In the embodiments, an aqueous hydrochloric acid solution instead of hydrogen chloride gas and solid triphosgene instead of phosgene gas may be used in the process of preparing a diisocyanate from a diamine through a diamine hydrochloride. In addition, the embodiments provide processes for preparing a diisocyanate composition and an optical lens of high quality in which the content of water, the content of cations, or the content of an aromatic compound containing 3 or more of chlorine (Cl) in the organic solvent used in the reaction of a diamine hydrochloride composition and triphosgene is adjusted to a specific range.

The present invention provides an aircraft window including a polyurethane including a reaction product of components including (a) about 1 equivalent of at least one polyisocyanate; and (b) about 1 equivalent of 1,4-cyclohexane dimethanol based upon the about 1 equivalent of the at least one polyisocyanate, and other aircraft window compositions.

Degradable polymers, including polyurethane and polyurethane-urea compositions, that can be used in aqueous, non-aqueous and dry hot environments as degradable polymers in oil, gas and other applications.

Degradable polymers, including polyurethane and polyurethane-urea compositions, that can be used in aqueous, non-aqueous and dry hot environments as degradable polymers in oil, gas and other applications.

The purpose of the present invention is to appropriately control the rate of polymerization of a composition in which a thiol compound and an isocyanate compound are added to an episulfide compound and thereby provide an optical material which has high transparency. This composition for use as optical material comprises (a) an episulfide compound, (b) an isocyanate compound, (c) a thiol compound, and (d) a benzyl halide compound represented by formula (1): ##STR00001##
wherein: X is a halogen; L is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a halogen, a mercaptomethyl group, and an isocyanate methyl group; and n is 1 or 2.

A method for preparing a transparent flexible polyurethane film includes the following steps: (1) mixing a hydroxyl-terminated polyalkylene carbonate diol, a diisocyanate compound, 2,2′-dithiodiethanol, dibutyltin dilaurate and a chloroalkane solvent, and then reacting at 40 to 60° C. for 0.5 to 3 h to obtain an isocyanate-terminated oligomer solution; and (2) adding a polyol cross-linking agent, a bistrifluoromethanesulfonimide lithium salt and a 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazole bistrifluoromethanesulfonimide salt to the isocyanate-terminated oligomer solution, reacting at 40 to 60° C. for 0.5 to 1.5 h, removing the chloroalkane solvent to obtain the transparent flexible polyurethane film.

A method for preparing a transparent flexible polyurethane film includes the following steps: (1) mixing a hydroxyl-terminated polyalkylene carbonate diol, a diisocyanate compound, 2,2′-dithiodiethanol, dibutyltin dilaurate and a chloroalkane solvent, and then reacting at 40 to 60° C. for 0.5 to 3 h to obtain an isocyanate-terminated oligomer solution; and (2) adding a polyol cross-linking agent, a bistrifluoromethanesulfonimide lithium salt and a 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazole bistrifluoromethanesulfonimide salt to the isocyanate-terminated oligomer solution, reacting at 40 to 60° C. for 0.5 to 1.5 h, removing the chloroalkane solvent to obtain the transparent flexible polyurethane film.

The present invention provides a novel compound for optical materials, and a curable composition, a cured body and an optical article containing the compound for optical materials. According to an embodiment, there is provided a compound for optical materials represented by Formula (Ia) below:

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In Formula (Ia), X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 are each NH, S, or O. R.sup.1 is a 1- to 30-valent organic residue. R.sup.3 is a group composed of a polymer having a repeating unit selected from the group consisting of —(CH.sub.2).sub.mO—, —(CH.sub.2CH.sub.2O)—, —(CH(CH.sub.3)CH.sub.2O)—, —(CH.sub.2CH(CH.sub.3)O)—, — (C(═O)—CH.sub.2CH.sub.2CH.sub.2CH.sub.2CH.sub.2O)—, —(C(═O)—O—CH.sub.2CH.sub.2CH.sub.2CH.sub.2CH.sub.2O)—, and —(C(═O)—O—CH.sub.2CH.sub.2CH.sub.2CH.sub.2CH.sub.2CH.sub.2O)—, a random copolymer having at least two repeating units selected from the group, or a block copolymer having at least two repeating units selected from the group.

The present invention relates to an optical material cutting blue light, comprising at least one UV absorber that at least partially blocks light having a wavelength ranging from 400 to 450 nm, at least one absorbing dye A having its maximum absorption wavelength in the range from 520 nm to 640 nm, the optical material being made of a material chosen from polythiourethane materials, polyurethane urea materials, materials resulting from the polymerization or copolymerization of polyepisulfide monomers or oligomers, and materials resulting from the polymerization or copolymerization of allylic monomers or oligomers, the optical material having a colorimetric coefficient b* as defined in the CIE (1976) L*a*b* international colorimetric system that is lower than or equal to 6, and a hue angle h higher than or equal to 120° and lower than or equal to 180°, for an optical material thickness of 2 mm.

The present invention provides CMP polishing pads or layers having a unfilled Shore D (2 second) hardness of from 57-77 or a filled Shore D (2 second) hardness of from 18-50, made from a two-component reaction mixture of (i) a liquid aromatic isocyanate component comprising one or more aromatic diisocyanates or a linear aromatic isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer having an unreacted isocyanate (NCO) concentration of from 18 to 47 wt. %, based on the total solids weight of the aromatic isocyanate component, and (ii) a liquid polyol component including one or more curatives selected from the group of amines defined by Formulas (I) and (II).