Abstract: A polyurethane foam may include an isocyanate polymer component and a polyol component. The polyol component may include a polyol having a molecular weight of at least about 500 kg/mol and not greater than about 6000 kg/mol. The polyurethane foam may have an elongation of at least about 500%. The polyurethane foam may further have a density of at least about 250 g/L and a tensile strength of not greater than about 1000 kPa.

Abstract: A process for producing rigid PUR/PIR foams via the reaction of a reaction mixture comprising A1 an isocyanate-reactive component, A2 a flame retardant, A3 a blowing agent, A4 a catalyst, and A5 optionally auxiliaries and additives with B an organic polyisocyanate component. Component A1 comprises a diurethane diol A1.1 and a compound A1.2 selected from the group consisting of polyether polyol, polyester polyol, polyether carbonate polyol, and polyether ester polyol. Also disclosed is a rigid PUR/PIR foam, an insulating material, a composite element, and a mixture.

Abstract: The invention discloses a low-viscosity hydroxyl-terminated resin with diisocyanate as a core, and a preparation method therefor and the use thereof. During preparation, 1 mole of a micromolecular polyol is first modified with 1-3 moles of a monoepoxide so as to obtain a modified polyol; and then 2 moles of the modified polyol is reacted with 1-3 moles of a diisocyanate so as to obtain the hydroxyl-terminated resin. The prepared hydroxyl-terminated resin has the advantages of simple synthesis process, high solid content and low viscosity; the hydroxyl value thereof (at 80% solid mass content) is 140-300 mg KOH/g and the viscosity thereof at 25° C. (at 80% solid mass content) is 300-3000 cp.

Abstract: A composition suitable for 3-D printing comprises, in one embodiment, a photopolymer including one or more thiol monomer, one or more alkene monomer, and a polymerization initiator. In another embodiment, the thiol monomer is selected from the group consisting of: glycol di(3-mercaptopropionate) [GDMP]; trimethylolpropane tris(3-mercaptopropionate) [TMPMP]; pentaerythritol tetrakis(3-mercaptopropionate) [PETMP] and 3,6-dioxa-1,8-octanedithiol [DODT]. In yet another embodiment, the alkene monomer comprises: an allyl-functional urethane/urea monomer synthesized from: an isocyanate moiety and a hydroxyl or amine functional allyl moiety. In still another embodiment, the hydroxyl or amine functional allyl moiety comprises 2-allyloxyethanol, allyl alcohol, and allylamine.

Abstract: A polyurethane-polyorganosiloxane copolymer and methods for its preparation are disclosed. The copolymer has polyfunctional end groups, which render it crosslinkable by multiple crosslinking reactions.

Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for a foldable display, more particularly, a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for a foldable display which, by satisfying a specific range of storage modulus at high temperature as well as at low temperature and room temperature, not only allows excellent folding properties to be realized but also satisfies excellent adhesion, excellent heat resistance, and excellent recovery rate requirements at the same time.

Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for a foldable display, more particularly, a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for a foldable display which, by satisfying a specific range of storage modulus for each frequency at a temperature of 50° C. or more as well as at low temperature and room temperature, not only allows excellent folding properties to be realized but also satisfies excellent adhesion, excellent heat resistance, and excellent recovery rate requirements at the same time.

Abstract: A flexible display device is disclosed. The flexible display device includes a display panel; a functional structure disposed on the display panel; a window disposed on the functional structure; a first adhesive layer formed between the display panel and the functional structure; and a second adhesive layer formed between the functional structure and the window, wherein the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer have a tan ? of 0.8 to 1 at ?20° C. The flexible display device is excellent in bending resistance and durability while including a plurality of layers.

Abstract: Cross-linkable foamable composition with low content of monomeric isocyanates, containing a pre-polymer of polyester diols and/or polyether dials reacted i) with asymmetric aromatic diisocyanates to form a reaction product with OH and NCO groups, ii) subsequent addition of and reaction with symmetric aromatic diisocyanate in a quantity at least equivalent to the available OH-groups, 0.1 to 30 wt % additives, at least one propellant, wherein the polyols have a molar mass (MN) of less than 5000 g/mol, and the reaction product has a content of less than 0.1 wt % monomeric asymmetric isocyanate and less than 2 wt % monomeric symmetric isocyanate.

Abstract: Alkyl and/or alkenyl glycerol carbamate prepared by reacting a carbonate selected from the group consisting of glycerol carbonate, diglycerol carbonate, polyglycerol carbonate and mixtures thereof, with an amine of the general formula (I): HNR1R2??(I) wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups and alkenyl groups having from 1 to 22 carbon atoms and R2 represents a hydrocarbon group selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups and alkenyl groups having from 4 to 22 carbon atoms, and cyclic alkyl groups having 5 or 6 carbon atoms, are described along with methods for their use as pearlizing agents in surface-active preparations.

Abstract: A urethane adhesive composition includes a first liquid and a second liquid, the first liquid containing a prepolymer obtained by reacting a polyisocyanate and a high-molecular-weight polyol (I), and at least one filler selected from talc and calcium carbonate, and containing 20 parts by mass or more of talc, 0 to 40 parts by mass of calcium carbonate, and 10 parts by mass or more of zeolite based on 100 parts by mass of the polyisocyanate, the high-molecular-weight polyol (I), and the prepolymer in total, the second liquid containing a high-molecular-weight polyol (II) and a low-molecular-weight polyol, the ratio of the number of moles of hydroxyl groups derived from the low-molecular-weight polyol to the total number of moles of hydroxyl groups derived from the high-molecular-weight polyol (I) and the high-molecular-weight polyol (II) being four or more.

Abstract: Non-fluorinated blocked polyurethanes are described as extenders and, particularly as textile auxiliaries, for use with fluorochemical polymers in treating substrates, for example fibrous substrates, such as textile fabrics or yarns. The polyurethane is prepared by reacting a polyisocyanate, a blocking agent, and a non-fluorinated isocyanate reactive compound having an average alkyl chain length of 24 to 50 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Catalysts, which are free of tin, are described which are useful in the reaction between an isocyanate and an alcohol, which is a key step for preparing polyurethane polymers. The catalyst is a metal complex or salt of formula (1): [Zn(L1)l1(L2)l2(Y)x]??(1) in which: l1?1 and l2=0 or 1; with l1+l2=2, x=1 or 2, the symbol L1 represents a ligand which is a ?-dicarbonylato anion or the enolate anion of a ?-dicarbonyl compound or an acetylacetato anion derived from a ?-ketoester, when l1=2, the symbols L1 are identical or different, the symbol L2 represents an anionic ligand which is different from L1, and the symbol Y represents a neutral ligand; where the metal complex or salt C of formula (1) is not zinc diacetylacetonate.

Abstract: The present invention discloses novel aromatic ketone compounds with functional substitution groups at para- or meta positions which can be used as photo-initiators or effective components of photo-initiator mixtures for the photopolymerizations of ethylenically unsaturated systems. The preparation of these compounds is also disclosed.

Abstract: A process for preparing urethanes by reacting aromatic diamines with a dialkyl carbonate, wherein the alkyl radical of the organic dialkyl carbonate comprises 2-18 carbon atoms and one or more heteroatoms and the reaction is performed in the presence of a catalyst.

Abstract: Prepolymers, which are accessible from formamides of low molecular weight di- or triamines (formamide-terminated low molecular weight compounds) and di- or polyisocyanates, of the general formula (II): X—[—N(CHO)—CO—NH—R1—NCO]n??(II) wherein X represents a linear or branched aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, heterocyclic and/or aromatic structural unit having 2 to 40 carbon atoms, and which is optionally further substituted and/or optionally comprises one or more heteroatoms, wherein R1 represents an organic radical which may optionally contain one or more heteroatoms and which may further contain one or more additional free isocyanate groups and/or one or more urethane, biuret, carbodiimide, isocyanurate, allophanate, iminooxadiazinedione and/or uretdione structural units, and wherein n?2; processes for making the same; compositions containing the same; and uses thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to hydroxyl-functionalised polyurethane hot melt prepolymers comprising the chemical reaction product of isocyanate-reactive starting materials with at least one isocyanate-containing starting material. Said prepolymers are characterized in that the isocyanate-reactive starting materials of the hydroxyl-functionalised polyurethane hot melt prepolymers have a polypropylene glycol with a functionality higher than two and a number-average molar mass higher than or equal to 3,000 g/mol, a polypropylene glycol with a functionality less than or equal to two and a number-average molar mass less than or equal to 1,000 g/mol, and a chain lengthener with a functionality less than or equal to 500 g/mol, and the isocyanate-containing starting material of the hydroxyl-functionalised polyurethane hot melt prepolymer has an aliphatic or alicyclic diisocyanate.

Abstract: An oligomer is made by capping a uretdione compound of structure with a compound (II) having an active hydrogen and a carbamate or cyclic carbonate group under conditions in which the isocyanate groups but not the uretdione group react. The product (III) is either reacted with a reactant having at least two active hydrogens under reaction conditions that cleave the uretdione ring, after which any cyclic carbonate groups may be converted to carbamate groups, or a product (III) having cyclic carbonate groups is reacted with ammonia or primary amine to provide uretdione with a hydroxy carbamate group that is then self-condensed under uretdione ring-opening conditions. A curable coating composition comprises the oligomer; a coated article is prepared by applying a layer of the curable coating composition and curing the applied layer.

Abstract: Prepolymers are prepared by a reaction of a polyisocyanate and a hydroxylmethyl containing polyester polyol derived from a fatty acid. The prepolymers can be prepared having isocyanate, hydroxyl, or a variety of other reactive functional groups. The prepolymers are useful in making polyurethanes and other polymers, or a crosslinking agents.

Abstract: A polyurethane or polyurea coating for use in protecting a leading edge substrate on an airfoil against liquid or solid particle erosion, the composition made from an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer and curing agents, such as polyaspartic esters, aldimines and ketimines with optional flatting agent for matte coatings.

Abstract: A polyether polyol composition comprising: a polyether polyol, a phosphoric acid compound selected from the group consisting of at least one of orthophosphoric acid, polyphosphoric acid, polymetaphosphoric acid, and partial esters thereof in an amount raning from 0.5 to 100 ppm based on the polyether polyol metals derived from a composite metal cyanide complex catalyst in an amount ranging from 1 to 30 ppm based on the polyether polyol; a method for producing this polyether polyol composition; and methods of making polyurethane or isocyanate group-terminated prepolymers.

Abstract: The present invention discloses novel aromatic ketone compounds with functional substiution groups at para- or meta positions which can be used as photo-initiators or effective components of photo-initiator mixtures for the photopolymerizations of ethylenically unsaturated systems. The preparation of these compounds is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to addition compounds which are obtainable by reacting a) one or more polyisocyanates containing uretdione groups with b) one or more compounds of the formula (I) Y—(XH)n??(I) with the proviso that at least 50% of the free isocyanate groups of component a) are reacted with the compounds of the formula (I) to give an intermediate which contains uretdione groups, and subsequently the intermediate is reacted with c) one or more compounds of the general formula (II) Z—NHRm??(II) with the proviso that all free NCO groups optionally still present and at least 20% of uretdione groups originally used are reacted with Z—(NHR)m. The invention further relates to the use of the addition compounds as dispersants and dispersion stabilizers, and to a process for preparing them.

Abstract: A prepolymer system has a monomeric isocyanate content of no greater than about 10% by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the prepolymer system. The prepolymer system comprises a diluent component and a prepolymer component different than and separate from the diluent component. The diluent component has an excess of isocyanate (NCO) functional groups, and comprises the reaction product of a monohydric isocyanate-reactive component and an excess of a first isocyanate component. The first isocyanate component comprises monomeric isocyanates reactive with the monohydric isocyanate-reactive component. The prepolymer component also has an excess of NCO functional groups, and comprises the reaction product of a polyol component and an excess of a second isocyanate component. The prepolymer system can be used to prepare foams via reaction with water. The foams have low density and have excellent adhesion and sound dampening properties for use in cavities of automobile bodies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing polyisocyanates by oligomerization of isocyanates.

Abstract: The invention relates to a carbodiimide compound or mixture of carbodiimide compounds derived from a carbodiimidization reaction of at least one oligomer having at least one isocyanate group and comprising at least two repeating units deriving from one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an isocyanate group-terminated prepolymer, comprising the following steps (a) to (d): (a) a step of ring-opening polymerizing an alkyleneoxide-containing cyclic compound by using an initiator in the presence of a composite metal cyanide complex catalyst, thereby obtaining a polyol composition containing the catalyst; (b) a step of, without removal of the composite metal cyanide complex catalyst from the polyol composition obtained in the step (a), adding water and performing a heat treatment in a closed system; (c) a step of subjecting the hydrous polyol composition after the step (b) to a dehydration treatment; and (d) a step of adding a polyisocyanate compound to the polyol composition after the step (c) and subjecting to a reaction with the polyol in the polyol composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for preparing colorless, isocyanurate group-comprising polyisocyanates of (cyclo)aliphatic diisocyanates.

Abstract: The present invention provides addition compounds, which suitable as dispersants and as dispersion stabilizers, and to the salts of the said compounds. The invention further provides processes for preparing these addition compounds, to their use as dispersants and dispersion stabilizers for organic and inorganic pigments and also fillers in organic and aqueous systems, and to pulverous or fibrous solids coated with such dispersants and intended for incorporation into liquid systems.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable composition, comprising specific meta-substituted aromatic compounds and at least one benzoxazine compound. In particular, the invention relates to the use of said meta-substituted aromatic compounds as curatives/catalysts for benzoxazine-containing compositions.

Abstract: Disclosed is a thickener based on an aqueous preparation of a nonionic, water-dispersible or water-soluble polyurethane, obtained by reacting: (a) hydrophilic polyols containing at least two OH groups and at least two functional groups selected from ether and ester, of molecular weight at least 300; (b) hydrophobic compounds containing at least one zerewitinoff-active hydrogen atom, of molecular weight about 100 to about 500, with at least one linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl chain having at least five consecutive carbon atoms not linked to a hetero atom; and (c) at least difunctional isocyanates, where the components are reacted in equivalent ratios OHa):ZHb):NCOc) of 1:(1+x):2(1+y), with the provisos that x is 0.05-1.2, y is (0.2-1.05)x, and more than one equivalent of NCOc) is present versus the sum of OHa) and ZHb).

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound and a composition including the compound that exhibit small polymerization shrinkage particularly during curing and are producible at low cost on the industrial scale.

Abstract: A one-component polyurethane composition includes at least one polyurethane prepolymer having terminal isocyanate groups which is prepared from at least one polyisocyanate and at least one polyol, and to at least one catalyst system which is obtainable from at least one bismuth compound and at least one aromatic nitrogen compound. The polyurethane composition may be used as an adhesive, sealant, coating or lining. Finally, catalysts for polyurethane compositions are disclosed which represent coordination compounds between bismuth and at least one aromatic nitrogen compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to improved gel masses prepared from a reaction mixture of NCO prepolymers and selected compounds containing groups reactive towards isocyanate groups. This invention is also directed to a process for the production of these gel masses and to the production of pressure-distributing elements comprising these gel masses.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to storage-stable and flowable polyurethane compositions comprising (a) one or more isocyanate-terminated polyurethane prepolymers derived from one or more hydrocarbon ring-containing diisocyanates and/or triisocyanates and one or more polyols; (b) one or more metal salt complexes of methylenedianiline; and (c) one or more organic acid halide compounds having one or more acid halide groups, wherein the one or more organic acid halide compounds are in an amount wherein the acid halide groups are present in a minimum concentration of about 100 parts per million by weight of the polyurethane prepolymer. In other aspects, the invention relates to methods for storing the curable polyurethane compositions, as well as methods for producing polyurethane elastomers.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a process for producing a urethane (meth)acrylate safely with good productivity, and for achieving the object, the invention provides a process for continuously producing a urethane (meth)acrylate, containing causing a mixed liquid of a compound (A) having a hydroxyl group and a (meth)acryloyl group and a compound (B) having an isocyanate group to pass continuously and densely through a tubular microchannel formed in a heat-conducting reaction device, and reacting the hydroxyl group of the compound (A) with the isocyanate group of the compound (B), in which the tubular microchannel in the reaction device has a space size making a fluid cross-sectional area, through which the mixed liquid passes densely, of from 0.1 to 4.0 mm2, and the process contains heating the heat-conducting reaction device to a temperature of from 100 to 250° C.

Abstract: Stable NCO prepolymers are produced from polyisocyanates having a melting point greater than 70° C., preferably, naphthalene diisocyanate, having advantageous physical properties. An important feature of the process of the present invention is the rapid cooling of the prepolymer. The process of the present invention may be carried out on a continuous or batch basis. The prepolymers of the present invention are particularly suitable for the production of cast polyurethane elastomers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds and to diagnostic compositions containing such compounds where the compounds are iodine containing compounds. More specifically the iodine containing compounds are chemical compounds containing an aliphatic central moiety containing urea or urethane functions allowing for the arrangement of three iodinated phenyl groups bound thereto. The invention also relates to the use of such diagnostic compositions as contrast agents in diagnostic imaging and in particular in X-ray imaging and to contrast media containing such compounds.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to compounds, reagents, and methods useful in the synthesis of aryl fluorides, for example, in the preparation of 18F labeled radiotracers. For example, this disclosure provides universal “locked” aryl substituents that result in StereoElectronic Control of Unidirectional Reductive Elimination (SECURE) from diaryliodonium salts. The reagents and methods provided herein may be used to access a broad range of compounds, including aromatic compounds, heteroaromatic compounds, amino acids, nucleotides, and synthetic compounds.

Abstract: A process for preparing urethanes by reacting aromatic diamines with a dialkyl carbonate, wherein the alkyl radical of the organic dialkyl carbonate comprises 2-18 carbon atoms and one or more heteroatoms and the reaction is performed in the presence of a catalyst.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel prepolymers which are accessible from the formamides of oligomeric di- or polyamines (formamide-terminated oligomers) and di- or polyisocyanates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of identifying small molecule candidate agents capable of modulating transcription factor function such that the function/expression of a target transcription factor and/or proteins downstream of this target protein comprises the screening of small molecule libraries using in silico high throughput docking for candidate small molecules/agents that are selectively identified for their ability to target and disrupt the transcription factor-DNA interface through unique transcription factor and/or DNA descriptors that are defined within a pharmacophore, and then testing/evaluating the candidate agents identified above through one or more in vitro assays for their ability to modulate transcription factor function including expression of this target protein and/or proteins that are downstream of the target transcription factor. The present invention also relates to various compounds described herein (e.g.

Abstract: An unsaturated compound including a urethane bond in a main chain and a sulfonic acid group, a phosphoric acid group, an alkylsulfonic acid group, or an alkylphosphoric acid group on a benzene ring in a side chain is provided. In addition, a solid polymer electrolyte membrane containing a compound prepared by polymerizing the above-mentioned compound and an electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly including diffusion layers adhered on both surfaces of the electrolyte membrane are provided. Furthermore, a solid polymer fuel cell using the electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly is provided.

Abstract: Solvent-containing formulations including NCO-containing prepolymers based on TDI isocyanurate polyisocyanates and diphenylmethane diisocyanates where some prepolymers are prepared using a polyetherdiol containing ethylene oxide blocks and having an ethylene oxide content of from 2 to 18% by weight, based on all the alkylene oxide units. The formulation have an NCO content of 1% to 7% by weight, a solids content of 20% to 70% by weight, a monomeric TDI content of less than 0.2% by weight and a monomeric methylenediphenyl diisocyanate content of less than 2% by weight. The solvent-containing formulations can be prepared in organic solvents by reacting at least one of A) a TDI component comprising TDI isocyanurate polyisocyanates and B) an MDI component comprising diphenylmethane diisocyanates with C) a polyetherdiol. The solvent-containing formulations can be used in moisture-curing coating compositions, adhesive bonds and/or seals with substrates.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an isocyanate group-terminated urethane prepolymer which has a low viscosity at melting and a process for producing the same, and an adhesive which comprises the urethane prepolymer. The invention relates to a process for producing an isocyanate group-terminated urethane prepolymer which comprises reacting polyols with a polyisocyanate compound, wherein the polyols comprise 10 to 50% by mass of a polyester polyol and 90 to 50% by mass of a polycarbonate polyol and wherein a sebacic acid-derived polyester polyol which is a polycondensate of sebacic acid with a diol compound accounts for 50 to 100% by mass of the polyester polyol and wherein the polyisocyanate compound and the polyols are reacted in such amounts that the ratio (by mol) of the isocyanate group/hydroxyl group is 1.2 to 3.2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an acrylated semi-crystalline hyperbranched polyurethane oligomer and a preparation method thereof, which is characterized in that on the basis of the synthesis of hyperbranched polyurethane oligomer, it adopts a two-step process to make modifications to form a methacrylic and/or acrylic double bond and a long carbon chain with a carbon atom number higher than 10 or a benzene ring or a naphthalene ring at the terminals. The obtained oligomer has a lower melting point and a higher glass transition temperature and can be cured by means of radiation, and the curing rate is high enough to effectively improve production efficiency and save energy to form a cured film having a higher hardness and excellent thermal stability. The raw materials used in the method of the invention are easily obtained, and the method is suitable for large-scale production in industry.

Abstract: Dendritic or hyperbranched polyurethanes are prepared by 1) reacting diols or polyols having at least one tertiary nitrogen atom and at least two hydroxyl groups of differing reactivity toward isocyanate groups with diisocyanates or polyisocyanates to form an addition product, with the diols or polyols and diisocyanates or polyisocyanates being selected so that the addition product has, on average, one isocyanate group and more than one hydroxyl group or one hydroxyl group and more than one isocyanate group, 2) converting the addition product from step 1) into a polyaddition product by intermolecular reaction of the hydroxyl groups with the isocyanate groups, and with a reaction with a compound containing at least two hydroxyl groups, mercapto groups, amino groups or isocyanate groups also being able to be carried out first, 3) if desired reacting the polyaddition product from step 2) with a compound containing at least two hydroxyl groups, mercapto groups, amino groups or isocyanate groups.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of liquid, storage-stable isocyanate mixtures of low color number containing carbodiimide (CD) and/or uretonimine (UI) groups, the isocyanate mixtures obtainable by this process and the use thereof for the preparation of blends with further isocyanates and for the preparation of prepolymers containing isocyanate groups and of polyurethane plastics, preferably polyurethane foams.

Abstract: A method produces a uretonimine-modified isocyanate composition having increased low-temperature tolerance. The method comprises providing a first polyisocyanate composition having two or more isocyanate groups and comprising 4,4?-diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) and reacting the first polyisocyanate composition at a temperature of from about 90° C. to about 115° C. and in the presence of a catalyst such that the isocyanate groups form carbodiimides for forming uretonimine and uretonimine oligomers. The reaction of the first polyisocyanate composition is quenched with a quenching agent to produce an intermediate composition having an intermediate isocyanate value of from about 21.0 to about 26.0. The intermediate composition is blended with a second isocyanate composition to form a stable uretonimine-modified isocyanate composition.

Abstract: The ring-containing modified resin is represented by the following chemical formula (1) R1[—(—O—CO—NH—R2—NH—CO—O—R3—)p—O—R4]q??(1) (in the chemical formula (1), R1 is a dehydroxyl residue of a resin having a benzene ring and/or a condensed ring and hydroxyl group: —R2— is deisocyanate group derived from an organic diisocyanate: —R3— is a dehydroxyl residue of polyol having number-average molecular weight of 200 to 30000: p is 1 to 3: —R4 is a hydrogen atom, alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbons, phenyl group: q is the same number as the number of the dehydroxyl residue of R1).