Abstract: A polyoxymethylene polymer composition is disclosed containing a formaldehyde stabilizer package. The formaldehyde stabilizer package, which contains at least two emission control agents, dramatically and unexpectedly reduces formaldehyde emissions. The formaldehyde stabilizer package includes at least two emission control agents selected from the group of benzoguanamine compounds, a hydantoin, a substituted hydantoin, an amino acid, and an alkylene urea such as ethylene urea.

Abstract: The disclosure describes new compositions and methods related to polyaminals and related polymers. The compositions are useful as therapeutic/drug conjugates, self-healing materials, reversible crosslinking materials, degradable hydrogels, protective coatings, and as metal scavenging agents. New atom efficient synthetic schemes are disclosed, which yield previously unobtainable high molecular weight polyaminals.

Abstract: The disclosure describes new compositions and methods related to polyaminals and related polymers. The compositions are useful as therapeutic/drug conjugates, self-healing materials, reversible crosslinking materials, degradable hydrogels, protective coatings, and as metal scavenging agents. New atom efficient synthetic schemes are disclosed, which yield previously unobtainable high molecular weight polyaminals.

Abstract: This disclosure describes new compositions and methods related to photoresponsive poly(hexahydrotriazines) and related polymers.

Abstract: The disclosure describes new compositions and methods related to polyaminals and related polymers. The compositions are useful as therapeutic/drug conjugates, self-healing materials, reversible crosslinking materials, degradable hydrogels, protective coatings, and as metal scavenging agents. New atom efficient synthetic schemes are disclosed, which yield previously unobtainable high molecular weight polyaminals.

Abstract: A thermosetting furan resin composition comprising furan based resin (A), curing catalyst (B), and additive (C) that is a normal salt including a strong acid and a strong base is offered. The abovementioned additive (C) preferably has a solubility in water of 30 g/100 g H2O at 20° C. Furthermore, the abovementioned additive (C) is at least one selected from the group consisting of sodium chloride, potassium chloride, lithium chloride, sodium bromide, potassium bromide, lithium bromide, sodium sulfate, potassium sulfate, lithium sulfate, sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, and lithium nitrate, or a mixture thereof. The content of the abovementioned additive (C) is 0.2-10 parts by weight based on the aforementioned furan based resin (A) being 100 parts by weight.

Abstract: The invention discloses a compound having branching alkyl chains, the method for preparing the same and use thereof in photoelectric devices. By applying the branching alkyl chains as the solubilizing group to the preparation of organic conjugated molecules (for example, organic conjugated polymers), the number of methylenes between the resultant alky side chains and the backbone, i.e., m>1, which can effectively reduce the effect of the alkyl chains on the backbone ?-? stacking, thereby ensuring the solubility of the organic conjugated molecule while greatly increasing the mobility of their carriers. It is suitable for an organic semiconductor material in photoelectric devices such as organic solar cells, organic light emitting diodes and organic field effect transistors, etc.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new process for preparing condensation resins, constructed formally from urea, formaldehyde, and CH-acidic aldehydes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of oxymethylene polymers, the oxymethylene polymers obtained therefrom as well as their use.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new condensation resins of urea, formaldehyde, and CH-acidic aldehydes, to methods for preparing them, and to their use.

Abstract: The present invention relates to Melamine based Mannich compounds of the general formulae (1)-(12) and a process for synthesizing melamine based Mannich-products comprising the steps of a) reacting at least one substituted melamine with at least one aldehyde, in particular formaldehyde, under basic conditions to form at least one OH-containing compound, b) reacting the at least one OH-containing compound in the presence of a catalyst to form at least one mannich-base, c1) reacting the at least one mannich-base with at least one enol-forming carbonyl compound, or c2) reacting the at least one mannich-base with at least one aromatic compound, and d) working up the reaction mixture. The invention relates further to precondensates obtainable from these products.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new high-functionality, highly branched or hyperbranched polylysines, to processes for preparing them, and to their use.

Abstract: The invention relates to chemical industry, in particular to a substance with antiseptic properties and to a method for obtaining and use thereof. The inventive substance can be used as a filtering material or an additive for the mixture of filtering materials, or as a component of filtering composites used for disinfection and purification of liquids, preferably drinking water, or gases. The inventive antiseptic material consists of a solid non-water soluble cross-linked polymer material, which comprises chlorine atoms reversibly bound with nitrogen atoms and is characterized by the following general formula: M(F)1.0-5.5(Ph)0.6-1.0Cl-4.2, where M is melamine, F—bridge and terminal groups—formaldehyde derivatives, Ph—phosphorus with oxidation level +5, Cl—chlorine atoms bound with nitrogen atoms, wherein the above-mentioned material is cross-linked by binding phosphorus-containing ions with melamine links of polymer chains.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new condensation resins formed from urea, formaldehyde and CH-acidic aldehydes, to processes for preparing them, and to use thereof.

Abstract: The invention provides a retarded acid-curing pre-polymeric composition wherein the composition comprises an acid, a pre-polymer and hydroxylamine; use of hydroxylamine as a retarder for an acid-curing pre-polymer composition; a method of retarding the curing of an acid-curing pre-polymeric composition which method comprises the step of adding hydroxylamine to the pre-polymer to form a pre-polymer mixture; and a method of curing a retarded acid-curing pre-polymeric composition wherein the method comprises the step of heating the composition to an elevated temperature for use in improving processing and controlling reactivity in a wide range of industrial applications.

Abstract: The problem to be solved is to provide a process for producing a polyoxymethylene copolymer in a molding machine with a reduced generation of formaldehyde gas. In a process for continuously producing a polyoxymethylene copolymer comprising a step of melt-kneading a crude polyoxymethylene copolymer at a temperature not lower than the melting point thereof, devolatilizing under reduced pressure the formaldehyde gas generated as a decomposition product, subsequently mixing a formaldehyde scavenger containing a hydrazide compound (A) while keeping the copolymer in a molten state and immediately pelletizing the mixture, a dispersed solution obtained by slurry-dispersing said (A) in a diluent (B) having a melting point lower than temperature (Ta) which is the lower of the melting point and the decomposition temperature of (A), within a temperature range not lower than the melting point of (B) and lower than (Ta) is used as the formaldehyde scavenger.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new high-functionality, highly branched or hyperbranched polylysines, to processes for preparing them, and to their use.

Abstract: Processes of synthesizing aromatic amine-based benzoxazine resins are disclosed. The processes provide new routes for synthesizing benzoxazine from aromatic diamines or multifunctional aromatic amines that may solve the problem of insoluble products resulted from the condensation of hydroxymethylamine with amine by using aromatic diamine, phenol and formaldehyde as a raw materials.

Abstract: Process for preparation of polyoxymethylenes via polymerization of the monomers a) in the presence of cationic initiators b) and also, if appropriate, in the presence of regulators c), followed by deactivation and discharge from the reactor, which comprises using, as deactivator (d) at least one basic compound having at least 2 amino functions of different reactivity in one molecule.

Abstract: A process for the polymerization of formaldehyde, comprising contacting formaldehyde in a hydrocarbon solution with an aliphatic anhydride and a quaternary ammonium salt polymerization initiator of the formula: R1R2R3R4N+X? where R1 is an aliphatic or olefinic hydrocarbon group containing about 18 to about 25 carbon atoms; R2, R3, and R4 are each methyl, ethyl, and/or propyl, such that the total number of carbon atoms in R2, R3, and R4 combined is between 3 and 7; and X? is an organic anion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula I: where: X is equal to NR5; R4 is equal to a C1-C12 alkyl group, aryl group, aralkyl group or cycloalkyl group. R1, R2, R3, R5 are equal to an H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl of heterocyclic group; where R1, R2, and R5 or R1, R2, and R3 may together form a heterocyclic group. The invention also relates to a method for the preparation of this compound by reaction of an amino compound with an alkanol hemiacetal. The invention also relates to amino-aldehyde resins containing this compound and the application of these resins in adhesive compositions, laminates, shaped articles and transparent coatings.

Abstract: Curable urea formaldehyde binder compositions are provided which are useful in coated abrasive and wood engineering applications, in a time released fashion. The time released curable binder compositions include a urea formaldehyde resin and an aryl phosphite in varying concentrations. The curable binder compositions of the present invention provide desirable working times and faster curing times tinder ambient or near ambient conditions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula I: where: X is equal to NR5; R4 is equal to a C1–C12 alkyl group, aryl group, aralkyl group or cycloalkyl group, R1, R2, R3, R5 are equal to an H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl of heterocyclic group; where R1, R2, and R5 or R1, R2, and R3 may together form a heterocyclic group. The invention also relates to a method for the preparation of this compound by reaction of an amino compound with an alkanol hemiacetal. The invention also relates to amino-aldehyde resins containing this compound and the application of these resins in adhesive compositions, laminates, shaped articles and transparent coatings.

Abstract: Adhesive composition consisting of an aminoplast resin with a free formaldehyde-like compound being present. In particular an adhesive composition consisting of a melamine-urea-formaldehyde resin to which a free formaldehyde-like compound has been added so that F/(NH2)2 is equal to 0.8-1.6. The adhesive is in particular suitable for the preparation of board material by combining in a press cellulose-containing materials with the adhesive according to the invention and in this press manufacturing board material at elevated temperature and pressure.

Abstract: Water-dilutable etherified melamine-formaldehyde resins obtained by reacting melamine, formaldehyde, a compound having anionic groups and an etherification alcohol in a mixing ratio of melamine:formaldehyde:compound having anionic group:etherification alcohol of 1:(1.7 to 7.0):(0.01 to 0.4):(10 to 30) in the reaction mixture, are prepared in a multistage process and are used for preparing impregnates, especially glass fiber fleece and in paper coating.

Abstract: Methods of forming low molecular weight oligomers of aniline-based compounds are provided as well as methods of forming varied molecular weight oligomers and polymers that are aniline-based which are end-functionalized and capable of being reacted with other monomeric species to form a variety of copolymers. The oligomers, end-functionalized oligomers and copolymers exhibit corrosion-resistant properties and provide corrosion-resistant compounds for use on various substrates.

Abstract: A process for producing amino resin particles includes: a reaction process for obtaining a reaction solution containing an amino resin precursor which is obtained by a reaction of an amino compound with formaldehyde, and having a viscosity in a range of from 2×10−2 Pa.s to 5.8×10−2 Pa.s at a temperature in a range of from 95° C. to 98° C.; an emulsion process for obtaining an emulsion by emulsifying the reaction solution; and a curing process for curing the amino resin precursor in the emulsion state by adding a catalyst to the emulsion. With this producing process, it is possible to readily produce amino resin particles with an essentially uniform particle size (narrow particle size distribution).

Abstract: New water-soluble polycondensation products are obtained by reaction of polyfunctional amines with cyanamide, its derivatives or polymers in the presence of sulfamic acid. They are excellent fixing agents which improve fastness properties of dyeings with substantive dyestuffs on cellulose fiber materials, paper, board and non-wovens.

Abstract: Methods of forming low molecular weight oligomers of aniline-based compounds are provided as well as methods of forming varied molecular weight oligomers and polymers that are aniline-based which are end-functionalized and capable of being reacted with other monomeric species to form a variety of copolymers. The oligomers, end-functionalized oligomers and copolymers exhibit corrosion-resistant properties and provide corrosion-resistant compounds for use on various substrates.

Abstract: A process is described for preparing a dialkoxyethanal-amine derivative resin low in color by adding low amounts of formaldehyde to the reactants before acidification and heating. The reaction product is also claimed. The composition is useful in a variety of coating and overcoating applications where a brown, yellow or amber color would be aesthetically undesirable.

Abstract: Polyurethanes with reactive 2-cyanoacetamido moieties are cross-linked with selected electrophiles to give polyurethanes with increased network density.

Abstract: A method of forming a urea formaldehyde resin includes the step of heating solid paraformaldehyde to a temperature of 60 to 120.degree. C. Urea is added to the heated paraformaldehyde to form a urea mixture, which is dry mixed and heated until a temperature of 80 to 110.degree. C. has been reached. After this, a methanolic quanine base is added to the urea mixture to form a quanine-urea-formaldehyde mixture, which is heated until the quanine-urea-formaldehyde mixture is liquefied and cooled to 65.degree. C. Then, the quanine-urea-formaldehyde mixture is heated until it boils, at which point it is condensed for a period of 30 to 100 minutes. After this, additional urea is added to the liquified urea mixture to form a urea enriched mixture. The urea enriched mixture is condensed for 90 to 180 minutes. After condensation, the urea enriched mixture is buffered with lactic acid to form a buffered mixture. This buffered mixture is cooled.

Abstract: An amide-group-containing polyacetal, having acetal structure unit (1) of general formula (1) below in its molecule. This amide-group-containing polyacetal is usable as a detergent builder for detergent compositions. ##STR1## A production process of an amide-group-containing polyacetal, comprising the step of carrying out an ester-amide exchange reaction between an ester-group-containing polyacetal having acetal structure unit (3) of general formula (3) below in its molecule and an amine.

Abstract: A novel thermosetting compound which is speedily curable, generates no by-products during curing and gives cured products having excellent heat resistance and inflammability.A thermosetting compound characterized in containing, per molecule, at least one structural unit represented by the formula (A) and at least one structural unit represented by the formula (B) in a (A)/(B) molar ratio of 1/0.25 to 1/9, said structural units being bonded directly or via at least one organic group with one another; ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a methyl group, a cyclohexyl group, a nonsubstituted phenyl group or a phenyl group substituted with at least one substituent, and each hydrogen atom on the aromatic rings of (A) and (B), except for one of hydrogen atoms on ortho-positions of the hydroxy group in the aromatic ring of (A), may optionally be replaced with a substituent.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for copolymerization of formaldehyde with cyclic ethers in the presence of organic nitro compounds. The process enhances the selectivity for the cyclic copolymer.

Abstract: This invention relates to benzylic ether phenolic resole resins prepared in a sealed reaction vessel and their uses. The benzylic ether phenolic resole resins are prepared by heating phenol and an aldehyde in a sealed reaction vessel in the presence of a divalent metal catalyst without removing water generated by the reaction until an appropriate endpoint for the resin is reached. The benzylic ether phenolic resole resins produced by the process are preferably free or essentially free of unreacted formaldehyde and can be used in the resin component of phenolic-urethane foundry binders to make foundry cores and/or molds by the cold-box and no-bake processes. The cores and/or molds are used for making metal castings.

Abstract: A process for producing a polyacetal copolymer, which is extremely heat-stable and is extremely reduced in the quantity of unstable terminals even in a high polymerization yield in which trioxane as the principal monomer, comprises copolymerization of trioxane as the principal monomer with a cyclic ether or cyclic formal having at least one carbon-to-carbon bond as the comonomer by using a specific heteropoly-acid or acid salt thereof as a polymerization catalyst until the content of the remaining monomers is lowered to at most 10% by weight based on all the monomers fed, adding 0.01 to 10% by weight, based on the resulting crude polymer, of a solution containing a catalyst deactivator, or contacting a basic gas as the deactivator to deactivate the catalyst, and subjecting the crude polymer as such to heat melting treatment without washing thereof.

Abstract: A novel resin composition for use in applications requiring low formaldehyde concentration levels. The novel composition comprising a stabilized polyacetal polymer with capped end groups is characterized by the concentration of formaldehyde generated from a formed object of the said composition in a closed environment being less than 20 ppm.

Abstract: The use of polymers which are preparable by reaction of(a) polymers that contain vinylamine units, with(b) compounds that contain aldehyde or keto groups, and optionally(c) NH- and/or OH-containing compoundsand which contain aminal, hemiaminal and/or aminal-acetal structures with or without unconverted vinylamine units, as detergent additive for inhibiting dye transfer during the wash, and polymers containing aminal, hemiaminal and/or aminal-acetal structures, obtainable by reaction of(a) polymers that contain vinylamine units, with(b) compounds that contain aldehyde or keto groups, and(c) NH- and/or OH-containing compounds,and detergents which contain the abovementioned polymers in amounts from 0.05 to 10% by weight.

Abstract: To prepare a thermally very stable polyacetal copolymer containing a very small amount of unstable parts in a high yield according to a simple process wherein an isopolyacid or an acid salt thereof is used as the polymerization catalyst in the copolymerization of trioxane as the principal monomer with a comonomer copolymerizable therewith, and wherein deactivation of the catalyst can be effected simply without fail through contact with a basic gas after polymerization without the necessity for any washing step. In the preparation of a polyacetal copolymer by the copolymerization of trioxane as the principal monomer with a cyclic ether or cyclic formal having at least one carbon--carbon bond as a comonomer, the copolymerization is effected using an isopolyacid or an acid salt thereof as the polymerization catalyst, followed by contact with a basic gas as a deactivator to deactivate the catalyst, and subsequent heat-melting treatment of the resulting crude polymer intact without washing thereof.

Abstract: A composition which consists essentially of the following components:A1) polyamines of formula (I) and/or (II) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each independently of the other a hydrogen atom or a methyl x is an integer from 1 to 3, and y is an integer from 0 to 2, the sum of x and y being up to and including 4, and z is an integer from 0 to 2; orA2) a mixture of polyamines of formula (I) and/or (II) with further polyamines; B) an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or araliphatic alcohol or a mixture of corresponding alcohols; and C) an alkyl- and/or aralkyl-substituted monophenol or a mixture of corresponding monophenols, component C) constituting 20 to 50 percent of the total weight of the cited components. The compositions are useful as hardeners for epoxy resins to give cured material of particularly good resistance to chemicals.

Abstract: A water-soluble urea-extended phenol-formaldehyde resole resin stabilized with an alkanolamine alone or combined with a monosaccharide or disaccharide, methods of manufacturing the resin and using it, and products prepared using the resin.

Abstract: This invention relates to benzylic ether phenolic resole resins prepared in a sealed reaction vessel. The benzylic ether phenolic resole resins are prepared by heating phenol and an aldehyde in a sealed reaction vessel in the presence of a divalent metal catalyst without removing water generated by the reaction until an appropriate endpoint for the resin is reached. The benzylic ether phenolic resole resins produced by the process are preferably free or essentially free of unreacted formaldehyde and can be used in the resin component of phenolic-urethane foundry binders to make foundry cores and/or molds by the cold-box and no-bake processes. The cores and/or molds are used for making metal castings.

Abstract: The present invention relates to rubber compositions containing a pyrazine amide of the formula: ##STR1##

Abstract: A resin composition useful as a crosslinker for graphics applications is provided comprising the reaction product of an amine derivative chosen from melamine, glycolurile or their mixtures with a C.sub.1 to C.sub.8 dialkoxyethanal, the reaction product is then mixed, preferably reacted with a polyol and a hydrophobic modifier.

Abstract: There is described a process for the preparation of basic poIycondensates, which comprises(a) reacting an amine of formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each independently of one another hydrogen or alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by amino, hydroxy, cyano or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, and A is alkylene which may be substituted or interrupted by one or more than one hetero atom, with an ammonium salt in the presence of an anhydrous solvent, and(b) reacting the protonised product obtained according to (a) with a cyanamide at elevated temperature.The polycondensates or salts thereof prepared according to this process are particularly suitable aftertreatment agents for enhancing the wetfastness properties of dyed or printed textile material.

Abstract: The invention relates to aminoplastics, which are created by reacting comnds that contain amide groups with glutaric dialdehyde, and to a process for their preparation and to their use. The aminoplastic according to the invention is free of formaldehyde and can be hardened without difficulty by acidic catalysis or thermal processes. The aminoplastic is prepared by polycondensation of compounds that contain amide groups with glutaric dialdehyde in aqueous solution.

Abstract: The process comprises providing a formaldehyde solution at a concentration of 80-89%; heating the solution to a temperature of 80.degree.-100.degree. C.; pouring the heated solution over heated zones on a metal belt conveyor travelling from the heated zones to other, chilled zones. The formaldehyde solution is preferably previously mixed with a catalyst.

Abstract: Aminoplastic resin based on one or more amino derivatives and one or more aldehydes in which the amino derivative is melamine, glycoluril or their mixture in variable proportions and that the aldehyde is a product of formula (I) R--CHO where R=a dialkoxymethyl, 1,3-dioxolan 2-yl group optionally substituted on the vertex 4 and/or 5 by one or more alkyl groups or a 1,3-dioxan 2-yl group optionally substituted on vertices 4, 5 and/or 6 by one or more alkyl groups, optionally mixed with glyoxal, preparation process and use as a crosslinking agent for cellulose.

Abstract: Disclosed is a binder composition for binding substrates such as wood furnish for particleboard manufacture. The binder comprises a mixture of a first aqueous solution, comprising a buffering salt catalyst and preferably an acid, with a second aqueous solution comprising urea and formaldehyde. Methods of using the buffering salts as catalyst for curing urea-formaldehyde resins are also disclosed.