Hydrosilation in high boiling natural vegetable oils
US6071977A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 31, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 31, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08J2491/00
- WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An improved process is provided for the preparation of siloxane-oxyalkylene and siloxane-alkyl copolymer compositions via a hydrosilation reaction in the presence of high boiling point natural vegetable oils as the reaction solvent. The reaction solvent need not be removed from the block copolymer product, and indeed is beneficial to remain with the copolymer particularly when the copolymer is used as a surfactant for polyurethane foam formulations. Soybean oil and linseed oil are the preferred high boiling natural oil solvents when the copolymer product is to be used in the preparation of the surfactants for polyurethane foams. High resiliency polyurethane foam prepared with these natural oils present in the surfactant preparation afforded improved compression sets, wet compression sets and humid aged compression sets. Additionally, the use of the surfactants made with natural oils as a reaction solvent or consequently surfactants post diluted with natural oils when employed in the preparation of polyurethane foam afforded foams with greatly reduced amounts of "glass fogging".
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