There are provided an acrylic polymer and plastisol using which a textile ink having excellent washing resistance and crocking resistance can be produced and a textile ink having excellent washing resistance and crocking resistance. The acrylic polymer of the present invention is an acrylic polymer comprising an acetone-soluble portion (A) and an acetone-insoluble portion (B), and the content of the acetone-insoluble portion (B) in the acrylic polymer is 5 mass % to 29 mass %, and the content of methyl methacrylate units in the acetone-soluble portion (A) is 60 mass % to 85 mass %.

A process for preparing SiC-bonded polyethersiloxanes by precious metal-catalysed addition of olefinically unsaturated polyethers onto siloxanes having SiH groups is described, wherein, prior to commencement of reaction, the siloxane having SiH groups is mixed with an olefinically unsaturated polyether and with a polyethersiloxane by stirring, and then contacted with a precious metal catalyst and optionally further additives, and the SiC bond formation reaction is conducted up to an SiH conversion, determined by gas-volumetric means, of at least 97%.

A process for preparing SiC-bonded polyethersiloxanes by precious metal-catalysed addition of olefinically unsaturated polyethers onto siloxanes having SiH groups is described, wherein, prior to commencement of reaction, the siloxane having SiH groups is mixed with an olefinically unsaturated polyether and with a polyethersiloxane by stirring, and then contacted with a precious metal catalyst and optionally further additives, and the SiC bond formation reaction is conducted up to an SiH conversion, determined by gas-volumetric means, of at least 97%.

A transparent body production method that includes subjecting the compound represented by formula (1) to heating at a temperature equal to or greater than the melting point of said compound. In formula (1), each of W.sup.1 and W.sup.2 is the group represented by formula (2) in which the ring Z is an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, X is a single bond or S, R.sup.1 is a single bond or an alkylene group having 1-4 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is a specific substituent, and m is an integer of 0 or higher, the group represented by formula (4) is OH or a (meth)acryloyloxy group, each of the rings Y.sup.1 and Y.sup.2 is an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, R is a single bond or a specific divalent group, each of R.sup.3a and R.sup.3b is CN, a halogen group, or a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and each of n1 and n2 is an integer of 0-4.

A hydrophobic intraocular lens (IOL) with excellent non-glistening characteristics, high Abbe number, excellent mechanical properties comprising at least one copolymer comprising: (a) a first monomeric subunit comprising a polymerized (meth)acrylate group and at least one alkoxyalkoxyalkyl side group, (b) a second monomeric subunit different from the first monomeric subunit comprising a polymerized (meth)acrylate group, at least one side group comprising (i) an aryloxy moiety with at least one halogen, and (ii) an aliphatic carbon moiety linking the aryloxy moiety with the polymerized (meth)acrylate group, wherein the aliphatic carbon moiety comprises at least one hydroxyl substituent.

A hydrophobic intraocular lens (IOL) with excellent non-glistening characteristics, high Abbe number, excellent mechanical properties comprising at least one copolymer comprising: (a) a first monomeric subunit comprising a polymerized (meth)acrylate group and at least one alkoxyalkoxyalkyl side group, (b) a second monomeric subunit different from the first monomeric subunit comprising a polymerized (meth)acrylate group, at least one side group comprising (i) an aryloxy moiety with at least one halogen, and (ii) an aliphatic carbon moiety linking the aryloxy moiety with the polymerized (meth)acrylate group, wherein the aliphatic carbon moiety comprises at least one hydroxyl substituent.

A process for preparing SiC-bonded polyethersiloxanes by precious metal-catalysed addition of olefinically unsaturated polyethers onto siloxanes having SiH groups is described, wherein, prior to commencement of reaction, the siloxane having SiH groups is mixed with an olefinically unsaturated polyether and with a polyethersiloxane by stirring, and then contacted with a precious metal catalyst and optionally further additives, and the SiC bond formation reaction is conducted up to an SiH conversion, determined by gas-volumetric means, of at least 97%.

A process for preparing SiC-bonded polyethersiloxanes by precious metal-catalysed addition of olefinically unsaturated polyethers onto siloxanes having SiH groups is described, wherein, prior to commencement of reaction, the siloxane having SiH groups is mixed with an olefinically unsaturated polyether and with a polyethersiloxane by stirring, and then contacted with a precious metal catalyst and optionally further additives, and the SiC bond formation reaction is conducted up to an SiH conversion, determined by gas-volumetric means, of at least 97%.

A hydrophobic intraocular lens (IOL) with excellent non-glistening characteristics, high Abbe number, excellent mechanical properties comprising at least one copolymer comprising: (a) a first monomeric subunit comprising a polymerized (meth)acrylate group and at least one alkoxyalkoxyalkyl side group, (b) a second monomeric subunit different from the first monomeric subunit comprising a polymerized (meth)acrylate group, at least one side group comprising (i) an aryloxy moiety with at least one halogen, and (ii) an aliphatic carbon moiety linking the aryloxy moiety with the polymerized (meth)acrylate group, wherein the aliphatic carbon moiety comprises at least one hydroxyl substituent.

A hydrophobic intraocular lens (IOL) with excellent non-glistening characteristics, high Abbe number, excellent mechanical properties comprising at least one copolymer comprising: (a) a first monomeric subunit comprising a polymerized (meth)acrylate group and at least one alkoxyalkoxyalkyl side group, (b) a second monomeric subunit different from the first monomeric subunit comprising a polymerized (meth)acrylate group, at least one side group comprising (i) an aryloxy moiety with at least one halogen, and (ii) an aliphatic carbon moiety linking the aryloxy moiety with the polymerized (meth)acrylate group, wherein the aliphatic carbon moiety comprises at least one hydroxyl substituent.