrogen, and m is a number from 1 to 500, with the proviso that (y+n) must be at least 1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous cold-cure flexible foam stabilizer formulations for use in the production of highly elastic cold-cure polyurethane foams or for use in the production of cold-cure flexible foam activator blends for highly elastic cold-cure polyurethane foams, wherein the aqueous cold-cure flexible foam stabilizer formulation comprises the following components a) from ?0.1 to ?80% by weight of at least one water-insoluble polysiloxane compound having a molecular weight of from ?300 g/mol to ?10 000 g/mol, b) ?2% by weight of water, c) ?0.1% by weight of surfactant, d) from ?0 to 10% by weight of additives selected from the group consisting of thickeners, antifreezes, organic solvents and biocides, e) ?0% by weight of water-soluble siloxane(s), with the proportion by weight of the abovementioned components being selected so that the sum of the proportions by weight of the components is not more than 100% by weight, based on the aqueous cold-cure flexible foam stabilizer formulation.

Abstract: Disclosed are copolymers made of alkylene oxides and glycidyl ethers according to formula (I) in which R1 is hydrogen or a C1-C4-alkyl radical, R2 and R4 are an alkyl or aryl radical having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and R3 is an alkyl or aryl radical having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, which may also contain heteroatoms. A is an alkylene unit having 2 to 6 carbon atoms. In formula (1), x is a number from 0 to 10, y is a number from 0 to 10, n is a number from 0 to 100, k is a number from 1 to 100, C is an acid group or hydrogen, and m is a number from 1 to 500, with the proviso that (y+n) must be at least 1.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing esters from alcohols and olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acids by reacting an alcohol with an olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid or a reactive derivative thereof, in the presence of between 1 ppm and 1 wt. % of at least one oxazoline of formula 1, in relation to the weight of the reaction mixture of alcohol and olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid/carboxylic acid derivative, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 representing hydrogen or branched, linear, cyclical, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radicals containing up to 25 C atoms that can be substituted by heteroatoms, and R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 being the same or different.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of polyurethane cold cure foams by reacting a mixture of highly reactive polyols, which usually have an average molecular weight of from about 4800 to 6500 g/mol and at least 70% of primary hydroxyl groups and optionally contain fillers, and polyfunctional isocyanates, amine activators, crosslinking agents, tin catalysts, blowing agents and stabilizers, wherein the stabilizers used are compounds of the general formula (1) the proportion of siloxanes with N>9 being higher than 10% by weight and that with N>12 being equal to or higher than 5% by weight.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for preparing amides from polyetheramines and (meth)acrylic acid or the corresponding anhydrides, the energy source used being microwaves.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formulae 1 and 2 in which A is C2- to C4-alkylene, n is an integer from 4 to 900, m is an integer from 1 to 50, and R is hydrogen, an m-valent acid group, or an m-valent organic radical having 1 to 200 carbon atoms which, apart from carbon and hydrogen, can also contain heteroatoms such as, for example, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur or phosphorus, and to the use thereof as polymerizable emulsifiers.

Abstract: Aqueous pigment formulations comprise (A) at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment, (B) at least one polymeric dispersant of the formula I, where R1 is aliphatic, linear or branched hydrocarbyl having 8 to 30 carbon atoms or a hydrogen atom, R2 is aliphatic, linear or branched hydrocarbyl having 8 to 30 carbon atoms or a hydrogen atom, R3 is hydrocarbyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, n is an integer of not less than 3, x is an integer from 1 to 150, and M is a cation, with the proviso that one of R1 and R2 is hydrogen.