The invention relates to surface modifying macromolecules (SMMs) having high degradation temperatures and their use in the manufacture of articles made from base polymers which require high temperature processing. The surface modifier is admixed with the base polymer to impart alcohol and water repellency properties.

The present invention provides fluorinated compounds as well as dispersions of the fluorinated compounds. The fluorinated compounds described herein, in some embodiments, can be applied substrates such as textiles, including carpet and other floor coverings.

The present invention provides fluorinated compounds as well as dispersions of the fluorinated compounds. The fluorinated compounds described herein, in some embodiments, can be applied substrates such as textiles, including carpet and other floor coverings.

To provide a fluorinated compound capable of imparting excellent antifouling properties (oily ink repellency and fingerprint-stain removability) and abrasion resistance of the antifouling properties to an object (such as a hard coat layer). It is a reaction product of a compound (a1) having a poly(oxyperfluoroalkylene) chain and one active hydrogen-containing group, a compound (a2) having a poly(oxyperfluoroalkylene) chain and two active hydrogen-containing groups, a compound (b) having a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond and an active hydrogen-containing group, and a polyisocyanate (c), wherein the proportion of the portion derived from the compound (a1) to the total (100 mass %) of the portion derived from the compound (a1) and the portion derived from the compound (a2) is from 60 to 99.9 mass %.

To provide a fluorinated compound-containing composition which is capable of imparting excellent antifouling properties to an object (such as a hard coat layer) and which is excellent in compatibility and has foaming suppressed. This composition comprises the following fluorinated compound (A), the following compound (B) and a solvent (S1), wherein the content of the following fluorinated compound (A) in the composition is from 5 to 30 mass % to the composition, and the content of the following compound (B) is from 0.1 to 2 mass % to the composition,

Fluorinated compound (A): a fluorinated compound which is a compound having a portion derived from a compound (a) having a poly(oxyperfluoroalkylene) chain and an active hydrogen-containing group, a portion derived from a compound (b) having a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond and an active hydrogen-containing group, and a portion derived from a polyisocyanate (c), and which has no isocyanate group,

Compound (B): a compound having a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond and an active hydrogen-containing group.

The invention relates to surface modifying macromolecules (SMMs) having high degradation temperatures and their use in the manufacture of articles made from base polymers which require high temperature processing. The surface modifier is admixed with the base polymer to impart alcohol and water repellency properties.

The present invention provides fluorinated compounds as well as dispersions of the fluorinated compounds. The fluorinated compounds described herein, in some embodiments, can be applied substrates such as textiles, including carpet and other floor coverings.

The present invention provides fluorinated compounds as well as dispersions of the fluorinated compounds. The fluorinated compounds described herein, in some embodiments, can be applied substrates such as textiles, including carpet and other floor coverings.

This invention provides a blocking agent dissociation catalyst for blocked isocyanates comprising a zwitterionic compound represented by the following formula (1):

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wherein A, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, X, B.sup.1, and a are as defined in the specification.

This invention provides a blocking agent dissociation catalyst for blocked isocyanates comprising an onium salt represented by the following formula (1):

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wherein n, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, A, X, a, b, and Q.sup.+ are as defined in the specification.