Abstract: The present invention relates to polyamines which are the reaction products ofa) unsaturated oligoesters containing an average of 2 to 4 double bonds per molecule andb) optionally other unsaturated compounds which are suitable as Michael addition acceptors and which contain an average of 1 to 4 double bonds per molecule, withc) (cyclo)aliphatic diamines which contain two primary amino groups, andd) optionally other amino-functional compounds which are suitable as Michael addition donors.The present invention also relates to aqueous, two-component coating compositions containing as binderA) the polyamines according to the invention andB) water dispersible polyisocyanates, andto coatings obtained from these coating compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyurethane powder coating composition containingA) a binder component which is solid below 40.degree. C. and liquid above 130.degree. C. and has an OH number of 25 to 200 and a number average molecular weight of 400 to 10,000,B) a polyaddition compound which is solid below 40.degree. C. and liquid above 125.degree. C., contains uretdione groups and optionally free isocyanate groups and is prepared from aliphatic and/or cycloaliphatic diisocyanates andC) one or more catalysts containing N,N,N'-trisubstituted amidine groups which have an amidine group content (calculated as CN.sub.2 ; molecular weight=40) of 12.0 to 47.0 wt. %,provided that components A) and B) are present in amounts such that component B) has 0.6 to 1.4 isocyanate groups for each hydroxyl group present in component A) and the amount of component C) is 0.05 to 5 wt. %, based on the total weight of the coating composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a powder coating composition for the production of matt coatings containing as binderA) a component having hydroxyl groups,B) a polyisocyanate having blocked and optionally free isocyanate groups,C) a component having carboxyl groups and/or carboxylic anhydride groups and contains one or more of the following:C1) aliphatic and/or cycloaliphatic dicarboxylic acids having 4 to 20 carbon atoms,C2) monomeric and/or polymeric anhydrides of dicarboxylic acids C1) andC3) aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acids having 4 to 18 carbon atoms, andD) a component which has groups that are reactive with carboxyl groups and/or carboxylic anhydride groups wherein components A), B), C) and D) are present in amounts such that1) 0.6 to 1.4 isocyanate groups of component B) are present for each hydroxyl group of component A),2) 0.3 to 1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a powder coating composition for the production of matte coatings, containingA) a hydroxyl group-containing component,B) an addition polymerization compound which is based on aliphatic and/or cycloaliphatic diisocyanates and contains uretdione groups,C) a component which contains carboxyl and/or carboxylic acid anhydride groups and is selected fromC1) aliphatic and/or cycloaliphatic dicarboxylic acids containing 4 to 20 carbon atoms,C2) monomeric and/or polymeric anhydrides of the acids C1) which may optionally be modified andC3) aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acids containing 4 to 18 carbon atoms, andD) a component which contains groups which are reactive with carboxyl and/or carboxylic acid anhydride groups,provided that components A), B), C) and D) are present in amounts such that 0.6 to 1.4 isocyanate groups of component B) are present for each hydroxyl group of component A), 0.3 to 1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing pure bis(isocyanatoalkyl)monouretdiones corresponding to formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R represents identical or different, linear or branched alkyl groups having 4 to 9 carbon atoms,by oligomerizing at least a portion of the isocyanate groups of aliphatic diisocyanates in the presence of catalysts which accelerate the dimerization of isocyanate groups, terminating the reaction at the desired degree of oligomerization, removing unreacted excess diisocyanate by extraction or thin film distillation to obtain a distillation residue, subjecting the distillation residue to thin film distillation at a temperature of 160.degree. to 220.degree. C. and a pressure of 0.01 to 1.0 mbar and obtaining bis(isocyanato-alkyl)monouretdiones corresponding to formula (I) as the distillate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new process for the preparation of cellulose-containing material provided with a dry-strength and wet-strength finish and/or sized, characterised in that the cellulose-containing material is treated with a water-dispersible polyisocyanate mixture (I), which contains tertiary amino and/or ammonium groups, optionally polyether units and optionally hydrophobic groups.

Abstract: Water dispersible polyisocyanate mixtures, which are prepared by reacting lacquer polyisocyanates with hydrophilic, monohydric polyether ester alcohols obtained by reacting monohydric hydrophilic polyether alcohols with .epsilon.-caprolactone at an NCO/OH equivalent ratio of 4:1 to 120:1, and their use in the preparation of polyurethane plastics or as a cross-linking agent for water soluble or water dispersible lacquer binders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polyaddition compounds that are solid below 40.degree. C. and liquid above 125.degree. C. and contain, based on the weight of the polyaddition compounds,a) 0 to 2% by weight of free isocyanate groups (calculated as NCO; molecular weight=42),b) 3 to 16% by weight of uretdione groups (calculated as C.sub.2 N.sub.2 O.sub.2 ; molecular weight=84),c) 10 to 22% by weight of urethane groups (calculated as --NH--CO--O--; molecular weight=59).d) 0 to 20% by weight of carboxylic add ester groups (calculated as CO--O--; molecular weight=44) ande) of 0 to 25% by weight of carbonate groups (calculated as --O--CO--O--; molecular weight=60),provided that the total content of carboxylic add ester groups and carbonate groups is at least 1% by weight.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imaging element comprising on a support a photosensitive layer containing a photopolymerizable composition containing a urethane type monomer mixture according to the formula (I) as defined in the claims and description. There is further provided a method for obtaining images and/or a lithographic printing plate therewith.

Abstract: Polyisocyanate polyaddition products which are solid below 40.degree. C. and liquid above 125.degree. C., contain uretdione and urethane groups and have a content of at least 1 wt. % of urethane groups obtained from the reaction of dimeric diols with isocyanate groups; a method of producing the these products by the reaction of polyisocyanates containing uretdione groups with dimeric diols; and the use of these polyaddition compounds as the starting component in the manufacture of polyurethane plastics, particularly as the cross-linking component in thermally cross-linkable two-component polyurethane powder coating compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to textile printing pastes containing modified polyisocyanates, modified polycarbodiimides, or trifunctional polyepoxides as crosslinking agents for the binders present therein.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new process for the preparation of cellulose-containing material provided with a dry-strength and wet-strength finish and/or sized, characterized in that the cellulose-containing material is treated with a water-dispersible polyisocyanate mixture (I), which contains tertiary amino and/or ammonium groups, optionally polyether units and optionally hydrophobic groups.

Abstract: A powder coating composition which is curable at 120.degree. to 150.degree. C. and contains A) one or more copolymers prepared from olefinically unsaturated monomers and containing epoxy groups and optionally hydroxyl groups, B) one or more curing agents containing carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride groups, and C) one or more polyaddition compounds which contain uretdione groups, have a melting point or range of 40.degree. C. to 120.degree. C. and are prepared from (cyclo)aliphatic diisocyanates; and its use for coating of heat-resistant substrates, especially automotive substrates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polyisocyanate mixtures havinga) an average isocyanate functionality of at least 4.1,b) a (cyclo)aliphatically bound isocyanate group content (calculated as NCO, molecular weight =42) of 12.0 to 20.5% by weight,c) a chemically incorporated carboxyl group content (calculated as COOH, molecular weight =45) of 0.01 to 5.0% by weight andd) an ethylene oxide unit content arranged within terminal or lateral polyether chains of 0 to 10% by weight (calculated as C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O, molecular weight =44).The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of these polyisocyanate mixtures and to their use as cross-linking agents in aqueous coating compositions containing water soluble or dispersible binders or binder components.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polyisocyanate mixtures which are solid below 40.degree. C. and liquid above 125.degree. C. and which havea) an average isocyanate functionality of at least 2.1,b) a content of free isocyanate groups bonded to tertiary (cyclo)aliphatic carbon atoms (calculated as NCO; molecular weight=42) of 5 to 22 wt. %,c) a urethane group content calculated as --NH--CO--O--; molecular weight=59) of 2 to 30 wt. %,d) an isocyanurate group content (calculated as C.sub.3 N.sub.3 O.sub.3 ; molecular weight=126) of 0 to 30 wt. % ande) a carboxylic acid ester group content (calculated as --CO--O--; molecular weight=44) of 0 to 25 wt. % and/orf) a carbonate group content (calculated as --O--CO--O--; molecular weight=60) of from 0 to 34 wt. %with the proviso that the total amount of ester groups e) and carbonate groups f) is at least 2 wt. %.

Abstract: Textiles can be finished in a wash- and cleaning-resistant manner by impregnation if aqueous dispersions are employed for this purpose which contain reactive copolymers and/or cocondensates having perfluoroalkyl groups and water-dispersible polyisocyanate mixtures whose NCO groups are not blocked.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polyisocyanate mixtures havinga) an average NCO functionality of 1.5 to 4.0,b) a content of (cyclo)aliphatically bound isocyanate groups (calculated as NCO, MW 42) of 2 to 40% by weight,c) a content of chemically incorporated carboxyl groups (calculated as COOH, MW 45) of 0.01 to 15% by weight andd) a content of (cyclo)aliphatically bound uretdione groups (calculated as C.sub.2 N.sub.2 O.sub.2, MW 84) of 1 to 23% by weight.The present invention also relates to processes for the production of these polyisocyanate mixtures and to their use, optionally after at least partial neutralization with tertiary amines, as binders for coating compositions which may be crosslinked under the effect of moisture and/or heat and as reactants for compounds containing isocyanate- and/or carboxyl-reactive groups in the production of high molecular weight plastics.