The present invention provides for a coating composition comprising a silane-functional polyurethane and an amidine salt catalyst. The present invention also provides for a process for curing the coating composition comprising curing at elevated temperatures at or above 40° C., where the coating composition is tack free after 30 min.

The present invention relates to a diisocynate compound having anhydrosugar alcohol core and a preparation method therefor and, more specifically, to a diisocynate compound having anhydrosugar alcohol core and a preparation method therefor, wherein the diisocynate compound is prepared through a reaction with a nitrile compound, a hydrogenation reaction, and an end-group substitution reaction while a recyclable, plant-based anhydrosugar alcohol or anhydrosugar alcohol-alkylene glycol is used as a raw material, and the diisocynate compound can be utilized in various fields, such as soft or hard polyurethane expanded foams, molded foams, coating, adhesives or glues, fibers, and polymer synthesis.

The present invention relates to a reaction mixture including one or more polyfunctional isocyanates such that the average isocyanate functionality of the mixture is greater than 2.1, and a catalyst composition including at least one trimerization catalyst and at least one epoxide group; and curing the reaction mixture to give a cured polymer composition made up of the reaction product of isocyanates with themselves.

The present invention encompasses polyurethane compositions comprising aliphatic polycarbonate chains. In one aspect, the present invention encompasses polyurethane foams, thermoplastics and elastomers derived from aliphatic polycarbonate polyols and polyisocyanates wherein the polyol chains contain a primary repeating unit having a structure:

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In another aspect, the invention provides articles comprising the inventive foam and elastomer compositions as well as methods of making such compositions.

Described herein are processes for producing cold-flexible polyurethane insulation, in which (a) polyisocyanates are mixed with (b) compounds having groups which are reactive to isocyanates, (c) blowing agents, (d) catalysts, (e) plasticizers and optionally (f) further additives to give a reaction mixture and the mixture is applied to a surface and cured to form insulation. Also described herein is a polyurethane insulation obtainable by a process described herein.

This invention relates to hybrid polyols useful in the manufacture of polyurethane. The hybrid polyols of the present invention is derived by copolymerizing or grafting a traditional polyester polyol onto a natural oil polyol. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the traditional polyester polyol grafted onto natural oil polyol contains a high level of bio-renewable content. The hybrid polyols of the present invention with high level of bio-renewable content is useful in the manufacture of polyurethane either alone or in combination with polyester polyol or polyether polyol derived from petrochemical sources.

A polyurethane foam is disclosed having unique load bearing characteristics rendering it suitable for a variety of applications. The foam exhibits high surface-softness and smoothness properties, making it well-suited for use in articles such as pillows and mattress toppers. However, upon continued application of pressure, the resilience of the foam increases sharply, translating into a remarkable support characteristics that make the foam suitable for use in the seat portions of chairs and sofas, as well as in the base portion of mattresses. The foams therefore address the limitations of conventional, high-resilience and visco-elastic polyurethane foams. A process of making the foam and its use in various articles is also disclosed.

Described herein are processes for producing a polyurethane foam by mixing the following: (a) polymeric MDI with less than 40% by weight content of difunctional MDI and an aliphatic halogenated hydrocarbon compound (d1) composed of 2 to 5 carbon atoms and of at least one hydrogen atom and of at least one fluorine and/or chlorine atom, where the compound (d1) includes at least one carbon-carbon double bond, to give an isocyanate component (A), and reacting with a polyol component (b) to give the polyurethane foam. Also described herein is a polyurethane foam obtainable by said process.

Stable modified polymer polyol dispersions.

The present disclosure relates to new compounds useful as dispersants and stabilisants for modified polymer polyol dispersions, the stable modified polymer polyols dispersions thus obtained and to polyurethane materials prepared from the modified polymer polyols dispersions herein disclosed.

The present invention relates to new stable modified polymer polyol dispersions. The modified polymer polyols of the present invention comprise at least one polyol and a stable dispersion of polymeric particles in the at least one polyol. There are also disclosed processes for the preparation of the herein described modified polymer polyols, and processes for preparing polyurethane materials containing them.