# US 10,308,754 B2 · Composition > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,308,754 B2 - Document ID: US10308754B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/420,915 - Filed: 2013-07-10 - Published: 2015-07-09 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2012-08-16 - Assignees: Huntsman Petrochemical Corporation - Applicants: Huntsman Petrochemical LLC - Inventors: Geert Lodewijk Dries; Robert Allison Grigsby, Jr.; Ernest Lee Rister, Jr.; Eugene P. Wiltz, Jr. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10308754B2 ## CPC - C08G 18/14: {Manufacture of cellular products} - C08G 18/302: {Water} - C08G 18/3228: {acyclic} - C08G 18/4837: {and other oxyalkylene units} - C08G 18/485: {containing mixed oxyethylene-oxypropylene or oxyethylene-higher oxyalkylene end groups} - C08G 18/6685: {with compounds of group C08G18/3225 or polyamines of C08G18/38} - C08G 18/7664: {containing alkylene polyphenyl groups} - C08G 18/7671: {containing only one alkylene bisphenyl group} - C08G 2110/0058: ≥50 and <150kg/m3 - C08G 2110/0083: prepared using water as the sole blowing agent - C08G: MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS ## Abstract An isocyanate reactive composition comprising At least one component selected from the group consisting of a polyether polyol, a polyester polyol, a polyether polyamide and a polyester polyamide; one or more amine components, each of said amine components having a given structure. In some embodiments, the average number of nitrogen atoms of said amine components is in the range of 5 to 10. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A composition, comprising: at least one component selected from the group consisting of a polyether polyol, a polyester polyol, a polyether polyamide and a polyester polyamide; N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-N,N-diisopropanolamine; and one or more amine components having a structure according to one of the formulae: wherein Ra comprises 3 to 17 nitrogen atoms, Rb comprises 2 to 16 nitrogen atoms and each of Ra and Rb independently comprises a plurality of units selected from at least one of R1, R2, and R3, combined in a random sequence, wherein: R1 is R2 is and R3 is wherein each of R4, R5, R6 and R7 individually are —H or —CH3; and wherein the amount of the one or more amine components in the composition is between 0.05% wt and 1% wt calculated on the total weight of the composition. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A composition according to claim 1, wherein the average number of nitrogen atoms of said one or more amine components is in the range of 6 to 10. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A composition according to claim 2, wherein the average number of nitrogen atoms of said one or more amine components is in the range of 6 to 8. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A composition according to claim 1, wherein said one or more amine components comprise at least one component comprising at least two primary amine groups and at least one secondary amine group. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A composition according to claim 1, wherein R4, R5, R6 and R7 are each hydrogen. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) A composition according to claim 5, wherein said one or more amine components is a mixture comprising at least one of triethyltetramine (TETA), tetraethylpentamine (TEPA), pentaethylhexamine (PEHA), hexaethylheptamine (HEHA), heptaethyloctamine (HEOA), and octaethylenenonamine (OENO). ### Claim 7 A method for reducing the emission of at least one of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde from a polyurethane or polyurea foam, by using a composition comprising (i) N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-N,N-diisopropanolamine, and (ii) one or more amine components as an additive in a reaction mixture to produce said polyurethane or polyurea foam, each of said one or more amine components having a structure according to one of the formulae wherein Ra, comprises 3 to 17 nitrogen atoms, Rb comprises 2 to 16 nitrogen atoms and each of Ra and Rb independently comprises a plurality of units selected from at least one of R1, R2, and R3, combined in a random sequence, wherein: R1 is R2 is and R3 is wherein each of R4, R5, R6 and R7 individually are —H or —CH3; and wherein the amount of the one or more amine components in the composition is between 0.05% wt and 1% wt calculated on the total weight of the composition. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) A method according to claim 7, wherein the average number of nitrogen atoms of said one or more amine components is in the range of 6 to 10. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) A method according to claim 7, wherein said one or more amine components are amine components with formula wherein each of Ra and Rb is independently a random sequence of at least one of units R1, R2 and R3, wherein: R1 is R2 is and R3 is ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) A method according to claim 7, wherein said reaction mixture further comprises at least one isocyanate component; at least one isocyanate reactive component comprising one or more reactive hydrogen atoms, wherein the at least one isocyanate reactive component is selected from a polyether polyol, a polyester polyol, a polyether polyamide and a polyester polyamide; catalysts selected from the group consisting of blowing and gelling catalysts; and optionally, fire retardants, antioxidants, surfactants, physical or chemical blowing agents, fillers, or pigments. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) A method according to claim 7, wherein said one or more amine components is provided to the reaction mixture as part of the isocyanate reactive component. ### Claim 12 A composition, comprising: at least one component selected from the group consisting of a polyether polyol, a polyester polyol, a polyether polyamide and a polyester polyamide; N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-N,N-diisopropanolamine; and an amine selected from triethyltetramine (TETA), tetraethylpentamine (TEPA), pentaethylhexamine (PEHA), hexaethylheptamine (HEHA), heptaethyloctamine (HEOA), and octaethylenenonamine (OENO), wherein the amine is present in the composition in an amount between 0.05% wt. and 1% wt. calculated on the total weight of the composition.