Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards formulated polyol compositions that include a first polyether polyol having an average hydroxyl number from 112 to 280 mg KOH/g, a second polyether polyol having an average hydroxyl number from 18.5 to 51 mg KOH/g, a third polyether polyol having an average hydroxyl number from 20 to 70 mg KOH/g, and at least one of: fourth polyether polyol having an average hydroxyl number from 112 to 280 mg KOH/g; and a methoxypolyethylene glycol having an average hydroxyl number from 56 to 190 mg KOH/g.

Novel polymers are depolymerizable by metathesis of a cleavable unit. As an example, a series of linear and crosslinked polyurethanes were prepared that can be selectively depolymerized under mild conditions. Two unique polyols were synthesized bearing unsaturated units in a configuration designed to favor ring-closing metathesis to five- and six-membered cycloalkenes. These polyols were co-polymerized with toluene diisocyanate to generate linear polyurethanes and trifunctional hexamethylene- and diphenylmethane-based isocyanates to generate crosslinked polyurethanes. The polyol design is such that the ring-closing metathesis reaction cleaves the backbone of the polymer chain. Upon exposure to dilute solutions of Grubbs' catalyst under ambient conditions, the polyurethanes were rapidly depolymerized to low molecular weight, soluble products bearing vinyl and cycloalkene functionalities. These functionalities enabled further re-polymerization by traditional strategies for polymerization of double bonds. This general approach can be expanded to develop a range of chemically recyclable condensation polymers that are readily depolymerized by orthogonal metathesis chemistry.

A composition and a material prepared from the composition are provided. The composition includes 50-99 parts by weight of a polyether polyol and 1-50 parts by weight of a compound having a structure represented by Formula (I)

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wherein R.sup.1 is C.sub.1-6 independent alkylene group; R.sup.2 is

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R.sup.3 is independently C.sub.1-6 alkylene group; i≥1; j≥0; k=0, 1, or 2; R.sup.4 is C.sub.1-24 alkyl group when k=1, or 2, or R.sup.4 is C.sub.6-24 alkyl group when k is 0; and B is independently

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A flexible polyurethane foam material with strong support and high elasticity is made by foaming the following raw materials by weight: 80-120 parts of lignin-based block copolymer molecular-level combined polyether; 45-65 parts of isocyanate; 0.5-5 parts of foaming catalyst; 1-10 parts of water; and 1-3 parts of foam stabilizer; the lignin-based block copolymer molecular-level combined polyether is based on lignosulfonate, molecular chain of lignosulfonate is cut and embedded by using solvation effect of polyether polyol to form a molecular-level combined polyether that is polymerized and formed by aromatic polymer fragments of lignosulfonate and aliphatic polymer fragments of polyether polyol. The foaming catalyst can be a foaming catalyst commonly used in the technical field.

A lignin-based block copolymer molecular-level combined polyether is based on lignosulfonate, a molecular chain of lignosulfonate is cut and embedded by using solvation effect of polyether polyol to form a molecular-level combined polyether that is polymerized and formed by aromatic polymer fragments of lignosulfonate and aliphatic polymer fragments of polyether polyol. The present invention uses a type of molecular mixing technology with a special structure to re-edit and splice the lignin molecular fragments of the hard segment on the microscopic level with the polymer polyols of the soft segment on the macroscopic level, to obtain a molecular-level combined polyether by a method of block copolymerization. Such a molecular-level combined polyether has dual characteristics of strong support and softness, which perfectly solves the problem how to balance strong support and softness of flexible polyurethane foam materials.

The invention relates to a method for producing soft polyurethane foam obtained by reacting a composition containing a component A1 containing at least one filled polyol, a component A2 containing compounds reactive with isocyanates and having a hydroxyl value of ≥20 to <100 mg KOH/g, the component A2 not containing any filled polyol, a component A3 containing water and/or at least one physical blowing agent, a component A4 containing auxiliary agents and additives, and a component B containing di- and/or polyisocyanates, characterized in that the reaction occurs in the presence of 0.5 to 3 parts by weight of an organic urea derivative as component C, which is obtained by reacting urea with a difunctional amine having a number-average molecular weight of 200 to 1000 g/mol. The invention also relates to a soft polyurethane foam obtainable by the method.

Flexible polyurethane foams are characterized in having slow recovery times, low foam densities and very low compression sets. The foams are useful in human comfort applications such as pillows and mattresses.

The present invention relates to a curable isocyanate-free formulation for preparing a polyurethane self-blowing foam comprising at least one multifunctional cyclic carbonate having at least two cyclic carbonate groups at the end of the chain (compound A), at least one multifunctional amine (compound B), at least one multifunctional thiol (compound C) and at least one catalyst (compound D), to a process for preparing said foams, to the thus obtained foams and the recycling of said foams.

A one-step process for preparing a reticulated flexible polyurethane foam, a reticulated flexible polyurethane foam prepared by the process, and the use of the flexible polyurethane foam in sofa, mattress and the like are provided. The process is a one-step process, which does not comprise the step of the reticulation treatment, and therefore is safe, environmentally friendly and highly efficient.

Described herein is a continuous process for producing polyurethane prepolymers in a residence time reactor with plug flow. Also described herein is a method of using these prepolymers for producing polyurethanes.