Process for reducing unsaturation on polyols
AssigneeImperial Chemical Industries PLC
InventorsDavid Thorpe, Giovanni Parrinello
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Abstract
The level of unsaturation in certain polyols can be reduced by extraction with certain low molecular weight polyols like ethylene glycol.
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A process for reducing the level of unsaturation in a polyoxyalkylene polyol having a nominal number average molecular weight of 1000-25000 by bringing the polyol into contact with an extracting compound which is a polyol or a polyol mixture having a nominal number average molecular weight of at most 500 and being immiscible with the polyoxyalkylene polyol, mixing the extracting compound and the polyoxyalkylene polyol, allowing the extracting compound and the polyoxyalkylene polyol to separate and removing the extracting compound.
A process for reducing the level of unsaturation in a polyoxyalkylene polyol having a nominal average molecular weight of 1500-10.000, having a nominal average functionality of 2-6, having an oxypropylene content of 70-100% and comprising not more than 250 parts per million of aromatic diamine by bringing the polyol into contact with an extracting compound which is a polyol or polyol mixture having a nominal average molecular weight of at most 500 and being immiscible with the polyoxyalkylene polyol, mixing the extracting compound and the polyoxyalkylene polyol, allowing the extracting compound and the polyoxyalkylene polyol to separate and removing the extracting compound.
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