Abstract: This invention is concerned with coating and/or impregnating compositions comprising(a) A copolymer of 5 to 50% by weight of dicyclopentenyl acrylate or methacrylate with 50 to 95% by weight of at least one other monoethylenically unsaturated comonomer.(b) An essentially non-volatile reactive comonomer consisting of dicyclopentenyl acrylate or methacrylate or a mixture thereof, or comprising a mixture of at least 50% by weight of one or both of these monomers with up to 50% by weight of at least one other reactive monomer, such as a (C.sub.10 -C.sub.20)alkyl acrylate or methacrylate, a (C.sub.10 -C.sub.20)alkenyl acrylate or methacrylate, a di(C.sub.4 -C.sub.20)-alkyl fumarate, maleate, or itaconate, or a polyethylenically unsaturated monomer, such as a polyol polymethacrylate, e.g. glycol dimethacrylate, or the analogous diacrylate, or mixtures of two or more such monomers.

Abstract: Polymers containing post-reacted hindered phenol anti-oxidant functionality as viscosity index (VI) improvers for high temperature service, particularly for lubricating oils used in diesel engines.

Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel unsaturated compounds having extremely low volatility having a single monoethylenically unsaturated group of the formula H.sub.2 C = C < whereby they are capable of polymerization to produce linear homopolymers and copolymers with copolymerizable monomers containing such a group, and having autoxidizable characteristics by virtue of a different type of unsaturated group. These new compounds are useful for the production of polymers, alone or in admixture with other polymers or monomers to modify the characteristics of the components of the mixture. They are useful in coating or impregnating compositions and/or in the molding, casting, or otherwise forming of shaped articles.

Abstract: Compositions comprising a blend of poly(alkylene terephthalates) and an impact modifier which is a multi-phase composite interpolymer comprising a crosslinked acrylic first stage which also contains graftlinking monomer and a final rigid thermoplastic phase. Also claimed is the process for improving the impact strength of poly(alkylene terephthalates) comprising blending therewith the multi-phase composite interpolymer modifier defined above.

Abstract: Polymers containing anti-oxidant functionality have been found to be useful as viscosity index (VI) improvers for high temperature service. The anti-oxidant moiety prevents extensive oxidative decomposition of the polymer making the polymers particularly useful with lubricating oils used in diesel engines.

Abstract: 3-Pyridylmethyl N-(4-cyanomethylphenyl)carbamate and its acid salts and metal salt complexes useful as rodenticides.

Abstract: An acrylic polymer of one or more C.sub.10 to C.sub.22 methacrylates and one or more acrylic acids selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid useful as a modifier for polyolefins, the composition comprising polyolefin and a minor amount of the modifier, and a process for improving processability of polyolefin comprising blending therewith the above mentioned acrylic polymer.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a trihalomethyl group, an alkyl group, or a cyano group,Y is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a trihalomethyl group, andZ is a substituted alkoxy group,And compositions containing these compounds exhibit herbicidal activity.

Abstract: Weeds in rice are controlled by applying amidines of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is a (C.sub.4 -C.sub.12)alkyl group, and N IS 1 TO 3.The amidines and herbicidal compositions containing them are useful for the control of weeds in both direct-seeded and transplanted rice.

Abstract: This invention relates to certain novel anion exchange resins and the method of making them. It relates more particularly to aminated cross-linked polymers of bis(chloromethyl(styrene which exhibit improved anion exchange properties, and to the method of preparing the same.

Abstract: This invention concerns novel ester isocyanates derived from acyloxyalkylamine hydrochlorides. The novel compounds may contain a hetero atom in either the acid or alkanolamine moiety and may contain oxalic acid as the acyl moiety.

Abstract: A process for desalinating water containing mineral salts utilizes thermally regenerable hybrid resins. A preferred embodiment provides for the desalination of saline water using hybrid resins comprising per hundred parts of macroreticular host polymer, a guest phase ranging from 50 to 300 parts by weight.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel phosphoramidates of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is (C.sub.6 -C.sub.10) aryl optionally substituted with alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, dialkylamino, haloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, cyano, nitro, hydroxy, or halogen;R.sup.2 is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, or optionally substituted aralkyl or aryl;R.sup.3 is (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6) alkyl;R.sup.4 is (C.sub.3 -C.sub.4) alkyl; andX, y and Z are independently oxygen or sulfur;And the agronomically acceptable metal salts and metal salt complexes thereof; to compositions containing them; and to methods of using them to control certain harmful pests, e.g. arthropods and nematodes.

Abstract: This invention discloses a polymer composition for the coating of substrates, comprising an aqueous alkaline blend having a binder consisting essentially of two components. Component A) is an addition copolymer of (1) about 3% to about 30% by weight of an olefinically unsaturated monomer containing a carboxyl group or mixture thereof, (2) at least one ester of acrylic or methacrylic acid, and, optionally, (3) other olefinically unsaturated monomers, the total of (1), (2) and (3) being 100%. The weight average molecular weight of the copolymer is between 10,000 and 500,000, and it is in the form of a solution or a colloidal solution in an aqueous phase. Component B) is an oligomeric addition copolymer of (1) at least one ester of acrylic or methacrylic acid, (2) 9% to about 50% of an olefinically unsaturated monomer having at least one carboxyl group, and, optionally, (3) other olefinically unsaturated monomers, the total of (1), (2) and (3) being 100%.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for stabilizing vinylbenzyl chloride and vinyltoluene against violent decomposition in the presence of iron and chlorine at ambient and above ambient temperatures which comprises contacting the vinylbenzyl chloride or vinyltoluene with an amount of a Lewis base sufficient to inhibit the decomposition during the preparation, purification or storage of said vinylbenzyl chloride or vinyltoluene.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel organophosphorothiolates and phosphorodi(tri)thioates of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) alkyl group;R' is a (C.sub.3 -C.sub.6) alkyl group;Y is an oxygen or sulfur atom;Z and Z' are independently oxygen or sulfur atoms, provided that Z and Z' are not simultaneously oxygen atoms;X is a halogen atom, a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.5) alkyl group, or a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.5) alkoxy group;m is an integer from 0 to 3; andA isA. a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6) alkyl group optionally substituted with up to three halogen atoms;B. a (C.sub.5 -C.sub.6) cycloalkyl group;C. a (C.sub.7 -C.sub.11) aralkyl group, the aryl portion of which is optionally substituted with up to three substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, nitro, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.5) alkyl, and (C.sub.1 -C.sub.5) alkoxy;D. an aryl group of the formula: ##STR2## WHEREIN X' is a halogen atom, a nitro group, a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.5) alkyl group, or a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: An impact resistant nitrogeneous polymer comprises a multiphase amine-reactive moiety-containing polymer grafted to a polycarbonamide containing recurring amide linkages as an integral part of the polymer chain; the grafting, by reaction of an amine-reactive moiety of the polymer with an amine end group of the polycarbonamide. Preferably the amine-reactive moiety-containing polymer is a multiphase carboxylic acid-containing polymer comprising (A) a first elastomer phase that is preferably polymerized from monomers comprising; 50 to 99.

Abstract: Aryl- and heterocyclic substituted phosphonothioureide compounds useful as anthelmintics.

Abstract: Blends of the thermoplastic polymers and a multiphase acrylic composite polymer comprising (A) a first non-crosslinked phase of molecular weight of about 7,500 to 50,000 polymerized from a first monomer emulsion or solution of at least 25 weight percent of at least one alkyl acrylate, wherein said alkyl group has 1 to 18 carbon atoms, 0 to 75 weight percent of another acrylic monomer and 0 to 75 weight percent of another copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and (B) a final rigid thermoplastic phase polymerized in the presence of the first phase from an emulsion or solution of about 35 to 100 weight percent of at least one monomer which is a methacrylate, acrylate, styrene or substituted styrene, 0 to 60 weight percent of another acrylic monomer, and 0 to 65 weight percent of another copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer, wherein the rigid thermoplastic phase has a molecular weight of from about 400,000 to about 5 .times. 10.sup.6.

Abstract: Polymers of a polymerizable mixture comprising an ethylenically unsaturated acid and an oligomer of an allyl-containing ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid are useful as thickening and bodying agents when partially or completely neutralized.