Abstract: Ester-modified poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahls comprising the residues of at least one polyahl, polyalkyleneoxy moieties, poly(alkylene carbonate) moieties, the residues of at least one ester of a carboxylic acid, and a plurality of active hydrogen end group are disclosed. The ester-modified poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahl has a number average molecular weight higher than the number average molecular weight of any known poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahl comprising the same monomeric components. Also disclosed are isocyanate-functional prepolymers of these ester-modified poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahls formed by reactions of the ester-modified poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahls of this invention with excess organic polyisocyanates. Urethane/urea polymers formed by the reactions of the isocyanate-functional prepolymers with polyahls are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of elastic, compact or cellular moldings based on elastomers containing N-substituted urea and amide groups in bound form, by reactinga) one or more organic and/or modified organic polyisocyanate withb) a polyazomethine-containing polyoxyalkylene-polyamine mixture (b) which contains:bi) one or more polyoxyalkylene-polyaldimine and/or polyketimine,bii) one or more polyoxyalkylene-polyamine containing terminal secondary amino groups, and, if desired,biii) one or more polyoxyalkylene-polyamine containing terminal primary amino groups andc) one or more alkyl-substituted aromatic polyamine having a molcular weight of up to 500, in the presence or absence ofd) catalyst, and, if appropriate,e) blowing agents,f) auxiliaries and/org) additives,to polyazomethine containing polyoxyalkylene - polyamine mixtures which can be used for this purpose and to the prepared elastomers.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a latently reactive pasty molding material (masterbatch), which only becomes reactive above ambient temperature (about 25.degree. C.), for producing temperature-resistant, elasticized, molded, duromer components which is comprised of a mixture of a methylene-diphenyl diisocyanate and a diamine which is not reactive at ambient temperature, but is reactive above about 120.degree. C., which is selected from the group consisting of an alkali-halide salt complex, which is the reaction product of three moles at 4,4'-diphenylmethane diamine and of one mole halide salt, and alternatively a hexamethylene-6,6'-diamine carbamate; and about 1 to 625 parts by weight (per 100 parts methylene-diphenyl diisocyanate) of a low-molecular weight isocyanate-terminated polyesterpolyol-diisocyanate prepolymer, produced from polycaprolactone and a mixture of the toluylene diisocyanate isomers. The mixture has a NCO excess of up to 15% more than the sum of the free OH-- and NH.sup.2 -- constituents.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a one part, sealant composition preferably comprising a free isocyanate functionalized polyacrylate. The unblocked isocyanate is surprisingly stable even in the presence of a blocked amine curing agent. Upon exposure to ambient conditions, the blocked amine will react with ambient humidity to provide an amine which in turn will react with the polyacrylate isocyanate, thereby curing the sealant and providing exceptional sealant properties. The most preferred blocked amine curative is a ketimine.

Abstract: A thromboresistant segmented polyetherurethane compound wherein the polyether segment consists of 99 to 1% by weight of (a) a polytetramethylene ether segment having a number average molecular weight of 200 to 5,000 and 1 to 99% by weight of (b) a polyalkylene ether segment having a number average molecular weight of 200 to 5,000 in which the alkylene group has 2 or 3 carbon atoms, said segments (a) and (b) being contained in the same main chain. The segmented polyetherurethane compound is produced by a process comprising reacting 99 to 1% by weight of a polytetramethylene ether diol having a number average molecular weight of 200 to 5,000 and 1 to 99% by weight of a polyalkylene ether diol having a number average molecular weight of 200 to 5,000 in which the alkylene group has 2 or 3 carbon atoms, with a polyisocyanate compound, and reacting the resulting prepolymer with a chain extender.

Abstract: A process for the production of highly elastic elastane fibers (spandex fibers) based on segmented polyurethane (urea) elastomers having high elasticity and, at the same time, high strength values, balanced elastic properties and excellent thermal and hydrothermal behavior, wherein relatively high molecular weight, carbonate-linked, block-like polyester of polyester etherdiols having molecular weight of 3,300 to 7,000 are reacted with macrodiols with diisocyanates in a molecular ratio of 1:2.5 to 1:4.5 to obtain NCO prepolymers which have NCO contents of 2.10 to 4.0% NCO, then the NCO prepolymer is chain-extended with (cyclo)-aliphatic diamines to fom polyurethane (urea) elastomers.

Abstract: A composite comprises a coating which is adhered to an unsaturated usually cured elastomer utilizing a rubber-urethane adhesive having azoeneophile functionalities such as a dihydrocarbylazodicarboxylate, a dihydrocarbylazodicarboxamide, a dihydrocarbylazoesteramide, or the oxidized reaction product of a urethane prepolymer and a carbazate. A particularly useful carrier for the azoeneophiles is an isocyanate-terminated polyol prepolymer. The composite is useful when a paint is applied to consumer goods, e.g., as a flexible polyurethane paint applied to the sidewalls of tires, as a decorated article, as an adhesively bonded elastomeric composite, and the like.

Abstract: A coating composition for forming a substantially non-porous moisture-permeable coating layer or film of a hydrophilic polyurethane resin, which comprises a polyol combination and a poloyisocyanate compound, or a prepolymer or polyurethane resin obtained by reacting them, said polyol combination comprising:(a) from about 50 to about 98% by weight of a polyoxyethylene polyol having an oxyethylene group content of from about 50 to about 90% by weight, a hydroxyl value of from about 15 to about 60 and at least 3 hydroxyl groups; and(b) from about 2 to about 50% by weight of a diol having a molecular weight of from about 62 to about 2,000 which may contain oxyethylene groups;provided that the molar equivalent ratio of the component (b) to the component (a) is from about 0.2 to about 5, and the total oxyethylene group content in the components (a) and (b) is at least about 70% by weight.

Abstract: Cationic paint binders based on polyether urethanes are formed by selective reaction of one NCO-group of a diisocyanate which contains NCO-groups of different reactivities with the primary hydroxyl groups of a polyhydroxypolyether in the presence of 1,4-diazabicyclo-2,2,2-octane (DABCO) as catalyst, and subsequently reacting the remaining NCO-group of the diisocyanate with the secondary amine. The binders which are largely free of low molecular basic by-products are used for formulating paints, particularly cathodically depositable electrodeposition paints, which are water-dilutable after protonation.

Abstract: A dermatologically-acceptable, moisture vapor-permeable, pressure-sensitive adhesive composition that is a single-phase solid at ambient temperature and resists dissolution when exposed to water, comprises a polymer adhesive which is the product of a process comprising the steps of chain extending a water-soluble derivatized capped prepolymer which comprises a first terminal group and a low-temperature curable group, until the resultant polymer attains a determined level of tackiness, and then subjecting the polymer to low-temperature curing. The adhesive is used to advantage in medical products like adhesive bandages, plasters, dressings and surgical drapes, and can dissolve water-soluble bio-active additives.

Abstract: A thermoplastic polyurethaneurea having free amino groups is the reaction product of a diisocyanate, a fluorinated polyol, a non-fluorinated polyol and a polyamine. The invention includes a shaped polymeric support structure having the thermoplastic polyurethaneurea coated thereon and a medical article comprising the coated support and heparin covalently bonded to the free amino groups of the coated support. In another aspect of the invention, a method for preparing the heparinized medical article is provided.

Abstract: A process for producing a condensed resin dispersion, which comprises subjecting an aldehyde and a compound condensable with the aldehyde, or their precondensate, to a condensation reaction in a dispersion medium consisting essentially of water and/or an organic solvent, to precipitate fine condensed resin particles which hardly settle in said dispersion medium, and then replacing the water and/or the organic solvent by an active hydrogen-containing compound having at least two active hydrogen-containing groups reactive with isocyanate groups.

Abstract: The invention relates to polyurethanes comprising polyoxyperfluoroalkylene blocks of rubber-like nature and rigid segments derived from short-chain aliphatic diols, optionally from aliphatic diamines, and from aliphatic or cycloaliphatic or aromatic diisocyanate. The number of the rigid-type segments is equal to or greater than the number of the polyoxyperfluoroalkylene blocks. The polyurethane are characterized by a glass transition temperature lower than -80.degree. C., a tensile strength greater than 30 kg/cm.sup.2, a hardness between 50 Shore A and 75 Shore D, and good thermoforming characteristics.

Abstract: A water dispersible, modified polyurethane which is the reaction product of polyisocyanate, polyether polyol, modifying agent containing at least one pendant hydrophobic group and at least two active hydrogen moieties and capping agent. The modified polyurethane may also include a second type of modifying agent which does not have a pendant hydrophobic group. The modified polyurethane can be prepared by reacting the polyisocyanate and the polyether polyol and then adding the capping agent and finally the modifying agent with or without the second modifying agent. The modified polyurethane resists microbial attack, exhibits superior efficiency in thickening aqueous compositions under high shear conditions and achieves acceptable sag and leveling.

Abstract: A polyurea elastomer which exhibits a rapid dry time is disclosed. The elastomer includes an isocyanate, an amine terminated polytetrahydrofuran and a chain extender. The isocyanate is preferably a quasi-prepolymer of an isocyanate and a material selected from at least one polyol, a high molecular weight polyoxyalkyleneamine or a combination thereof.

Abstract: Linear polyurethane elastomers of a polyol component, at least two extender components, and a diisocyanate compound are prepared by reacting the diisocyanate compound with one of the extender components to form a modified diisocyanate component having a functionality of about 2 prior to reacting this modified component with the other components of the elastomer. These new elastomers can be processed at lower temperatures compared to elastomers prepared from similar compositions wherein the isocyanate compound is not modified.

Abstract: Disclosed are polybiuret compositions prepared by the reaction of a polyoxyalkylene polyurea and a polyisocyanate. ##STR1## where R is H, CH.sub.3 or C.sub.2 H.sub.5 and R' is an organic radical. The reaction product of a polyoxyalkylene polyurea and polyisocyanates are prepared without the necessity of a catalyst.

Abstract: Polyoxyalkylene diamine reaction products which contain as the principle reaction component, a diamine having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R' independently represents hydrogen or methyl and x is a number having an average value of at least 1 to about 60 and a diisocyanate of the formula: ##STR2## The products of the invention are obtained by reacting an excess of polyoxyalkylene diamine with a diisocyanate in the presence of a polar solvent and have the following general structures: ##STR3## where B is alkyl group from diisocyanates, and R' has the same meaning as above.These products are further used to prepare coatings with improved properties by reacting said amine products with isocyanates prepolymers and epoxy material.

Abstract: A elastic fibers are formed from spandex polymer that is prepared by reacting a glycol prepared from a tetrahydrofuran/3-methyltetrahydrofuran copolymer with a diisocyanate and then chain extending the thusly capped glycol with a particular mixture of diamines. The fibers have a highly desirable combination of power, hot-wet creep and heat-set efficiency and can be prepared at high spinning and windup speeds.

Abstract: A polyether-polyamide block copolymer having an ethylenically unsaturated group represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein symbols are as defined in the specification; and a polyether prepolymer represented by formula (II): ##STR2## wherein the symbols are as defined in the specification, which is a starting material for synthesizing the above polyether-polyamide block copolymer, are disclosed. The polyether-polyamide block copolymer exhibits improved heat stability while retaining excellent characteristics inherent to polyether-polyamide.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to isocyanate terminated prepolymers prepared from polyetheresters and isocyanates, and to the process of making elastomers and elastomers so produced.

Abstract: New linear polyurethane elastomers have been developed by combining a polycarbonate polyol, a polyether polyol, at least two extenders, and a solid diisocyanate compound. Preferably, the diisocyanate compound is modified by reaction with one of the extenders to form a modified diisocyanate component which is a liquid at room temperature prior to reaction with the polyols and other extender. These new elastomers possess a unique combination of hydrolytic stability, toughness, flexibility, and relatively low temperature processability.

Abstract: A urea-modified polyurethane having excellent characteristics is prepared by the reaction between a polyisocyanate and a polyol in the presence of a diamine having the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently straight-chain C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkyl, and m and n are independently either 1 or 2. The preferred polyol is castor oil, and in preferred methods the reaction is carried out by first forming a prepolymer of the polyisocyanate with the polyol, and then curing this with a solution of the diamine in a further amount of the polyol.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of fabricating a polyurethane sealant composition employing a polyether triol having a molecular weight of between about 5,000 and about 30,000 and having a level of end group unsaturation of no greater than 0.04 milliequivalents per gram of triol, wherein the triol is fabricated in the presence of a double metal cyanide catalyst. The triol is reacted, alone or in admixture with a diol, with a polyisocyanate to produce an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer. The prepolymer is then chain-extended to produce the desired sealant.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for the production of optionally cellular, polyurea elastomer moldings by reacting a mixture containing(I) a polyisocyanate component having an isocyanate content of about 10 to 30% by weight which comprises an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer prepared by reacting a polyisocyanate with a non-fatty, hydroxy polyester having a hydroxyl functionality of 1 to 4 and a molecular weight of about 500 to 4000, provided that if the hydroxy polyester is based on an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid, the aliphatic monocarboxylic acid is a non-fatty monocarboxylic acid containing less than 12 carbon atoms,(II) a polyether having at least two isocyanate-reactive groups and a molecular weight of 1800 to 12,000 in which at least 50% of the isocyanate-reactive groups are primary and/or secondary amino groups, and(III) about 5 to 50% by weight, based on the weight of component (II) of a chain extender comprising a sterically hindered aromatic diamine,the reaction mixture being process

Abstract: An elastomer which is the reaction product of:(a) at least one organic polyisocyanate;(b) at least one compound containing a plurality of isocyanate-reactive groups and having a molecular weight greater than 600, and(c) at least one chain extender having a molecular weight not exceeding 600,wherein at least one of components (a) and (b) is or includes a compound having a molecular weight greater than 600 and at least two reactive sites, at least one of which sites contains at least two isocyanate or isocyanate-reactive groups which are separated one from another by a chain of from 2 to 30 atoms and from the reactive groups in other reactive sites by a chain of more than 30 atoms.

Abstract: An improved spandex fiber is provided that is particularly useful for use in tricot-knit fabrics with nylon yarns. The fiber is formed from a polyether-based spandex polymer made from a poly(tetramethylene ether) glycol of about 2,200 molecular weight which was capped with methylene-bis(4-phenylisocyanate) and the resultant product then chain extended with a diamine mixture of ethylene diamine and 2-methyl-1,5-pentanediamine in a molar ratio of about 70/30.

Abstract: A polyurethane resin composition without handling trouble is obtained by a combination of a copolyether polyol obtained by copolymerization of tetrahydrofuran and a 3-alkyl tetrahydrofuran at a mixing molar ratio of 85/15-20/80, a polyisocyanate compound and an active hydrogen atom-containing compound. The 3-alkyl tetrahydrofuran is preferably 3-methyl tetrahydrofuran.

Abstract: A polyurethane sealant composition is made from a polyurethane prepolymer having blocked isocyanate groups. A bicyclic amidine catalyst is utilized in association with an amine curing agent having at least two primary amine groups to achieve a relatively fast cure time. In the first embodiment, the catalyst is 1,8-diazobicyclo (5:4:0) undecene-7 (DBU), whereas in a second embodiment the catalyst is 1,5-diazobicyclo (4:3:0) non-5-ene (DBN).

Abstract: A liquid prepolymer composition is disclosed which contains free isocyanate groups which is the reaction product of a stoichiometric excess of a polyisocyanate and an active hydrogen-containing compound which contains an internal rigid polyaromatic grouping. Polyurethane and/or polyurea polymers made from these prepolymer compositions are also disclosed.

Abstract: A coating composition for forming a substantially non-porous moisture-permeable coating layer or film of a hydrophilic polyurethane resin, which comprises a polyol combination and a polyisocyanate compound, or a prepolymer or polyurethane resin obtained by reacting them, said polyol combination comprising:(a) from about 50 to about 98% by weight of a polyoxyethylene polyol having an oxyethylene group content of from about 50 to about 90% by weight, a hydroxyl valve of from about 15 to about 60 and at least 3 hydroxyl groups; and(b) from about 2 to about 50% by weight of a diol having a molecular weight of from about 62 to about 2,000 which may contain oxyethylene groups;provided that the molar equivalent ratio of the component (b) to the component (a) is from about 0.2 to about 5, and the total oxyethylene group content in the components (a) and (b) is at least about 70% by weight.

Abstract: The invention relates to flexible breathable polyurethane coatings and films and to the prepolymers from which they are formed. These prepolymers are isocyanate-capped poly (alkylene oxide) glycol polyurethanes with low viscosities and low freezing points. The difunctional nature of the random copolymers of ethylene oxide and prepylene oxide added to simple diols provide the low viscosity and low freezing points; high levels of ethylene oxide in the polyol provides the breathability.

Abstract: Cationic paint binders based on polyether urethanes are formed by selective reaction of one NCO-group of a diisocyanate which contains NCO-groups of different reactivities with the primary hydroxyl groups of a polyhydroxypolyether in the presence of 1,4-diazabicyclo-2,2,2-octane (DABCO) as catalyst, and subsequently reacting the remaining NCO-group of the diisocyanate with a secondary amine. The binders which are largely free of low molecular basic by-products are used for formulating paints, particularly cathodically depositable electrodeposition paints, which are water-dilutable after protonation.

Abstract: Polyurethanes are produced from compositions comprising at least one relatively high equivalent weight component and at least one chain extender selected from the group consisting of heterocyclic diamines, diaromatic disulfides, alkyl ethers of halogen-substituted aromatic diamines, polysubstituted alkyl diamines and alkyl acid esters of halogen-substituted diamino phenols of designated structures. Polyurethanes having high thermal stability, high tear strength and high modulus are produced.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to monoformylated 3,3'-diaminodipropylamine mixtures corresponding to formulae I and II ##STR1## The present invention is also directed to a process for the production of these mixtures by reacting acrylonitrile and formamide in the presence of a 4-aminopyridine derivative to form N,N-bis-(2-cyanoethyl)-formamide which is then hydrogenated to the monoformylated 3,3'-diaminopropylamine mixture corresponding to formulae I and II.Finally, the present invention is also directed to the use of these mixtures as chain extending agents for the preparation of polyurethanes by the polyisocyanate polyaddition process.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel polymeric polyamines containing internal urea, biuret, thiourea, dithiobiuret, and/or thioamide moieties, and to polymers prepared therefrom. This invention also relates to novel isocyanate-functional prepolymers containing urea, biuret, amide, thiourea, dithiobiuret, and/or thioamide moieties and to polymers prepared therefrom.

Abstract: A new membrane for the separation of aromatic hydrocarbons from mixtures of said aromatic hydrocarbons and non-aromatic hydrocarbons has been prepared comprising a highly aromatic polyurea/urethane membrane. These highly aromatic polyurea/urethane membranes are symmetric, dense film membranes made from the corresponding polyurea/urethane copolymers by standard membrane casting techniques. The polyurea/urethane copolymers are produced by reacting dihydroxy or polyhydroxy compounds, such as polyethers or polyesters having molecular weights in the range of about 500 to 5000 with aliphatic, alkylaromatic or aromatic diisocyanates or polyisocyanates and low molecular weight chain extenders, such as diamines, polyamines or amino alcohols.

Abstract: A one-pack type thermosetting composition comprising (A) at least one polyisocyanate compound having dispersed therein (B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of (1) a solid polyfunctional compound having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of hydrazino, primary amido and sulfamoyl groups, (2) a solid compound having at least one amidino group and (3) a solid compound having a heterocyclic ring and a plurality of active hydrogen atoms, or a one-pack type thermosetting composition comprising (A') a mixture consisting of (a) at least one polyisocyanate compound and (b) at least one high boiling polar compound, having dispersed therein (B') a solid polyfunctional compound having at least one active hydrogen atom. Said one-pack type thermosetting composition is storable and suitable for use in adhesives, sealing materials, coatings and shaped articles of resin.

Abstract: A reaction system for use in making a reaction injection moulded elastomer, said system comprising the following components:(A) a polyisocyanate composition comprising a reaction product of a stoichiometric excess of an organic polyisocyanate and:(i) a polymeric polyol having an average nominal hydroxyl functionality greater than 2 and an average hydroxyl equivalent weight of from about 500 to about 5000, and(ii) a polymeric polyamine having an average nominal primary and/or secondary amino functionality of from about 2 to about 3 and an average amine equivalent weight of from about 500 to about 5000, the polyol and the polyamine having glass transition temperatures below room temperature.(B) an isocyanate-reactive composition comprising at least one imino-functional compound.

Abstract: A polyisocyanate composition, suitable for use in the production of elastomers by the RIM process, or foams, said composition being the product of reacting an imino-functional or enamine-containing compound having a molecular weight of at least 1000 with a stoichiometric excess of an organic polyisocyanate.

Abstract: N-(polyoxyalkyl)-N-(alkyl)amines are reacted with isocyanates and chain extenders to form polyureas and/or polyurethane-urea elastomers.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to polyurethane ureas which may be obtained by the reaction of a hydrophilic NCO prepolymer, which has been prepared from a polyhydroxy component based on about 9 to 100% by weight of a polyether containing about 30 to 100% by weight of ethylene oxide, or a mixture of this hydrophilic NCO prepolymer and a hydrophobic NCO prepolymer, the mixture containing .gtoreq.30% by weight of the hydrophilic prepolymer, with an aldimine or ketimine-containing hardener mixture in the presence of water and organic solvents, approximately 30 to 70% of the NCO groups of the prepolymers being reacted with the amino groups of the hardener and the remainder reacting with water.The present invention is also directed to a process for the preparation of these polyurethane ureas and to coated substrates prepared from these polyurethane ureas.

Abstract: A flock adhesive composition comprisingA. about 1 to 20% by weight of an aromatic nitroso compound;B. about 1 to 20% by weight of an epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent of at least one; andC. about 60 to 98% by weight of a blocked isocyanate-functional urethane prepolymer, the isocyanate group or groups of said prepolymer being blocked with a blocking agent comprising a substituted or unsubstituted phenol.

Abstract: This invention relates to a polyisocyanate prepolymer for polyurethane and polyurethane/urea elastomer synthesis and to the resulting elastomer. The prepolymer is formed by reacting a cyclohexanediisocyanate with a long chain polyol under conditions such that essentially a 2:1 adduct is formed. Excess cyclohexanediisocyanate is removed prior to forming the elastomer.

Abstract: One-component polyurethane systems contain reaction products prepared in situ from(A) monoamines and/or polyamines and/or polymeric substances having one or more amino groups and(B) mono- and/or polyisocyanates and/or polymeric substances having one or more isocyanate groupsas viscosity-regulating substances.

Abstract: Internal mold release compositions for use in preparing molded polymeric products are disclosed which contain (a) a primary or secondary amine (b) a carboxylic acid or amido carboxylic acid salt of a group II metal or of aluminum, lithium, copper, iron, cobalt or nickel, and optionally (c) a carboxylic acid or amido carboxylic acid.

Abstract: Improved microcapsules have a capsule wall which contains a polyurethane which can be obtained by reacting an isocyanate with a polyether polyol which contains amino groups.

Abstract: Monocomponent polyurethane adhesives comprising the reaction product of a polyurethane resin, having a content of free isocyanic groups comprised between 1.5 and 8, with a polyamine and an epoxy resin are disclosed.The present invention relates to a monocomponent polyurethane adhesive.More particularly, the present invention relates to a monocomponent polyurethane adhesive, particularly suitable for use in the field of laminated materials.

Abstract: A polyester-based spandex filament or film is provided. The filaments when used swim-wear fabrics provide the fabrics with increased resistance to mildew-induced degradation. The filaments are formed from a spandex derived substantially from a poly(2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propylene 1,12-dodecanedioate) glycol having no more than 15 milliequivalents of glycol acidity per kilogram of glycol, which glycol is capped with an organic diisocyanate and then chain-extended with an aliphatic diamine.

Abstract: The reduction in tensile strength exhibited in high humidity environments by "soft" polyurethanes prepared from aliphatic or cycloaliphatic diisocyanates can be substantially reduced if the molar ratio of diisocyanate and chain extender to isocyanate-reactive species other than said chain extender in the reaction mixtures from which said polyurethanes are prepared is at least 4.