Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a stable aqueous dispersion of polymer particles comprising structural units of a polymerizable amino acid and structural units of an acid monomer or a salt thereof. The composition of the present invention is useful in improving lipstick stain resistance in coatings compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a stable aqueous dispersion of polymer particles comprising structural units of a polymerizable amino acid and structural units of an acid monomer or a salt thereof. The composition of the present invention is useful in improving lipstick stain resistance in coatings compositions.

Abstract: Hydroxycarboxylic acids, e.g., 3-hydroxypropionic acid, and/or their ammonium salts are dehydrated to their corresponding unsaturated carboxylic acids, e.g., acrylic acid, by a process that uses a catalyst comprising ammonium bisulfate. The use of ammonium bisulfate reduces or eliminates the problems associated with processes that use sulfuric acid as a dehydrating catalyst, e.g, excess sulfuric acid consumption and/or recovery.

Abstract: Provided is a process for making (2-nitro)alkyl (meth)acrylate compounds of formula I: wherein n, R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R6, R7, and n are as defined herein, by a transesterification reaction between a nitroalcohol compound and a (meth)acrylate compound in the presence of a transesterification catalyst and a free radical inhibitor.

Abstract: A simple, commercially viable process for the preparation of phosphonic acid monomers containing essentially no diester or inorganic phosphorous acid compounds is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention is a composition comprising a stable aqueous dispersion of polymer particles comprising structural units of a nonionic monoethylenically unsaturated monomer; 2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl phosphonic acid (MEP) or a salt thereof; and a sulfur acid monomer or carboxylic acid monomer or a combination thereof or a salt thereof, as well as a composite comprising the polymer particles adsorbed to the surface of a pigment particle such as TiO2. The composition and composite are prepared using the phosphorus acid monomer MEP, which can be prepared in high purity with low residual non-polymerizable phosphorus acid, thereby reducing the load of neutralizing agent required to achieve the targeted pH as compared with phophoethyl methacrylate (PEM).

Abstract: Hydroxycarboxylic acids, e.g., 3-hydroxypropionic acid, and/or their ammonium salts are dehydrated to their corresponding unsaturated carboxylic acids, e.g., acrylic acid, by a process that uses a catalyst comprising ammonium bisulfate. The use of ammonium bisulfate reduces or eliminates the problems associated with processes that use sulfuric acid as a dehydrating catalyst, e.g, excess sulfuric acid consumption and/or recovery.

Abstract: Provided is a process for making (2-nitro)alkyl (meth)acrylate compounds of formula I: wherein n, R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R6, R7, and n are as defined herein, by a transesterification reaction between a nitroalcohol compound and a (meth)acrylate compound in the presence of a transesterification catalyst and a free radical inhibitor.

Abstract: A multistage process for the preparation of methacrylic acid and esters thereof via the hydrolysis of ACH, cracking the hydrolysis products, and converting the cracked products to the desired acid or ester, wherein the average temperature in the first hydrolysis reactor is from 55 C to 70 C.

Abstract: The present invention is a process for converting a phosphonate to a hydroxyalkyl phosphonic acid comprising the step of contacting together water, the phosphonate, and a sulfonated or phosphonated heterogeneous catalyst under conditions sufficient to convert at least 50% of the phosphonate to the hydroxyalkyl phosphonic acid. The process of the present invention provides a way of preparing hydroxyalkyl phosphonic acids safely and economically, without corrosive effects.

Abstract: The present invention is a composition comprising a stable aqueous dispersion of polymer particles comprising structural units of a nonionic monoethylenically unsaturated monomer; 2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl phosphonic acid (MEP) or a salt thereof; and a sulfur acid monomer or carboxylic acid monomer or a combination thereof or a salt thereof, as well as a composite comprising the polymer particles adsorbed to the surface of a pigment particle such as TiO2. The composition and composite are prepared using the phosphorus acid monomer MEP, which can be prepared in high purity with low residual non-polymerizable phosphorus acid, thereby reducing the load of neutralizing agent required to achieve the targeted pH as compared with phophoethyl methacrylate (PEM).

Abstract: A simple, commercially viable process for the preparation of phosphonic acid monomers containing essentially no diester or inorganic phosphorous acid compounds is disclosed.

Abstract: A multistage process for the preparation of methacrylic acid and esters thereof via the hydrolysis of ACH, cracking the hydrolysis products, and converting the cracked products to the desired acid or ester, wherein the average temperature in the first hydrolysis reactor is from 55 C to 70 C.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition and method for the preparation of N-oxyl hindered amine esters by contacting a compound of Formula (I), wherein R1 and R2 are independently an alkyl, with a compound of Formula (II), wherein R3 and R4 are independently an alkyl, and n is an integer from 3 to 10, in the presence of a catalyst and a solvent, wherein the catalyst comprises at least one of tin, lithium, zirconium, and hafnium.

Abstract: An OLED device comprises a cathode, an anode, and has therebetween a light emitting layer containing a host material and an emitting dopant material wherein the host includes a monoanthracene compound bearing aromatic groups in the 2-, 9-, and 10-positions and being further substituted or not with electron donating groups sufficient so as to provide an anthracene derivative that exhibits a measured oxidation potential of less than 1.28 V.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting device contains a cathode, an anode, and having located there-between a light-emitting layer, comprising: a) a host material including an organometallic compound represented by Formula (1): wherein: R1 through R6 each independently represent hydrogen or a substituent group, and L represents a substituent; and b) at least one phosphorescent light-emitting compound, with a triplet energy less than or equal to the triplet energy of the host material. The device provides an improved combination of low voltage and luminance efficiency.