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Production of polyether polyols with reduced unsaturation
Assignee: Nortel Networks Ltd
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Filing: 1989-07-14
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Granted: 1992-05-19
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Expires: 2009-07-14
Abstract
Abstract This invention is a process for the preparation of a polyol having an equivalent weight of 200 to 5000 by the reaction of a monoepoxy compound with an initiator containing an active hydrogen atom in the presence of a catalyst substance selected from the group consisting of barium, strontium and their oxides, hydroxides, hydrated hydroxides or monohydroxide salts, and mixtures thereof. The process comprises adding water during the reaction of the monoepoxy compound with the initiator. The quantity of water added is one percent or less by weight of the total weight of monoepoxy compound to be reacted with the initiator.
Inventors
- 👤 A. J. Heuvelsland
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 12:56
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08G; C08G65/00; C08G65/02; C08G65/04; C08G65/06; C08G65/08; C08G65/10; C08G18/00; C08G18/06; C08G18/28; C08G18/40; C08G18/48; C08G18/4866; C08G65/26; C08G65/2642; C08G65/2645; C08G65/2648; C08G2110/00; C08G2110/0008; C08G2110/0025
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
107 words
A process for preparing a polyol having an equivalent weight of 500 to 4000 which comprises reacting a monoepoxy compound comprising propylene oxide or butylene oxide with an initiator containing an active hydrogen atom in the presence of a catalyst substance selected from the group consisting of barium strontium and their oxides, barium and strontium hydroxides, barium and strontium hydrated hydroxides or barium and strontium monohydroxide salts, or mixtures thereof, and in the presence of water added during the reaction of monoepoxy compound with initiator, wherein the quantity of water is from about one part by weight for 100 to 20000 parts by weight of monoepoxy compound.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
107 words
A process for preparing a polyol having an equivalent weight of 500 to 4000 which comprises reacting a monoepoxy compound comprising propylene oxide or butylene oxide with an initiator containing an active hydrogen atom in the presence of a catalyst substance selected from the group consisting of barium strontium and their oxides, barium and strontium hydroxides, barium and strontium hydrated hydroxides or barium and strontium monohydroxide salts, or mixtures thereof, and in the presence of water added during the reaction of monoepoxy compound with initiator, wherein the quantity of water is from about one part by weight for 100 to 20000 parts by weight of monoepoxy compound.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the quantity of water is from about one part by weight for 1000 to 7000 parts by weight of monoepoxy compound.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The process of claim 2 wherein the quantity of water is from about one part by weight for 3000 to 5000 parts by weight of monoepoxy compound.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The process of claim 2 wherein the catalyst is selected from the group consisting of barium hydroxide, hydrated barium hydroxide, monohydroxide barium salts, or mixtures thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the initiator contains from 2 to 8 active hydrogen atoms per molecule and has an equivalent weight of from 5 to 1500.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 5 wherein the initiator contains from 2 to 4 active hydrogen atoms per molecule.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the monoepoxy compound additionally contains one or more of the alkylene oxides selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide, styrene oxide, glycidol and epichlorohydrin.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
13 words
The process of claim 7 wherein the additional monoepoxy compound is ethylene oxide.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the 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 11
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 150 pounds per square inch gauge (psig).
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 2 wherein the addition of the quantity of water provides for a product with a reduced total unsaturation level.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process of claim 11 wherein the polyol has a total unsaturation level of less than 0.050 milliequivalents/gram polyol.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 12 wherein the polyol has a total unsaturation of less than 0.040 milliequivalents/gram polyol.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
107 words
The process of claim 1 wherein an initiator containing from 2 to 8 active hydrogen atoms per molecule is reacted in the presence of from 0.1 to 50.0 percent by weight based upon weight of initiator present of barium hydroxide, hydrated barium hydroxide or a monohydroxide barium salt with a monoepoxy compound at a temperature of from 60° C. to 180° C. and at a pressure up to about 150 pounds per square inch gauge (psig), and wherein the addition of one part by weight of water per 100 to 20,000 parts by weight of monoepoxy compound is continuous during the reaction of monoepoxy compound with initiator.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
9 words
A polyol produced by the process of claim 1.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
21 words
A polyol composition comprising from 0.1 to 99.9 percent by weight of a polyol produced by the process of claim 1.
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