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Production of polyether polyols with reduced unsaturation
Assignee: Dow Chemical Co
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Filing: 1988-11-18
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Granted: 1991-04-23
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Expires: 2008-11-18
Abstract
Abstract Polyether polyols having an equivalent weight of from about 200 to about 5000 are prepared by the process of this invention. The process uses barium- or strontium-containing alkoxylation catalysts to provide products with reduced unsaturation in comparison to similar products produced with potassium hydroxide catalysis. The use of these catalysts also increases the capping efficiency with ethylene oxide to provide products with a higher primary hydroxyl content for the same weight percentage of ethylene oxide cap.
Inventors
- 👤 Albert J. Heuvelsland
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 23:23
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08G; C08G18/00; C08G18/06; C08G18/28; C08G18/40; C08G18/48; C08G18/4866; C08G65/00; C08G65/02; C08G65/04; C08G65/06; C08G65/08; C08G65/10; C08G65/26; C08G65/2642; C08G65/2645; C08G65/2648; C08G2110/00; C08G2110/0008; C08G2110/0025
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
85 words
A process for preparing a polyester polyol having an equivalent weight of from about 200 to about 5000 by reacting a monoepoxy compound comprising propylene oxide with an initiator containing at least two active hydrogens in the presence of a catalyst, wherein said catalyst is a substance selected from the group consisting of barium, strontium and their oxide, hydroxides, hydrated hydroxides or monohydroxide salts, or mixtures thereof and characterized in that the resulting polyol has a total unsaturation level of less than 0.080 milliequivalents/gram polyol.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
85 words
A process for preparing a polyester polyol having an equivalent weight of from about 200 to about 5000 by reacting a monoepoxy compound comprising propylene oxide with an initiator containing at least two active hydrogens in the presence of a catalyst, wherein said catalyst is a substance selected from the group consisting of barium, strontium and their oxide, hydroxides, hydrated hydroxides or monohydroxide salts, or mixtures thereof and characterized in that the resulting polyol has a total unsaturation level of less than 0.080 milliequivalents/gram polyol.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the catalyst is selected from the group consisting of barium hydroxide, hydrated barium hydroxide, monohydroxide barium salts, strontium hydroxide or mixtures thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process of claim 2 wherein the initiator contains from 2 to 8 active hydrogens and has an equivalent weight of from 5 to 1500.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process of claim 3 wherein the initiator contains from 2 to 4 active hydrogens.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
The process of claim 1 wherein he catalyst is present in an amount from about 0.01 to about 50 percent by weight based upon the weight of initiator to be reacted.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the monoepoxy compound additionally contains one or more alkylene oxides selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide, butylene oxide, hexane oxide, styrene oxide, glycidol, epichlorohydrin, epichlorohexane and epichloropentane.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 6 wherein the additional monoepoxy compound is ethylene oxide, butylene oxide or mixtures thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the reaction is carried out at a temperature of from 60° C. to 180° C. and at a pressure up to about 120 pounds per square inch gauge (psig).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the polyol has a total unsaturation of less than 0.040 milliequivalents/gram polyol.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the propenyl unsaturation content of the total unsaturation content of the polyol is reduced.
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