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Polyols from Epoxies and Cardanol

Title: CARDANOL MODIFIED EPOXY POLYOL

 Number/Link: WO2015/077944  WO2015/077945 WO2015/078178

Applicant/Assignee: Dow

Publication date: 4-06-2015

“Gist”: Polyols are prepared by reacting an epoxy resin with  cashew nutshell liquid.

Why it is interesting: Cardanol is the main component of  cashew nutshell liquid which is a by-product of cashew nut processing. It is a “surfactant-like” phenolic compound which, when reacted with a polyepoxide, will result in a polyol with sec-OH groups. When used in polyurethane formulations these polyols will (unsurprisingly) be slow-reacting, highly hydrophobic and show compatibilizing properties vs apolar compounds. Dow have therefore filed three patent applications on PU systems containing these polyols: one on slowly-reacting PU systems for filament winding, one on highly hydrophobic PU elastomers and one on asphalt-PU compositions.
These are interesting polyols but they could be hard to process in my opinion.

Cardanol is reacted with bisphenol-A diglycidylether resulting in a diol according to the invention

Cardanol is reacted with bisphenol-A diglycidylether resulting in a diol according to the invention

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by Gerhard Bleys on June 8, 2015  •  Permalink
Posted in composites, dispersions, Elastomers, Polyols
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Posted by Gerhard Bleys on June 8, 2015

https://purpatents.com/2015/06/08/polyols-from-epoxies-and-cardanol/

Polyols from Urethane Alcohols

Title: USE OF URETHANE ALCOHOLS FOR PREPARATION OF POLYETHER POLYOLS

 Number/Link: WO2015075057

Applicant/Assignee: Bayer

Publication date: 28-05-2015

“Gist”: Urethane alcohols prepared from cyclocarbonates are used as starters for polyether polyols

Why it is interesting: Urethane diols are prepared by reacting cyclic carbonates like ethylene- or propylene carbonate with an alkanolamine like e.g. ethanolamine. The alcohols are then further reacted with propylene oxide and/or ethylene oxide to make polyether polyols, useful for the production of flexible foams a.o.  No comparison of the properties of these polyols (or of the resulting foams), with ‘conventional’ polyether polyols, is given. The only advantage (at least for Bayer) being that the polyols are partly based on cyclocarbonates which are by-products of the polycarbonate polyol production.

A Urethane Alcohol

A Urethane Alcohol

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by Gerhard Bleys on May 29, 2015  •  Permalink
Posted in Flexible Foams, Polyols
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Posted by Gerhard Bleys on May 29, 2015

https://purpatents.com/2015/05/29/polyols-from-urethane-alcohols/

Reducing Aldehyde Emissions from Polyurethane Foams

Title: USE OF PENTAETHYLENE HEXAMINE IN THE PRODUCTION OF POLYURETHANE SYSTEMS

 Number/Link: WO2015/071065 (German)

Applicant/Assignee: Evonik

Publication date: 21-05-2015

“Gist”: Use of pentaethylenehexamine to reduce aldehyde emissions

Why it is interesting: As mentioned in previous posts, the reduction of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde emissions from polyurethane foams remains a pressing environmental issue. According to this patent application the problem can be solved by adding some (1 pphp in the examples) of pentaethylene hexamine to the polyol formulation. The polyamine will act as a formaldehyde scavenger and has some advantages over the prior art.  In the related case WO2015/071063, the pentaethylene hexamine is first reacted with guanidine chloride before being added to the formulation.

Pentaethylene hexamine

Pentaethylene hexamine

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by Gerhard Bleys on May 22, 2015  •  Permalink
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Posted by Gerhard Bleys on May 22, 2015

https://purpatents.com/2015/05/22/reducing-aldehyde-emissions-from-polyurethane-foams/

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