Abstract: Disclosed is a thermosetting adhesive and sealant composition of:20 to 60 wt. % of carboxyl-group-terminated polyesters with preferably at least two carboxyl groups per molecule, with a glass transition temperature below 20.degree. C.,2 to 12 wt. % of polyoxazolines which contain at least two oxazoline groups per molecule,2 to 40 wt. % of acrylic or methacrylic esters, preferably of polyvalent alcohols, and/or allyl esters of polyvalent carboxylic acids,which can contain preferably peroxides or aliphatic azo compounds as radical formers and, if desired, paraffin and reactive or nonreactive diluents and additives.

Abstract: Thermosetting adhesive and sealing compositions are described, consisting of:(a) 70 to 95 wt.-% of polyesters with a glass transition temperature below 20.degree. C., mixed in some cases with a polycarboxylic acid anhydride,(b) 5 to 30 wt.-% of polyoxazolines which contain at least 2 oxazoline groups per molecule, the polyoxazolines being suspended in the polyesters,(c) 0 to 4 wt.-% of paraffin and(d) optionally additional 1 to 50 weight-percent of the total amount of the components, of reactive or nonreactive diluents and/or additives and/or fillers.

Abstract: The invention relates to halogenous polyesters with the recurrent general formula ##STR1## in which at least part of the R's, e.g.

Abstract: Halogen-containing bis-acrylates and bis-methacrylates corresponding to the formula ##STR1## in which R represents hydrogen or a methyl group and X represents chlorine and/or bromine, are provided as well as a process for producing such compounds. The compounds are useful for the formation of polymers and copolymers and as cross-linking agents. Also included in the invention are the polymers and copolymers based on the above-described halogen-containing bis-acrylates and bis-methacrylates, methods for the production of said polymers and the use of said polymers as flame proofing agents, etc.

Abstract: A polymer having as a component thereof a moiety corresponding to a monomer having the following formula ##STR1## wherein n=0 or 1, X is bromine, chlorine or a mixture thereof and R represents hydrogen or methyl, a method of preparing the same and the use of such a polymer, including a copolymer thereof in a plastic composition containing a normally flammable plastic.

Abstract: A process for preparing a poly-(alkylpentamethyleneterephthalamide) which comprises heating an aqueous solution of the corresponding nylon salt and still water soluble low molecular weight oligomer, the mixture of nylon salt and oligomer having 20 to 50 mole percent carbonamide groups and 50 to 80 mole percent salt groups, from a temperature at least as low as 150.degree. C. at atmospheric pressure up to a polycondensation temperature of at least 250.degree. C.

Abstract: The invention relates to halogenous polyesters with the recurrent general formula ##STR1## in which at least part of the R's, e.g.

Abstract: Halogen-containing bis-acrylates and bis-methacrylates corresponding to the formula ##STR1## in which R represents hydrogen or a methyl group and X represents chlorine and/or bromine, are provided as well as a process for producing such compounds. The compounds are useful for the formation of polymers and copolymers and as a cross-linking agents. Also included in the invention are the polymers and copolymers based on the above-described halogen-containing bis-acrylates and bis-methacrylates, methods for the production of said polymers and the use of said polymers as flame proofing agents, etc.

Abstract: Tetrahaloxylene diesters of formulas 1 and 2: ##STR1## wherein R= hydrogen or a methyl group, and each X is bromo, with the proviso that some of the X's can be chloro. The compounds are useful as flame retardants for plastics.

Abstract: An improvement in an unsaturated polyesters having recurring units of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is the residue of an alcoholic moiety and B is the residue of an acid moiety, which improvement resides in the fact that some of the A residues are chloroxylylene containing residues having the formula ##STR2##

Abstract: A polymer having as a component thereof a moiety corresponding to a monomer having the following formula ##STR1## WHEREIN N = 0 OR 1, X is bromine, chlorine or a mixture thereof and R represents hyrogen or methyl, a method of preparing the same and the use of such a polymer, including a copolymer thereof in a plastic composition containing a normally flammable plastic.

Abstract: A polymeric formal having the general formula ##STR1## wherein p is 0 or 1, n is a positive integer from 2 to 200 and R represents optionally halogen-substituted straight-chained or branched-chained alkyl radicals having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, an aryl radical or an aralkyl radical which can be substituted on one or both sides with alkyl or hydroxyalkyl ether groups; improved methods for the preparation of such formals, tetrabromoxylylene-bis-(.beta.-hydroxyethylether) compounds employed in the preparation of such formals and the use of such polymeric and oligomeric formals as flame retardant agents in plastic compositions especially thermoplastic and polycondensation plastic compositions.

Abstract: An improvement in an unsaturated polyesters having recurring units of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is the residue of an alcoholic moiety and B is the residue of an acid moiety, which improvement resides in the fact that some of the A residues are chloroxylylene containing residues having the formula ##STR2##

Abstract: Polyether ester polymers of tetrahydrofuran and .gamma.-butyrolactone or hexamethyleneoxide and .gamma.-butyrolactone. The polymers are prepared by contacting the mentioned monomers in the presence a fluoride or chloride of antimony or a chloride of tin or titanium. The polymers can be used as components in the preparation of polyurethanes.

Abstract: An unsaturated polyester having recurring units of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is an alcoholic moiety, Q is a moiety of other saturated dicarboxylate acids and B is a moiety of an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid, n is 1 to 4, the sum l + m + g is 2 to 20 and l may be 0 or a whole number, said polyester generally having between 1 and 80 mole percent of a chlorinated phenylene acetic acid moiety whose formula is ##STR2## a solution of said such unsaturated polyester, particularly a solution of the same in a copolymerizable monomer, formed objects thereof and a process for the preparation of such unsaturated polyester.

Abstract: A cross-linked polymer having units of a residue of a chlorinated xylyleneglycolbisallylether, units of a residue of maleic acid anhydride and units of a residue of an epoxy compound; an improvement in a process for the preparation of a cross-linked hardenable resin wherein a composition comprising a chlorinated or brominated xylyleneglycolbisallylether and maleic acid anhydride is subjected to a preliminary setting process and thereafter cured wherein the composition contains an epoxy compound; shaped objects of the polymer especially when formed by the described process having good flame self-extinguishing properties and good thermal stability of shape.

Abstract: A copolymer of 1,2-dimethoxy ethylene and a cyclic compound having an oxygen atom as a component of the chain, said copolymer having the formula: ##EQU1## wherein Y is a straight bond or --CH.sub.2 --O--, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently hydrogen or alkyl of 1-4 carbon atoms, n and m an integers n + m = 10 to 1,000; a process for such copolymers which comprises contacting 1,2 dimethoxy ethylene under copolymerization conditions with a cyclic organic compound having oxygen in the ring, said compound selected from the group consisting of .beta.-lactones and cyclic six-membered ring carbonates in the presence of an initiator in an amount between 0.1 and 10 mole percent based upon said 1,2-dimethoxyethylene and said cyclic organic compound, which initiator is of the group of halogen containing organoaluminum compounds having the formulaAl(R).sub.a X.sub.bWhereinR is a saturated aliphatic radical of from about 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or phenyl,X is chlorine or bromine,a + b are each 1, 1.

Abstract: In a process for the manufacture of a polyimide from a polyamide carboxylic acid solution by cyclodehydration of the polyamide carboxylic acid, the improvement which comprises carrying out said cyclodehydration in the presence of a nitrogen containing compound selected from the group consisting of quinoline, isoquinoline, mono-substituted alkyl pyridines, dialkyl substituted pyridines, mono-substituted alkyl quinolines, dialkyl substituted quinolines, monoaralkyl substituted quinolines, diaralkyl substituted quinolines, monoalkyl substituted isoquinolines, dialkyl substituted isoquinolines, monoaralkyl substituted isoquinolines, diaralkyl substituted isoquinolines and mixtures thereof.