Abstract: Processes for preparing bis(urea-urethane) compounds wherein R1 is alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, or alkylaryl, R2 is alkylene, arylene, arylalkylene, or alkylarylene, R3 is alkylene, arylene, arylalkylene, or alkylarylene, and R4 is hydrogen or alkyl, comprising: (1) first bring to a reaction temperature of about 20-125° C. a reaction mixture comprising monoalcohol reactant R1—OH and diisocyanate reactant OCN—R2—NCO, the monoalcohol being present in an amount of about 0.8-1.

Abstract: Phase change inks comprising a phase change ink carrier and one or more curable trans-1,2-cyclohexane bis[urea-urethane] compounds of the formulae wherein R1 and R?1 are alkylene, arylene, arylalkylene, or alkylarylene groups, R2 and R?2 are alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, or alkylaryl groups, R3 and R?3 are hydrogen atoms or alkyl groups, R4 and R?4 are hydrogen atoms, fluorine atoms, alkyl groups, or phenyl groups, n is an integer of 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, and R5 is an alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, or alkylaryl group, or a substituent other than an alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, or alkylaryl group, provided that at least one of R1, R?1, R2, R?2, R3, R?3, R4, R?4, or one or more of R5 is an alkyl, alkylene, arylalkyl, arylalkylene, alkylaryl, or alkylarylene group containing an ethylenic unsaturation rendering the compound curable upon exposure to heat and/or actinic radiation.

Abstract: Disclosed are trans-1,2-cyclohexane bis(urea-urethane) compounds of the formulae wherein R1 and R?1 each, independently of the other, is an alkylene group, an arylene group, an arylalkylene group, or an alkylarylene group, R2 and R?2 each, independently of the other, is an alkyl group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, or an alkylaryl group, R3 and R?3 each, independently of the other, is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R4 and R?4 each, independently of the other, is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, an alkyl group, or a phenyl group, n is an integer of 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, and R5 is an alkyl group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, an alkylaryl group, or a substituent other than an alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, or alkylaryl group.