A urethane polymer obtained by a reaction of: a monohydroxy compound (A), a polyethylene glycol (B), a monoglyceryl ether compound (C), and an isocyanate compound (D). This urethane polymer can be used as a urethane viscosity modifier excellent in long-term storage stability, similarly to alkali thickening-type viscosity modifiers, while having characteristics similar to those of existing urethane viscosity modifiers.

A one component isocyanate prepolymer mixture for formulating a polyurethane product in a single step process, with monomeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) content in the mixture not exceeding 3%, preferably less than 2%, more preferably less than 1% of the total weight. The mixture contains monofunctional alcohol, an isocyanate component or isocyanate mixture component, propellant, catalyst, stabiliser, and one or more polyols. The monofunctional alcohol constitutes ethylene glycol ethers or propylene glycol ethers. A method for formulating a one component polyurethane foam on the basis of the mixture is disclosed.

The invention relates to aqueous polyurethane-vinyl polymer hybrid dispersions comprising, as building blocks, hydrophobically modified hydroxy-functional polyesters A, acids B that have further groups which react with isocyanates under formation of urethanes, ureas, or thiourethanes, compounds G having only one hydroxyl group, and one or more tertiary amino groups, olefinically unsaturated monomers H2 having a polymerisable ethylenic unsaturation and a further functional group which reacts with an isocyanate group under bond formation, olefinically unsaturated monomers H1 having at least one polymerisable ethylenic unsaturation and no further functional group which reacts with an isocyanate group, and multifunctional isocyanates I having at least two isocyanate groups per molecule, to a process of their preparation, and to a method of use thereof.

Provided are a polyester resin modifying agent, a method for producing the same, and a polyester resin composition including the modifying agent, the polyester resin modifying agent including a polycarbodiimide compound, being capable of improving hydrolysis resistance of a polyester resin, having a small content of a carbodiimidizing catalyst having been used in producing the polyester resin modifying agent, and having suppressed yellowness. Provided are a polyester resin modifying agent in which a polycarbodiimide compound obtained by reacting an aliphatic diisocyanate, an isocyanate-terminal capping agent, and a carbodiimidizing catalyst is included, a content of the carbodiimidizing catalyst falls within a predetermined range, and a yellowness index (YI) is less than 20; a method for producing the polyester resin modifying agent; and a polyester resin composition.

The presently claimed invention provides a continuous process for preparing a polyurethane composition which behaves as a rheology modifier upon addition to paint and coating formulations. The present process employs mixers for homogenization of highly viscous polyurethane polymers and by adjusting the process parameters and reactor conditions in specified ranges obtained a polyurethane composition. The polyurethane composition obtained from the process of the present invention is used as thickener in water-borne paint and coating formulations.

A composition and a material prepared from the composition are provided. The composition includes 50-99 parts by weight of a polyether polyol and 1-50 parts by weight of a compound having a structure represented by Formula (I)

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wherein R.sup.1 is C.sub.1-6 independent alkylene group; R.sup.2 is

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R.sup.3 is independently C.sub.1-6 alkylene group; i≥1; j≥0; k=0, 1, or 2; R.sup.4 is C.sub.1-24 alkyl group when k=1, or 2, or R.sup.4 is C.sub.6-24 alkyl group when k is 0; and B is independently

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The invention relates to a composition comprising one or more urea-based compounds (A) having a number average molecular weight (Mn) between 350 g/mol and 30000 g/mol and one or more N-substituted caprolactam derivatives (B) according to formula (I) wherein R1 is an organic group having 1 to 2 carbon atoms and wherein R1 contains no oxygen atoms linked by single bonds.

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The present invention relates to [1] a polymerizable composition for optical member containing a polymerizable component and a urethaneurea compound having a structural unit derived from tolylene diisocyanate in an amount of 0.1 to 10 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the polymerizable component; [2] a production method of an optical member, including a step of injecting the polymerizable composition of [1] into a molding die, and a step of polymerizing the polymerizable composition; and [3] a spectacle lens including a spectacle lens substrate obtained by the production method of [2].

A wood preservative composition and method for preserving wood by contacting wood with said composition comprising a polyurethane polymer, non-aqueous solvents, and a wood preservative active.

A wood preservative composition and method for preserving wood by contacting wood with said composition comprising a polyurethane polymer, non-aqueous solvents, and a wood preservative active.