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Helmut Tesch

Bernd Bruchmann

Roland Minges

Manfred Genz

Joachim Streu

Friedhelm Lehrich

Siegmund Pohl

Thomas Weber

Herbert Stutz

Hans G Recker

Jack D Boyd

Johann Swoboda

Guenter Scholz

Thomas Folda

Andreas Henne

Volker Altstaedt

Manfred Heym

Peter Neumann

Reinhold J Leyrer

Gunnar Schornick

Gerhard Heinz

Michael Portugall

Juergen Hambrecht

Walter Heckmann

Peter Ittemann

Dietmar Nissen

Konrad Mitulla

Wolfgang Eberle

Martin Reif

Hans-Gert Recker

Burghard Schmitt

Gerhard Schaefer

Walter Doerflinger

Dale Gerth

Wolfram Ochs

J Timothy Hartness

Rupert Kraus

Volker Altsaedt

Hansjoachim Maeder

In a process for preparing isocyanates having a light color by reacting the corresponding amines with phosgene, the amines are treated with solid inorganic substances containing Lewis acid and/or Bronsted acid centers prior to the reaction with the phosgene.

Preparation of isocyanates having a light color

4,4'-disubstituted bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)carbodiimides of the formula (I) ##STR1## where R is 1-methyl-1-phenylethyl, phenoxy or tert-butyl, a process for their preparation, their use as stabilizers against hydrolytic degradation of polyaddition and polycondensation products containing ester groups, and the novel 4-(1-methyl-1-phenylethyl)-2,6-diisopropyl-, 4-phenoxy-2,6-diisopropyl- and 4-tert-butyl-2,6-diisopropylphenyl isocyanates which can be used for their preparation.

4-substituted bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-carbodiimides, their

The subject invention pertains to toughened thermosetting resin systems useful as structural adhesives and as matrix resins for thermosetting fiber-reinforced prepregs. These toughened resins employ a most minor amount of functionalized elastomeric particles having a T.sub.g of 10.degree. C. or below dispersed in a thermosetting base resin system.

Toughened, fiber-reinforced thermosetting resin matrix prepregs and

4,4'-disubstituted bis-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)carbodiimides of the formula (I) ##STR1## where R is 1-methyl-1-phenylethyl, phenoxy or tert-butyl, a process for their preparation, their use as stabilizers against hydrolytic degradation of polyaddition and polycondensation products containing ester groups, and the novel 4-(1-methyl-1-phenylethyl)-2,6-diisopropyl-, 4-phenoxy-2,6-diisopropyl- and 4-tert-butyl-2,6-diisopropylphenyl isocyanates which can be used for their preparation.

4-substituted bis (2,6-diisopropylphenyl)- carbodiimides, their

The incorporation of 2 to 35 .mu.m particles of a differentially soluble engineering thermoplastic into heat curable epoxy resin systems significantly increases the toughness of such systems without loss of other desirable properties. These toughened epoxy resin systems are useful in preparing carbon fiber reinforced composites having compression strength after impact (CAI) of greater than 45. Ksi 310 MPa after a 1500 in-lb/in impact.

Toughened thermosetting structural materials

Novel carbodiimides and/or oligomeric polycarbodiimides containing terminal isocyanate, urethane and/or urea groups are obtainable, for example, by condensation of 1,3-bis(1-methyl-1-isocyanatoethyl)benzene with elimination of carbon dioxide followed, if desired, by reaction of all or some of the free isocyanate groups of the resultant (poly)carbodiimides with aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or araliphatic amines, alcohols and/or alkoxypolyoxyalkylene alcohols, and are used as stabilizers against hydrolytic degradation of polyaddition and polycondensation products containing ester groups.

Carbodiimides and/or oligomeric polycarbodiimides based on 1 3-bis

4,4'-disubstituted bis-2,6-diisopropylphenyl)carbodiimides of the formula (I) ##STR1## where R is 1-methyl-1-phenylethyl, phenoxy or tert-butyl, a process for their preparation, their use as stabilizers against hydrolytic degradation of polyaddition and polycondensation products containing ester groups, and the novel 4-(1-methyl-1-phenylethyl)-2,6-diisopropyl-, 4-phenoxy-2,6-diisopropyl- and 4-tert-butyl-2,6-diisopropylphenyl isocyanates which can be used for their preparation.

Bismaleimide resin systems and fiber reinforced prepregs prepared therefrom having exceptional toughness are prepared by dispersing into a bismaleimide base resin system preformed functionalized elastomer particles having a T.sub.g of less than 10.degree. C.

Bismaleimide resin systems toughened by addition of preformed

There is now provided a carbodiimide or polycarbodiimide of the formula: ##STR1## where the R radicals are identical or different and are selected from the group consisting of --NHCONHR.sup.1 --, --NHCONR.sup.1 R.sup.2 --, and --NHCOOR.sup.3 --, where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be identical or different and are alkyl, cycloalkyl, or aralkyl, and R.sup.3 is identical to R.sup.1 or is alkoxypolyoxyalkylene, and n is an integer from 0 to 10. There is also provided an ester containing plastic which contains this carbodiimide as an anti-hydrolysis agent. The plastics may be a polyurethane cellular or non-cellular elastomer or thermoplastic.

Carbodiimides and/or oligomeric polycarbodiimides based on

The present invention relates to novel carbodiimides or oligomeric polycarbodiimides containing terminal isocyanate, urea and/or urethane groups, methods for their preparation, and their use as hydrolysis stabilizers.

Carbodiimides and/or oligomeric polycarbodiimides based on 1,3-bis

The incorporation of 2 to 25 .mu.m particles of a limited class of polyimides having appreciable nonaromatic character into heat curable epoxy resin systems significantly increases the toughness of such systems without loss of other desirable properties. These toughened epoxy resin systems are useful in preparing carbon fiber reinforced composites having compression strength after impact (CAI) of greater than 45 Ksi after a 1500 in-lb/in impact.

A curable impact modified epoxy resin mixture suitable for producing high performance composites is composed of

Curable impact modified epoxy resin having stabilized multiphase

Heat-curable resin mixture of monocyanate, polycyanate and reactive

High molecular weight polyphenylene ethers are prepared from monohydric phenols by a conventional polycondensation, by a method in which the resulting polymers are reacted with an epoxide of the general formula (I) ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 can be identical or different and are each alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aryloxy, alkoxy or carboxyalkyl, each of which may contain a further epoxide group, or C.sub.3 -C.sub.20 -alkyl-substituted amino, or R.sup.1 is hydrogen and R.sup.2 is one of the above groups, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 form part of a cycloalkyl ring.

Poly (phenylene ethers) and their preparation

Mixtures which are curable by heating or irradiation with actinic light contain one or more cationically curable compounds, such as an epoxy, an olefinically unsaturated monomer, amino resin or phenolic resin, and as a cationically active curing catalyst one or more N-sulfonylamino-sulfonium salts of the formula ##STR1## such as N-p-toluenesulfonyl-N-methylaminodiphenylsulfonium hexafluorophosphate with or without quinones or peroxides are suitable, inter alia, for producing moldings, coatings, relief images and resist patterns.

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