An impact-modified composition and a method of making an impact-modified composition are provided. In an embodiment, the method includes reacting a phosphazene material with an acrylamide material to form a functionalized phosphazene material; initiating a polymerization reaction on a reaction mixture comprising the functionalized phosphazene material and one or more monomers to form an impact-modified phosphazene material; and adding the an impact-modified phosphazene material to a polymeric material.

A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a battery contains a phosphazene compound (A) that contains at least one of a phosphazene compound represented by Formula (1) or a phosphazene compound represented by Formula (2). In Formulae (1) and (2), each of Y.sup.− and Z.sup.− independently represents an anion in which a proton is removed from an inorganic acid or an active hydrogen compound; each of twenty-four Rs independently represents a hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and, among the twenty-four Rs, two Rs bonded to the same nitrogen atom are optionally bonded to each other.

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An energy-sensitive composition including a polysilane, a base generator, and a solvent, the base generator including a compound represented by formula (b1) and a photo base generator:

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in which R.sup.b1 to R.sup.b3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, hydroxyl group, mercapto group, sulfide group, silyl group, silanol group, nitro group, nitroso group, sulfonato group, phosphino group, phosphinyl group, phosphonato group or organic group; R.sup.b4 and R.sup.b5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, hydroxyl group, mercapto group, sulfide group, silyl group, silanol group, nitro group, nitroso group, sulfino group, sulfo group, sulfonato group, phosphino group, phosphinyl group, phosphono group, phosphonato group or aliphatic group; and R.sup.b6 represents a hydrogen atom, alkyl group or alkoxy group.

An energy-sensitive composition that yields a cured product with excellent crack resistance, a cured product of the composition, and a method of forming a cured product. The energy-sensitive composition includes a polysilane and a thermal base generator, in which the thermal base generator includes a compound represented by the following formula (b1):

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in which R.sup.b1 and R.sup.b2 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, or an alkoxy group, R.sup.b3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; n1 and n2 each independently represent an integer of 0 or more and 4 or less; Z.sup.q+ represents a q-valent organic cation composed of a base having a pKa of greater than 15; and q represents an integer of 1 or more.

An impact-modified composition and a method of making an impact-modified composition are provided. In an embodiment, the method includes reacting a phosphazene material with an acrylamide material to form a functionalized phosphazene material; initiating a polymerization reaction on a reaction mixture comprising the functionalized phosphazene material and one or more monomers to form an impact-modified phosphazene material; and adding the an impact-modified phosphazene material to a polymeric material.

An impact-modified composition and a method of making an impact-modified composition are provided. In an embodiment, the method includes reacting a phosphazene material with an acrylamide material to form a functionalized phosphazene material; initiating a polymerization reaction on a reaction mixture comprising the functionalized phosphazene material and one or more monomers to form an impact-modified phosphazene material; and adding the an impact-modified phosphazene material to a polymeric material.

An energy-sensitive composition including at least one of a silane compound monomer capable of forming a polysilane compound, a silane compound oligomer and the polysilane compound, and a base generator (B) represented by the following formula (1):

##STR00001## in which R.sup.1 to R.sup.11 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group or an alkoxy group, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 may be connected to each other via a single bond or a divalent linking group, Z.sup.q+ represents a q-valent counter cation composed of a base having a pKa of 24 or more, and q represents an integer of 1 or more.

impact-modified composition and a method of making an impact-modified composition are provided. In an embodiment, the method includes reacting a phosphazene material with an acrylamide material to form a functionalized phosphazene material; initiating a polymerization reaction on a reaction mixture comprising the functionalized phosphazene material and one or more monomers to form an impact-modified phosphazene material; and adding the an impact-modified phosphazene material to a polymeric material.

The invention relates to a method for modifying isocyanates, wherein at least one organic monomer isocyanate having an NCO functionality >1 is oligomerised in the presence of at least one catalyst, said method being characterised in that the catalyst comprises at least one specific compound having an NPN sequence selected from compounds of formula I (formula I), and/or from compounds of formula II (formula II) where HX represents an acid with a pKa value 2, X.sup. represents the anion of an acid with a pKa value 2, and n represents an integer or fractional number between 0 and 20, wherein Y represents R.sub.12(R.sub.13)N and/or one or more substituents of the structure of formula III (formula III) and wherein R.sub.1 to R.sub.19 independently represent identical or different substituents selected from C.sub.1-C.sub.20 alkyl-, C.sub.1-C.sub.20 cycloalkyl- and C.sub.6-C.sub.20 aryl groups, or wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6, R.sub.7 and R.sub.8, R.sub.9 and R.sub.10, R.sub.12 and R.sub.13, R.sub.14 and R.sub.15, R.sub.16 and R.sub.17, R.sub.18 and R.sub.19 independently represent identical or different substituents selected from C.sub.1-C.sub.20 alkylene-, C.sub.1-C.sub.20 cycloalkylene-, C.sub.6-C.sub.20 arylene groups, and can form a 3- to 12-membered ring with the N atom joined to the P atom. The invention also relates to the use of a catalyst of this type.

An energy-sensitive composition including a polysilane, a base generator, and a solvent, the base generator including a compound represented by formula (b1) and a photo base generator: ##STR00001##
in which R.sup.b1 to R.sup.b3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, hydroxyl group, mercapto group, sulfide group, silyl group, silanol group, nitro group, nitroso group, sulfonato group, phosphino group, phosphinyl group, phosphonato group or organic group; R.sup.b4 and R.sup.b5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, hydroxyl group, mercapto group, sulfide group, silyl group, silanol group, nitro group, nitroso group, sulfino group, sulfo group, sulfonato group, phosphino group, phosphinyl group, phosphono group, phosphonato group or aliphatic group; and R.sup.b6 represents a hydrogen atom, alkyl group or alkoxy group.