Mitsubishi Chemical Industries Limited

Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation

Ajinomoto Co., Ltd.

Manac Incorporated

Takaharu Itagaki

Shigeru Sawayama

Kohichi Satoh

Mitsuaki Shiraga

Tsuyoshi Ito

Hidenaga Ouchi

Hiroshi Kusano

Masao Miyake

Takaaki Kobayashi

Eiji Miyata

Hiroyoshi Okada

Takahumi Tosa

Hiroyuki Satou

Yoshiharu Morita

Hirohisa Kubota

Hiromi Kochi

Shigenori Wada

Takayuki Tashiro

Kiyoto Ando

Hiromi Teshima

Akihiro Shimura

Kenji Fukunaga

Disclosed herein is a vinylamine copolymer having the structural units represented by the following formulas (I), (II), (III), (IV) and (V): ##STR1## wherein x.sup..crclbar. represents an anion or hydroxyl ion, R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, M.sup..sym. represents a hydrogen ion or a monovalent cation, in which the molar fraction of the structural unit (I) is 5 to 85% by mole, the molar fraction of the structural unit (II) is 2 to 85% by mole, the molar fraction of the structural unit (III) is 5 to 80% by mole, the molar fraction of the structural unit (IV) is 0 to 40% by mole, all of said molar fractions being based on the vinylamine copolymer, and the molar fraction of the structural unit (V) is 0 to 8% by mole which is based on the total content of the structural units (III), (IV), and (V), a flocculating agent and a paper strength increasing agent using the vinylamine copolymer, and a process for producing the vinylamine copolymer.

Vinylamine copolymer, flocculating agent and paper strength increasing

Disclosed herein are an N-vinylformamide copolymer having the structural units represented by the following formulas (I) and (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and R.sub.2 represents an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, in which the molar ratio between the structural units (I) and (II) is from 20:80 to 95:5, and a process for producing the N-vinylformamide copolymer.

Vinylamine copolymer and process for producing same

A feed additive for ruminants, which comprises core containing a carbamate of a basic amino acid and coated with a polymer coating agent soluble or swellable in water in an acidic region of a pH of at most 5.

Feed additive for ruminants

Disclosed herein is a vinylamine copolymer having the structural units represented by the following formulas (I), (II), (III), (IV) and (V): ##STR1## wherein X.sup..crclbar. represents an anion or hydroxyl ion, R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, M.sup..sym. represents a hydrogen ion or a monovalent cation, in which the molar fraction of the structural unit (I) is 5 to 85% by mole, the molar fraction of the structural unit (II) is 2 to 85% by mole, the molar fraction of the structural unit (III) is 5 to 80% by mole, the molar fraction of the structural unit (IV) is 0 to 40% by mole, all of said molar fractions being based on the vinylamine copolymer and the molar fraction of the structural unit (V) is 0 to 8% by mole which is based on the total content of the structural units (III), (IV) and (V), a flocculating agent and a paper strength increasing agent using the vinylamine copolymer, and a process for producing the vinylamine copolymer.

Vinylamine copolymer, flocculating agent etc.

Porous cross-linked polyvinyl alcohol particles which is used for a chromatographic medium is prepared by:

Porous cross-linked polyvinyl alcohol particles, process for producing

A method for rendering a flammable polymer material flame-resistant, which comprises incorporating to the flammable polymer material a powder of a cross-linked aromatic polymer brominated to contain from 30 to 70% by weight of bromine.

Method for rendering a flammable polymer material flame-resistant

Disclosed herein is a vinylamine copolymer having the structural units represented by the general formulae (I), (II) and (III): ##STR1## (wherein X represents an anion or hydroxyl ion) ##STR2## (wherein R.sup.1 represents hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R.sup.2 represents hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R.sup.3 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an oxoalkyl group having 4 to 8 carbon atoms) in which the molar fraction of the structural unit (I) is 5 to 85% by mole, the molar fraction of the structural unit (II) is 5 to 85% by mole, and the molar fraction of the structural unit (III) is 90 to 5% by mole, a flocculating agent, a drainage aid and a paper strength increasing agent using such vinylamine copolymer, and a process for producing such vinylamine copolymer.

Vinylamine copolymer, flocculating agent using the same, and process for

A method for producing a separating agent having a fluorine-containing group and a hydrophilic group, wherein a cross-linking component consisting of alkylene di(meth)acrylate and/or glycerine poly(meth)acrylate, and a principal chain component consisting of ester and/or ether having therein a polymerizable vinyl group or isopropenyl group and a functional group are subjected to suspension-polymerization to obtain a cross-linked copolymer, and then the functional group in the copolymer is subjected to chemical modification with a fluorine-containing compound or with both fluorine-containing compound and hydrophilic-group-containing compound. The separating agent of the present invention consists essentially of porous cross-linked copolymer particles having porosity in a range of from 0.5 to 3 ml/g and an average particle size in a range of from 1 to 2,000 .mu.m.

Separating agent with fluoroalkyl group

A method for increasing the porosity of a cross-linked copolymer composed essentially of at least one monovinyl aromatic compound selected from the group consisting of styrene, vinyl toluene and ethyl vinyl benzene, at least one polyvinyl aromatic compound selected from the group consisting of divinyl benzene, trivinyl benzene, divinyl toluene and divinyl xylene, and an aliphatic vinyl compound, wherein the proportion of the polyvinyl aromatic compound relative to the total vinyl compounds is from 8 to 80% by weight, and the proportion of the aliphatic vinyl compound relative to the total vinyl compounds is from 0 to 20% by weight, which method comprises treating particles of said copolymer with a Lewis acid catalyst in an amount of from 0.05 to 1 part by weight relative to 1 part by weight of the copolymer particles, in the presence of an organic solvent.

Method for increasing the porosity of a cross-linked copolymer

A present invention relates to an anion exchange resin of surface functional type and the process for producing the same. The anion exchange resin of the present invention has anion exchange groups only in a linear polymer layer coated on the surface of a lipophilic crosslinked polymer matrix, and ion exchange reaction of the present anion exchange resin proceeds rapidly. Accordingly, the anion exchange resin of the present invention is useful for a packing for ion exchange chromatography.

Anion exchange resin of surface functional type and the process for

A weakly acidic cation exchange resin which is obtainable by a reaction of glyoxylic acid and a polyvinyl alcohol cross-linked by cross-linking groups each containing two or more carbon atoms, and has an exchange capacity of 3 meq/g or greater and a swelling volume of 10 ml/g or smaller, as well as a process for producing such cation exchange resin.

Weakly acidic cation exchange resin and process for producing same

This invention relates to a method for synthesizing a penicillin by reacting a silylate of 6-aminopenicillanic acid and a carboxylic acid halide in the presence of an insoluble weakly basic resin having a three-dimensional structure.

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Yokohama, Japan

Takaharu Itagaki