The present disclosure provides a Lewis acid-base pair catalytic initiator and an application thereof. The Lewis acid-base pair catalytic initiator includes a Lewis acid and a Lewis base, the Lewis acid having a structural general formula as shown in formula (I) and the Lewis base having a structural general formula as shown in formula (II); wherein: the A is selected from element Baron or element Aluminum; the R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 are independently selected from alkyl, alkoxy, aryl or halogen groups; the alkyl or alkoxy have a carbon number being equal to or greater than 1 to equal to or less than 16; the aryl contains substituents with the number being equal to or less than 5, the substituents being selected from methyl, methoxy or halogen; n is selected from an integer from 1 to 16.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a polyether amine catalyst, and polyether amine. A polyether amine catalyst is a supported metal catalyst; γ-Al.sub.2O.sub.3 is used as a carrier; basic cupric carbonate, basic nickel carbonate and basic cobalt carbonate are used as precursors of supported metals; and the polyether amine catalyst is prepared by performing twice adsorption roasting and once reduction by means of an equivalent-volumetric impregnation method. Easier decomposition is achieved by using basic carbonate, and only water and carbon dioxide are generated, such that processes and costs for treating waste gases can be saved. By using the polyether amine catalyst to prepare polyether amine, a conversion rate and primary amine selectivity can be improved, and the color of products can be reduced. Therefore, the obtained polyether amine can have higher activity and wider application.

A composition comprising water and a polyalkylene glycol having an allyl content of less than 20 ueq/g, which composition has reduced foaming properties and preferably a biodegradability of at least 60% as determined using OECD 301F. The polyalkylene glycol can be made by forming a first intermediate comprising an oxypropylene block by reacting propylene oxide with a polyol initiator in the presence of a Double Metal Cyanide catalyst, and then reacting the first intermediate with ethylene oxide in the presence of a KOH catalyst.

Embodiments relate to a method of producing a modified double metal cyanide complex, a method of producing a monol or polyol that includes providing the modified double metal cyanide complex, an alkylene oxide polymerization process that includes providing the modified double metal cyanide complex, a batch, semi-batch, or continuous manufacturing process that includes providing the modified double metal cyanide complex, and a polyether polyol prepared using the batch, semi-batch, or continuous manufacturing process that includes providing the modified double metal cyanide complex.

Embodiments relate to a method of producing a modified double metal cyanide complex, a method of producing a monol or polyol that includes providing the modified double metal cyanide complex, an alkylene oxide polymerization process that includes providing the modified double metal cyanide complex, a batch, semi-batch, or continuous manufacturing process that includes providing the modified double metal cyanide complex, and a polyether polyol prepared using the batch, semi-batch, or continuous manufacturing process that includes providing the modified double metal cyanide complex.

The invention relates to the use of a specific type of calcium catalyst (C) for the preparation of alkoxylated glycerol esters, alkoxylated glycerol esters prepared in the presence of the catalyst and a process for the preparation of the alkoxylated glycerol esters. It was found that in the presence of the above-mentioned calcium catalyst (C) the alkoxylation reaction requires a significantly smaller amount of time. Furthermore, it has been found that the ethoxylated glycerol esters prepared in the presence of calcium catalyst (C) lead to more homogeneous products with significantly lower hydroxyl values, less decomposition and improved processability.

A detergent composition for machine dishwashing comprising Z1) one or more ethoxylated glycerol esters of formula (I),

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prepared from ethylene oxide and one or more triglycerides of formula (II) in the presence of a calcium catalyst (C), characterized in that R1, R2 and R3 in formulae (I) and (II) are equal or different and are independently selected from saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched C7-C24 alkyl chains, m, n and o in formula (I) are equal or different and are each independently an integer number from 1 to 200 with the proviso that the number-average of the sum of m+n+o is greater than 5; and the calcium catalyst (C) is a catalyst obtainable by a reaction involving (A) calcium hydroxide and (B) a carboxylic acid comprising 3 to 40 carbon atoms, wherein the molar ratio of calcium hydroxide (A) to carboxylic acid (B) in the preparation of the catalyst (C) is from 1:1 to 1:5.

Alkylene oxide polymerizations are performed in the presence of a double metal cyanide polymerization catalyst and certain magnesium, Group 3-Group 15 metal or lanthanide series metal compounds. The presence of the magnesium, Group 3-Group 15 metal or lanthanide series metal compound provides several benefits including more rapid catalyst activation, faster polymerization rates and the reduction in the amount of ultra high molecular weight polymers that are formed. The catalyst mixture is unexpectedly useful in making polyethers having low equivalent weights.

The present disclosure provides a Lewis acid-base pair catalytic initiator and an application thereof. The Lewis acid-base pair catalytic initiator includes a Lewis acid and a Lewis base, the Lewis acid having a structural general formula as shown in formula (I) and the Lewis base having a structural general formula as shown in formula (II); wherein: the A is selected from element Baron or element Aluminum; the R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 are independently selected from alkyl, alkoxy, aryl or halogen groups; the alkyl or alkoxy have a carbon number being equal to or greater than 1 to equal to or less than 16; the aryl contains substituents with the number being equal to or less than 5, the substituents being selected from methyl, methoxy or halogen; n is selected from an integer from 1 to 16.

High resiliency polyurethane foam is made from a polyether polyol having an equivalent weight of at least 1000. At least a portion of the polyether polyol is one or more random copolymer(s) formed by polymerizing a mixture of 70 to 95% by weight propylene oxide and 5 to 30% by weight ethylene oxide onto an initiator compound. The random copolymer(s) has a nominal hydroxyl functionality of at least 5, a hydroxyl equivalent weight of at least 1500 g/equivalent and no more than 0.01 milliequivalents per gram of terminal unsaturation. The randomly polymerized propylene oxide and ethylene oxide constitute at least 80% of the total weight of the random copolymer. At least 70% of the hydroxyl groups of the random copolymer are secondary hydroxyls.