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Natural Oil Polyols using Self-Metathesis

Patent Title: POLYOLS FORMED FROM SELF-METATHESIZED NATURAL OILS AND THEIR USE IN MAKING POLYURETHANE FOAMS

Number/Link: US2017/0291983

Applicant/Assignee: Trent Univ.

Publication date: 12 october 2017

“Gist”: NOPs from self-metathesized soy oils

Why it is interesting: The use of metathesis chemistry to modify natural oils before converting them to polyols has been discussed before in this blog: see e.g. US2015/0337073, to the same applicant, which relates to cross-metathesis of natural oils using (e.g.) 1-butene. The current case is about self-metathesis of unsaturated natural oils, resulting in ‘metathesis oligomers’ which are then (partially) epoxidated and hydroxylated to prepare the polyols. In the examples soybean oil is turned into polyols with OH values between about 100 and 250, which are used to make flexible foams with densities of more than 150 kg/m³.

Oligomer from self-metathesis of unsaturated triglycerid

Viscoelastic Polyurethane Elastomers

Title: IMPACT PROTECTION FOAM

Number/Link: US2017/0233519

Applicant/Assignee: Dow

Publication Date: 17 august 2017

“Gist”: Viscoelastic foams are prepared from MDI, castor oil and a hydrophilic polyether polyol.

Why it is interesting: According to this invention energy absorbing foams with relatively low density and a low hardness and resilience in the temperature range from about -10 to +40°C, can be produced by reacting a blend of hydrophilic and hydrophobic polyols containing castor oil, about 0.5 pbw water and some catalyst and chain extender with MDI. The examples show foams of about 500 kg/m³ with hardness below shore 50A and ball rebound below 15% at both -10 and +23°C. The foams are said to be useful for impact-protective garments.

Castor oil component

Non-Isocyanate Polyurethane Flexible Foams

Title: NON ISOCYANATE POLYURETHANE FOAMS

Number/Link: US2017/0218124

Applicant/Assignee: Faurecia

Publication Date: 3 august 2017

“Gist”: Flex foams from a blend of two polyfunctional cyclocarbonates, a polyamine and HFC blowing agent.

Why it is interesting: While non-isocyanate polyurethanes are well known by now, examples of NIPU foams, especially flexible foams are rare. According to this case NIPU foams ‘having good resilience and low density’ can be prepared by reacting two polyfunctional carbonates A and B with a polyamine in the presence of a blowing agent and a catalyst. Cyclocarbonate A is (pref) trimethylolpropaneglycidylether carbonate and B is a polyetherpolyol with the OH groups replaced by glycidylcarbonate groups, for example an alkoxyalated trimethylolpropaneglycidylether carbonate. The polyamine is e.g. 1,6 diaminohexane. The ratio A:B is preferably about 60:40. In the examples no value for the resilience is given (but my guess based on the Tg is that it is probably not very high) and the lowest moulded density achieved is 140 kg/m³. So still a long way to go..

Glycidylether carbonate of alkoxylkated trimethylolpropane

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