Abstract: The invention relates to solutions of(A) from 3 to 60% by weight, based on the combined ether-polyol content, of separately prepared oligo-urethane ethers containing terminal OH.sup.- groups in the form of reaction products of(a) diisocyanates with(b) dialcohols having an average molecular weight of from 200 to 800, the stoichiometric ratio of (a) to (b) amounting to various values based on the average molecular weight of the dialcohols,in(B) polyether polyols containing at least 2 hydroxyl groups and having an average molecular weight of from 1000 to 12,000 and to their use in a proess for the production of polyurethane foams capable of being effectively flame-laminated and (high-frequency) welded without any adverse effect upon their other properties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of polyurethane foams capable of being flame laminated and high frequency welded, comprising reacting:(a) polyisocyanate,(b) a compound having a molecular weight of from 400 to 10,000 containing at least two isocyanate-reactive hydrogen atoms and(c) a dialkoxy-phosphonyl-N-alkyl-formic acid amide of the formula: ##STR1## wherein m represents an integer of from 1 to 3,n represents an integer of from 0 to 8,X represents halogen, hydrogen, C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyl, -OR, or ##STR2## R represents C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyl, R.sub.1 represents hydrogen, C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 alkyl, C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 alkylene, C.sub.6 to C.sub.10 aryl or C.sub.6 to C.sub.10 arylene, andR.sub.2 and R.sub.3, which may be the same or different, represent C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 alkyl in the presence of water and/or blowing agent.The present invention also relates to dialkoxy-phosphonyl-N-formic acid amides.

Abstract: Polyisocyanates are prepared by thermally splitting a carbamate corresponding to the formula:R.sup.1 (NH--CO--O--R.sup.2).sub.nin which R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and n are as defined herein into the corresponding isocyanate and alcohol. The splitting reaction is carried out at a temperature of from 150.degree. to 350.degree. C., at a pressure of from 0.001 to 20 bar and in the presence of an auxiliary agent. Suitable auxiliary agents are hydrogen chloride, organic acid chlorides, compounds having an alkylating effect and organotin (IV) chlorides. Inert solvents and catalysts may also be employed in the splitting products. The thus-produced isocyanate and alcohol are then separated, if necessary.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of N,O-disubstituted urethanes. Primary amines and alcohols are reacted with organic compounds having carbonyl groups at 120.degree. to 350.degree. C. Suitable carbonyl-containing compounds include N-unsubstituted urethanes. N-mono-substituted, N,N'-disubstituted ureas, or polyureas may be used in combination with the N-unsubstituted urethane. The product urethanes are particularly suitable for the preparation of isocyanates.

Abstract: A carbamic acid ester corresponding to the formula R.sup.1 --NH--CO--OR.sup.2 is thermally cleaved to form isocyanate R.sup.1 --NCO and alcohol R.sup.2 --OH fractions. This cleavage is accomplished by boiling the carbamic acid ester, condensing the vapor given off in a first fractionation column, and condensing the vapor from the first fractionation column in a second fractionation column. The boiling of the carbamic acid ester is carried out in a manner such that the average dwell time in the reaction vessel is from 1 to 20 hours, the temperature is from 160.degree. to 260.degree. C. and the pressure is from 0.001 to 2 bar. The isocyanate fraction obtained by this cleavage process may be used as a starting material for a transurethanation reaction in which a lower boiling isocyanate R.sup.3 --NCO is produced. The radicals R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 are defined herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of specific polyisocyanates by reacting diamines containing hydrogen atoms which are active in the context of the isocyanate addition reaction with excess quantities of organic diisocyanates. The invention also relates to a modification of the above process characterized in that the diamines are reacted first with excess quantities of a first diisocyanate after which the thus obtained reaction product which contains a urea group and a biuret group is reacted in a second stage with a second diisocyanate. The invention also relates to the use of polyisocyanates as the isocyanate component in the production of polyurethane plastics by the isocyanate-polyaddition process.

Abstract: A solution of a polyurethane in a polyol is made from (a) the reaction product of a polyisocyanate and a diprimary diol, and (b) a polyether in which the reaction product constitutes from 3 to 60 wt. % of the solution. Suitable diprimary diols have a molecular weight of from 90 to 800 and a structure at both hydroxyl groups corresponding to the general formula: ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 represents chlorine, an alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl or aryl radical having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, which carbon atoms may be substituted or interrupted by chlorine, ester groups, ether groups, amide groups, urethane groups or nitrile groups, andR.sub.2 represents hydrogen or a radical within the definition of R.sub.1.Polyethers which may be employed have at least two hydroxyl groups (at least 80% of which are secondary hydroxyl groups) and an average molecular weight of from 500 to 12,000.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of polyisocyanates containing biuret and/or higher polyuret groups by reacting secondary diamines with diisocyanates characterized in that the reaction is carried out in the presence of catalytic quantities of strong acids which form mixed carbamic acid anhydrides with isocyanates. Alternatively, the secondary diamines may be reacted with organic diisocyanates in the absence of catalysts to form a urea diisocyanate which is then reacted in the presence of catalytic quantities of strong acids which form mixed carbamic acid anhydrides either with the same diisocyanate used in the first step or a second diisocyanate. The invention also relates to the polyisocyanates containing biuret and/or higher polyuret groups obtainable by this process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of neopentyl glycol polyesters by reacting neopentyl glycol with carboxylic acids or derivatives thereof in the presence of minor amounts of glycols which boil at lower temperatures than neopentyl glycol. These low-boiling glycols obviate previous difficulties relating to the sublimation of neopentyl glycol. Thus, the present process offers safety advantages since neopentyl glycol does not crystallize in the reaction apparatus and also provides better control over the molecular ratio of acid groups to alcohol groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of polyurethane foams capable of being flame laminated and high frequency welded, comprising reacting:(a) polyisocyanate,(b) a compound having a molecular weight of from 400 to 10,000 containing at least two isocyanate-reactive hydrogen atoms and(c) a dialkoxy-phosphonyl-N-alkyl-formic acid amide of the formula: ##STR1## wherein m represents an integer of from 1 to 3,n represents an integer of from 0 to 8,X represents halogen, hydrogen, C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyl, --OR, or ##STR2## R represents C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyl, R.sub.1 represents hydrogen, C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 alkyl, C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 alkylene, C.sub.6 to C.sub.10 aryl or C.sub.6 to C.sub.10 arylene, andR.sub.2 and R.sub.3, which may be the same or different, represent C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 alkyl in the presence of water and/or blowing agent.The present invention also relates to dialkoxy-phosphonyl-N-formic acid amides.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new process for the production of polyisocyanates having a biuret structure by reacting aliphatic or cycloaliphatic diisocyanates with sub-stoichiometric quantities of specified aldoximes. When aldoximes are used as the biuretizing agents insoluble ureas are not formed during the reaction and nitriles which are easy to handle and distill are formed as secondary products.

Abstract: The instant invention is directed to a process for the production of elastic polyurethane foams capable of being flame laminated and high frequency welded, comprising reacting(a) polyisocyanates with(b) polyethers having a molecular weight of from 400 to 10,000 and having at least two hydroxyl groups and(c) hydroxy-pivalic acid neopentylglycol ester of the formula: ##STR1## used in a quantity of from 1 to 20% by weight, based on the hydroxyl polyether, in the presence of a blowing agent.The instant invention is also directed to the polyurethane foams prepared thereby.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of bis-carbonic acid aryl esters of polyester-diols, lengthened via --OCOO-- groups, characterized in that polyester-diols with molecular weights Mn (number-average) of over 250, preferably over 600, are heated with carbonic acid bis-aryl esters at temperatures between about 100.degree. C. and 200.degree. C., preferably between about 110.degree. C. and 180.degree. C., in vacuo below about 35 mm Hg, preferably between about 25 and 1 mm Hg, in the presence of catalysts, less than one mol of carbonic acid bis-aryl ester being employed per OH group of the polyester-diol and the hydroxyaryl compounds formed being distilled off.

Abstract: The subject of instant invention is a process for the preparation of aliphatic-aromatic polycarbonates with diphenol carbonate end groups, the polycarbonates obtained therefrom and their use for the preparation of high-molecular, segmented, aliphatic-aromatic polycarbonate elastomers which can be processed as thermoplastics.

Abstract: This disclosure is concerned with a single step process for the production of diphenol terminated polycarbonates by the transesterification of diphenols, bis-aryl carbonates and polymeric diols with aliphatically bound terminal hydroxyl groups. These diols are selected from polyesters, polyethers, polythioethers and polyacetals. The transesterification is carried out at elevated temperatures under vacuum optionally in the presence of a catalyst with the ratios of the reactants being such as to avoid the retention of any terminal aliphatic hydroxyl groups or aryl carbonate groups.

Abstract: The instant invention is directed to a process for the production of cold setting, flexible foams which contain urethane groups by the reaction of polyethers with a molecular weight of 400 to 10,000 which contain at least two hydroxyl groups and in which at least 10% by weight of the hydroxyl groups are primary hydroxyl groups, with a mixture of diphenyl methane diisocyanates and oligomeric polyphenyl-polymethylene polyisocyanates in the presence of blowing agents and optionally in the presence of catalysts and other foaming aids, the improvement wherein the mixture of diphenyl methane diisocyanates and polyphenyl-polymethylene polyisocyanate mixtures is substantially free of carbodiimide groups, has an isocyanate content greater than 30%, and contains from 60 to 90% by weight of 4,4' diphenyl methane diisocyanate and from 3 to 30% by weight of 2,4' diphenyl methane diisocyanate.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved process for the production of aliphatic relatively low boiling monoisocyanates from the corresponding carbamic acid chlorides, comprising adding an at least equivalent quantity, based on the hydrogen chloride bound in the carbamic acid chloride, of a relatively high boiling organic monoisocyanate or polyisocyanate whose boiling point is higher than the boiling point of the relatively low boiling monoisocyanate to be produced, to the carbamic acid chloride, optionally dissolved in inert organic solvents and then distilling off the relatively low boiling monoisocyanate by heating and/or applying a vacuum, or by means of an inert gas stream.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new process for the production of organic polyisocyanates containing polyuret groups, to polyisocyanates obtainable by this process and to the use of the products obtained by the process as an isocyanate component in the production of polyurethane plastics.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the transesterification of the carbonic acid aryl esters obtainable according to German Published Patent Specification No. 2,650,533 with an excess of diphenol for the preparation of polyalkylene oxide-diol bis-diphenol carbonates lengthened via carbonate groups. The present invention also relates to the polyalkylene oxide-diol bis-diphenol carbonates, lengthened via carbonate groups, obtained according to the invention and their use for the preparation of polyether/polycarbonates. Finally, the present invention relates to the polyether/polycarbonates, obtained according to the invention, with an improved phase separation between the elastomeric segment and hard segment, which leads to better technological properties of the corresponding polycarbonate elastomers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of bis-carbonic acid monoaryl esters of polyester-diols, lengthened via --OCOO-- groups, characterized in that polyester-diols with molecular weights Mn (number-average) of over 250, preferably over 600, are heated with carbonic acid bis-aryl esters at temperatures between about 100.degree. C. and 200.degree. C., preferably between about 110.degree. C. and 180.degree. C., in vacuo below about 35 mm Hg, preferably between about 25 and 1 mm Hg, in the presence of catalysts, less than one mol of carbonic acid bis-aryl ester being employed per mol of OH group of the polyester-diol and the hydroxyaryl compounds formed being distilled off.The invention further relates to the bis-carbonic acid aryl esters of polyester-diols lengthened via --OCOO-- groups.