Abstract: Polyisobutene is prepared by cationic polymerization of isobutene and/or isobutene-containing hydrocarbons in the liquid phase in the presence of a complex of BF3 and at least one cocatalyst which is preferably chosen from oxygen-containing compounds, the BF3/cocatalyst complex being produced in situ by adding BF3 and cocatalyst to a reaction stream, wherein BF3 and oxygen-containing cocatalyst are added to the reaction stream via a common binary nozzle comprising an outlet for BF3 and an outlet for the oxygen-containing cocatalyst. The invention also describes a binary nozzle having a centrally arranged outlet for the catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of making a fluoropolymer comprising repeating units derived from one or more gaseous fluorinated monomers. The method comprises an aqueous emulsion polymerization of gaseous fluorinated monomers in the presence of an ether selected from the group consisting of dimethyl ether (DME), methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: Controlled architecture polymers made preferably with acrylamide type monomers are prepared in living-type or semi-living-type free radical polymerizations, with the architecture preferably being other than linear, such as star, branched, grafted or hyper-branched. The controlled architecture polymers have high weight average molecular weights and low viscosities, which make they particularly useful in replaceable capillary electrophoresis separation media for biological molecules, such as DNA fragments.

Abstract: A batch process for the anionic polymerization of a styrenic monomer is described. The process brings together a liquid saturated hydrocarbon diluent, an ether promoter, an organolithium initiator and a styrenic monomer in such a way so as to maintain the reaction mixture at or below about 55° C. and so that the amount of organolithium initiator employed is in the range of about 1 to about 10 mol %, based upon the total amount of styrenic monomer to be added. Favorable polydispersity and molecular weight polymer characteristics are obtained.

Abstract: A process for the continuous preparation of polyisobutene having a number-average molecular weight {overscore (M)}N of from 500 to 50,000 and containing at least 50 mol % of terminal double bonds by one-stage or multistage, continuous polymerization of isobutene in the liquid phase in the presence of a catalyst comprising boron trifluoride and at least one oxygen-containing compound at below +40° C., wherein the liquid reaction phase has a viscosity of from 6 to 20 mm2/s (determined according to DIN 51562), at least in the first polymerization stage, is described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of polymers stabilized with protective colloids in the form of water-redispersible powders or aqueous dispersions thereof having a reduced content of volatile components, by a) polymerizing by emulsion or suspension polymerization, one or more monomers from the group consisting of vinyl esters, (meth)acrylates, vinyl aromatics, olefins, 1,3-dienes and vinyl halides and optionally further monomers copolymerizable therewith, b) aftertreating the polymer dispersion thus obtained by means of postpolymerization, distillation, and/or introduction of steam or inert gas to obtain a residual content of volatile, nonaqueous components of <2000 ppm, and c) spray drying of aftertreated polymer dispersion to a residual content of volatile, nonaqueous components of <400 ppm, the dispersion being adjusted prior to spray drying to a solids content of <45% by weight before spraying, the spray drying performed with gas at an inlet temperature of >120° C.

Abstract: A cationically polymerizable composition is provided, which comprises a cationically polymerizable compound, a cationic polymerization initiator, and a specific tertiary alkanolamine or tertiary alkylamine. The cationically polymerizable compound is preferably an alicyclic epoxy compound and an oxetane compound. The above amine accounts for 0.01 to 1.0% by weight, preferably 0.05 to 0.5% by weight of the total of the cationically polymerizable composition and the cationic polymerization initiator accounts for 0.1 to 20 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the cationically polymerizable compound. The composition is excellent in storage stability and dispersion stability of colorants contained therein.

Abstract: A process for producing a polyolefin according to the present invention comprises (co) polymerizing one or two or more &agr;-olefins in a vapor phase in a fluidized-bed reactor, wherein the concentration of (A) a saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon in the fluidized bed reactor is 1 mol % or more and at least one compound selected from (B) an aliphatic amide and (C) a nonionic surfactant constituted only of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen atoms is made to exist in the reactor. The present invention can provide a process for producing a polyolefin, the process ensuring that the prevention of clogging caused by the generation of sheet or block polymers and a high efficiency of the production of a polyolefin due to good catalytic activity can be accomplished at the same time and also having superb continuous productivity.

Abstract: A copolymer comprising units derivable from (A) one or more olefins of defined chain length; and (B) one or more ethylenically unsaturated compounds different from (A). The copolymers are useful as cold flow improvers in fuel oils.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for forming a high-cis polydiene. The process includes catalyzing a diene polymerization, and terminating the polymerization with an amine-water termination mixture, preferably a TMEDA-water termination mixture. The catalyst system is a mixture of (a) organoaluminum compounds; (b) organonickel compounds; and (c) fluorine-containing compounds.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel compounds that can serve as highly efficient initiators for controlled radical (co)polymerization processes including atom transfer radical (co)polymerization processes. These compounds include di-(trimethylolpropane)-tetra-(2-haloisobutyrate) compounds. The present invention also is directed to controlled radical (co)polymerization processes in which novel (co)polymers are prepared using the novel compounds, as well as to the novel (co)polymer products of the process.

Abstract: This invention relates to an anionic alkoxylate surfactant of formula (I), where R is a di- or tri-unsaturated C4-22 straight or branched hydrocarbon chain, at least two double bonds of said unsaturated chain being conjugated and exhibiting opposite geometric isomerism; m is 0 or 1; Y is O or NR′; each R′ is independently selected from hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl and phenyl; n is 1 to 50; and OX is an anionic group selected from the group consisting of acids or salts of sulfate, phosphate, sulphosuccinate, succinate, carbomethyl, maleate, carboxyethyl, alkenylsuccinate, phthalate, sulphoethyl, 3-sulpho-2-hydroxypropyl, sulphopropyl, oxalate and citrate.

Abstract: Chain transfer agents that are chlorine-free and liquid under polymerization conditions, useful for fluoromonomer polymerization, have the following structure: R1—O—R2 They are superior to common chain transfer agents such as chloroform in being safer and environmentally benign. They are also superior to gaseous chain transfer agents such as ethane because they do not enter the fluoromonomer gas recycle streams and so do not complicate the analysis and purification of those streams.

Abstract: The present invention has for its object to produce an isobutylene polymer having excellent performance characteristics by suppressing side reactions at the polymer growth termini during polymerization. The process of the present invention is to carry out a cationic polymerization of a monomer component containing isobutylene in the presence of a polymerization initiator, a catalyst, an ether compound, and an electron donor. Moreover, the process is to carry out a cationic polymerization of a monomer component containing isobutylene in the presence of a polymerization initiator, a catalyst, an ether compound, and an electron donor, and add a compound having the carbon-carbon unsaturated bond for introducing the carbon-carbon unsaturated bond into the polymer terminus.

Abstract: A continuous process for oligomers which do not contain, as polymerized units, carboxylic acid-containing monomers and their salts, including the steps of: (1) forming a reaction mixture, substantially free of carboxylic acid-containing monomers and their salts, containing: (i) 0.5 to 99.95% by weight of the reaction mixture of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer; and (ii) 0.05 to 25% by weight, based on the weight of the ethylenically unsaturated monomer, of at least one free-radical initiator; and (2) continuously passing the reaction mixture through a heated zone wherein the reaction mixture is maintained at a temperature of at least 150° C. and a pressure of at least 30 bars for from 0.1 seconds to 4 minutes to form terminally-unsaturated oligomers. In addition, processes for forming oligomers of vinyl acetate and oligomers of vinyl alcohol are disclosed. Mixtures of fully saturated and terminally unsaturated oligomers are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method is provided for the production of a graft copolymer or acrylate polymer blend in the presence of at least one liquid diluent comprising the steps of (1) providing a reaction mixture of at least one A monomer consisting of a monomeric (meth)acrylic acid ester of a non-tertiary alcohol in admixture with at least one liquid diluent which is non-reactive under conditions of free radical polymerization employed, optionally at least one B monomer different from said A monomer, optionally at least one polymeric graft moiety C having a Tg greater than 20° C.

Abstract: Emulsifiable ethylene polymers comprising copolymers of from 90 to 95% by weight of ethylene, from 4 to 10% by weight of one or more C3-C12 alkenecarboxylic acids, and from 0 to 1.2% by weight of one or more tertiary esters of the corresponding C3-C12 alkenecarboxylic acids, where the wax has a cinematic melt viscosity of from 800 to 3000 mm2/s, measured at 120° C.; and a process for preparing the novel emulsifiable ethylene polymers, emulsions comprising the novel ethylene polymers, a process for preparing the emulsions from the novel ethylene polymers, and also floor cleaners, car cleaners, leather cleaners and stone cleaners, and coatings for surfaces made from wood, metal, paper, glass or from plastics, comprising aqueous emulsions of the novel emulsifable waxes.

Abstract: A polymerization process in microemulsion of: (I) one or more fluorinated monomers containing at least one ethylene unsaturation; (II) one or more fluorinated monomers containing sulphonyl groups —SO2F; said process comprising: a) preparation of an aqueous microemulsion, having a pH in the range 4-7, of perfluoropolyethers (PFPEs); b) feeding of the microemulsion to the polymerization reactor, in an amount higher than 18 ml per liter of reaction medium; c) introduction of the monomer (II) in liquid form into the reactor, reactor pressurization with the gaseous monomers (I); d) addition of the initiator, and feeding of the monomers (I) during the polymerization so as to maintain constant the reactor pressure.

Abstract: In anionic polymerization using an anionic polymerization initiator, a tertiary organoaluminum compound (A) having in the molecule thereof a chemical structure represented by a general formula: Al—O—Ar wherein Ar represents an aromatic ring, and at least one Lewis base (B) selected from the group consisting of a tertiary polyamine compound, are caused to be present in the polymerization system. In this way, the polar monomer can be polymerized with a high polymerization initiation efficiency and a high living polymerization property and at a high polymerization rate even if the used polymerization initiator is suitable for industrial use, and a relatively mild cooling condition or a temperature condition near room temperature is adopted as a polymerization temperature condition.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of polymers is described, wherein at least one first ethylenically unsaturated monomer is subjected to a free radical polymerization in the presence of stable free radicals or sources of stable free radicals and of a compound having at least one free thiol group to give a polymer, and wherein the molar ratio of compound having a free thiol group to stable free radicals is from 0.05 to 1.1.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to provides a process in which a high-molecular-weight &bgr;-butyrolactone homopolymer or copolymer being biodegradable, absorbable into the living body, useful as a functional polymeric material and superior in physical characteristics is produced with high yield and good productivity.

Abstract: A process is provided for preparing a catalyst support for polymerizing &agr;-olefins comprising the steps of: (i) reacting, in the presence of a first electron donor, a chlorine-containing organic compound and a prior mixture of an alkylmagnesien and an aluminoxane and/or aluminosiloxane and/or alkylaluminum and, optionally, a second electron donor; and (ii) activating a product from step (i) in suspension in an inert liquid by means of an activation electron donor, together with the support thus obtained, a catalyst for polymerizing &agr;-olefins, comprising this catalyst support and a group IV transition metal halide, and a process for polymerizing &agr;-olefins, particularly propylene, comprising contacting the &agr;-olefin with the catalyst.

Abstract: The use of crosslinked copolymers obtainable by precipitation polymerization of monomer mixtures comprising (a) monoethylenically unsaturated C3-C8-carboxylic acids, their anhydrides or mixtures of said carboxylic acids and anhydrides, (b) compounds with at least 2 non-conjugated ethylenic double bonds in the molecule as crosslinkers and, where appropriate, (c) other monoethylenically unsaturated monomers which are copolymerizable with monomers (a) and (b), in the presence of free-radical polymerization initiators and from 0.1 to 20% by weight, based on the monomers used, of saturated, nonionic surface-active compounds, as stabilizer in oil-in-water emulsions in amounts of from 0.01 to 5% of the weight of the emulsions, and cosmetic and pharmaceutical formulations based on oil-in-water emulsions which contain said precipitation polymers.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of making a fluoropolymer comprising repeating units derived from one or more gaseous fluorinated monomers. The method comprises an aqueous emulsion polymerization of gaseous fluorinated monomers in the presence of an ether selected from the group consisting of dimethyl ether (DME), methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to cyanoacrylate-containing compositions that include, in addition to the cyanoacrylate component, the combination of two accelerators to improve fixture speeds on certain substrates.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel end-functionalized, linear, non-crosslinked polyolefins without pendant chain branched groups, and to a process for the preparation of these end-functionalized, linear, non-crosslinked polyolefins. These non-crosslinked polyolefins comprise the reaction product of (A) a cyclic olefin monomer, with (B) a chain transfer agent, in the presence of (C) at least one catalyst, preferably a ruthenium metal carbene catalyst. The polyolefins of the present invention are characterized as having a functionality as defined by vapor phase osmometry (VPO) and end group titration in the range of from 1.7 to 2.2, and correspond to a specified structure. Suitable chain transfer agents for the presently claimed polyolefins comprise the reaction product of at least one unsaturated diol and at least one alkylene oxide in relative molar ratios of from 1:1 to 1:1000. These polyolefins are prepared via ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP).

Abstract: Use of surfactants in the suspension polymerization of fluorinated monomers for preparing fluoropolymers containing hydrogen, said surfacants having the general formula:

Abstract: There is described a process utilizing Ziegler-Natta catalysts for producing ethylene/olefin interpolymers which, for a given melt index and density, have a reduced melting peak temperature (Tm). The process involves contacting ethylene and at least one other olefin under polymerization conditions with a Ziegler-Natta catalyst and at least one modifier comprising at least one element from Group 15 and/or Group 16 in amounts sufficient to reduce the melting peak temperature of the ethylene/olefin interpolymer. Also described herein are novel ethylene/olefin interpolymers resulting from the process.

Abstract: A process for preparing low molecular weight, highly reactive polyisobutylene having an average molecular weight Mn of from 500 to 5000 Dalton and a terminal double bond content of more than 80 mol % by polymerization in the liquid phase of isobutene or hydrocarbon streams comprising isobutane [sic] with the aid of a boron trifluoride complex catalyst at from −40 to 20° C. and at from 1 to 20 bar comprises a) polymerizing until the residual isobutene content of the reaction mixture is less than 2% by weight, based on isobutene introduced, or removing residual isobutene towards the end of the polymerization until the residual isobutene content is less than 2% by weight, b) enriching the boron trifluoride complex catalyst which is obtained in the form of droplets in the disperse and/or coherent phase, c) recycling the complex-enriched phases to the polymerization and d) compensating for catalyst losses by adding boron trifluoride and, if necessary, complexing agents.

Abstract: Chain transfer agents that are chlorine-free and liquid under polymerization conditions, useful for fluoromonomer polymerization, have the following formula: R1—O—R2. They are superior to common chain transfer agents such as chloroform in being safer and environmentally benign. They are also superior to gaseous chain transfer agents such as ethane because they do not enter the fluoromonomer gas recycle streams and so do not complicate the analysis and purification of those streams.

Abstract: Aqueous dispersion polymerization of fluoromonomers is improved by using a combination of fluorosurfactants, one of which is a perfluoropolyether carboxylic acid or sulfonic acid or salt of either.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to provides a process in which a high-molecular-weight &bgr;-butyrolactone homopolymer or copolymer being biodegradable, absorbable into the living body, useful as a functional polymeric material and superior in physical characteristics is produced with high yield and good productivity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a surfactant composition for emulsion polymerization. The surfactant composition for emulsion polymerization comprises a compound (a) represented by the formula (I) and having a critical micelle concentration (CMC) in the range of from not less than 0.007 mol L−1 to not more than 0.1 mol L−1 and a compound (b) represented by the formula (II) and having a CMC in the range of from not less than 1×10−5 mol L−1 to less than 0.007 mol L−1, as essential components, and the molar ratio of the components (a) to (b) in terms of (a)/(b) is from 5/95 to 75/25: R1O—(A1O)m—SO3M1  (I) R2O—(A2O)n—SO3M2  (II) (in the formulae, R1 and R2 are monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon groups; A1 and A2 are alkylene groups having 2 to 4 carbons; m and n are numbers from 1 to 50; and M1 and M2 are monovalent cations).

Abstract: Polymerization process of unsaturated pefluoromonomers, fluoro-containing monomers and optionally in the presence of hydrogen containing olefins, for obtaining polymers contaning hydrogen and fluorine, which utilizes a microemulsion comprising the following components:

Abstract: Heat-curable aqueous compositions which comprise a carboxyl-containing polymer component and optionally a hydroxyalkylated amine are used as binders for shaped articles.

Abstract: Copolymers of perfluoro-4-alkyl-1,3-dioxoles having the general formula wherein Rf is a perfluoroalkylic radical having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, allow to prepare copolymers with Tg higher than those of the copolymers containing the same molar percentage of fluorinated dioxoles of the art.

Abstract: A new class of initiators for inducing the cationic polymerization of olefins was discovered. These initiators, in conjunction with Lewis acids as coinitiators, effectively initiate the carbocationic polymerization of olefins.

Abstract: A novel process for producing homopolymers and interpolymers of olefins which involves contacting an olefin and/or an olefin and at least one or more other olefin(s) under polymerization conditions with an olefin polymerization catalyst and at least one ether comprising at least one carbon-oxygen-carbon linkage (C—O—C) of the formula R1—O(—R2—O)m—R3 in amounts sufficient to reduce the electrostatic charge in the polymerization medium. Also disclosed is a process for reducing electrostatic charge in an olefin polymerization medium.

Abstract: A novel process for producing homopolymers and interpolymers of olefins which involves contacting an olefin and/or an olefin and at least one or more other olefin(s) under polymerization conditions with at least one Ziegler-Natta catalyst comprising a component comprising at least one transition metal and a co-catalyst comprising at least one organometallic compound and at least one compound comprising at least one carbon-oxygen-carbon linkage (C—O—C) of the formula R1—O(—R2—O)m—R3 in amounts sufficient to reduce the electrostatic charge in the polymerization medium. Also disclosed is a process for reducing electrostatic charge in an olefin polymerization medium.

Abstract: The present invention relates to catalysts for the polymerization of ethylene and its mixtures with olefins CH2═CHRVIII, comprising the reaction product of a solid catalyst component containing Ti, Mg and halogen, an alkyl-Al compound and a particular electron donor compound selected from the compounds containing at least two oxygen atoms bonded to different carbon atoms and selected by standard tests of reactivity with triethyl-Al and MgCl2 compounds. The catalyst of the invention are used in processes for the (co)polymerization of ethylene to prepare (co)polymers having narrow molecular weight distribution (MWD).

Abstract: Process for the preparation of tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) polymer-based dispersions having diameter average sizes in the range 0.005-0.06 &mgr;m, which comprises: a) preparation of an aqueous perfluoropolyether (PFPE) microemulsion; b) microemulsion feeding into the polymerization reactor, in such amounts so that the microemulsion perfluoropolyetheral oil phase is present in a concentration higher than 2 ml for liter of reaction medium; c) reaction medium feeding in the gaseous TFE polymerization reactor, optional addition of surfactants, stabilizers, comonomers, transfer agents; d) addition of the initiator, stabilizers, comonomers and transfer agents; e) discharge from the reactor of the polymeric latex.

Abstract: This invention relates to cyanoacrylate-containing compositions that include, in addition to the cyanoacrylate component, the combination of two accelerators to improve fixture speeds on certain substrates.

Abstract: The process for producing bead polymers having a mean particle size of 0.5 to 50 &mgr;m and a narrow particle size distribution by polymerisation of monomers dissolved in a solvent that constitutes a precipitation agent for the polymers obtained from these monomers is characterized in that the solvent contains 5 to 3000 ppm of sulfur-free radical interceptors.

Abstract: Process for the synthesis of block polymers, homopolymers and copolymers of narrow polydispersity having formula (1) by contacting selected vinyl monomer(s), vinyl-terminated compound(s) and free radicals in which effective control of production of polymer is achieved by controlling the mole ratio of vinyl monomer(s), vinyl-terminated compound(s) and free radicals relative to one another; and polymers produced thereby

Abstract: Initiators for free-radical addition polymerization comprising as structural feature the Diels-Alder adduct of an azo group (—N═N—) with a conjugated double bond (diene).

Abstract: The present invention provides a production process for a terminal-end-stabilized glyoxylic acid (salt)-based polymer, which process enables to reduce the amount of the polymerization solvent, as recovered or removed after the end of the polymerization (before the start of the hydrolysis) or after the end of the hydrolysis, without lowering the production efficiency. The production process for a terminal-end-stabilized glyoxylic acid (salt)-based polymer comprises the step of polymerizing a monomer component including a glyoxylic acid ester in order to produce the terminal-end-stabilized glyoxylic acid (salt)-based polymer, wherein a terminal end stabilizer is used as a reaction medium of the polymerization.

Abstract: A polymerization process for the preparation of (meth)acrylate containing homopolymers or block copolymers comprises heating a mixture of a free radical initiator, a stable free radical agent, and a polymerizable monomer compound to form a thermoplastic resin or resins with a narrow polydispersity. The stable free radical agent is a piperazinone or morpholone based nitroxide or any adducts thereof.

Abstract: Chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE) thermoplastic copolymers, comprising: (a) from 0.15 to 4% by moles of one or more fluorodioxoles having the general formula:  wherein: X1 and X2, equal to or different from each other, are selected among —F or —CF3; Z is selected among —F, —H, —Cl; Y is equal to ORf and Rf is a perfluoroalkyl having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or Y=Z; (b) CTFE, forming the remaining part to 100% by moles.

Abstract: Homopolymers, copolymers or block copolymers are prepared by anionic polymerization of acrylates and/or methacrylates in the presence of an initiator composition containing A) an organic alkali metal compound, B) an organic aluminum compound and C) an additive which forms a complex with the alkali metal cation and is selected from the group consisting of open-chain ethers having at least two ether oxygen atoms, macrocyclic ethers and cryptands, or from the group consisting of quaternary cations of the general formula I  where A is N, P, As or Sb and Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd, independently of one another, are each unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl or aryl, where two neighboring radicals, together with the heteroatom A, may form a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic structure which may contain one or two further heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur atoms.

Abstract: A new class of initiators for inducing the cationic polymerization of olefins was discovered. These initiators, in conjunction with Lewis acids as coinitiators, effectively initiate the carbocationic polymerization of olefins. The new initiators are epoxides with the general formula where R1, R2 and R3 are hydrogen, alkyl, aryl or aralkyl groups, and can be the same or different, and i is a positive whole number. The Lewis acid has the general formula of MtXn, where M is titanium, aluminum, boron or tin, X is a halogen, an alkyl or an alcoxy or a mixture thereof. The process is a carbocationic process, which can be living or non-living, at a temperature of from about 0 to −80 C. The polymer produced can be a homo- or copolymer (random or block) carrying hydroxy functional groups.