# US 5,344,584 A · Cyanate-reactive compositions > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,344,584 A - Document ID: US5344584A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 07/809,810 - Filed: 1991-12-18 - Granted: 1994-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 1990-12-27 - Assignees: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC - Inventors: Gabriel Verhelst; Philip Cornet; Benoit F. de Veubeke; Bleys: Geert - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5344584A ## CPC - C08G 18/4804: {Two or more polyethers of different physical or chemical nature} - C08G 18/4009: {Two or more macromolecular compounds not provided for in one single group of groups C08G18/42 - C08G18/64} - C08G 2130/00: Compositions of compatibilising agents used in mixtures of high-molecular-weight compounds having active hydrogen with other compounds having active hydrogen - Y10S 516/04: Protein or carboxylic compound containing - Y10S 516/05: Organic amine, amide, or n-base containing - Y10S 516/06: Protein or carboxylic compound containing - Y10S 516/07: Organic amine, amide, or n-base containing - C08G: MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS - Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS ## Abstract An isocyanate-reactive composition comprising a first isocyanate-reactive compound and a second isocyanate-reactive compound which is normally immiscible with the first isocyanate-reactive compound and a stabilizing amount of a surfactant compound comprising a carboxylic acid ester or amide carrying a terminal acid group selected from carboxymethyl, sulphate, sulphonate, phosphate and phosphonate, provided that the methyl radical of the carboxymethyl group is not directly attached to a carbon atom of an unsubstituted hydrocarbon chain containing two or more carbon atoms. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An isocyanate-reactive composition comprising: (1) a first isocyanate-reactive compound having a functionality of from 2 to 4 and an average equivalent weight of from 500 to 5000; (2) a second isocyanate-reactive compound which is normally immiscible with the first isocyanate-reactive compound and has a functionality of at least 2 and an average equivalent weight of from 30 to 5000; characterized in that it is further comprises (3) a stabilizing amount of a surfactant compound comprising a carboxylic acid ester or amide carrying a terminal acid group selected from the group consisting of carboxymethyl, sulphate, sulphonate, phosphate, and phosphonate, provided that the methyl radical of the carboxymethyl group is not directly attached to a carbon atom of an unsubstituted hydrocarbon chain containing two or more carbon atoms. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A composition according to claim 1, characterised in that it is an emulsion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A composition according to claim 1 wherein the surfactant compound is A--(O--B--CO).sub.m --D wherein one of the groups represented by A and D is, or carries, the acid group and the other is any convenient terminal group which does not render the compound hydrophilic, B is a divalent hydrocarbon group and m is from 1 to 100. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A composition according to claim 1 wherein the surfactant compound comprises a hydrophobic component and a hydrophilic component covalently bonded together, wherein the hydrophobic component is the residue of an oligomeric or polymeric monocarboxylic acid of the formula ##STR3## in which A.sup.2 is a hydrogen or a monovalent hydrocarbon or substituted hydrocarbon group; B.sup.1 is hydrogen or a monovalent, C.sub.1 to C.sub.24 hydrocarbon group; B.sup.2 is a divalent C.sub.1 to C.sub.24 hydrocarbon group; n is zero or 1; and p is zero or an integer up to 100, and wherein the hydrophilic component contains an acid group selected from the group consisting of phosphate, phosphonate, sulphate, sulphonate and carboxymethyl. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A composition according to claim 1 wherein the surfactant is a compound conforming to the formula [A.sup.3 --CO--(O--B.sup.3 --CO).sub.m --D.sup.2 ].sub.k --L M wherein A.sup.3 --CO is the residue of an esterifiable carboxylic acid of the formula, A.sup.3 --COOH; B.sup.3 is selected from the group consisting of alkylene, alkenylene, cycloalkylene, polycycloalkylene and halo derivatives thereof; D.sup.2 is a bridging group of the formula--X--G--Y--wherein X is O, S or NR and Y is O, NR or a direct link, in which each R independently is as hereinbefore defined or, where X and Y are both NR, the two groups, R, may form a single alkylene or alkenylene group linking the two nitrogens to which they are attached, and G is alkylene, alkenylene, cycloalkylene or arylene; L is phosphonate, sulphonate or methylenecarboxylate; M is a cation; k is 1 or 2; and m is as hereinbefore defined. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A composition according to claim 1 wherein the surfactant is a compound conforming to the formula [D.sup.1 --X--(CO--B.sup.3 O).sub.m ].sub.k --LM wherein D.sup.1 is an aliphatic or alicyclic group and B.sup.3, L, M, X, m and k are as hereinbefore defined. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A composition according to claim 1 wherein each of the isocyanate-reactive compounds, independently, is selected from the group consisting of polyols, polyamines, imino-functional compounds and enamine-containing compounds. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A composition according to claim 1 wherein the first isocyanate-reactive compound is a polyoxypropylene polyol or a poly(oxypropylene-oxyethylene) polyol having an oxyethylene content of up to 20% by weight and the second isocyanate-reactive compound is a poly(oxypropylene-oxyethylene) polyol having an oxyethylene content of at least 50% by weight. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A composition according to claim 1 containing, on a % weight basis: a) from 97.8 to 2 parts of first isocyanate-reactive compound, b) from 2 to 97.8 parts of second isocyanate-reactive compound, c) from 0.2 to 25 parts of surfactant compound.