The compound below may be used in a fire-fighting formulation along with a poly(glucoside)-alkane, a poly(ethylene glycol) monoalkyl ether, and water. The value n is 2 or 3, R is a C3-C9 alkylene group, X is O or N(COCH.sub.3), and c is a positive integer. It may be made by reacting a polysaccharide with acetic anhydride, propargyl alcohol, and an azidoalkyltris(trimethylsiloxy)silane or an azidoalkylbis(trimethylsiloxy)methylsilane. Alternatively, it may be made by reacting a polysaccharide with propargylamine, acetic anhydride, and an azidoalkyltris(trimethylsiloxy)silane or an azidoalkylbis(trimethylsiloxy)methylsilane.

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The invention provides a TRIS-containing vinylic monomer which comprises one sole (meth)acryloyloxy group and a tris(trimethylsiloxy)silyl group covalently linked to the ethylenically-unsaturated group through a polyoxyethylene linker. The present invention is also related to a polymer, an actinically-crosslinkable silicone-containing prepolymer, a silicone hydrogel polymeric material, or a silicone hydrogel contact lens, which comprises monomeric units derived from a TRIS-containing vinylic monomer of the invention. In addition, the invention provides a method for making a TRIS-containing vinylic monomer of the invention.

The present invention describes branched and functionalized siloxanes and methods for making such compounds. The compounds have a variety of uses. One preferred application is as novel planarizing material for lithogaphy, in which case functionalized branched siloxane, such as an epoxy-modified branched siloxane is particularly useful.

A composition contains (A) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst and (B) an aliphatically unsaturated compound having an average, per molecule, of one or more aliphatically unsaturated organic groups capable of undergoing hydrosilylation reaction. The composition is capable of reacting via hydrosilylation reaction to form a reaction product, such as a silane, a gum, a gel, a rubber, or a resin. Ingredient (A) contains a metal-ligand complex that can be prepared by a method including reacting a metal precursor and a ligand.

The invention provides a TRIS-containing vinylic monomer which comprises one sole (meth)acryloyloxy group and a tris(trimethylsiloxy)silyl group covalently linked to the ethylenically-unsaturated group through a polyoxyethylene linker. The present invention is also related to a polymer, an actinically-crosslinkable silicone-containing prepolymer, a silicone hydrogel polymeric material, or a silicone hydrogel contact lens, which comprises monomeric units derived from a TRIS-containing vinylic monomer of the invention. In addition, the invention provides a method for making a TRIS-containing vinylic monomer of the invention.

The invention provides sunless tanning compositions comprising a compounds of formula (I): or a salt thereof as described herein as well as methods for tanning mammalian skin by contacting the skin with the compounds of formula (I) or compositions comprising compounds of formula (I).

The compound below may be used in a fire-fighting formulation along with a poly(glucoside)-alkane, a poly(ethylene glycol) monoalkyl ether, and water. The value n is 2 or 3, R is a C3-C9 alkylene group, X is O or N(COCH.sub.3), and c is a positive integer. It may be made by reacting a polysaccharide with acetic anhydride, propargyl alcohol, and an azidoalkyltris(trimethylsiloxy)silane or an azidoalkylbis(trimethylsiloxy)methylsilane. Alternatively, it may be made by reacting a polysaccharide with propargylamine, acetic anhydride, and an azidoalkyltris(trimethylsiloxy)silane or an azidoalkylbis(trimethylsiloxy)methylsilane. ##STR00001##

The present disclosure provides a tetrabromophthalic anhydride diamine siloxane. In an embodiment, a tetrabromophthalic anhydride diamine siloxane (TDS) is provided with the structure of Formula (1) Formula (1) wherein n is an integer from 1 to 40; and each R is the same or different and each R is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, and a C.sub.1-C.sub.20 hydrocarbonyl group. The present disclosure also provides a polymeric composition including the TDS of Formula (1) and a cable including the TDS of Formula (1).

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Disclosed are an active layer composition for a solar cell containing a two-dimensional conjugated polymer that has excellent thermal/chemical stability and may improve power conversion efficiency of an organic solar cell via realization of high open-circuit voltage and short-circuit current, a preparation method of the composition, and an organic solar cell containing the composition. The composition contains a two-dimensional conjugated polymer having a repeating unit represented by a following Chemical Formula 4-2 as an electron donor material: ##STR00001##
wherein the Chemical Formula 4-2, n is an integer of 5 to 2000.

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing drometrizole trisiloxane (DMTS), and more specifically, to a method for manufacturing drometrizole trisiloxane (DMTS) with high purity and yield in which solvents with high boiling points are not used, phosphates are used, any reaction auxiliaries are not used, the reaction time is very short, and impurities are low.