Abstract: A high purity polysaccharide containing hydrophobic group is produced by a process involving a first process step of producing an isocyanate group-containing hydrophobic compound, wherein one mole of a hydroxyl group-containing hydrocarbon having 12-50 carbon atoms or of a sterol is reacted with a diisocyanate represented by OCN—R1—NCO in which R1 is a hydrocarbyl of 1-50 carbon atoms, a second process step of producing the polysaccharide containing hydrophobic group composed of the hydrocarbon group of 12-50 carbon atoms or of the steryl group, wherein the isocyanate group-containing hydrophobic compound obtained in the first process step is reacted with one or more polysaccharides, and a purification step in which the reaction product in the second process step is purified using a solvent based on a ketone.

Abstract: A novel polydialkylsiloxane/polyamide copolymer which is excellent in biocompatibility, mechanical strength, and heat moldability, applicable for use in medical materials, ophthalmic materials, cosmetics, and electronic materials, and has a main chain represented by the formula (4), one end represented by the formula (5) and another end represented by the formula (6): —(NH—A—NHCO—B—CO)m—  (4) —NH—A—NH—X2  (5) —X1  (6) wherein the ratio of —R1—(Si(R2) (R3)—O)n1-Si(R2) (R3)—R1— as A to the divalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms as A is within the range of 1:0.01˜100, and the proportion of X1 and X2 being hydrogen atoms is 10% or less relative to all the end groups, a process for producing the same, and a variety of its uses.

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