Abstract: Aqueous dispersions of soft polymers, and particularly butadiene-styrene copolymers, containing high amounts of carboxylic acid units are prepared by a core-shell polymerization technique in which there is first polymerized around the soft polymer an inner shell layer of methylmethacrylate, thereby completely encasing the soft polymer particles. Then an outer layer of methylmethacrylate and methacrylic acid monomers is polymerized around the encased particles. The product contains up to about 40 mole percent of methacrylic acid units in the shell.

Abstract: This invention relates to copolymerizable ultraviolet light absorber monomers which are .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated dicarboxylic half-esters of 2-hydroxy,alkoxy,methylolbenzophenone intermediate compounds. The monomers have the formula: ##STR1## where R is alkyl C.sub.1 -C.sub.8, and n is 1 or 2, andY is a half-acyl radical of a .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated dicarboxylic acid selected from the group of maleic and itaconic acids.The monomers herein are made by monoesterifying intermediate compounds, prepared by converting a 2-hydroxy,alkoxy,benzophenone to the corresponding methylol derivative by a formylation reaction, with the anhydride of the desired acid.In the preferred embodiments of the invention, the alkoxy group is methoxy in the 4-position, the methylol group which is half-esterified is a monomethylol group located at the 3- or 5- position of the phenyl ring containing the hydroxy group, and the acid anhydride is maleic anhydride.

Abstract: This invention relates to copolymerizable ultraviolet light monomers which are acrylate esters of 2-hydroxy, alkoxy, methylolbenzophenones having the formula: ##STR1## where R is alkyl C.sub.1 -C.sub.8,n is 1 or 2, andY is a copolymerizable radical selected from acryloyl and alkylacryloyl.

Abstract: This invention relates to 2-hydroxy,alkoxy,methylolbenzophenone intermediate compounds for the manufacture of copolymerizable ultraviolet light absorber compounds. The intermediates have the formula: ##STR1## where R is alkyl C.sub.1 -C.sub.8, andn is 1 or 2.The intermediate compounds herein are prepared by converting a 2-hydroxy,alkoxy,benzophenone to the corresponding methylol derivative by a formylation reaction.In the preferred embodiments of the invention, the alkoxy group is methoxy in the 4-position, and methylol is a monomethylol group located at the 3- or 5- position of the phenyl ring containing the hydroxy group.The intermediates of this invention can be transformed into useful copolymerizable ultraviolet light absorber compounds by monoesterification with an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated dicarboxylic acid anhydride to produce the corresponding polymerizable half-ester compound, or by esterification with an acryloyl halide to form corresponding acrylate compound.

Abstract: This invention relates to ultraviolet light stable copolymer compositions comprising:(a) a monomer which is an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated dicarboxylic half-ester of a 2-hydroxy, alkoxy, methylolbenzophenone, and,(b) a comonomer which is styrene or styrene-butadiene, is described.

Abstract: The binary suspension polymerization of a water soluble monomer and an organophilic or hydrophobic monomer having a low Tg in an integrated aqueous suspension system wherein the suspension medium for said organophilic monomer droplets comprises a hydrophilic monomer having a higher rate of reaction than the hydrophobic monomer and water in a mixture such that a solution of between about 1,000 and about 100,000 cps Brookfield viscosity is maintained in the reaction zone during polymerization of the organophilic droplets.

Abstract: A binder composition for asbestos fibers comprises a latex blend in which the dispersed phase comprises (1) from about 80 to 99.5 weight percent of a synthetic rubber and (2) from about 0.5 to 20 weight percent of a highly carboxylated polymer. The highly carboxylated polymer is a copolymer or terpolymer containing (1) an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid, (2) an alkyl ester of an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid, and optionally (3) an ethylenically unsaturated organic monomer which is copolymerizable with monomers (1) and (2) to form a stable latex.

Abstract: Linear cyclic polyimides are prepared by reacting a latex prepolymer with ammonia, an organic primary amine, hydroxylamine or a mixture thereof, at a temperature between 50.degree. C. and 300.degree. C. The prepolymer contains reactive functional groups, such as carboxyl, amide, alkyl ester and nitrile. The linear cyclic polyimides are thermoplastic materials.

Abstract: Copolymer emulsions comprising (1) an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid and (2) methyl acrylate are useful as thickening agents, particularly in acrylic polymer latices. An especially effective thickening agent is obtained when the copolymer emulsion is prepared using the dioctyl ester of sulfosuccinic acid as a surfactant.

Abstract: Terpolymer emulsions comprising (1) an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid (2) an alkyl ester of an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid, and (3) an amide of an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid or styrene or a derivative thereof of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.2 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl are useful as thickening agents, particularly in butadiene-styrene latices.

Abstract: Thickener compositions comprising an emulsion copolymer of vinylacetate monomer and a monoester of an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid monomer, such as the monoester of maleic acid, and a water-miscible organic liquid, are described herein.

Abstract: Copolymer emulsions comprising (1) an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid and (2) methyl acrylate are useful as thickening agents, particularly in acrylic polymer latices.

Abstract: There is disclosed a graph copolymer derived from a monomer mixture comprisingA. a monomer having the formula ##EQU1## wherein R.sub.2 is a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group and B. AN UNSATURATED ETHYLENIC MONOMER HAVING THE FORMULA ##EQU2## p WHEREIN X is an ester, aldehyde, ketone, halogen, ether, nitrile, isocyanate, sulfate and its salts, an N-containing heterocycle, or an aromatic hydrocarbon, graft polymerized on a poly (N-vinyl lactam) substrate, a stable aqueous emulsion containing same and a method of production therefor.

Abstract: Crosslinked homopolymers and copolymers of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone formed by addition polymerization through ethylenically unsaturated groups are polymerized on solid, inert carriers. Heavy crosslinking is employed to render the polymers insoluble. The polymers can be made by copolymerizing, with N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone, amides or substituted amides of unsaturated carboxylic acids, such as acrylamide, substituted and unsubstituted unsaturated carboxylic acids, such as methacrylic acid or halfacid maleates. Also included are comonomers containing basic nitrogen groups therein, such as vinyl pyridine, or alkylamino acrylates and methacrylates. The polymers are formed on inert substrates of both solid and porous types.