Organo-metallate polymers and processes for the manufacture thereof

Claim 1

A method of making an organo-metallate polymer comprising reacting, in liquid phase, a mixture containing: A. a pseudohalide compound selected from the group consisting of organic isocyanates and thioisocyanates having at least two isocyanate or thioisocyanate groups, and organic thiocyanates and selenocyanates having at least two thiocyanate or selenocyanate groups B. an aqueous alkaline solution of a metallate comprising a soluble salt of a compound having the formula H.sub.n (MeX.sub.m) in which X is oxygen or sulfur, Me is a metal capable of forming an anion with X, and n and m are whole numbers, whereby said metallate; on a dry basis being present in an amount of about at least about 17.5 to about 210.5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of pseudohalide compound, C. a catalyst for catalyzing a pseudohalide reaction, said catalyst being a tertiary amine of the general formula: ##STR4## in which formula the radicals R 1 , R 2 and R 3 , which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom or a radical of the general formula: ##STR5## in which n is an integer of from 1 to 25 and the radicals X 1 and X 2 , which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl radical having 1 to 25 carbon atoms and which may be substituted by primary and/or secondary hydroxyl groups, at most two of the radicals R 1 , R 2 and R 3 being hydrogen atoms.

Claim 2

A method of making an organo-metallate polymer comprising reacting, in liquid phase, a mixture containing: A. a pseudohalide compound selected from the group consisting of organic isocyanates and thioisocyanates having at least two isocyanate or thioisocyanate groups, and organic thiocyanates and selenocyanates having at least two thiocyanate or selenocyanate groups B. an aqueous alkaline solution of a metallate comprising a soluble salt of a compound having the formula H.sub.n (MeX.sub.m) in which X is oxygen or sulfur, Me is a metal capable of forming an anion with X, and n and m are whole numbers, whereby said metallate; on a dry basis being present in an amount of about at least about 17.5 to about 210.5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of pseudohalide compound, C. a catalyst for catalyzing a pseudohalide reaction, said catalyst being a tertiary amine of the general formula: ##STR4## in which formula the radicals R 1 , R 2 and R 3 , which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom or a radical of the general formula: ##STR5## in which n is an integer of from 1 to 25 and the radicals X 1 and X 2 , which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl radical having 1 to 25 carbon atoms and which may be substituted by primary and/or secondary hydroxyl groups, at most two of the radicals R 1 , R 2 and R 3 being hydrogen atoms.