An all-inorganic electrolyte formulation for use in a lithium ion battery system comprising at least one of each a phosphoranimine, a phosphazene, a monomeric organophosphate and a supporting lithium salt. The electrolyte preferably has a melting point below 0 C., and a vapor pressure of combustible components at 60.6 C. sufficiently low to not produce a combustible mixture in air, e.g., less than 40 mmHg at 30 C. A solid electrolyte interface layer formed by the electrolyte with an electrode is preferably thermally stable 80 C.

An impact-modified composition and a method of making an impact-modified composition are provided. In an embodiment, the method includes reacting a phosphazene material with an acrylamide material to form a functionalized phosphazene material; initiating a polymerization reaction on a reaction mixture comprising the functionalized phosphazene material and one or more monomers to form an impact-modified phosphazene material; and adding the an impact-modified phosphazene material to a polymeric material.

Electrolytes and electrolyte additives for energy storage devices comprising phosphazene based compounds are disclosed. The energy storage device comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a Si-based electrode, a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, an electrolyte comprising at least two electrolyte co-solvents, wherein at least one electrolyte co-solvent comprises a phosphazene based compound.

The present invention relates to a phosphazene compound [compound (L)] comprising a cyclophosphazene central core wherein each phosphorus atom of said core bears a substituent independently selected from: a) a chain (A), said chain (A) comprising a (per)fluoropolyether chain [chain (R.sub.f)], one or more aromatic or heteroaromatic moieties [moiety/ies (Ar.sup.m)] and, optionally, one or more hydroxy groups and b) a chain (B), said chain (B) comprising a (per)fluoropolyether chain [chain (R.sub.f)] and one or more hydroxy groups with the proviso that at least one phosphorous atom of the central core is substituted with chain (A) and to mixtures of compounds (L). The invention further relates to methods for preparing compounds (L), to lubricant compositions comprising compounds (L) and to methods for lubricating magnetic recording media comprising applying a compound (L) or a lubricant compositions containing them to the surface of said medium.

An impact-modified composition and a method of making an impact-modified composition are provided. In an embodiment, the method includes reacting a phosphazene material with an acrylamide material to form a functionalized phosphazene material; initiating a polymerization reaction on a reaction mixture comprising the functionalized phosphazene material and one or more monomers to form an impact-modified phosphazene material; and adding the an impact-modified phosphazene material to a polymeric material.

An object of the present invention is to provide a mixture of cyclophosphazenes suitably substituted with phenoxy having a polymerizable functional group, such as allyl, on the phenyl ring and a production method for the mixture. The invention relates to a mixture of cyclophosphazene compounds that each contain a plurality of constituent units linked to each other, each constituent unit being represented by formula (I):

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wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and represent C.sub.1-4 alkyl or the like, the mixture containing cyclophosphazene compounds in which 3, 4, and 5 constituent units represented by formula (I) are linked, wherein the cyclophosphazene compound containing 3 linked constituent units is cyclophosphazene compound (I-A) with a specific structure, compound (I-A) includes cyclophosphazene compounds (I-A2) and (I-A3) having a specific structure, and compounds (I-A2) and (I-A3) are present in an amount of 80 wt % or more in total in cyclophosphazene compound (I-A).

The present invention relates to new dendrimers with thiophosphoramidate units and derivatives, their preparation method and their use.

Provided is a manufacturing method for an amino-substituted phosphazene compound, including: reacting a fluorinated phosphazene compound and an amine compound in presence of a catalyst consisting of a compound consisting of a specific element M below and an oxygen atom as constituent elements; and obtaining an amino-substituted phosphazene compound by substitution reaction between a fluorine atom of the fluorinated phosphazene compound and an amino group of the amine compound. Specific element M: At least one selected from magnesium, titanium, zirconium, vanadium, lithium, calcium, aluminum, manganese, molybdenum, silicon, or boron.

Provided are a phosphazene compound, a method for preparing a phosphazene compound and a method for producing a polymer with a phosphazene compound as a catalyst. The compound of formula (I) or a solvate thereof, where A is a six- or eight-membered ring consisting of repeated PN, and B is at least one of unsubstituted or substituted C.sub.1-6 alkylamino, unsubstituted or substituted C.sub.1-6 cycloalkylamino, unsubstituted or substituted arylamino,

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or halogen, and B is attached to A at phosphorus in PN, where R is unsubstituted or substituted C.sub.1-6 alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted C.sub.1-6 cycloalkyl, unsubstituted or substituted aryl, or unsubstituted or substituted benzyl, or R forms C.sub.1-6 heterocycloalkyl together with N attached thereto.

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An object of the present invention is to provide a mixture of cyclophosphazenes suitably substituted with phenoxy having a polymerizable functional group, such as allyl, on the phenyl ring and a production method for the mixture. The invention relates to a mixture of cyclophosphazene compounds that each contain a plurality of constituent units linked to each other, each constituent unit being represented by formula (I): ##STR00001##
wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and represent C.sub.1-4 alkyl or the like, the mixture containing cyclophosphazene compounds in which 3, 4, and 5 constituent units represented by formula (I) are linked, wherein the cyclophosphazene compound containing 3 linked constituent units is cyclophosphazene compound (I-A) with a specific structure, compound (I-A) includes cyclophosphazene compounds (I-A2) and (I-A3) having a specific structure, and compounds (I-A2) and (I-A3) are present in an amount of 80 wt % or more in total in cyclophosphazene compound (I-A).