A polyalkylene glycol derivative with a minimal impurity content is prepared simply by the steps of reacting a compound having formula (III-I) or (III-II) with an electrophile having formula (IV) in the presence of an optional basic compound, to form a reaction solution containing a compound having formula (V), and passing the reaction solution through a column of cation and anion exchange resins to remove water-soluble impurities, for thereby purifying the desired polyalkylene glycol derivative.
R.sup.1R.sup.2OR.sup.3O.sub.n-1R.sup.3O.sup.M.sup.+(III-I)
R.sup.1R.sup.2OR.sup.3O.sub.n-1R.sup.3OH(III-II)
R.sup.4R.sup.5X(IV)
R.sup.1R.sup.2OR.sup.3O.sub.nR.sup.5R.sup.4(V)

Provided herein are polymers obtainable by a process including the steps a) and b) described below. In Step a) at least one component a1) is condensed to obtain a polyether having remaining hydroxyl groups. Component a1) is at least one component selected from N-(hydroxyalkyl) amins according to formula (Ia) and/or (Ib) as defined below. Besides component a1), further components can be present in the condensation step a). In step b) a part of the remaining hydroxyl groups are reacted with at least one alkylene oxide. The alkoxylation according to step b) is carried out in a substoichiometric way. The ratio of i) the alkylene oxide versus ii) the sum of the amount of the remaining hydroxyl groups is >0:1 to <1:1 [mol/mol]. Further provided herein is a process for preparing such polymers and derivatives of the polymers by quaternization, protonation, sulphation and/or phosphation.

The present invention relates to an improved method for preparing a high purity polyethylene glycol dialdehyde derivative. The preparation method can provide the polyethylene glycol dialdehyde derivative suitable as a raw material for pharmaceuticals because of high purity and terminal activity, by using PEG-diacetal, which is prepared by reacting polyethyleneglycol methanesulfonate with dialkoxy-1-propanol, as an intermediate.

A hydrophilic polymer derivative having a cyclic benzylidene acetal linker represented by the following formula (1):

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wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.6 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group; R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are each independently an electron-withdrawing or electron-donating substituent or a hydrogen atom; X.sup.1 is a chemically reactive functional group; P is a hydrophilic polymer; s is 1 or 2, t is 0 or 1, and s+t is 1 or 2; w is an integer of 1 to 8; and Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 are each independently a selected divalent spacer.

The present invention relates to a compound comprising a hydrophobically modified poly(oxyalkylene-urethane) having a hydrophobic fragment represented by Structure I:

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where Ar.sup.1, Ar.sup.2; R.sup.1, m, and n are defined herein. The compound of the present invention provides viscosity stability upon tinting for paints containing a hydrophobically modified poly(oxyalkylene-urethane) rheology modifier, more particularly a HEUR rheology modifier.

A process for the manufacture of a (per)fluoropolyether amine comprising reacting a sulfonic ester of a (per)fluoropolyether alcohol with an excess of ammonia or organic amine at selected temperature is herein disclosed. The process allows obtaining (per)fluoropolyether amines, in particular primary, secondary and tertiary (per)fluoropolyether amines with high yields and selectivity and can be conveniently applied on an industrial scale.

A chromene compound having at least one indenonaphthopyran moiety which has a group forming a spiro ring together with the 13-position carbon atom and further an oligomer chain group selected from a polyalkylene oxide oligomer chain group having at least three recurring units and a polyester oligomer chain group having at least three recurring units, represented by the following formula and having reduced matrix dependence:

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wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each a group which may have an oligomer chain group, the ring Z bonded to the 13-position carbon atom of the chromene compound is a Spiro ring group, and R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each an aryl group or heteroaryl group which may have an oligomer chain group.

Preferably, the chromene compound has at least one oligomer chain group in the molecule.

Polyether diols characterized by a hydroxyl number of 56 or lower, high average functionality and high primary hydroxyl content are prepared by alkoxylating an unsaturated alcohol in multiple steps to form a polyether monol that contains 39% or more primary hydroxyl groups, and then reacting the polyether monol with a mercaptoalcohol that has a primary hydroxyl group.

A fluorinated aromatic sulfone polymer [polymer (F-PS)] comprising: recurring units [units (A)] derived from at least one dihalo-diaryl sulfone [monomer (A)]; recurring units [units (B)] derived from at least one aromatic diol [monomer (B)]; at least one unit [units (PFPE)] derived from at least one fully or partially fluorinated polyether alcohol (PFPE alcohol), said polymer (F-PS) having a fluorine content ranging from 0.1% to 10% wt, is herein disclosed. Films and membranes obtained from (F-PS) are also disclosed, as well as their use in filtration methods.

The present invention discloses a PEGylated thioxanthone photoinitiator and a photosensitive resin composition, the PEGylated thioxanthone compound is eco-friendly and has low toxicity, high initiation efficiency and good thermal stability, meanwhile, as a kind of photoinitiator, the compound has a small amount of fragment residue after cured, and may improve the compatibility of the photoinitiator and photosensitive resin composition system. The photosensitive resin composition provided by the present invention has reasonable allocation of ingredients and content in the components thereof, capable of 3D-printing a hydrogel having a specific structure; the hydrogel has lower cytotoxicity and better biocompatibility, and may applied in bioengineering fields, e.g., 3D cell culture.