Oxazolidone catalyst
AssigneeMitsubishi Chemical Industries Limited
InventorsKaneyoshi Ashida, Kurt C. Frisch, Panagiotis Kordomenos
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Abstract
Oxazolidones are produced by reacting an organic isocyanate with an epoxide in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of dialkyl zinc, zinc carboxylate, organozinc chelate compound and trialkyl aluminum. Polyoxazolidones produced according to the present invention are useful starting materials for the manufacture of a wide variety of product including foams, coatings, adhesives, elastomers and the like.
Claims7
A process for preparing oxazolidones which comprises reacting an organic isocyanate with an epoxide in the presence of from 0.001 to 5 weight percent, based on the reactants, of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of ZnR.sub.2, Zn(OCOR).sub.2, ZnX and AlR.sub.3 wherein R is an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and X is an organic bidentate group.
A process for preparing polyoxazolidones which comprises reacting an organic polyisocyanate with a polyepoxide in the presence of from 0.001 to 5 weight percent, based on the reactants, of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of ZnR.sub.2, Zn(OCOR).sub.2, ZnX and AlR.sub.3 wherein R is an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and X is an organic bidentate group.
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