Abstract: Process for preparing (meth)acrylates of the formula (I) CH2?C(R1)—CO—O—R2??(I) in which R1 is hydrogen or methyl and R2 is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, aliphatic or cyclic alkyl radical having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, or a (C6-C14)-aryl-(C1-C8)-alkyl radical; by reacting a (meth)acrylate of the formula II CH2?C(R1)—CO—OR3??(II) with an alcohol of the formula (III) HO—R2??(III) in the presence of an amount of a suitable catalyst which catalyzes the reaction and of an amount of a phenolic polymerization inhibitor or a combination of two or more phenolic polymerization inhibitors which is sufficient to inhibit undesired polymerization; the reaction being undertaken with input or introduction into the reaction mixture resulting from the reaction of an amount of oxygen or of an oxygenous gas mixture sufficient to inhibit undesired polymerization, and the process is characterized in that the specific total oxygen input is less than or equal to 1.

Abstract: Process for preparing (meth)acrylates of the formula (I) CH2?C(R1)—CO—O—R2 ??(I) in which R1 is hydrogen or methyl and R2 is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, aliphatic or cyclic alkyl radical having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, or a (C6-C14)-aryl-(C1-C8)-alkyl radical; by reacting a (meth)acrylate of the formula II CH2?C(R1)—CO—OR3 ??(II) with an alcohol of the formula (III) HO—R2 ??(III) in the presence of an amount of a suitable catalyst which catalyses the reaction and of an amount of a phenolic polymerization inhibitor or a combination of two or more phenolic polymerization inhibitors which is sufficient to inhibit undesired polymerization; the reaction being undertaken with input or introduction into the reaction mixture resulting from the reaction of an amount of oxygen or of an oxygenous gas mixture sufficient to inhibit undesired polymerization, and the process is characterized in that the specific total oxygen input is less than or equal to 1.

Abstract: Process for preparing (meth)acrylates of the formula (I) CH2?C(R1)—CO—O—R2??(I) in which R1 is hydrogen or methyl and R2 is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, aliphatic or cyclic alkyl radical having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, or a (C6-C14)-aryl-(C1-C8)-alkyl radical; by reacting a (meth)acrylate of the formula II CH2?C(R1)—CO—OR3??(II) with an alcohol of the formula (III) HO—R2??(III) in the presence of an amount of a suitable catalyst which catalyzes the reaction and of an amount of a phenolic polymerization inhibitor or a combination of two or more phenolic polymerization inhibitors which is sufficient to inhibit undesired polymerization; the reaction being undertaken with input or introduction into the reaction mixture resulting from the reaction of an amount of oxygen or of an oxygenous gas mixture sufficient to inhibit undesired polymerization, and the process is characterized in that the specific total oxygen input is less than or equal to 1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an emulsion polymer comprising at least one (meth)acrylate segment which comprises 1% to 30% by weight of units derived from (meth)acrylates which in the alkyl radical have at least one double bond and 8 to 40 carbon atoms, 0.1% to 10% by weight of units derived from monomers containing acid groups, and 50% to 98.9% by weight of units derived from (meth)acrylates having 1 to 6 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical, based in each case on the weight of the (meth)acrylate segment, the emulsion polymer having a particle radius of at least 50 nm.

Abstract: Process for preparing (meth)acrylates of the formula (I) CH2?C(R1)—CO—O—R2 ??(I) in which R1 is hydrogen or methyl and R2 is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, aliphatic or cyclic alkyl radical having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, or a (C6-C14)-aryl-(C1-C8)-alkyl radical; by reacting a (meth)acrylate of the formula II CH2?C(R1)—CO—OR3 ??(II) with an alcohol of the formula (III) HO—R2 ??(III) in the presence of an amount of a suitable catalyst which catalyses the reaction and of an amount of a phenolic polymerization inhibitor or a combination of two or more phenolic polymerization inhibitors which is sufficient to inhibit undesired polymerization; the reaction being undertaken with input or introduction into the reaction mixture resulting from the reaction of an amount of oxygen or of an oxygenous gas mixture sufficient to inhibit undesired polymerization, and the process is characterized in that the specific total oxygen input is less than or equal to 1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an emulsion polymer comprising at least one (meth)acrylate segment which comprises 1% to 30% by weight of units derived from (meth)acrylates which in the alkyl radical have at least one double bond and 8 to 40 carbon atoms, 0.1% to 10% by weight of units derived from monomers containing acid groups, and 50% to 98.9% by weight of units derived from (meth)acrylates having 1 to 6 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical, based in each case on the weight of the (meth)acrylate segment, the emulsion polymer having a particle radius of at least 50 nm.

Abstract: Poly(meth)acrylate dispersions, comprised of: (A) 50-90 wt. % methacrylic acid esters; (B) 5-30 wt. % acrylic acid alkyl esters; [lit., “acrylic acid acrylic esters”]; (C) 2-10 wt. % of another functionalized monomer; (D) 2-10 wt. % of a radically polymerizable carboxylic acid or a polycarboxylic acid or a partially esterified polycarboxylic acid; and (E) 0-40 wt. % of a monomer which is copolymerizable with components (A) to (D).

Abstract: Poly(meth)acrylate dispersions, comprised of: (A) 50-90 wt. % methacrylic acid esters; (B) 5-30 wt. % acrylic acid alkyl esters; (C) 2-10 wt. % of another functionalized monomer; (D) 2-10 wt. % of a radically polymerizable carboxylic acid or a polycarboxylic acid or a partially esterified polycarboxylic acid; and (E) 0-40 wt. % of a monomer which is copolymerizable with components (A) to (D).

Abstract: Poly(meth)acrylate dispersions, comprised of:

Abstract: A hot-sealable coated substrate comprising a primer layer from an aqueous poly(meth)acrylate dispersion, comprised of: (A) 50-90 wt. % methacrylic acid esters; (B) 5-30 wt. % acrylic acid alkyl esters [lit., “acrylic acid acrylic esters”]; (C) 2-10 wt. % of another functionalized monomer; (D) 2-10 wt. % of a radically polymerizable carboxylic acid or a polycarboxylic acid or a partially esterified polycarboxylic acid; and (E) 0-40 wt. % of a monomer which is copolymerizable with components (A) to (D).

Abstract: Poly(meth)acrylate dispersions, comprised of: (A) 50-90 wt. % methacrylic acid esters; (B) 5-30 wt. % acrylic acid alkyl esters, [lit., “acrylic acid acrylic esters”]; (C) 2-10 wt. % of another functionalized monomer; (D) 2-10 wt. % of a radically polymerizable carboxylic acid or a polycarboxylic acid or a partially esterified polycarboxylic acid; and (E) 0-40 wt. % of a monomer which is copolymerizable with components (A) to (D).

Abstract: A powdery bonding agent for paints which is soluble in pure aliphatic compounds, and which is in the form of powdery polymerizate particles, which consists of, at least on the particle surface, of a copolymerizate formed of: (i) 60 to 95 percent by weight of units of at least one hardening monomer selected from the group consisting of (A) isobutylmethacrylate and (B) cycloalkylmethacrylate; and (ii) 5 to 40 percent by weight of units of at least one aliphatic-substance-solubilizing monomer selected from the group consisting of (C) alkylmethacrylates having 6 to 18 carbon atoms in the alkyl residue, where the units of isobutylmethacrylate account for no more than 60 percent by weight and the units of cycloalkylmethacrylates account for no less than 10 percent by weight, based on, in each case, the weight of the copolymerizate.

Abstract: Varnishing plastic surfaces with a clear or pigmented aqueous dispersion of a (meth)acrylate copolymer of (a) 20 to 90% by weight of acrylic and/or methacrylic acid alkyl or cycloalkyl esters with 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the ester group; (b) 80 to 10% by weight of acrylic and/or methacrylic acid esters with aromatic groups as the ester group or containing aromatic groups in the ester group; and (c) optionally, small quantities of other monomers, results in the formation of a firmly adhering, water and alcohol resistant finish. The copolymers are preferably emulsion polymers and are synthesized as multiple-phase polymers according to the core-shell model.

Abstract: A film-forming, self-crosslinking aqueous synthetic resin dispersion with reduced liberation of formaldehyde contains an emulsion polymer composed of(A) a major portion of an ethylenically unsaturated, free radically polymerizable monomer giving a polymer or copolymer with a glass transition temperature not exceeding 120.degree. C.,(B) N-methylolacrylamide or methacrylamide,(C) optionally further ethylenically unsaturated, free radically polymerizable monomers, and(D) an ethylenically unsaturated, free radically polymerizable monomer carrying a ureido group.

Abstract: The inventive vehicle, or binder, for water based gloss paints contains, dispersed in a aqueous phase, particles of a multiphase emulsion polymer made up of(a) core material having a glass transition temperature exceeding 40.degree. C. and(b) a shell material having a glass transition temperature of less than 70.degree. C. and at least 20 K. below that of the core material.The particles have an average diameter of less than 200 nm. The composition of the shell material includes an emulsion polymer with at least 4 percent by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and more than 80 percent by weight of one or more monomers from the group consisting of styrene and alkyl esters of acrylic and/or methacrylic acid. Paint coats produced with this vehicle are distinguished by a high blocking point.

Abstract: A process for the continuous preparation of aqueous plastic dispersions which comprises emulsifying one or more free-radically polymerizable monomers in an aqueous phase in the presence of an emulsifying agent, in an agitator vessel; initiating the free-radical polymerization of said monomer or monomers in said aqueous phase; and passing said aqueous emulsion of the free-radically polymerizing monomer or monomers through a tubular reactor whose internal surface comprises an (optionally fluorinated)saturated polyolefin.