Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Incorporated

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

Minato Karasawa

Masamitsu Inomata

Hiroshi Ozawa

Tetsuya Oishi

Kanemitsu Miyama

Atsuyoshi Yamauchi

Hiroharu Kageyama

Izumi Mega

Sinji Tokunoh

Takuji Shimizu

Hiroshi Ono

Kazuo Sugazaki

Jin Suzuki

Kouhei Ohkawa

Takeya Abe

Satoshi Furusawa

Kazunori Kamada

Naokazu Shiotani

Kazuo Koshizuka

Akito Watanabe

Tatsunobu Nakashima

Katsumi Sakamoto

Takeshi Hiraiwa

Shigeru Nakahata

Takeshi Iwaki

Masamitu Inomata

Masahiro Tokumitsu

A curing agent having less odor and providing a cured resin which is excellent in appearance, mechanical properties, water resistance and chemical resistance, and a one-component type humidity-curing resin composition having excellent storage stability and providing a cured matter which is excellent in appearance and physical properties. Specifically, provided are polyaminoamide or ketimine obtained by dehydration of 2,5- and/or 2,6-bis(aminomethyl)-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane with carboxylic acids or ketones, a curing agent for epoxy resins using the same and a one-component type humidity-curing epoxy resin or urethane prepolymer composition containing the curing agent.

Curing agent for resins and resin composition containing the same

A curing agent having less odor and providing a cured resin which is excellent in appearance, mechanical properties, water resistance and chemical resistance, and a one-component type humidity-curing resin composition having excellent storage stability and providing a cured matter which is excellent in appearance and physical properties. Specifically, provided are polyaminoamide or ketimine obtained by dehydration of 2,5- and/or 2,6-bis(aminomethyl)-bicyclo�2.2.1!heptane with carboxylic acids or ketones, a curing agent for epoxy resins using the same and a one-component type humidity-curing epoxy resin or urethane prepolymer composition containing the curing agent.

A curing agent for epoxy resins, prepared by reacting 2,5- and 2,6-bis(aminomethyl)-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes (1 equivalent of the active hydrogen in the amino group) with an epoxy resin (a reaction product of bisphenols or a novolak resin with epichlorohydrin; an epoxy equivalent of 150-300 g/eq.; two or more epoxy groups per molecule; bisphenol-A diglycidyl ether or bisphenol-F diglycidyl ether in particular)(0.025-0.50 equivalents of the epoxy group). The reaction temperature is 40.degree.-120.degree. C. The amount of the curing agent is within the range of 20-75 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of an epoxy resin to be cured. The curing agent has a high curing rate at a room temperature, and the epoxy resins cured by it have a good appearance as well as excellent adhesion, water resistance, and chemical resistance. Therefore, the curing agent is suitable for paints, civil engineering and construction materials, adhesives, casting resins, laminates, etc.

Curing agents for epoxy resins comprising

Provided by the present invention are novel diguanamine derivatives, led by 2,5/2,6-bis(4,6-diamino-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes and 1,3/1,4-bis(4,6-diamino-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-cyclohexanes, and derivatives thereof, applications of these compounds in fields such as adhesives and paints, utilization of these compounds in flame-retarding, thermal stabilization and compatibilization methods of resins, thermosetting molding compositions and thermosetting expansion-molding compositions making use of these compounds, as well as polymeric microspheres also using these compounds. These compounds are expected to find wide spread industrial utility as various excellent properties can be obtained by using them.

Diguanamines and preparation process, derivatives and use thereof

Alpha-hydroxy-isobutyramide is produced by continuously hydrating acetone cyanohydrin in a liquid phase in the presence of a manganese dioxide catalyst and in the presence of a particular oxide dissolved in water, oxoacid, heteropolyacid or a salt of the acids.

Process for producing .alpha.-hydroxy-isobutyramide

Amides are produced by reacting nitriles with water in a liquid phase in the presence of a manganese oxide containing an element selected from Groups IIIA, IVA, VA, IIIB, IVB, VB , VIB and VIII of the Periodic Table.

Process for producing amide compounds

An .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid is produced by catalytically reacting an .alpha.-hydroxycarboxylic acid amide of the formula (1), ##STR1## where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl groups, provided that at least one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is the alkyl group, with water in the presence of a solid acid catalyst containing a high surface area rare earth phosphate anhydride having the monoclinic system structure producible by heating a rare earth phosphate of the hexagonal system structure at 60.degree.-200.degree. C. in a solution of an inorganic acid, an inorganic acid salt and/or an inorganic acid ester where the molar ratio of the inorganic acid component to the rare earth phosphate of the hexagonal system structure is 0.5-400.

Process for producing .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid

.alpha.,.beta.-Unsaturated carboxylic acid esters are produced by a catalytic reaction of .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acids and/or .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid amides with aliphatic alcohols in the presence of a solid acid catalyst comprising zirconium oxide, titanium oxide or a composite oxide thereof containing phosphorus.

Process for producing .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid esters

The present invention relates to the production of a norcamphane dicarbonitrile and is directed to solving the problems of low conversion from the starting material, low selectivity and uneconomical production. According to the present invention, a norcamphane dicarbonitrile is produced by hydrocyanation of bicyclo [2,2,1]-5-heptene-2-carbonitrile in the presence of a zero-valent nickel complex catalyst and a Lewis acid.

Process for producing norcamphane dicarbonitriles

A norcamphane dicarbonitrile is produced by hydrocyanation of bicyclo [2,2,1]-5-heptene-2-carbonitrile in the presence of a zerovalent nickel complex catalyst and Lewis acid and treating the resulting crude product by contact with a catalyst treating agent.

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Minato Karasawa