Abstract: Heat-curable compositions exhibiting improved room temperature pot life and reduced viscosity are obtained from composition comprising (1) a polyepoxide, (2) an aromatic or aliphatic amine, (3) a trihydrocarbyl sulfonium salt, (4) an unsaturated monomer and (5) a free radical curing agent.

Abstract: Heat-curable compositions exhibiting improved room temperature pot life and reduced viscosity are obtained from composition comprising (1) a polyepoxide, (2) an aromatic or aliphatic amine, (3) a trihydrocarbyl sulfonium salt, (4) at least one unsaturated aromatic monomer, (5) an unsaturated co-monomer and (6) a free radical curing agent.

Abstract: Heat-curable mixtures, containing (a) an epoxide resin having on average more than one epoxide group in the molecule, (b) an allyl-substituted or methallyl-substituted imide of the formula I ##STR1## in which E is allyl or methallyl, G is hydrogen or methyl, n is 1 or 2, and R is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, benzyl or arylene, and (c) a curing catalyst, have good storage stability and processability and produce moulded materials having high mechanical strength values and good resistance to heat.

Abstract: This invention provides reaction resin molded materials (OX/ICR molded materials) containing oxazolidinone and isocyanurate rings prepared from reaction resin mixtures of polyepoxides and polyisocyanates (EP/IC resins) in the presence of a hardening catalyst and has as an object to provide a simple manufacturing method for heat resistant OX/ICR molded materials with improved mechanical properties. According to this invention, EP/IC resins which are capable of casting and impregnating and which are free from solvents are provided. These resins have a formula mole ratio of EP:IC of about 1 to 5 and a viscosity of up to 7,000 mPa sec at 25.degree. C. and are cross-linked by means of tertiary amine or imidazole hardening catalysts at gelling temperatures of up to 130.degree. C. and post-hardening temperatures of 130.degree. to 200.degree. C. to produce OX/ICR molded materials with a mole ratio OX:ICR greater than 1, wherein the reaction of the epoxy and isocyanate groups is above 90% after the hardening.

Abstract: A reinforced plastic molding having excellent heat resistance, toughness and adhesion property to a fibrous substrate is disclosed, comprising a fibrous substrate having impregnated and cured therein a curable composition comprising tri(meth)acrylate of trishydroxyalkyl isocyanurate, a modified phenol novolak-based epoxy resin and a polymerization initiator.

Abstract: A curable composition is prepared by reacting (1) an alkenylphenyl cyanate or mixture thereof, (2) an aromatic polycyanate, polycyanamide or mixture thereof and (3) a polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated material or mixture of such materials. Said curable compositions provide polymeric (cured) compositions with improved mechanical strength relative to cured aromatic polycyanates and/or polycyanamides.

Abstract: Compositions comprising a material containing (a) alkenyl phenyl cyanate groups, (b) a material containing epoxide groups and optionally any one or more of (c) an aromatic polycyanate, (d) a polymaleimide or (e) a polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated aromatic material are curable to products having excellent mechanical, thermal and chemical resistant properties.

Abstract: A thermosetting resin composition comprising (A) at least one dicyanamide compound and (B) at least one polyvalent imide having one or more unsaturated bonds and, if necessary (C) at least one polymerizable compound of epoxy compounds, phenolic compounds and triallyl isocyanurate compounds, and a prepolymer thereof obtained by subjecting the composition to a preliminary reaction with heating to the B stage can give a cured product having excellent heat resistance of class C and flexibility.

Abstract: Heat-curable compositions exhibiting improved room temperature pot life and reduced viscosity are obtained from compositions comprising (1) a polyepoxide, (2) an aromatic or aliphatic amine, (3) a trihydrocarbyl sulfonium salt, (4) an unsaturated aromatic monomer and (5) a free radical curing agent.

Abstract: Heat-curable surface-coating agents which, for example in their protonated form, can be used in cathodic electrocoating contain, as a binder, a mixture of (A) a polyadduct, polycondensate or other polymer which has an average molecular weight M.sub.n of from 500 to 10,000 and, per molecule, on average two or more OH and/or NH groups and (B) a reaction product of a polyisocyanate and an olefinically unsaturated amine which carries a secondary amino group and a methacrylamide or methacrylate group.

Abstract: Tackifying agents for rubber comprising at least one chemically or physically treated guayule resin fraction are disclosed. Physical treatments include vacuum deoiling, steam stripping deoiling, hexane deoiling, while chemical treatments include formaldehyde reaction, phenol/formaldehyde reaction, urea formaldehyde reaction, acid reaction and sulphur reaction. Untreated guayule resin fractions can also be used. Vulcanized and unvulcanized rubber compositions containing guayule resin derived tackifying agents as well as articles made therefrom are also disclosed.

Abstract: Mono(meth)acrylate or di(meth)acrylate of 2-methylpropylene glycol. The diacrylate, or a low molecular weight oligomer thereof, with polymeric filler and sensitizer is useful as a photosensitive component.

Abstract: Heat resistant thermosetting prepolymers are prepared by reacting one or more methylated pyridines or pyrazines with one or more aromatic dialdehydes, and isopropenyl phenols. The prepolymers can be further reacted with bismaleimides to make prepolymers with lower cure temperatures and faster cure rates. The total number of methyl groups on the pyridine or pyrazine can vary from 2 to 4. The prepolymers are cured to produce heat resistant polymers and laminates with conventional fibers such as carbon fibers.

Abstract: Phenol-novolaks containing amino groups of formulas VI and VII ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is halogen, nitro, alkyl, alkoxy or phenyl, R.sup.2 is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl or furfuryl, R.sup.3 is hydrogen or alkyl, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 independently are alkyl, halogen, nitro or cyano, and x is 1 to 8, are obtained by reacting the corresponding phenol-novolak with an aldehyde or ketone of formula II ##STR2## and with a substituted aniline of formula III or IV ##STR3## in a molar ratio of 1 mol of phenol-novolak to 2 mols of compound of formula II and to 2 mols of compound of formula III or IV in an acid medium at a pH value of 0.5 to 3.0. The phenol-novolaks containing amino groups are useful curing agents for epoxy resins and are also suitable as starting compounds for the preparation of epoxy resins.

Abstract: Cementitious resin solutions for chemicals-resistant cements are prepared by dissolving a resin in furfuryl alcohol or preparing a resin solution by acidic condensation with the use of furfuryl alcohol. 0.01 to 0.1 equivalents of a primary amine per liter are added to the resin solution.

Abstract: Acid-curable, condensation-type resins, particularly phenolic resin prepolymers and urea-formaldehyde and/or furfuryl alcohol-formaldehyde modified phenolic resin prepolymers, have improved properties when admixed with a dibasic acid di-ester of the compositionR.sup.1 O.sub.2 C(CH.sub.2).sub.n CO.sub.2 R.sup.2where n is from 1 to 8, R.sup.1 is furfuryl, and R.sup.2 is furfuryl or methyl. The di-esters are preferably added in the amount of 5-35%, by weight of total composition. These compositions are particularly useful in the preparation of sand cores and molds for foundry use which have improved strength and hardness.The dibasic acid di-esters of the compositionR.sup.1 O.sub.2 C(CH.sub.2).sub.n CO.sub.2 R.sup.2where n is from 1 to 8, R.sup.1 is furfuryl, and R.sup.2 is furfuryl or methyl are not reported in the literature and are novel compounds. These di-esters are oily liquids having high boiling points and are particulary useful as resin modifiers, diluents and plasticizers.

Abstract: A mixture consisting of a polymaleimide and a copolymerizable monomer or a prepolymer formed from these two compounds contains, as the polymerization catalyst, an ethane which is substituted by aromatic groups and hydroxyl groups or halogen (cf. formula II), such as benzpinacol. The mixture is stable on storage and heat-curable. It can be cured, while at the same time being shaped to give mouldings, sheet-like structures, laminates, adhesive bonds or foams, for example by casting or compression moulding.

Abstract: The invention relates to polymers which are crosslinkable under the action of light and contain side groups of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.3 is preferably chlorine and R, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are, for example, H or --CH.sub.3. The proportion of these groups in the polymers is preferably 20 to 100%. Because of their high sensitivity to light, the polymers are suitable for photographic applications.

Abstract: Polymerizable compositions comprise(a) a compound containing both(i) at least one acryloyloxy or methacryloyloxy group,(ii) at least one allyl, methallyl, or 1-propenyl group attached directly to a carbon atom which forms part of an aromatic nucleus or to an oxygen atom or an oxycarbonyl group which are in turn directly attached to such a carbon atom,the total of the said groups (i) and (ii) being at least three, and(b) a compound containing at least two mercaptan groups directly attached to aliphatic carbon atoms, in a proportion as to supply at least 0.8 such mercaptan group per allyl, methallyl or 1-propenyl group in (a) but less than 1.0 such mercaptan group in (a) per acryloyl, methacryloyl, allyl, methallyl, or 1-propenyl group.

Abstract: A melt-processable composition comprising at least one polymer capable of forming an anisotropic melt and at least one other melt-processable polymer characterized in that the temperature range over which the polymer can form an anisotropic melt overlaps the temperature range over which the melt-processable polymer may be melt processed. The melt viscosity of such compositions may be very much less than that of the melt-processable polymer in the absence of the anisotropic melt-forming polymer particularly at high shear rates, corresponding to those encountered during moulding and extrusion operations. On the other hand at low shear rates and particularly when the concentration of anisotropic melt-forming polymer does not exceed 5% by weight increases in melt viscosity are obtainable which are valuable in fabrication processes operated at low shear rate where retention of form stability is required.

Abstract: Paint binders which are water soluble upon neutralization with bases comprising the reaction product of a polyepoxide containing reactive oxirane groups with phosphonic acids containing hydroxyl and/or vinyl groups. The paint binders when stoved at low temperatures have increased chemical resistance.

Abstract: There are described liquid compositions of a hemiformal of phenol and/or a hemiformal of a methylolated phenol with a miscible polymers such as phenol-formaldehyde resoles, phenol-formaldehyde, novolacs, aromatic polyesters, unsaturated polyesters, poly(aryl-ethers), aromatic polycarbonates urea-formaldehyde resins, or melamine-formaldehyde resins. The compositions are useful for forming thermoset plastic materials.

Abstract: A melt-processable composition comprising at least one polymer capable of forming an anisotropic melt and at least one other melt-processable polymer characterized in that the temperature range over which the polymer can form an anisotropic melt overlaps the temperature range over which the melt-processable polymer may be melt processed. The melt viscosity of such compositions may be very much less than that of the melt-processable polymer in the absence of the anisotropic melt-forming polymer particularly at high shear rates, corresponding to those encountered during moulding and extrusion operations.

Abstract: Paint binders and process of producing same water-soluble upon total or partial neutralization with inorganic or organic acids comprising the reaction product of an epoxy compound having at least two 1,2-epoxy groups with secondary oxazolidine amines and saturated or unsaturated carboxylic acids; said binders having a theoretical amine value of at least 35 mg KOH/g. The paint binders are particularly useful in paints formulated for cathodic deposition. Paints formulated with said binders exhibit good applicational characteristics including throwing power, and the cured films have good mechanical and chemical resistance.

Abstract: A curable thermosetting resin, especially suitable for RIM applications, comprising a blend of(a) 100 parts by weight of a polyepoxide, particularly a normally liquid polyepoxide and more particularly a glycidyl polyether of a polyhydric phenol,(b) from about 10 to about 200 parts by weight of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer, especially an aromatic monomer, and preferably styrene,(c) a curing amount of an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic polyfunctional amine or a polyamide, and(d) an effective amount of an amine-compatible free-radical initiator.

Abstract: The invention relates to novolak oxyalkylate mixed esters which, on the one hand, contain benzoyl and/or naphthoyl radicals and, on the other hand, contain maleic acid and/or sulfosuccinic acid half-ester groups. They are obtained by reacting novolak oxyalkylates with benzoic acid and/or naphthoic acid or with its anhydride or chloride on the one hand and maleic anhydride on the other hand and, if appropriate, reacting the maleic acid half-ester groups with sulfites to give sulfosuccinic acid half-ester groups. These compounds are highly suitable for use as dispersing agents for the preparation of low-foam dispersions of pigments, dyestuffs and other agents and as emulsifying, leveling and dyeing auxiliaries.

Abstract: Condensation products, which can be obtained by a reaction of naphthols and alkanals, addition of alkylene oxides and more or less complete conversion of terminal hydroxy groups into sulfo groups or half-esters of maleic acid, phthalic acid or sulfosuccinic acid, are suitable for use as surface-active agents, in particular as coupling auxiliaries in the preparation of azo pigments and also as dispersing agents in the preparation of colorant dispersions and as wetting, emulsifying, leveling or dyeing auxiliaries.

Abstract: Aqueous dispersions of a phenolic resole and a thermoplastics polymeric material or a rubber, suitable for use as adhesives, are prepared by(a) dissolving a solid thermoplastics polymeric material, such as a polyvinyl acetal or a nylon polyamide, or rubber in a phenol,(b) adding a nonionic or anionic surface active agent and/or protective colloid,(c) adjusting the mixture to a pH above 7 by addition of a base,(d) adding aqueous formaldehyde solution, or a formaldehyde donor, to a molar ratio of phenol to formaldehyde within the range 1:1 to 1:3,(e) if necessary, adding water, and(f) heating the mixture to form a phenolic resole.

Abstract: A resist sensitive to electron beam (and X-ray) radiation but resistant to reactive ion etching is formulated from a novolac resin and a sensitizer which is a terpolymer of sulfur dioxide, an olefin is hydrocarbon and an unsaturated ether.

Abstract: Latent catalysts comprising the phenyl esters of certain carboxylic acids are disclosed for use in the cure thermosetting resins curable by an acid catalyst.

Abstract: Latent catalysts comprising certain sulfur dioxide containing compounds such as bubadiene sulfone are used in the cure of thermosetting resins which are curable by an acid catalyst.

Abstract: A polymer composition is herein disclosed, which consists essentially of:(A) 90 to 50 wt % of a saturated polymer having in one molecule (1) at least two groups of at least one type selected from the group consisting of an epoxy group of the formula ##STR1## (R is hydrogen or methyl), an alcoholic or phenolic hydroxyl group and an alkoxymethyl-substituted acid amide group of the formula ##STR2## (R is an alkyl group of C.sub.1 to C.sub.4) and (2) a repeating unit made of a nonaromatic methylene group or methine group; and(B) 50 to 10 wt % of a nonfunctional radical polymerizable monomer mixture consisting of (a) a radical polymerizable monomer having in one molecule at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group, an acid anhydride group, an alcoholic hydroxyl group, an alkoxymethyl-substituted acid amide group of the formula ##STR3## (R is an alkyl group of C.sub.1 to C.sub.4) and an amino group of the formula --NR.sub.1 R.sub.2 (R.sub.1 and R.sub.

Abstract: The tetramethylol derivative of 4,4'iso-propylidenediphenol is dissolved in a solution of water and ethylene or propylene carbonate to yield concentrated solutions of the derivative in a form which may readily be used in the manufacture of foams or used as a liquid binder for molded ceiling products. Based on 100 parts by weight of the tertramethylol derivative, these solutions contain from about 15 to about 35 parts by weight of water and from about 5 to about 30 parts by weight of ethylene carbonate or propylene carbonate, with the total parts by weight of the water and carbonate varying from about 40 to about 45.

Abstract: Aromatic polyvinylethers and active hydrogen compound reaction products thereof have been found to provide fast heat curable molding compositions when used with various heat activated curing catalysts, for example, diaryliodonium salts in combination with aromatic polyvinylether soluble copper compounds, or dialkylhydroxyarylsulfonium salts in combination with certain organic oxidants.

Abstract: Extremely rapid ambient curing of polyepoxide resins and mixtures of polyepoxide resins and polyacrylate esters is achieved by use of a curing system composed of at least one polymercaptan and at least one catalytic co-curing agent which is the condensation product of:(a) aliphatic amine or substituted aliphatic amine containing at least one primary aliphatic amine group where the aliphatic moiety is ethylene or greater with(b) at least one amino acid, its corresponding lactam or other amide forming derivative.Optionally, known Lewis Base catalysts for the epoxy/mercaptan reaction, such as tertiary amines, may also be used.

Abstract: A polyadduct/polycondensate which is water-dilutable when protonated with an acid, and which contains basic nitrogen groups, the groups being of the general formula (I) ##STR1## and/or of the general formula (II) ##STR2## as well as of the formula (III) ##STR3## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen or methyl, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are hydrogen, alkyl or a radical bonded to a phenol or phenolether, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or alkoxyalkyl or are linked to one another to form a 5-membered or 6-membered ring, R.sup.7 is a polydienyl radical, n.sup.1 = from 0.5 to 3 and n.sup.2 = from 0.05 to 1.0, and its method of preparation.The polyadduct/polycondensate can be used, for example, as a surface-coating binder for the cathodic electrocoating of metal articles.

Abstract: This invention relates to a heat curable composition comprising(a) a liquid, ethylenically unsaturated monomer, oligomer or prepolymer of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is H or CH.sub.3, R.sub.1 is an organic moiety and n is at least 2,(b) an epoxy resin containing at least two ##STR2## groups, and (c) a thermal initiator member of the group consisting of(1) a substituted or unsubstituted diaryliodonium salt in combination with a free radical initiator,(2) a BF.sub.3 adduct,(3) a BF.sub.3 adduct in combination with a free radical initiator, and(4) dicyandiamide in combination with a free radical initiator.The system is stable at ordinary temperatures, but on heating the thermal initiator catalyzes the curing of the acrylate and the epoxy resin.

Abstract: The tetramethylol derivative of 4,4'iso-propylidenediphenol is dissolved in a solution of water and ethylene or propylene carbonate to yield concentrated solutions of the derivative in a form which may readily be used in the manufacture of foams or used as a liquid binder for molded ceiling products. Based on 100 parts by weight of the tetramethylol derivative, these solutions contain from about 15 to about 35 parts by weight of water and from about 5 to about 30 parts by weight of ethylene carbonate or propylene carbonate, with the total parts by weight of the water and carbonate varying from about 40 to about 45.

Abstract: A functionally terminated polybutadiene polymer is reacted with an epoxide to produce an epoxide terminated polybutadiene. A toughening agent and a peroxide free radical initiator are mixed with the epoxy terminated polybutadiene, and upon reaction a tough thermoset resin is produced having advanced chemical, electrical, and thermomechanical properties. Particular improvements are in the resistant-to-moisture and the tensile strain-to-failure properties.

Abstract: A curable resin composition consisting essentially of an amidated polybutadiene and a phenolic resin, and a laminate containing the resin composition in cured form and having excellent electrical properties and cold punching workability.

Abstract: A curable resin composition is disclosed for use in the manufacture of laminates applied to electronics equipment. The composition essentially comprises a resol type phenolic resin which is obtained from the reaction of an amidated drying oil and a phenol-formal dehyde in the presence of an alkali catalyst. Another form of the composition includes an amidated butadiene polymer to provide improved flexibility and chemicals resistance.

Abstract: The invention comprises a polymerizable liquid mixture of (a) a half ester characterized by the following empirical formula: ##STR1## wherein n is a number having an average value of about 1.5 to less than about 4, m is equal to the free valence of R less the average value of n, R is the hydroxyl-free residue of an organic polyol which contained from 2 to 4, inclusive, hydroxyl groups, OH, in formula (I) (b) maleic anhydride, (c) an epoxide containing two or more 1,2-epoxide radicals, (d) an ethylenically unsaturated monomer which forms a liquid homogeneous mixture with the half ester, maleic anhydride and epoxide, and (e) a basic compound.

Abstract: An acid-hardening low shrinkage cement based on a furan-modified phenolic resin containing as a binder(A) a reaction product of furfuryl alcohol with a hydroxymethyl group-containing substituted phenol resol, based on a substituted phenol selected from the group consisting of bifunctional alkylphenol, an aralkylphenol each having 3 to 20 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical, an arylphenol or a combination thereof with a minor amount of one or more unsubstituted phenols, wherein in the substituted phenol resol at least 75% of the reactive H-atoms of the nucleus are substituted by reaction with formaldehyde and wherein more than 0.5 mol of furfuryl alcohol has been reacted per hydroxymethyl group; together with(B) at least one reactive diluent in a weight ratio of (B):(A) in the range from (0.4 to 1.5):1, anda process for the preparation of said composition.

Abstract: A bisimide-ether compound having the general formula is obtained by reacting an ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid anhydride, a diamine compound and a phenolic compound having in the molecule at least two hydroxyl groups, or by reacting a prepolymer of the anhydride and diamine compound with the phenolic compound: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a group containing at least two carbon atoms, R.sub.2 is a group containing at least two carbon atoms, R'.sub.2 is a group containing at least two carbon atoms and a carbon-carbon double bond, R.sub.3 is an aromatic group, the nitrogen atoms of the imide rings being directly connected to different carbon atoms of the group R.sub.1, the carbonyl groups of the imide rings being directly connected to different carbon atoms of the group R.sub.2 or R'.sub.2, the oxygen atoms between the groups R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 being directly connected to an aromatic nucleus of the group R.sub.3, and n is an integer of zero, one or more than 1.

Abstract: A thermosetting resin composition suitable for use as a molding material comprising (a) a reaction product mixture obtained by preferably reacting 1 mole of a dicarboxylic acid anhydride having ethylenic carbon-carbon double bond such as maleic anhydride with 2-20 moles of a diamine such as 4,4'-diaminodiphenylmethane in a molten state and (b) an epoxy compound having more than one 1,2-epoxy group on the average gives a cured product excellent in heat resistance, etc., when cured with heating at a temperature of 150.degree. to 200.degree. C.

Abstract: A novel photocurable organopolysiloxane composition is proposed capable of giving a cured product having a very high anti-moisture resistance even at an elevated temperature to withstand a treatment in boiling water for 1 hour or longer without coming off from the substrate surface on which it has been applied and cured by irradiation with light. The composition comprises a specific acryloyloxy-containing organopolysiloxane as the base component, an epoxy compound and a photosensitizer. The composition is suitable, for example, for providing a moisture-proof overcoating on various electronic parts such as a capacitor.

Abstract: A process for producing carbo-chain homopolymers, block- and random copolymers of conjugated dienes and vinylaromatic monomers comprising polymerization of dienes, vinyl- or di-vinylaromatic monomers or copolymerization thereof in a medium of a hydrocarbon solvent at a temperature ranging from -30.degree. to +150.degree. C. in the presence of an organolithium catalyst of the formula R(Li).sub.x, wherein R is a hydrocarbon radical or a diene polymer, x is an integer of from 1 to 4, and a modifying additive which is a compound comprising a product of interaction between a phenolamine resin and an alkali metal and having the general formula: ##STR1## wherein n is an integer of from 1 to 10;M is sodium or potassium;R is an alkyl with 2 to 20 carbon atoms or an arylalkyl with 7 to 20 carbon atoms;R.sub.1 is an alkyl with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an arylalkyl with 7 to 9 carbon atoms or hydrogen;this modifying additive is used in an amount of from 0.07 to 2.0 g/equiv. per one g/equiv. of active lithium.

Abstract: There is provided a desensitizer used in a quick-drying desensitizing ink for no-carbon copy paper, which is a compound represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents hydrogen atom or methyl group; R.sup.2 represents hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a phenyl group which may have as substituent an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, ##STR2## and l and m are integers of 1 or greater than 1, l+m being not greater than 46, and p is zero or an integer of 1, provided that when p is zero R.sup.

Abstract: Cyclic phenol-aldehyde resins, for example cyclic tetramers; derivatives thereof; processes by which they are prepared; and uses thereof.

Abstract: A light sensitive material suitable for coating onto a support to produce a light sensitive plate for use in, for example, the manufacture of a printing plate comprises groups of the formula: ##STR1## attached to carbon atoms, wherein ##STR2## wherein R.sub.5 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; R is an aromatic radical; a is zero or unity; R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are hydrogen atoms, halogen atoms, cyano groups, or specified aliphatic or aromatic groups; X is a deactivating group; R.sub.4 is a hydrogen atom, a carboxyl group, a cyano group or a specified aliphatic or aromatic group; and Ph is a phenyl group. The material may be produced by reacting a polymer containing epoxide groups, hydroxyl groups, or primary and/or secondary amino groups with the halosulphonyl group of a compound having the forula: ##STR3## wherein R, R.sub.1, R.sub.2 R.sub.3, and a have the above meanings, wherein X has the above meaning or is a halosulphonyl group and R.sub.