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Polyamines, a process for the production of polyamines and their use in the production of polyurethanes
Assignee: Bayer AG
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Filing: 1982-07-26
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Granted: 1985-09-10
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Expires: 2002-07-26
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a simplified, economic process for the production of polyamines by the alkaline hydrolysis of compounds containing terminal aromatic and/or aliphatic isocyanate groups (including modified isocyanates or NCO-prepolymers and semi-prepolymers with NCO-contents of from 0.5 to 40% by weight), with strong aqueous bases, direct isolation of the polyamines from the carbamate stage being possible by thermal carbamate decomposition and/or solvent extraction. The invention also relates to the use of the aromatic and/or aliphatic polyamines containing primary NH 2 -groups obtainable by the process according to the invention for the production of polyurethanes, such as optionally cellular polyurethane plastics and polyurethane foams.
Inventors
- 👤 Werner Rasshofer
- 👤 Gerhard Grogler
- 👤 Klaus Konig
- 👤 Dieter Dieterich
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-07 19:48
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08G; C08G18/00; C08G18/06; C08G18/83; C08G18/08; C08G18/10; C08G18/28; C08G18/40; C08G18/48; C08G18/50; C08G18/5021; C08G18/5036; C08G18/5048; C08G18/64; C08G18/6415
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
79 words
A process for the production of aromatic and/or aliphatic, primary polyamines by the hydrolysis of compounds containing isocyanate groups, comprising (I) converting aromatic and/or aliphatic compounds containing from 0.5 to 40% by weight of isocyanate groups into compounds containing carbamate groups by mixing said aromatic and/or aliphatic compounds with a strong aqueous base and at least a stoichiometric quantity of water and (II) recovering polyamines directly from the compounds containing carbamate groups by thermal decomposition or by solvent extraction.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
79 words
A process for the production of aromatic and/or aliphatic, primary polyamines by the hydrolysis of compounds containing isocyanate groups, comprising (I) converting aromatic and/or aliphatic compounds containing from 0.5 to 40% by weight of isocyanate groups into compounds containing carbamate groups by mixing said aromatic and/or aliphatic compounds with a strong aqueous base and at least a stoichiometric quantity of water and (II) recovering polyamines directly from the compounds containing carbamate groups by thermal decomposition or by solvent extraction.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
71 words
A process according to claim 1, characterized in that the aromatic and/or aliphatic compounds containing free NCO-groups are polyfunctional NCO-preadducts of polyisocyanates with relatively high molecular weight polyhydroxyl compounds from the series consisting of polyethers, polycarbonates, polyacetals, polythioethers, polysiloxanes or polybutadienes having molecular weights in the range of from 400 to 12,000 and/or with chain-extending agents containing NCO-reactive groups and having molecular weights in the range of from 18 to 399.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process according to claim 1, characterized in that the aromatic and/or aliphatic compounds containing free NCO-groups are in solution in an NCO-inert solvent.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A process according to claim 1, characterized in that the base is an alkali hydroxide, alkaline earth hydroxide and/or quaternary tetraalkyl ammonium hydroxide.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
A process according to claim 1, characterized in that the base is used in quantities of from 0.3:1 to 2:1 equivalents of base per NCO-group.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
A process according to claim 1, characterized in that the base is used in the form of an aqueous solution.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
A process according to claim 1, characterized in that step II is accomplished by heat treating the compounds containing carbamate groups at temperatures up to 200° C. and recovering the polyamines.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process according to claim 1, characterized in that step II is accomplished by treating the compounds containing carbamate groups with one or more solvents and extracting the resulting polyamines.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
41 words
A process according to claim 1, characterized in that step II is accomplished by heat treating the compounds containing carbamate groups at temperatures up to 200° C. in the presence of solvents and in a vacuum and extracting the resulting polyamines.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
A process according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that the solvents are water-immiscible organic solvents.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
41 words
A process according to claim 1, characterized in that between steps I and II, the compounds containing carbamate groups are treated with between 0.01 and 0.99 equivalents of a proton donor, based on the quantity of base used in step I.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
33 words
A process according to claim 1, characterized in that between 0.01 and 0.99 equivalents of a proton donor, based on the quantity of base used in step I, are added during step II.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
A process according to claim 1, characterized in that in step II, the polyamines are separated off by phase separation, crystallization or extraction.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
96 words
A process for the production of optionally cellular polyurethane plastics by reacting (a) polyisocyanates and/or blocked polyisocyanates with (b) polyamines and (c) optionally other low molecular weight and/or relatively high molecular weight compounds containing isocyanate-reactive groups and other known auxiliaries and additives, characterized in that the polyamines are produced by the hydrolysis of compounds containing isocyanate groups by converting them into compounds containing carbamate groups by mixing them with a base and at least a stoichiometric quantity of water, and recovering polyamines directly from the compounds containing carbamate groups by thermal decomposition or by solvent extraction.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
96 words
A process for the production of optionally cellular polyurethane plastics by reacting (a) polyisocyanates and/or blocked polyisocyanates with (b) polyamines and (c) optionally other low molecular weight and/or relatively high molecular weight compounds containing isocyanate-reactive groups and other known auxiliaries and additives, characterized in that the polyamines are produced by the hydrolysis of compounds containing isocyanate groups by converting them into compounds containing carbamate groups by mixing them with a base and at least a stoichiometric quantity of water, and recovering polyamines directly from the compounds containing carbamate groups by thermal decomposition or by solvent extraction.
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