Patent Title: SYSTEM FOR DIMENSIONALLY STABLE ISOCYANATE-FREE POLYURETHANE FOAM

 Number/Link: WO2018/005142

Applicant/Assignee:  Dow

Publication date: 4 January 2018

“Gist”: Polyaldehydes are reacted with polycarbamates in the presence of an acid catalyst, a metal oxide powder and a blowing agent.

Why it is interesting: According to this invention hydrolytically-stable foams can be prepared from a low molecular weight difunctional aldehyde and a polycarbamate with a functionality of about 3.5 to 4 and an equivalent weight of about 200 to 300, in the presence of a blowing agent and a protic acid as catalyst. Surprisingly the foams are rendered hydrolytically stable by the incorporation of a metal oxide powder with a specific particle size. In the examples polycarbamates are prepared by capping high functionality polyols with methylcarbamate and are then reacted with 1,4-cyclohexanedicarbaldehyde together with p-toluensulfonic acid as catalyst, HFC245fa as blowing agent and MgO powder. The foams show densities of 130-170 kg/m³ and are said to be useful as sealants.

Cyclohexanedicarbaldehyde