Abstract: The present invention relates to novel polyisocyanurate plastics which are obtainable by catalytic trimerization of a polyisocyanate composition A) which contains oligomeric polyisocyanates and is low in monomeric diisocyanates. “Low in monomeric diisocyanates” means that the polyisocyanate composition A) has a content of monomeric diisocyanates of at most 20% by weight. The invention further relates to the use of these polyisocyanurate plastics for production of coatings, films, semi-finished products and mouldings, and to a process for producing polyisocyanurate plastics comprising the following steps: (a) providing a polyisocyanate composition A) which contains oligomeric polyisocyanates and is low in monomeric diisocyanates, “low in monomeric diisocyanates” meaning that the polyisocyanate composition A) has a content of monomeric diisocyanates of at most 20% by weight; (b) catalytically trimerizing the polyisocyanate composition A).

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous two-component coating compositions based on preferably hydroxy-functional and/or amino-functional aqueous polymer dispersions and thioallophanates containing silane groups as crosslinking agents, to a method for producing them and to the use of these coating compositions for producing coatings.

Abstract: The invention relates to coating agents that contain thioallophanates, containing silane groups, as cross-linking agents and to the use of said coating agents to produce coatings, in particular clear coats for automobile painting.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing polyisocyanurate plastics having a functionalized surface, comprising the following steps: a) providing a polyisocyanate composition A) containing monomeric and/or oligomeric polyisocyanates; b) catalytically trimerizing the polyisocyanate composition A) so as to obtain a bulk polyisocyanurate material as intermediate; c) surface functionalizing the intermediate by contacting at least one surface of the intermediate with at least one functionalizing reagent D); d) continuing the catalytic trimerization. The invention further relates to a polyisocyanurate plastic having a functionalized surface obtainable from the process of the invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polyisocyanate composition based on 1,5-diisocyanatopentane, to a method for the production thereof and to the use thereof for producing polyurethane plastics. The invention also relates to a coating agent containing the polyisocyanate composition and to the coating obtained from the coating agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing solids made from polyisocyanurate plastics, comprising the following steps: (a) providing a polyisocyanate composition A) which contains oligomeric polyisocyanates and is low in monomeric polyisocyanates, where the isocyanurate structure content in the polyisocyanate composition A) is at least 50 mol %, based on the sum total of the oligomeric structures from the group consisting of uretdione, isocyanurate, allophanate, biuret, iminooxadiazinedione and oxadiazinetrione structure that are present in the polyisocyanate composition A); (b) catalytically trimerizing the polyisocyanate composition A), where (i) the catalytic trimerization is conducted at ambient temperatures of at least 80° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel polyisocyanurate plastics which are obtainable by catalytic trimerization of a polyisocyanate composition A) which contains oligomeric polyisocyanates and is low in monomeric diisocyanates. “Low in monomeric diisocyanates” means that the polyisocyanate composition A) has a content of monomeric diisocyanates of at most 20% by weight. The invention further relates to the use of these polyisocyanurate plastics for production of coatings, films, semi-finished products and mouldings, and to a process for producing polyisocyanurate plastics comprising the following steps: (a) providing a polyisocyanate composition A) which contains oligomeric polyisocyanates and is low in monomeric diisocyanates, “low in monomeric diisocyanates” meaning that the polyisocyanate composition A) has a content of monomeric diisocyanates of at most 20% by weight; (b) catalytically trimerizing the polyisocyanate composition A).

Abstract: The invention relates to modified polyisocyanates, obtained by reacting at least one polyisocyanate (A) based on 1,5-diisocyanatopentane with at least one silane compound (B) which is reactive with respect to isocyanate groups. The invention also relates to a method for producing the modified polyisocyanates and to the use thereof as starting components in the production of polyurethane plastics, in particular as crosslinker components in polyurethane paints and coatings.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing polyisocyanates comprising reacting an isocyanate component in the presence of a mono- or multinuclear complex of titanium, zirconium and/or hafnium as catalyst to give polyisocyanates having a content of iminooxadiazinedione groups of ?20 mol % based on the total amount of isocyanurate and iminooxadiazinedione groups. The present invention also provides polyisocyanates obtainable by the process according to the invention and both polyurethanes and polyureas obtainable by reacting the polyisocyanates with at least one hydroxy-functional or amino-functional component respectively.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing polyisocyanurate plastics, comprising the following steps: (a) providing a polyisocyanate composition A) which contains oligomeric polyisocyanates and is low in monomeric diisocyanates, where the isocyanurate structure content in the polyisocyanate composition A) is at least 50 mol %, based on the sum total of the oligomeric structures from the group consisting of uretdione, isocyanurate, allophanate, biuret, iminooxadiazinedione and oxadiazinetrione structure that are present in the polyisocyanate composition A); (b) catalytically trimerizing the polyisocyanate composition A), where (i) the catalytic trimerization is conducted at ambient temperatures of at least 80° C.; (ii) the catalytic trimerization is conducted within less than 12 hours at least up to a degree of conversion at which only still not more than 20% of the isocyanate groups originally present in the polyisocyanate composition A) are present.

Abstract: A composition comprising an isocyanate component A) comprising at least one cycloaliphatic or araliphatic diisocyanate, a polyol component B) comprising at least one polyol having an OH number of 80 to 1000 mg KOH/g, an additive component C) comprising at least one internal demoulding agent, and a catalyst component D) comprising at least one inorganic metal complex as thermally latent catalyst, characterized in that the thermally latent catalyst has a quotient of reaction rates between catalysed reaction and uncatalysed reaction at 30° C. of =5.0 and at 60° C. of =1.1. The present invention further provides a process for producing an elastomer and for the use of the composition for production of transparent shaped bodies.

Abstract: The invention relates to a crystallization stable polyester prepolymers for producing HDI- and PDI-based, solvent free two component (2K)-polyurethane- and/or polyurea coating agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising 10 to less than 50 wt.-% of at least one oligomeric polyisocyanate a-1) based on hexamethylene diisocyanate and more than 50 to 90 wt.-% of at least one polyisocyanate a-2) based on isophorone diisocyanate, comprising monomeric isophorone diisocyanate and at least one oligomeric isophorone diisocyanate, and an isocyanate-reactive component selected from the group consisting of polyester polyol, polyether polyol and mixtures thereof. It has been shown that the above mentioned mixture of the specific isocyanate group containing components improves the thermal and mechanical properties of a cured composition. Thus prepared molded articles are particularly suitable for the preparation of spectacle lenses, inter alia due to these properties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising 10 to 50 wt.-% of at least one polyisocyanate a-1) based on hexamethylene diisocyanate, comprising at least one oligomeric polyisocyanate based on hexamethylene diisocyanate and optionally monomeric hexamethylene diisocyanate and 50 to 90 wt.-% of at least one polyisocyanate a-2) based on isophorone diisocyanate, comprising at least one oligomeric polyisocyanate based on isophorone diisocyanate and optionally monomeric isophorone diisocyanate, with the proviso that at least one of the components a-1) and a-2) additionally comprises monomeric isocyanate of the named kind, as well as at least one sulfur-containing component. It has been shown that the above mentioned mixture of the specific isocyanate group containing components improves the thermal and mechanical properties of a cured composition. Thus prepared molded articles are particularly suitable for the preparation of spectacle lenses, inter alia due to these properties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to adhesive formulations based on uretdione-group-comprising polyaddition compounds that are free of isocyanate groups and monomeric polyisocyanates, and to the use thereof for the production of adhesive bonds between substrates, in particular for the production of flexible film composites.

Abstract: The invention relates to polyisocyanates that have aliphatically, cycloaliphatically, araliphatically and/or aromatically bonded isocyanate groups and contain thioallophanate structures of formula (I), to a method for producing them, and to their use as starting components in the production of polyurethane plastics.

Abstract: The invention relates to thioallophanates which contain silane groups and are of the general formula (I) in which R1, R2 and R3 are identical or different radicals and are each a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, aliphatic or cycloaliphatic radical or an optionally substituted aromatic or araliphatic radical having up to 18 carbon atoms, where said radical may optionally contain up to 3 heteroatoms from the group of oxygen, sulphur and nitrogen, X is a linear or branched organic radical having at least 2 carbon atoms, Y is a linear or branched, aliphatic or cycloaliphatic radical or an araliphatic or aromatic radical having up to 18 carbon atoms, and n is an integer from 1 to 20, to a process for preparation thereof, and to the use thereof as starting components in the production of polyurethane plastics.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing compounds containing isocyanate and silane groups by reacting at least A) one monomeric diisocyanate containing aliphatically, cycloaliphatically, araliphatically and/or aromatically bonded isocyanate groups with B) a mercaptosilane, characterized in that component A) is reacted with component B) in an equivalent ratio of isocyanate groups to mercapto groups of at least 06:01 to at most 40:1. Furthermore, the invention relates to the products which can be obtained using the method according to the invention, and to a composition containing compounds that contain isocyanate and silane groups. Moreover, the invention relates to the use of the products which can be obtained using the method according to the invention and the composition according to the invention as starting components in the production of silane group-containing polyurethanes, cross-linkable binders, varnish, and raw materials for sealants or adhesives.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing compounds containing isocyanate and silane groups by reacting at least A) one monomeric diisocyanate containing aliphatically, cycloaliphatically, araliphatically and/or aromatically bonded isocyanate groups with B) a mercaptosilane, characterised in that component A) is reacted with component B) in an equivalent ratio of isocyanate groups to mercapto groups of at least 06:01 to at most 40:1. Furthermore, the invention relates to the products which can be obtained using the method according to the invention, and to a composition containing compounds that contain isocyanate and silane groups. Moreover, the invention relates to the use of the products which can be obtained using the method according to the invention and the composition according to the invention as starting components in the production of silane group-containing polyurethanes, cross-linkable binders, varnish, and raw materials for sealants or adhesives.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing compounds containing isocyanate groups and cyclic carbonate structures, by reacting at least A) a monomeric diisocyanate with aliphatically, cycloaliphatically, araliphatically and/or aromatically bonded isocyanate groups with B) a hydroxy-functional cyclic carbonate, characterized in that component A) is reacted with component B) in an equivalents ratio of isocyanate groups to hydroxyl groups of at least 8:1. The invention further relates to the products obtainable by the process according to the invention, and to a composition comprising compounds containing isocyanate groups and cyclic carbonate structures. The invention additionally relates to the use of the products obtainable by the process according to the invention and of the composition as a starting component in the preparation of polyurethanes containing cyclic carbonate structures, crosslinkable binders, and also raw materials for coatings, sealants or adhesives.