A composition includes a reaction product of a mixture of elemental sulfur and at least a first ethylenically unsaturated compound comprising a hydroxyl or carboxyl group.

The invention relates to a process of preparing allophanate- and/or thioallophanate group-containing compounds comprising the following steps: reacting A) at least one component having at least one uretdione group with B) at least one component having at least one hydroxyl and/or thiol group, in the presence C) of at least one catalyst, containing a structural element of the general formulae (I) and/or (II), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 independently of each other represent the same or different radicals meaning saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic or aromatic organic radicals with 1 to 18 carbon atoms that are substituted or unsubstituted and/or have heteroatoms in the chain, the radicals being capable of forming, even when combined with each other and optionally together with an additional heteroatom, rings with 3 to 8 carbon atoms that can optionally be further substituted, wherein R3, R4, R5 and R6 independently of each other also can represent hydrogen, and R7 represents hydrogen or a carboxylate anion (COO—), the at least one component A) having at least one uretdione group being polyaddition compounds A2) that can be obtained by reacting isocyanate-functional uretdione groups A1) with alcohols and/or amines that have a free isocyanate group content of less than 5 wt. % in their solvent-free form.

The present invention relates to copolymers comprising moieties able to undergo a crosslinking reaction under certain stimuli, thereby forming polymer adducts having improved or additional properties, such as resistance to solvents, increased thermal performance and increased adhesion to surfaces.

The present invention relates to a process for preparing at least one blocked polyisocyanate, comprising the following steps: (A) reacting at least one polyisocyanate with at least one thermally cleavable blocking agent to obtain at least one partially blocked polyisocyanate, (B) reacting the at least one partially blocked polyisocyanate from step (A) with at least one non-ionic hydrophilizing agent to obtain an intermediate product, and (C) reacting the intermediate product obtained in step (B) with at least one thermally cleavable blocking agent to obtain the at least one blocked polyisocyanate. The invention further relates to the use of the blocked polyisocyanate for producing coating agents, adhesives, sealants or elastomers, to corresponding coating agents, adhesives, sealants or elastomers, and to substrates that are provided with coatings obtained using the at least one blocked polyisocyanate according to the invention.

The invention pertains to a side-chain functionalized copolymer (P1) comprising reactive end-groups. The present invention also pertains to the preparation process of copolymer (P1) starting from copolymer (P0), as well as to the use of the copolymer (P1) in the preparation of a membrane, a composite material or a coating. The present invention also relates to a resin composition comprising at least the copolymer (P1) according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion comprising dispersed particles comprising a polyurethane comprising at least the following building blocks derived from a) at least one organic polyisocyanate, b) at least one carboxylate group-bearing isocyanate-reactive compound, and c) at least one organic isocyanate-reactive polyol, wherein at least one of the carboxylate group-bearing compounds b) has the following structural formula O II (1) R.sub.2(R.sub.3)—N—C—R.sub.1-COO.sup.− wherein R.sub.1 is a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms or a divalent cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from 6 to 8 carbon atoms or a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon radical having from 6 to 8 carbon atoms, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are 2-hydroxypropyl.

A food or beverage container, or portion thereof, including a metal substrate and a coating on at least a portion of the metal substrate, the coating formed being from a coating composition comprising a polymer having one or more substituted or unsubstituted spirocyclic segments such as substituted or unsubstituted segments of 2,4,8,10-tetraoxaspiro [5.5] undecane.

Disclosed is an organopolysiloxane having a constituent unit represented by a general formula (1), a constituent unit represented by a general formula (2), and a group represented by a general formula (3) that is directly bonded to a silicon atom.

##STR00001## R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group.

##STR00002## R.sup.2 each independently represents an alkyl group or an aryl group, n is each independently 2 or 3, and m is an integer of 5 to 100.

R.sup.3O—  (3) R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group.

The present invention is drawn to an aqueous polyurethane dispersion comprising: —anionic polyurethane particles comprising both free pending carboxylate groups of formula —COO.sup.−M.sup.+ where M.sup.+ is a cation resulting from neutralization of carboxylic acid groups with a base, and pending carboxylate ester groups resulting from esterification of free carboxylic acid groups with an epoxysilane, —crosslinking particles made of water-insoluble transition metal compounds. It is also drawn to a method of coating a substrate comprising applying such an aqueous polyurethane dispersion onto a substrate and letting it dry, preferably without applying any heat or radiation.

A composition for a film adhesive, an ink binder, or a coating agent based on a polyurethane resin having excellent heat resistance and surface hardness and good adhesiveness to various substrates. A composition containing a polyurethane resin (X) and a crosslinking agent (Y), in which the polyurethane resin (X) contains a polycarbonate polyol (A), an organic diisocyanate (B), and a chain extender (C) as copolymerization components, characterized in that the glass transition temperature of the polyurethane resin (X) is 50° C. or higher, that the polycarbonate polyol (A) contains 60 mol % or more of a specific structure, and that the composition contains 1 to 30 parts by mass of the crosslinking agent (Y) with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyurethane resin (X).