US 6,444,777 B1Granted

Process for producing compact or cellular polyurethane elastomers based on 3,3′ dimethyl diphenyl 4,4′ diisocyanate-containing polyisocyanate mixtures and isocyanate prepolymers suitable therefor

AssigneeBASF SE

InventorsManfred Genz, Gerhard Hellmann, Walter Haselhorst, Torsten Jeschke, Ute Nichau, Heinz Bollmann, Michael Strauss, Wolfgang Scholz, Hartmut Peuker, Rüdiger Voelkel

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Abstract

Compact and preferably cellular polyurethane elastomers based on polyisocyanate mixtures containing 3,3′-dimethylbiphenyl 4,4′-diisocyanate are produced by reacting a) relatively high molecular weight polyhydroxyl compounds and, if desired, b) low molecular weight hydroxyl-containing chain extenders and/or crosslinkers with c) 3,3′-dimethylbiphenyl 4,4′-diisocyanate and at least one additional aromatic diisocyanate selected from the group consisting of tolylene diisocyanate, diphenylmethane diisocyanate, 1,2-diphenylethane diisocyanate and phenylene diisocyanate, and/or at least one aliphatic diisocyanate having from 4 to 12 carbon atoms and/or at least one cycloaliphatic diisocyanate having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms, where the formative components (a), (c) and, if used, (b) are advantageously reacted by the prepolymer method, in the presence or absence of d) catalysts, e) blowing agents and f) additives. Isocyanate prepolymers suitable for this purpose are preferably ones based on diphenylmethane 4,4′-diisocyanate and 3,3′-dimethylbiphenyl 4,4′-diisocyanate.

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Dependent claims

A process for producing polyurethane elastomers comprising the steps of:

a) forming a first prepolymer having a free NCO of from 0.05 to 8.0 weight % by reacting a polyhydroxyl compound having a molecular weight of from 800 to 6000 and selected from the group consisting of polyester polyols, hydroxyl-containing polycarbonates, and polyoxyalkylene polyols with a mixture of 3,3′-dimethylbiphenyl 4,4′-diisocyanate and a stoichiometric excess of at least one other diisocyanate selected from the group consisting of diphenylmethane diisocyanates;
1,2-diphenylethane diisocyanate;
phenylene diisocyanate;
aliphatic diisocyanates having from 4 to 12 carbon atoms;
and cycloaliphatic diisocyanates having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms;
b) forming a second prepolymer having a free NCO of from 3.3 to 10.0 weight % by reacting the first prepolymer with an additional amount of 3,3′-dimethylbiphenyl 4,4′-diisocyanate, wherein the equivalence ratio of the hydroxyl groups to the NCO groups of the at least one other diisocyanate to the NCO groups of the 3,3′-dimethylbiphenyl 4,4′-diisocyanate is 1:greater than 1 to 6:0.02 to 6;
and
c) reacting the second prepolymer with an additional amount of the polyhydroxyl compound, a hydroxyl-containing chain extender, a hydroxyl-containing crosslinker, or mixtures thereof to thereby form a polyurethane elastomer.

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A process for producing an isocyanate prepolymer comprising the steps of:

a) forming a first prepolymer having a free NCO of from 0.05 to 8.0 weight % by reacting a polyhydroxyl compound having a molecular weight of from 800 to 6000 and selected from the group consisting of polyester polyols, hydroxyl-containing polycarbonates, and polyoxyalkylene polyols with a mixture of 3,3′-dimethylbiphenyl 4,4′-diisocyanate and a stoichiometric excess of at least one other diisocyanate selected from the group consisting of diphenylmethane diisocyanates;
1,2-diphenylethane diisocyanate;
phenylene diisocyanate;
aliphatic diisocyanates having from 4 to 12 carbon atoms;
and cycloaliphatic diisocyanates having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms;
and
b) forming a second prepolymer having a free NCO of from 3.3 to 10.0 weight % by reacting the first prepolymer with an additional amount of 3,3′-dimethylbiphenyl 4,4′-diisocyanate, wherein the equivalence ratio of the hydroxyl groups to the NCO groups of the at least one other diisocyanate to the NCO groups of the 3,3′-dimethylbiphenyl 4,4′-diisocyanate is 1:greater than 1 to 6:0.02 to 6.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.