The Dow Chemical Company

Fredric L Buchholz

Donald A Tomalia

Herbert A Gartner

James William Ringer

Andrew T Graham

Thomas L Staples

Thomas C Johnson

Stephen B Christensen

Josef H Burgert

Christopher M Chappelow

Disclosed is a cross-linked polyallylamine polymer composition having reduced cohesiveness, a process for producing a cross-linked polyallylamine polymer having reduced cohesiveness from an aqueous solution of a washed cross-linked polyallylamine polymer treated with a surfactant and to cross-linked polyallylamine polymer compositions produced thereby.

Process for reducing cohesiveness of polyallylamine polymer gels during drying

Water absorbent resin particles of crosslinked carboxyl containing

This invention relates to an improved process for polymerizing vinyl monomers, the improvement comprising using an amine having a functionally effective amount of .alpha.-hydrogens to act as an initiator site and as a crosslinking site for development of a polymer chain. The amine compound acts as a reducing agent in a redox pair initiator system and has a sufficient number of .alpha.-hydrogens available for oxidation to render polymer chain growth from more than two locations on the amine. Through the various available .alpha.-hydrogens and thus polymer chains, the amine compound imparts crosslinking in the polymer and simultaneously acts as an initiator site for polymerization. The crosslinking is therefore produced out from the initiator/crosslinker, instead of by linking existing or growing polymer chains together. The method by which the crosslinking occurs in the present invention is thought to decrease the number of dangling chains present when conventional polymerization methods are used.

Process for polymerizing vinyl monomers using amine containing compounds

This invention relates to a process for polymerizing an aqueous solution of an .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated monomer and at least one crosslinking monomer to produce a water-swellable polymer using sodium thiosulfate as a component of a redox initiator system. The use of sodium thiosulfate as a component of a redox initiator system for the polymerization allows for controlling the rate of initiation so as to increase the time required for gel formation during polymerization. The resulting hydrated polymer of the present invention breaks up more uniformly and with greater ease resulting in a higher per batch yield.

Sodium thiosulfate as part of a redox initiator system for the

A novel imidazolinium salt is prepared by (1) reacting N-aminoalkyl-imidazoline, N-hydroxyalkyl-imidazoline, or N-substituted-imidazoline with an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated ester of a carboxylic acid, (2) reacting the resulting ester imidazoline with a primary or secondary amine and (3) quaternizing the resulting amido imidazoline product by reacting it with an alkylating agent. This imidazolinium salt is useful as a fabric softening agent.

Process for preparing imidazolinium compounds

Imidazolinium compounds

The title compound is prepared by contacting 6-oxatricyclo[3.2.1.1.sup.3,8 ]nonan-7-one with a stoichiometric amount of a reducing agent, such as lithium aluminum hydride, at reducing conditions, such as reflux temperature and pressure. This difunctional, endo-specific product is useful in the preparation of various polymer systems illustrated by polyesters, polyurethanes, polycarbonates, etc.

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Midland, MI, United States of America

Fredric L Buchholz