Abstract:
A process for preparing a solution of sulfone-containing tanning materials comprises a) preparing a component A by a1) reacting phenol with concentrated sulfuric acid, with oleum of an SO3 content of from 20 to 65% by weight or with a mixture of sulfuric acid and oleum of an SO3 content of from 20 to 65% by weight, the molar ratio of total sulfuric acid, reckoned as SO3, to phenol being in the range from 0.7:1 to 1.5:1, at from 100 to 180null C. to form a mixture containing phenolsulfonic acid, dihydroxydiphenyl sulfone and sulfuric acid, or mixing the individual components to prepare a corresponding mixture, a2) then condensing said mixture with from 0.25 to 4 mol of urea and with from 0.5 to 4 mol of an aliphatic aldehyde of 1 to 6 carbon atoms per mole of phenol units present at from 40 to 90null C., a3) optionally adding a base to set a pH of from 4 to 5, b) preparing a component B by b1) reacting dihydroxydiphenyl sulfone with from 0.5 to 5 mol of an aliphatic aldehyde of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and with from 0.4 to 2 mol of sodium sulfite per mole of dihydroxydiphenyl sulfone at from 90 to 180null C., b2) optionally adding an acid to set a pH of from 3.5 to 5.5, c) mixing from 10 to 90% by weight of component A with from 90 to 10% by weight of component B, the sum total of A and B being 100% by weight, and, unless already effected in steps a3) and b2), setting the pH of the mixture to a value in the range from 3.5 to 5.5.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the use of an aqueous polymer dispersion comprising dispersed particles of at least one polymer A1 having a glass transition temperature, Tg, of from null20null C. to null35null C. and obtainable through free-radical emulsion polymerization in the presence of a polymer A2 synthesized from from 50 to 99.5% by weight of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic and/or dicarboxylic acid whose carboxylic groups can form an anhydride group, or mixtures thereof, from 0.5 to 50% by weight of at least one ethylenically unsaturated compound selected from the esters of ethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acids and the monoesters and diesters of ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids with an amine containing at least one hydroxyl group, and up to 20% by weight of at least one further monomer as binder for producing abrasive material.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the use of polymerizable liquid-crystalline compounds for the production of optical elements having color- and polarization-selective reflection, and to optical elements comprising these compounds in monomeric or polymerized form.
Abstract:
The invention relates to reactive dyes containing a halobenzene nucleus and, in particular, reactive dyes containing a halobenzene nucleus and two or more reactive components.
Abstract:
Dye preparations comprising, based in each case on the weight of the preparation, from 0.1 to 30% by weight of one or more dyes from the class of the mono- or polyazo dyes containing no acidic groups, from 0.1 to 20% by weight of a dispersant based on an arylsulfonic acid-formaldehyde condensate or from 0.1 to 20% by weight of a water-soluble dispersant based on alkoxylated phenols with or without water, and their use as inks in the inkjet process and for textile sublimation transfer printing.
Abstract:
Process for preparing a compound having a nonaromatic CnullC double or triple bond (compound A) from another compound or a mixture of other compounds having a nonaromatic CnullC double or triple bond (compound B), which comprises bringing the compound (B) into contact with a heterogeneous catalyst comprising carbides or oxycarbides of a transition element at from 50 to 500null C.
Abstract:
Process for producing a 1-butene-containing C4-hydrocarbon stream (1-C4null stream) from a 1-butene- and 2-butene-containing C4-hydrocarbon stream (1- and 2-C4null feed stream) whose 1-butene content is lower than that of the 1-C4null stream, by a) feeding the 1- and 2-C4null feed stream and a 1-butene- and 2-butene-containing C4-hydrocarbon stream (1- and 2-C4null recycle stream) whose 1-butene content is lower than that of the 1-C4null stream and which has been produced by means of step (b) below into a distillation column and taking off the 1-C4null stream and a 2-butene-containing C4-hydrocarbon stream (2-C4null stream) whose 1-butene content is lower than that of the 1- and 2-C4null feed stream and of the 1- and 2-C4null recycle stream from the distillation column (step a) and b) producing the 1 - and 2-C4null recycle stream from the 2-C4null stream by bringing the 2-C4null stream into contact with an isomerization catalyst which catalyzes the conversion of 2-butenes into 1-butene in a reaction zone (step b).
Abstract:
Described is a process for preparing aqueous polymer dispersions by at least two-stage free-radical aqueous emulsion polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, comprising: 1. a first polymerization stage, 1, in which a first monomer composition M(1) is polymerized in accordance with a monomer feed technique by adding a free-radical polymerization initiator I(1), giving an aqueous dispersion of a polymer P(1), and 2. a further polymerization stage, 2, in which 2a. a monomer composition M(2) whose makeup is different than that of the monomer composition M(1) is added in undiluted form to the aqueous dispersion of the polymer P(1), and 2b. the monomer composition M(2) is polymerized, and 3. if desired, steps 2a and 2b are repeated to carry out further polymerization stages, i, the total amounts of the monomer M(2) making up from 0.1 to 20% by weight of the monomers M(1) polymerized in stage 1 and the addition of the monomer mixture M(2) not taking place before the end of the addition of the monomer mixture M(1), wherein the polymerization in polymerization stage 2 and any further polymerization stages takes place in the presence of residual amounts of the initiator I(1) added in the 1st stage or by adding further initiator I(1) and from the beginning of step 1 to the end of step 2b in the last polymerization stage the temperature in the reaction vessel is at least 70null C., and also the use of these polymer dispersions for preparing pressure sensitive adhesives.
Abstract:
Microcapsules comprising one or more lipophilic substances as core material and a polymer as capsule shell, which are obtainable by free-radical polymerization of an oil-in-water emulsion comprising from 30 to 100% by weight, based on the total weight of the monomers, of one or more C1-C24-alkyl esters of acrylic and/or methacrylic acid (monomer I), from 0 to 80% by weight, based on the total weight of the monomers, of a bifunctional or polyfunctional monomer (monomers II) which is insoluble or sparingly soluble in water and from 0 to 40% by weight, based on the total weight of the monomers, of other monomers (monomers III), the lipophilic substance and solid inorganic particles having a mean particle size of from 45 to 1000 nm, and a process for producing them are described. They can be used in binding building materials, textiles and gypsum plasterboard.
Abstract:
A process for rectificatively separating fluids comprising (meth)acrylic monomers in a rectification column by directly cooling the vapor comprising (meth)acrylic monomers rising to the top of the rectification column to form top condensate comprising (meth)acrylic monomers, the condensation space at the top of the column being separated from the region of the rectification column containing the separating internals only by at least one chimney tray from which the top condensate formed is removed from the rectification column, which comprises effecting the direct cooling of the vapor in the condensation space in at least two spray zones which are spatially successive and are flowed through by vapor by spraying supercooled top condensate comprising added polymerization inhibitor, and the temperature of the sprayed supercooled top condensate becoming lower from spray zone to spray zone in the flow direction of the vapor.