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Hydrolysable Ureas

Patent Title: DYNAMIC UREA BONDS WITH FAST HYDROLYTIC KINETICS FOR POLYMERS

Number/Link: WO2017/155958

Applicant/Assignee: Univ. Illinois

Publication Date: 14 September 2017

“Gist”: Hindered urea bonds with fast hydrolysis kinetics are prepared from aromatic-sbstituted diamines and diisocyanates

Why it is interesting: Polyurethanes containing thermally reversible hindered urea bonds (HUBs) have been discussed before in this blog. In the current case the HUBs are prepared from aromatic (e.g aryl-) substituted amines and are said to show fast, pH-independent, hydrolysis kinetics. The HUBs can be built into linear or crosslinked polyurethanes or other polymers like polyamides, polycarbonates etc.  The resulting materials are useful for medical applications like drug delivery, water-degradable packaging, self-healing materials and the like.

HUB hysdrolysis

Hydrolysis reaction of phenyl-N-tetrabutyl-N-ethyl urea

 

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by Gerhard Bleys on September 19, 2017  •  Permalink
Posted in Elastomers, Recycling, Thermoplastics
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Posted by Gerhard Bleys on September 19, 2017

https://purpatents.com/2017/09/19/hydrolysable-ureas/

TPU from Oleic Acid

Title: RENEWABLY DERIVED THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTER-BASED URETHANES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME

Number/Link: US2017/0145145

Applicant/Assignee: Trent University

Publication Date: 25-may-2017

“Gist”: Thermoplastic polyurethane made entirely from C9 monomers derived from oleic acid.

Why it is interesting: Azaleic acid can be prepared by oxidative cleavage of the oleic acid double bond.  Azaleic acid in turn can be converted to 1,9-nonanediol and to 1,7-heptamethyldiisocyanate via azides and Curtius rearrangment (see previous blog post). In this invention a polyester diol is prepared from azaleic acid and nonanediol and is then reacted with 1,7-heptamethylenediisocyanate together with nonanediol as chain extender, resulting in a phase-separated TPU. Best properties are obtained when the nonanediol is first prepolymerized with the diisocyanate. The TPU is said to degrade without cytotoxic degradation products, and is therefore useful for medical applications such as resorbable implants and scaffolds.
Related case: US2017/0145146.

Oleic Acid

 

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by Gerhard Bleys on May 29, 2017  •  Permalink
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Posted by Gerhard Bleys on May 29, 2017

https://purpatents.com/2017/05/29/tpu-from-oleic-acid/

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