Teijin Limited

Hercules Corporation

Agency of Industrial Science and Technology

Hiroshi Mera

Keizo Shimada

Akihiro Aoki

Shigeyoshi Hara

Zen-ichiro Endo

Shunichi Matsumura

Hiroo Inata

Tsutomu Nakamura

Hiroyuki Umetani

Noriaki Sasaki

Yasuo Nakagawa

Toru Sawaki

Hideharu Sasaki

Takashi Noma

Yorikazu Tamura

Zenichiro Endo

Masahiro Yamaguchi

Toshio Nishihara

Mitsuyuki Ohno

A novel poly(N-cyclic iminoether) compound and a process for production thereof which comprises (a) reacting a polyisocyanate compound with a haloalkyleneamine or (b) reacting a polyamine with an alkyl isocyanate, and then (c) cyclizing the resulting polyurea compound. Several thermosetting compositions containing the novel poly(N-cyclic iminoether) and thermoset resins therefrom are also proposed.

Poly(N-cyclic iminoether), process for production thereof, thermosetting

A process for producing a thermoset resin, which comprises reacting (A) a poly(cyclic iminoether), (B) an ethylenically unsaturated compound having a functional group reactive with the poly(cyclic iminoether), and (C) an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having no functional group reactive with the poly(cyclic iminoether), in the presence of an acid catalyst and a radical catalyst. Instead of the compound (B), there may be used the compound (D), i.e. a compound having at least two equivalents of at least one group selected from the class consisting of carboxyl, hydroxyl, amino, epoxy and carboxylic anhydride groups in the molecule and being free from an ethylenically unsaturated bond. The present application provides also a thermosetting composition and a thermoset resin.

Process for producing thermoset resin

A cross-linked copolymer containing repeating units derived from a mixture comprising the following monomers: ##STR1## and occasionally other repeating units derived from other metathesis polymerizable cyclic compounds such as dicyclopentadiene, a process for producing the copolymer, a process for producing a molded article from the copolymer and a polymerizable composition therefor.

Metathesis polymerized cross-linked copolymer

A process for producing a molded article by introducing a reactive liquid mixture which comprises a cycloalkene containing dicyclopentadiene, a norbornene-type monomer containing at least one N-substituted 5-membered cyclic imide group and a metathesis polymerization catalyst system and which has moderated metathesis polymerizability into a mold in which the liquid mixture is metathesis polymerized, and a multi-part polymerizable composition for producing the molded article.

Metathesis polymerization of cycloolefins

Metathesis polymerized copolymer

A cross-linked copolymer containing repeating units derived from dicyclopentadiene and metathesis polymerizable halogen-containing cycloalkenes, a process for producing the copolymer, a process for producing a molded article from the copolymer and a polymerizable composition therefor.

Metathesis polymerization cross-linked halogen-containing copolymer

An intimate mixture comprising (A) a substantially linear aromatic polyazole and (B) a sparingly crystallizable aromatic copolyamide having a glass transition temperature of at least 200.degree. C. and a flow initiation temperature of not more than 500.degree. C. in such proportions represented by A/(A+B)=0.15-0.70 by weight, and a process for producing the intimate mixture, which comprises dissolving the aromatic polyazole (A) and the aromatic copolyamide (B) in a weight ratio represented by A/(A+B)=0.15-0.70 in a common solvent, and forming an intimate mixture of the aromatic polyazole (A) and the aromatic copolyamide (B) from the solution using a coagulating agent.

Intimate mixture containing aromatic polyazole and aromatic copolyamide

High modulus shaped articles such as fibers and films, composed of a wholly aromatic copolyamide, are provided. The wholly aromatic copolyamide is comprised of recurring units of the formulae:

Wholly aromatic halogenated polyamide fiber and film

An aromatic copolyamide comprising recurring units (A) of the formula (I), (B) of the formula (II) and (C) of the formula (III): ##STR1## wherein in (I), (II) and (III), Ar.sub.1 is phenylene, naphthylene or biphenylene radicals, each having two valence bonds oriented meta; Ar.sub.2 is phenylene, naphthylene or biphenylene radicals, each having two valence bonds oriented coaxially or in parallel to each other and radicals of the formula (IV): ##STR2## wherein Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 are independently ##STR3## and; X.sub.1, X.sub.2, X.sub.3, X.sub.4, X.sub.5 and X.sub.6 respectively are independently --NH-- and --CO-- radicals, connected to each other to form an amide bond (--NHCO-- or --CHNH--), and the molar proportions of said recurring units (A), (B), and (C) fall within a quadrilateral defined by the co-ordinates P, Q, R and S or on a twice-turned line defined by the co-ordinates Q, R, S and P:

Aromatic copolyamide containing 3,4'-diphenylene moiety

An aromatic and/or heterocyclic polyamide-amide type polar solvent composition is prepared by prepolymerizing an aromatic or heterocyclic diamine with an aromatic or heterocyclic or heterocyclic dicarboxylic acid chloride in a smaller molar equivalent than that of the diamine to prepare a prepolymer solution having a solution viscosity of 20 poise or less; by removing a by-product, hydrochloric acid, from the resultant prepolymer solution by neutralizing it with ammonia to such an extent that the pH of a mixture of 10 g of the neutralized mixture with 200 ml of water becomes 3.7 to 8.0; by high polymerizing the prepolymer with an additional amount of aromatic or heterocyclic dicarboxylic acid chloride, and; finally, by converting the entire amount of hydrochloric acid and 10 to 70% NH.sub.4 Cl in the resultant polyamide solution into an amide type polar solvent-soluble salt, with a neutralizing agent, the amount of the salt being in a range of from 5 to 95% by weight of the theoretical amount of the salt to be derived from the entire amount of the dicarboxylic acid chloride.

Process for preparing a cyclic amide polar solvent composition

An aromatic copolyamide comprising recurring units (A) of the formula (I), (B) of the formula (II) and (C) of the formula (III): ##STR1## wherein in (I), (II) and (III) Ar.sub.1 is phenylene, naphthylene or biphenylene radicals, each having two valence bonds oriented meta; Ar.sub.2 is phenylene, naphthylene or biphenylene radicals, each having two valence bonds oriented coaxially or in parallel to each other and radicals of the formula (IV): ##STR2## wherein Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 are independently; ##STR3## and; X.sub.1, X.sub.2, X.sub.3, X.sub.4, X.sub.5 and X.sub.6 respectively are independently --NH-- and --CO-- radicals, connected to each other to form an amide bond (--NHCO-- or --CHNH--), and the molar proportions of said recurring units (A), (B) and (C) fall within a quadrilateral defined by the co-ordinates P, Q, R and S or on a twice-turned line defined by the co-ordinates Q,R,S, and P:

Aromatic copolyamide containing 3,4'-diamino diphenylene moiety

A wholly aromatic polyamide shaped article is prepared by a process wherein a solution of a wholly aromatic polyamide is extruded through an orifice and introduced into a first coagulating bath comprising an aqueous coagulating liquid and, then, the coagulated extrudate is introduced into a second coagulating bath comprising an aqueous solution of an inorganic salt.

Process for preparing wholly aromatic polyamide shaped articles

An aromatic polyamide composition usable for producing shaped articles, for instance, filaments, comprises the components of an aromatic polyamide resin (P), a polar amide solvent (S) and an auxiliary solvent (H) consisting of a halogenated hydrocarbon, for example, dichloromethane and dichloroethane, the proportions of the components (P), (S) and (H) being on or within a quadrilateral A C D E defined by the co-ordinates:

Aromatic polyamide composition having polar amide and halogenated

An aromatic polyamide having a high degree of polymerization is produced by polymerizing

Process for producing polyamides with lactam or urea solvent and CaCl.sub.2

An anisotropic aromatic polyamide dope comprising more than 10% by weight of an aromatic polyamide and a solvent for the polyamide, said polyamide consisting essentially of, at least 5 mole% but less than 35 moles%, based on its entire units, of an only partially p-oriented structural unit expressed by the following formula ##STR1## wherein Ar.sup.1 is a divalent aromatic ring whose chain-extending bonds are coaxial or parallel, X is a member selected from the group consisting of O, S and NH, and the NH group bonded to the benzene ring of the above benzoxazole, benzothiazole or benzimidazole ring is meta or para to the carbon atom of said benzene ring.

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