Abstract: The present invention deals with the composition, and application of novel phosphate polymers. The polymeric compounds are useful as emulsifying agents, softening, anti-tangle, and conditioning agents for use in personal care applications due to their outstanding mildness.

Abstract: The present invention deals with the composition, and application of novel phosphate polymers. The polymeric compounds are useful as emulsifying agents, softening, anti-tangle, and conditioning agents for use in personal care applications due to their outstanding mildness.

Abstract: A dispersant which is a phosphate ester of a polymer which contains at least one ether group and a poly(oxyalkylenecarbonyl) chain (POAC chain) derivable from two or more different hydroxycarboxyl acids or lactones thereof. Also disclosed is the use of the dispersants in paints and printing inks including millbases. The preferred dispersants are phosphate esters of an alkyl end-capped poly(oxyalkylenecarbonyl) chain alcohol where the POAC chain is derived from &egr;-caprolactone and &dgr;-valerolactone and the alkyl group is derived from a monohydroxypolyalkyleneglycol.

Abstract: A variety of phosphonylated heterochain polymers are disclosed, including, most preferably, phosphonylated polymethyl methacrylate. For each polymeric composition the phosphorous atom of a phosphorous-containing functional group is covalently bonded to a carbon atom of the polymeric chain. The phosphorous atoms are present in an amount of at least about 0.1 percent by weight in each polymeric composition.

Abstract: Improved polymer-immobilized photosensitizer are disclosed as well as methods of preparing and using them. The polymer-immobilized photosensitizers comprise a cross-linked polymer backbone, a plurality of cationic ammonium or phosphonium groups covalently bound to the polymer backbone and an immobilized photosensitizer. The average total number of carbon atoms in the ammonium or phosphonium group is at least four and preferably at least 12. The photosensitizer can be either covalently or ionically bound to the polymer. Polymer-supported photosensitizers of the invention are unexpectedly superior in catalyzing the photosensitized oxidation of compounds containing carbon-carbon double bonds.

Abstract: The positive image-forming material comprises a resin including a repeating unit corresponding to a specific monomer having an &agr;-heteromethyl structure.

Abstract: Disclosed are cyclic phosphate esters of fumarate—or maleic acids suitable for use as a comonomer, capable of being copolymerized with a monovinylidene aromatic compounds to impart flame resistant properties to the resultant copolymers.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel organic copolymers comprising alternating functional groups, wherein one functional group is phosphonate. In one embodiment, the copolymers comprise alternating phosphonate and N-substituted succinimide functional groups. In another embodiment, the copolymers are synthesized from maleimide and vinyl ether monomers, wherein the vinyl ether monomer possesses a pendant phosphonate functionality and the maleimide monomer is an N-substituted maleimide. Methods of synthesizing thin films with the novel organic copolymers, as well as chemical precipitation methods using the novel organic copolymers, are also provided.

Abstract: Provided are a substantially transparent adhesive composition for hard tissue, and a method for producing it; the adhesive composition exhibits good adhesiveness to hard tissue, especially to both enamel and dentin, and has the advantage of improved bonding durability especially in water; this contains (a) a substantially water-insoluble, acid group-containing polymerizable monomer which has, in the molecule, at least one hydrocarbon group selected from an alkylene group having from 8 to 25 carbon atoms, an alkyl group having from 8 to 25 carbon atoms and an aromatic group, and/or its salt, and (b) water, and has pH of from 1.0 to 6.0.

Abstract: Disclosed are cyclic phosphate esters of fumarate- or maleic acids suitable for use as a comonomer, capable of being copolymerized with a monovinylidene aromatic compounds to impart flame resistant properties to the resultant copolymers.

Abstract: Water-soluble polymers having a water-soluble backbone and side units having in water a lower critical solution temperature, LCST, the polymers being obtainable by free-radical precipitation polymerization of water-soluble monomers and of macromonomers comprising a unit with an LCST whose heat-induced demixing temperature in aqueous solution is from 5 to 40° C. for a concentration by mass in water of 1% of the said unit. Also described is a process for preparing these polymers by free-radical precipitation polymerization, and aqueous compositions containing these polymers and the use of these polymers and compositions, especially in cosmetics, for the cleansing and/or making up and/or care and/or antisun protection of keratin materials.

Abstract: A process for producing a styrenic copolymer having a functional group and a syndiotactic configuration is provided. The process comprises bringing a metal compound into interaction with a vinyl compound having a functional group to mask the functional group and copolymerizing the vinyl compound having the masked functional group with a styrenic compound in the presence of a polymerization catalyst comprising (A) a transition metal compound, (B) at least one compound selected from compounds having oxygen and compounds which can form ionic complex compounds by reaction with the transition metal compound and (C) an organometallic compound. A styrenic copolymer which is a random, block or graft copolymer, preferably a random copolymer, of a vinyl compound having a functional group and a styrenic compound and has the repeating units derived from the styrenic compound having the syndiotactic configuration can be produced efficiently.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and use of water-soluble or water-dispersible copolymers for oil field applications. Specifically, the present invention relates to polymers containing allyloxy linkage and its functional dervatives for use in oil field applications as fluid additives for drilling and cementing processes.

Abstract: Disclosed are a phosphine derivative represented by formula (I): wherein Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl group, a transition metal complex comprising the phosphine derivative or a polymer thereof as a ligand, and a process for producing an optically active amino acid compound by asymmetric hydrogenation using the transition metal complex as a catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous ink jet inks containing a copolymer dispersant comprising at least one polymerized monomer having the general formula: CH2═C(R3)C(O)OXa(C2H4O)b—(C3H6O)c—R4 where a=0 or 1; when a=1, X is an akyl, aryl, or alkaryl diradical connecting group of 1-9 carbon atoms; b and c are independently selected from the range of 0-100 provided that b and c are not simultaneously 0; R3 is H or CH3; and R4 is preferably PO3H2.

Abstract: This invention relates to a phosphoric acid group-containing non-aqueous dispersion wherein polymer particles are dispersed in a solution of a macromolecular dispersion stabilizer dissolved in an organic solvent, said polymer particle being a particle of polymer comprising a phosphoric acid group-containing polymerizable unsaturated monomeric unit as a constituent component. With use of said phosphoric acid group-containing non-aqueous dispersion, there can be improved interlayer adhesivity between a metallic coating film, which is formed from a leafing type aluminum flake pigment, and another coating film adjacent thereto, without reducing the excellent effects such as dense metallic feeling of the coated surface, a chrome plating-like finish, and strong brightness feeling and strong flip-flop perperties, which are produced by such a metallic coating film.

Abstract: Novel perfluoroalkyl-substituted mono-, di- and poly-amide compounds which are reaction products of a mono-, di- or polyamine of 60 to 2000 molecular weight with a perfluoroalkyl substituted unsaturated acid or its corresponding lower alkyl ester and optionally a non-fluorinated amino-reactive compound such as an acid, ester, anhydride, epichlorohydrin, isocyanate or urea, are useful as internally or externally applied paper sizes to impart oil and grease resistance to paper, and as oil proofing coatings on textiles, wood, masonry and the like, or as high-performance surface active agents.

Abstract: The invention relates to copolymers comprising a) 5-95% by weight of structural units which are derived from compounds of the formula 1 b) from 1 to 95% by weight of structural units which are derived from compounds of the formula 2  and c1) from 1 to 95% by weight of structural units which are derived from compounds of the formula 3  or, alternatively, to c1), c2) from 1 to 95% by weight of structural units which are derived from compounds of the formula 4  n which X is a cation. The copolymers according to the invention are suitable as a fluid loss additive for water-based drilling muds and for cement slurries in deep wells, for completion and clearing-out liquids and for water shut-off in production probes.

Abstract: A variety of phosphonylated heterochain polymers are disclosed, including, most preferably, phosphonylated polymethyl methacrylate. For each polymeric composition the phosphorous atom of a phosphorous-containing functional group is covalently bonded to a carbon atom of the polymeric chain. The phosphorous atoms are present in an amount of at least about 0.1 percent by weight in each polymeric composition.

Abstract: A binder composition for aqueous coatings that exhibit high gloss and superior corrosion resistance when applied to metal substrates comprising an aqueous emulsion copolymer, the copolymer including as polymerized units, at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer and an ethylenically unsaturated strong acid monomer, such as phosphorus containing monomers, particularly phosphoethylmethacrylate; or salts thereof Also provided is a method for achieving high gloss and superior corrosion resistance of metal substrates by coating a substrate with an aqueous coating composition comprising the binders of the present invention and drying, or allowing to dry, the aqueous composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of preparing syndiotactic styrenic polymers with a high conversion rate in the form of fine powder, which comprises (a) preparing styrenic polymers in a solid state by reacting a mixture consisting of styrenic monomers, a metallocene catalyst, a cocatalyst and inert organic solvent in a polymerization reactor, (b) separating a portion of the styrenic polymers from the reactor, (c) recycling the portion of the styrenic polymers in the reactor, and (d) reacting the recycled styrenic polymers with styrenic monomers. The styrenic monomers may include olefinic monomers. The monomers can be introduced to a single inlet or multiple inlets of the reactor. A single reactor or a plural number of reactors can be operated in the present invention. The plural numbers of reactors are arranged in series or in parallel. In the present invention, a self-cleaning mono- or twin-axis reactor can be employed to prevent the polymers from agglomerating on the inner wall or the axis.

Abstract: Disclosed are cyclic phosphate esters of fumarate- or maleic acids suitable for use as a comonomer, capable of being copolymerized with a monovinylidene aromatic compounds to impart flame resistant properties to the resultant copolymers.

Abstract: This invention concerns a process for the use of hydrogen halides as chain transfer agents in fluoroolefin polymerization.

Abstract: Star polymers obtainable by polymerization of vinylaromatic monomers with a branching monomer unit containing at least two vinylaromatic functional radicals in the presence of a catalyst obtainable from A) a transition-metal complex from sub-group II to VIII, B) a cation-forming agent and C), if desired, an aluminum compound.

Abstract: Hydrolysis-stable and polymerizable acrylophosphonic acid monoesters with the general formula (I) which are particularly suitable as a component of dental materials are disclosed.

Abstract: Hydrolysis-stable and polymerizable acrylophosphonic acid monoesters with the general formula (I) 1

Abstract: The present invention provides a cyclic dione polymer, which is a homopolymer or a copolymer of a cyclic dione monomer selected from those represented by formulae (I) and (II) wherein A and B may be the same or different and are independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, hydrogen, C3-20 cyclic or pericyclic alkyl, C1-20 linear and branched alkyl, C6-20 aryl, C7-20 arylalkyl, C7-20 alkylaryl, silyl, alkylsilyl, germyl, alkylgermyl, alkoxycarbonyl, acyl, and a heterocylic group; or, A and B are linked together to form a C3-20 saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; C is selected from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur, —CH2—, and —SiH2—, wherein each R1 is independently selected from C1-20 alkyl and phenyl.

Abstract: Methods of preparing a telechelic polymer (mono- or bi-telechelic) that use a ruthenium or osmium carbene catalyst and a capping agent, at least one of which is functionalized.

Abstract: This invention relates to a phosphoric acid group-containing non-aqueous dispersion wherein polymer particles are dispersed in a solution of a macromolecular dispersion stabilizer dissolved in an organic solvent, said polymer particle being a particle of polymer comprising a phosphoric acid group-containing polymerizable unsaturated monomeric unit as a constituent component. With use of said phosphoric acid group-containing non-aqueous dispersion, there can be improved interlayer adhesivity between a metallic coating film, which is formed from a leafing type aluminum flake pigment, and another coating film adjacent thereto, without reducing the excellent effects such as dense metallic feeling of the coated surface, a chrome plating-like finish, and strong brightness feeling and strong flip-flop perperties, which are produced by such a metallic coating film.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a water-soluble antibacterial polymer having an excellent antibacterial property and stability, and a liquid formulation comprising it for contact lenses, which is suitably used for disinfection or preservation of contact lenses.

Abstract: A 2′-diarylphosphino-1,1′-biphenylen-2-yloxy(6,6′-divinyl-1,1′-binaphthalene-2,2′-diyloxy)phosphine derivative is disclosed, which is represented by general formula (I): wherein Ar is an optionally substituted phenyl or naphthyl; R1 and R2 each independently is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl, a lower alkoxy, etc.; and R3 is a lower alkyl, a lower alkoxy, etc.; provided that R2 and R3 may be bonded to each other to form a hydrocarbon ring, which may have one or more substituents selected from lower alkyl groups, halogen atoms, vinyl, etc. Also disclosed are a polymer having structural units derived from the phosphine derivative and a transition metal complex obtained by causing a transition metal compound to act on the phosphine derivative.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a mixture in a process for the adhesive securing of dental filling materials, comprising i) 10 to 90 parts by weight of at least one singly or repeatedly ethylenically unsaturated phosphoric acid ester, ii) 5 to 85 parts by weight of a solvent, iii) 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of an initiator which can form free radicals, and iv) 0 to 10 parts by weight of customary auxiliaries and additives, coating with polymerizable filling material being carried out immediately after the application of the mixture to the hard tooth substance. The invention offers the advantage that the mixture is applied to the hard tooth substance in one step and, unlike the state of the art, is coated with polymerizable filling material immediately without further aftertreatment and leads to adhesive joins comparable to those in the state of the art.

Abstract: Solubilizers, emulsifiers and dispersing agents having the effects of moisturizing the skin when used as washing agents and having the character of elevating the concentration of a material to be solubilized, emulsified or dispersed in solvents including water as compared with the case where the material is employed alone, or elevating the apparent concentration of a material to be emulsified or dispersed in solvents by increasing homogeneity of the emulsion or dispersion which contain as the active ingredient polymers obtained by polymerizing monomer compositions containing at least one hydrophilic monomer (a) having a group represented by general formula (1) in the side chain, wherein R1, R2 and R3 represent each H or C1-4 alkyl.

Abstract: This invention relates to metallized, particularly aluminized, fabrics which are coated with specific polyurethane finishes and primer coatings comprising novel phosphate-containing primers. Such specific polyurethanes are cross-linked when reacted with the primer coatings and applied in latex form. Upon impregnation within metal-coated fabrics, these particular polyurethanes encapsulate the metal particles and provide vastly improved washfastness properties to the fabrics and thus ensure the retention of substantially all the metal coating within and on the target fabric. The phosphate-containing primer provides remarkably improved adhesion between the metal and the polyurethane for excellent durability and washfastness. The primer compositions as well as the methods of producing a metallized coated with a primed polyurethane encapsulant are also provided.

Abstract: A compound is disclosed having the formula (I), in which m equals 1 to 1000; x equals 0 to 4; W is a group of formulas --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --, --CH(CH.sub.3)CH.sub.2 -- or --CH.sub.2 CH(CH.sub.3)--; R is hydrogen, a straight-chain or branched-chain C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl radical; or a group of formulas (a) or (b), in which a, b, c, d and e independently represent a number from 0 to 1000, at least one of the numbers represented by a, b, c, d and e being higher than 0; R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl or a group of formula (c); R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and represent a straight-chain, a branched-chain or a cyclic C.sub.1 -C.sub.30 alkyl radical or C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryl radical which is non-substituted or substituted by one to five C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl radicals, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.

Abstract: This invention discloses a composition and a method of using the composition to cement a borehole penetrating a subsurface earth formation. The composition, the random polymerization product of two or three different vinyl-containing monomers including a vinylamide morpholine derivative, operates to reduce fluid loss from the cement slurry used to cement the borehole to the subsurface formation.

Abstract: A method for preparing a polymer, comprising the step of polymerizing a monomer of the formula ##STR1## in the presence of a specific initiator containing at least one amino subotituent and one aromatic substituent on a phosphorus atom.

Abstract: Described is a polymerizable organic composition comprising a polyol(allyl carbonate), e.g., diethylene glycol bis(allyl carbonate), and an additive represented by the general formulaR.sub.2 --O--(R.sub.3 O).sub.m --(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n-1 --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --Xwherein R.sub.2 is a monovalent organic radical having a terminal ethylenically unsaturated group, e.g., allyl, R.sub.3 O is a divalent radical derived from an epoxide other than ethylene oxide, e.g., butylene oxide, m is a number from 0 to 100, n is a number between 3 and 100, and X is selected from halide, hydroxyl, quaternary ammonium groups, the acid groups acetic acid, sulfonic acid, sulfuric acid, isethionic acid and phosphoric acid, salts of said acid groups, alkoxy groups and carboxylic acid ester groups. The additive is present in the composition in an amount at least sufficient such that a polymerizate, e.g., a plus lens, obtained from said composition is substantially free of tinting defects, e.g., ferns and/or moons.

Abstract: The reaction of compounds of the formula:X.sub.2 O.sub.3 P CHY CZ.sub.2where Y and each Z are each H, PO.sub.3 X.sub.2, SO.sub.3 X or CO.sub.2 X (e.g. vinyl phosphonic acid or vinylidene diphosphonic acid) with hypophosphorous acid in the presence of free radicals provides novel compounds X.sub.2 O.sub.3 PCHYCZ.sub.2 PO.sub.2 XH which react with monomers such as vinyl sulphonate, vinyl phosphonate, vinylidene diphosphonate and acrylic acid to form telomers useful for scale inhibition, especially barium scale in oil wells. The polymers show better absorption to rock than PVSA and better thermal stability than random copolymers containing equivalent phosphorus.

Abstract: A poly(vinylbenzyl quaternary phosphonium) salt having the following general structure: M represents Fe or Zn;X represents F, Cl, Br or I;p is 3 when M represents Zn and p is 4 when M represents Fe;ortho, meta and para isomers of the vinyl benzyl moiety are included;R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 represent hydrogen; alkyl having from 1 to 24 carbon atoms; hydroxy-; carboxy-; alkoxy-; carboalkoxy; acyloxy-; amino-; nitro-; cyano-; keto-; or halo-; and R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may be independently substituted in the ortho, meta or para positions. R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may represent more than one substituent per ring;.brket open-st.Z.brket close-st.

Abstract: A 6-vinyl-2'-diarylphosphino-1,1'-binaphthalen-2-yloxy(biphenylene-2,2'-diyl oxy)phosphine derivative is disclosed, which is represented by general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Ar is an optionally substituted phenyl or naphthyl; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl, a lower alkoxy, etc.; and R.sup.3 is a lower alkyl, a lower alkoxy, etc.; provided that R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may be bonded to each other to form a hydrocarbon ring, which may have one or more substituents selected from lower alkyl groups, halogen atoms, vinyl, etc. Also disclosed are a polymer having structural units derived from the phosphine derivative and a transition metal complex obtained by causing a transition metal compound to act on the phosphine derivative or the polymer. A novel polymer-supported ligand is provided which, when used as a catalyst for asymmetric syntheses, gives satisfactory results concerning catalytic activity, enantiomer excess, etc.

Abstract: A method of preparing a fast-setting coating material on a substrate which comprises contacting a stable aqueous dispersion of a polymer that contains strong cationic groups and weak acid groups onto a substrate that is basic or treated to be basic.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of surfactants for improving the drying properties of hydrophilic, highly swellable hydrogels in the course of drying with the aid of contact dryers.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are partially fluorinated (co)polymers containing sulfonic acid or sulfonate salt groups, processes for making those polymers, and intermediates for those (co)polymers. The (co)polymers are useful as ion-exchange resins and (in the sulfonic acid form) acid catalysts.

Abstract: A flame-resistant, UV-curable single-component reactive resin system comprises a phosphorus-containing acrylate, another unsaturated compound which can undergo free radical copolymerization with acrylates and a free radical initiator system.

Abstract: A metal surface treatment agent is disclosed, comprising: (a) from 0.001 to 10% by weight of a polymerizable monomer containing a thiophosphoric acid chloride group therein and (b) from 0.001 to 10% by weight of a polymerizable monomer containing a phosphoric acid ester group therein, and optionally, (c) from 0.1 to 5% by weight of a polymerization initiator dissolved in an organic solvent.

Abstract: There is a provided a stable low viscosity graft polymer dispersion comprising from 25 to 60 weight percent based on the total weight of the polymer dispersion of at least three ethylenically unsaturated monomers polymerized in the presence of a reaction moderator and a free radical initiator in a polyol mixture initially containing less than 0.1 moles of induced unsaturation per mole of said polyol mixture. One of the monomers in the mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers is a hydroxylfunctional or aminofunctional C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkyl methacrylate.

Abstract: Polymeric phosphonium salts useful for enhancing the chemiluminescence produced by 1,2-dioxetanes are described. The polymers are preferably water soluble and used in immunoassays and nucleic acid assays with enzyme triggerable 1,2-dioxetanes.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an optical filter comprising: a resin material obtained by copolymerizing a monomer represented by the following formula (I) and a monomer copolymerizable therewith; and a metallic compound mainly composed of a copper compound;PO(OH).sub.n R.sub.3-n (I)wherein R represents ##STR1## (wherein X represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and m is an integer of 0 to 5), and n is 1 or 2.

Abstract: A two-part adhesive consisting of a first liquid comprising 100 parts by weight of a polymerizable vinyl monomer and from 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of an organic peroxide and a second liquid comprising 100 parts by weight of a polymerizable vinyl monomer and from 0.05 to 15 parts by weight of a reducing agent, wherein either one or both of the first and second liquids contain from 0.4 to 5% by weight of water, and the content of water is more than 0.2% by weight based on the total amount of the first and second liquids.