Disclosed herein are crosslinked polycarbonates, composition thereof and methods thereof. The crosslinked polycarbonates can be prepared from allyl or epoxy polycarbonates. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

New poly(pyrocarbonate)-based polymers have been synthesized. When these polymers are combined with electrolyte salts, such polymer electrolytes have shown excellent electrochemical oxidation stability in lithium battery cells. Their stability along with their excellent ionic transport properties make them especially suitable as electrolytes in high energy density lithium battery cells.

An exemplary polymerizable thermosetting composition includes the reaction product of (a) allyl alcohol; (b) a cyclic polyol selected from the group consisting of a cycloaliphatic polyol having at least one secondary hydroxyl group, a heterocyclic polyol having primary and/or secondary hydroxyl groups, and mixtures thereof; (c) ethyleneglycol bischloroformate; and (d) optionally, at least one linear or branched aliphatic polyol having two to six hydroxyl groups. The allyl alcohol (a) is present in an amount of 0.4 to 1.99 equivalents of OH to 1 equivalent chloroformate, and the cyclic polyol (b) is present in an amount of 0.01 to 0.6 equivalents of OH to 1 equivalent of chloroformate. A reaction product, a polymerizate including the polymerizable thermosetting composition, and an optical article including the polymerizable thermosetting composition are also provided.

An exemplary polymerizable composition includes the reaction product of (a) diethyleneglycol bischloroformate; (b) allyl alcohol; (c) a cyclic polyol selected from the group consisting of a cycloaliphatic polyol having at least one secondary hydroxyl group, a heterocyclic polyol having primary and/or secondary hydroxyl groups, and mixtures thereof; (d) optionally, ethyleneglycol bischloroformate; and (e) optionally, at least one linear or branched aliphatic polyol having two to six hydroxyl groups. Another exemplary polymerizable composition includes the reaction product of (a) allyl alcohol; (b) a cyclic polyol selected from the group consisting of a cycloaliphatic polyol having at least one secondary hydroxyl group, a heterocyclic polyol having primary and/or secondary hydroxyl groups, and mixtures thereof; (c) ethyleneglycol bischloroformate; and (d) optionally, at least one linear or branched aliphatic polyol having two to six hydroxyl groups is also described. A reaction product, a polymerizate including the polymerizable composition, and an optical article including the polymerizable composition are also provided.

The present invention describes a process for producing an elastomer, preferably a polyurethane-containing elastomer, by reacting a polyol component (A) comprising at least one polyether carbonate polyol (A-1) containing carbon-carbon double bonds with a component (B) which is reactive with OH groups and contains at least one compound reactive toward OH groups, preferably an isocyanate component (B-1) containing NCO groups, in the presence of a free-radical initiator (C), preferably at least one peroxide (C-1), and optionally a catalyst (D), where the molar ratio of the OH-reactive groups of component (B) reactive with groups, to the OH groups of the polyol component (A) containing carbon-carbon double bonds, is greater than 1.0. It further relates to elastomers obtainable by such a process, preferably polyurethane elastomers, the use thereof, and two-component systems for production of elastomers, preferably polyurethane elastomers.

Disclosed herein are crosslinked polycarbonates, composition thereof and methods thereof. The crosslinked polycarbonates can be prepared from allyl or epoxy polycarbonates. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a double metal cyanide catalyst comprising a polyether compound, a metal salt, a metal cyanide salt, and an organic complexing agent having an acetate group or a tartrate group; a preparation method therefor; and a method for preparing a polycarbonate polyether polyol by copolymerizing carbon dioxide and an epoxy compound in the presence of the catalyst. According to the present invention, the double metal cyanide catalyst has excellent in catalytic activity and has a short catalytic activity induction time, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the process for preparing the catalyst of the present invention is eco-friendly and simple in process, since an amount of the organic complexing agent to be used is small, and has a simple process.

Provided are polymers having a repeating unit including at least one astaxanthin moiety. Also provided are processes for preparing the polymers and various uses thereof.

An unsaturated polycarbonate has the structure:

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wherein X and Y are each an OH group; a transition metal and an OH group; an OH group and a COOH group; or one or both of X and Y is independently NH2, SH, CC, N3, CC triple bond, CC, an o-tosylate, or a halogen;

m is 0 to 30,000 and n is 1 to 30,000, and (m+n) is 2 or greater;

R.sup.1 is a C.sub.3-C.sub.20 group chosen from particular groups;

R.sup.2 is H or a second similar C.sub.3-C.sub.20 group, and

R.sup.3 is optionally a third C.sub.3-C.sub.20 group having one or more CC terminal and/or internal double bonds; and

R.sup.4 is optionally H or a fourth similar C.sub.3-C.sub.20 group optionally having one or more CC terminal and/or internal double bonds; or

R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 form a ring structure having one or more CC double bonds and having 4 to 20 carbon atoms.

An ink or coating formulation including an energy curable high reactivity heteroatom-containing polycarbonate polyfunctional-vinyl ether molecule of formula (I) or an energy curable high reactivity heteroatom-containing acrylate molecule of formula (II) is provided.

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