A composition including at least one compound having a perfluoropolyether group and a curable site, wherein in a molecular weight distribution curve in gel permeation chromatography measurement, the following formula is satisfied: M2/M1≤3.5, wherein M1 is a molecular weight at a main peak, and M2 is a molecular weight at 25% intensity of an intensity of the main peak on a higher molecular weight side than M1. Also disclosed is a curable composition containing the composition and a method for producing the curable composition.

To provide a fluorinated ether compound capable of forming a surface layer excellent in initial water/oil repellency, fingerprint stain removability, abrasion resistance and light resistance; a fluorinated ether composition and a coating liquid containing the fluorinated ether compound; an article having a surface layer excellent in initial water/oil repellency, fingerprint stain removability, abrasion resistance and light resistance and a method for producing it. A fluorinated ether compound having a poly(oxyperfluoroalkylene) chain having a unit (α) which is an oxyperfluoroalkylene unit having 5 or 6 carbon atoms, and a unit (β) which is an oxyperfluoroalkylene unit having at most 4 carbon atoms, and having at least one of a hydrolysable silyl group and a silanol group on at least one terminal of the poly(oxyperfluoroalkylene) chain via a linking group.

A copolymer includes 20 mol % to 80 mol % of —CF.sub.2CF.sub.2O— units, 20 mol % to 80 mol % of —CF(CF.sub.3)CF.sub.2O— units, and 0 mol % to 45 mol % of one or more additional perfluoroalkyleneoxy units. The copolymer has a molecular weight M.sub.n of 1,500 to 20,000, a viscosity index of 100 to 220, and an average tetrafluoroethylene oxide (TFEO) run length less than 6. A process of forming a perfluoroalkyl polyether copolymer includes feeding a gas stream containing TFEO and hexafluoropropylene oxide (HFPO) into a reactor containing a fluorinated solvent, a fluoride salt, an ether, and an acid fluoride to form an acid fluoride-containing polymer. The process also includes hydrolyzing the acid fluoride-containing polymer to form a perfluoroalkyl polyether carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt. The process further includes distilling off the fluorinated solvent and treating the perfluoroalkyl polyether carboxylic acid or carboxylate salt with elemental fluorine to obtain the perfluoroalkyl polyether copolymer.

Disclosed are a multifunctionalized polyethylene glycol derivative and a preparation method therefor. The derivative has an H-shaped structure as represented by formula (1) and comprises one linear core LPEG and four PEG branch chains, where n.sub.1, n.sub.2, n.sub.3, and n.sub.4 respectively are the degrees of polymerization of the branch chains, U.sub.1 and U.sub.2 are trivalent branching groups connecting the core LPEG to two of the PEG branch chains, F.sub.1 and F.sub.2 contain a functional group or a protected form R.sub.01 thereof and may or may not contain a branched group G, correspondingly, the number of R.sub.01 is one or more, F.sub.1 and F.sub.2 are either identical or different, any one linking group in the molecule or any linking group formed with an adjacent heteroatom group can either remain stable or be degraded, and any one PEG segment in the molecule is discretely polydispersed or monodispersed. The multifunctional polyethylene glycol is flexible and diverse in terms of branch structures and the lengths of branching arms, has various parameters and performance indicators that are adjustable and easy to control, and has a broad applicability.

Polymeric ionic liquids, methods of making and methods of using the same are disclosed.

Polymeric ionic liquids, methods of making and methods of using the same are disclosed.

Disclosed are mixtures containing: mono- and bi-functional polymers [polymers (P-A) and (P-B)] comprising a plurality of (per)fluoropolyether segments [segments (S.sup.RF)] joined together by hydrogenated (poly)ether segments [segments (S.sup.H)], said polymers having two ends, wherein one or both ends comprises a hydroxy or a leaving group; a non-functional polymer comprising a plurality of (per)fluoropolyether segments (S) joined together by hydrogenated (poly)ether segments (S.sup.B), with the proviso that the hydrogenated (poly)ether segments (S.sup.RF) are not segments of formula —CH.sub.2OCH.sub.2OCH.sub.2—. Disclosed are also monofunctional polymers (P-A) that can be isolated from such mixtures. Methods for the obtainment of the mixtures and for separating the polymers therein contained are also provided, as well as methods of using the mixtures or each polymer therein contained as intermediates or building blocks for the synthesis of other polymers or as ingredients of compositions.

The present invention relates to a novel process for the synthesis of (per)fluoropolyether polymers, to certain novel (per)fluoropolyether polymers. The present invention also relates to the use of the (per)fluoropolyether polymers thus obtained as intermediate compounds for the manufacture of further polymers suitable for use as lubricants, notably for magnetic recording media (MRM).

The present invention is capable of producing a fluoropolyether group-containing polymer, which is represented by general formula (1)

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(in the formula, Rf is a monovalent or divalent fluoropolyether group-containing polymer residue, X is independently a divalent organic group, and α is 1 or 2),
preferably has a number-average molecular weight of 1,000 to 50,000 in terms of polystyrene, and has both a terminal olefin moiety easily converting a functional group and a secondary hydroxyl group having high reactivity, by causing an organometallic reagent having β-hydrogen, specifically, an organometallic reagent having an aliphatic unsaturated double bond (olefin moiety) at a terminal thereof and having β-hydrogen, to act on a fluoropolyether group-containing polymer having a carbonyl group at a terminal thereof.

A process for preparing a low-molecular weight fluoropolyether containing an acid fluoride by decomposing a triflate or trifluoroacetate of a fluoropolyether having a hydroxyl group in the presence of a Lewis acid.