The present invention relates to a process for preparing polyurethanes by mixing a) polyisocyanate, b) a mixture obtainable by introducing an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt into a compound comprising urethane groups, c) compounds comprising one or more epoxide groups, and, optionally, d) polyol, e) chain extenders, and f) fillers and further additives to form a reaction mixture and fully reacting the mixture to give the polyurethane, where the amount of alkali metal or alkaline earth metal ions per equivalent urethane groups in the compound (b) is 0.0001 to 3.5. The present invention further relates to a polyurethane obtainable by such a process, and to the use of such a polyurethane for producing bodywork components for vehicles.

Disclosed is a novel urethane acrylate being a reaction product of a raw material composition comprising at least (A) a diol component, (B) a component having acrylic unsaturation and (C) an isocyanate component. Said component (A) comprises at least one alkoxylated 2,4,8,10-tetraoxaspiro[5.5]undecane-3,9-dialkanol, component (B) comprises at least one hydroxyalkyl acrylate, hydroxyalkyl methacrylate and/or hydroxyalkyl methylacrylate, and/or comprises acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and/or a methylacrylic acid and/or a corresponding alkyl ester of a said acrylic acid, and said component (C) comprises at least one di or polyisocyanate or a derivative thereof.

Disclosed is a novel urethane acrylate being a reaction product of a raw material composition comprising at least (A) a diol component, (B) a component having acrylic unsaturation and (C) an isocyanate component. Said component (A) comprises at least one alkoxylated 2,4,8,10-tetraoxaspiro[5.5]undecane-3,9-dialkanol, component (B) comprises at least one hydroxyalkyl acrylate, hydroxyalkyl methacrylate and/or hydroxyalkyl methylacrylate, and/or comprises acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and/or a methylacrylic acid and/or a corresponding alkyl ester of a said acrylic acid, and said component (C) comprises at least one di or polyisocyanate or a derivative thereof.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards formulated polyol compositions that include a sucrose propoxylated polyol, a polyether triol, and a propoxylated homopolymer triol.

A process for producing an isocyanate-group terminated polyoxazolidinone comprising the copolymerization of a polyisocyanate compound (A) with two or more isocyanate groups with a polyepoxide compound (B) with two or more epoxy groups in the presence of a specific catalyst (C), wherein the molar ratio of the isocyanate groups of the polyisocyanate compound (B) to the epoxy groups of the polyepoxide compound (A) is larger than 2:1 and less than 25:1. The resulting isocyanate-group terminated polyoxazolidinones is also provided.

The present invention relates to a polyol composition comprising anhydrosugar alcohols and an anhydrosugar alcohol polymer and, more specifically, to a polyol composition comprising a monoanhydrosugar alcohol, a dianhydrosugar alcohol, and a polymer of a monoanhydrosugar alcohol and/or a dianhydrosugar alcohol, the polyol composition being usable in various fields since the physical property conditions of the composition, such as number average molecular weight (Mn), polydispersity index (PDI) and hydroxyl value, satisfy specific levels, and, particularly, being capable of remarkably improving the physical properties of a polyurethane, such as tensile strength and elongation, when used as a polyurethane chain extender.

The present invention relates to a polyol composition comprising anhydrosugar alcohols and an anhydrosugar alcohol polymer and, more specifically, to a polyol composition comprising a monoanhydrosugar alcohol, a dianhydrosugar alcohol, and a polymer of a monoanhydrosugar alcohol and/or a dianhydrosugar alcohol, the polyol composition being usable in various fields since the physical property conditions of the composition, such as number average molecular weight (Mn), polydispersity index (PDI) and hydroxyl value, satisfy specific levels, and, particularly, being capable of remarkably improving the physical properties of a polyurethane, such as tensile strength and elongation, when used as a polyurethane chain extender.

The present invention relates to novel polyurethanes based on a diisocyanate, a carboxylic acid functionalized diol and an acid-free diol, their use as pharmaceutical excipients for improving gastrointestinal absorption, the respective pharmaceutical dosage forms and methods for making the polyurethanes.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards formulated polyol compositions that include a sucrose propoxylated polyol, a polyether triol, and a propoxylated homopolymer triol.

A polyol composition for forming flexible polyurethane foam including a polyol component having a number average molecular weight of 2,500 or more, a catalyst, a foam stabilizer, a foaming agent, and a crosslinking agent, wherein water is contained as the foaming agent, wherein a sugar alcohol is contained as the crosslinking agent, wherein the content of the sugar alcohol with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyol component is 0.1 to 5.0 parts by mass, and wherein no divalent tin catalyst is contained.