Abstract: One-shot, flexible polyurethane foams capable of being thermally bonded to various substrates are produced by adding low molecular weight alkylene glycols, glycol ethers, triols, alkanolamine, or polyhydric phenols as modifiers to conventional polyisocyanate foaming mixtures.

Abstract: Cellular urethane polymers essentially free of the strong, objectionable amine odor characteristic of N-ethylmorpholine, are provided by effecting the polyurethane forming reaction in the presence of beta-tertamino nitriles. In view of their low residual odor and effectiveness in the catalysis of the water-isocyanate reaction, the beta-amino nitriles either alone or in combination with other tertiary amines, are used with particular advantage as direct replacements for N-ethylmorpholine in the manufacture of water-blown flexible polyurethanes, both molded and free-rise, including high-resilience foam as well as foams stabilized with either organosilicone or silicon-free organic surfactants. Especially effective for the formation of flexible polyester foam stabilized with either type of surfactant are blends of the beta-amino nitrile catalyst such as, in particular, 3-(N,N-dimethylamino)propionitrile, with dimethylethanolamine or a bis[2-(N,N-dimethylamino)alkyl]-ether.