A polyisocyanate composition with an allophanate group, which is prepared by the process of reacting diphenylmethane diisocyanate and an alcohol, wherein a molar ratio of the allophanate group and an isocyanurate group is 80:20 to 100:0;
- in the presence of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a carboxylic acid amide compound, a sulfonic acid amide compound, and an active methylene compound represented by formula (2):
- wherein R2 is selected from H, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an arylalkyl group and an aryl group;
- R3 and R4 are each independently selected from an OH group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an arylalkyl group, an aryl group, an oxyalkyl group, an oxyalkenyl group, an oxycycloalkyl group, an oxyarylalkyl group and an oxyaryl group;
- and in the presence of a tertiary amine catalyst as an aid to the allophanatization reaction;
- and wherein the composition is not formed in the presence of a metal catalyst and contains no metal catalyst.