Abstract: The process for acceleration of the cure rate of an epoxy resin which comprises forming a mixture of an epoxy resin, a boron trifluoride-amine complex and an isocyanate compound and curing said mixture at a temperature in the range of from about ambient to about 130.degree. C. is described.

Abstract: A process for preparing a poly(alkylene amido-ether) polyols by reaction of a bicyclic amide acetal with a polyol at a temperature in the range of from 140.degree.-240.degree. C. and the use of these poly(alkylene amidoether) polyols in the formation of polyurethanes are described.

Abstract: A process for preparing a novel polyurethane comprising blending a poly (alkylene ether) urethane polyol with both short- and long-chain polyols and reacting the blend with a polyisocyanate is described.

Abstract: The process for preparing a polymeric composition at improved rate comprising reacting an oxazoline compound and a phenolic compound in the presence of a catalytic amount of a phosphorous acid ester is described.

Abstract: An adhesive comprising a mixture of (A) a mixture of an isocyanate prepolymer and a polyepoxide which is essentially free of hydroxyl groups, and (B) a mixture of a polyol, a urethane catalyst and an epoxy curing catalyst and structures prepared by adhering substrates to one another by means of said adhesive are described.

Abstract: The process for preparing novel polymers by the reaction of a bicyclic amide acetal with sulfur at a temperature in the range of from about 25.degree. C. to about 200.degree. C. is described.

Abstract: The process for preparing a polyurethane by reaction of a polyol component and a polyisocyanate, the improvement comprising using as part of the polyol component a polyol produced by reaction of a bicyclic amide acetal and an alkanol amine at a temperature of at least 120.degree. C.

Abstract: A process for accelerating the rate of cure of an epoxy resin formulation comprising including in the epoxy resin formulation a thiocarbamate which is the reaction product of a thiol and an isocyanate is described.

Abstract: A structural adhesive which is particularly useful in vertical substrates is composed of a mixture of two components, the first component being an epoxy resin component comprising a poly epoxide and a polyisocyanate which has been allowed to react with less than an equivalent weight of a polyamine which is a primary or secondary polyamine and the second component being a hardener for the polyepoxide comprising a mixture of primary, secondary and tertiary amines, amido amines and phenolics.

Abstract: A mixture of an adhesive composition comprising (A) an epoxy resin and an oxime carbamate and (B) an amine hardener containing primary, secondary or tertiary amino or amido-amine groups and its process for curing said adhesive are described.

Abstract: A curable epoxide composition comprising an epoxide resin, a triaryl phosphite accelerator and a poly(alkylene oxide) polyamine or an amino alkyl piperazine hardener is disclosed.

Abstract: An epoxide composition which is curable at a temperature in the range of from 25.degree. C. to 200.degree. C. which is composed of an epoxide resin, a phenol carbamate cure accelerator and an amine hardener is described.

Abstract: Novel bicyclic amide acetals having substituents in the 2, 5 and 7 positions and a process for their preparation are described.

Abstract: A process for curing epoxide resins by mixing an epoxide resin with a boron trifluoride-amine complex catalyst wherein the amine moiety of the catalyst is a poly(alkylene oxide) poly amine and heating the resulting mixture at a temperature in the range of from about 100.degree. C. to about 200.degree. C. is described.

Abstract: The process for preparing a polyurethane which sets rapidly and can be demolded within minutes by the reaction of a bicyclic amide acetal, a polyol and a polyisocyanate in the presence of a plasticizer such as dioctyl phathalate and a polyurethane catalyst such as stannous octoate is described.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a thermoset polymer having good adhesive properties comprising reacting a compound containing a plurality of oxazoline groups with an alkenyl phosphonic acid at a temperature of from about room temperature to about 300.degree. C. is described.

Abstract: Formed articles made from polyvinyl alcohol having an oxygen permeability of no more than about 1 cc mil/100 in.sup.2 24 hr atm. at 80% relative humidity, compositions suitable for use in manufacturing such articles and a process for manufacturing such articles by forming polyvinyl alcohol containing a non-hydroxyl plasticizer in a substantially water-free condition and cooling at a rate sufficiently slow to provide the enhanced impermeability, are disclosed.

Abstract: The process for preparing hydroxy alkyl amide thio ethers by the reaction of a bicyclic amide acetal with a thiol is described.

Abstract: A process for preparing a poly(alkylene amido-ether) polyols by reaction of a bicyclic amide acetal with a polyol at a temperature in the range of from 140.degree.-240.degree. C. and the use of these poly(alkylene amido-ether) polyols in the formation of polyurethanes are described.

Abstract: A catalyst composition which is useful in the preparation of polyurethanes by reaction of polyols with polyisocyanates is prepared by the reaction of a metal salt having the formula MX.sub.n wherein M represents potassium, zinc, copper, nickel, cobalt, iron, bismuth, lead, vanadium, or antimony, X represents a carboxylate group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a halogen or an alkoxide group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and n is a number equal to the valence state of M with a bicyclic amide acetal having the formula ##STR1## wherein R, R" and R' independently represent hydrogen, an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkyl ether group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryl ether group having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, an alkaryl group having from 7 to 20 carbon atoms or an alkaryl ether group having from 7 to 20 carbon atoms.