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Water-Free Synthesis of Polyurethane Foams Using Highly Reactive Diisocyanates Derived from 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural

✍ Scribed by Christopher N. D. Neumann; Winfried D. Bulach; Matthias Rehahn; Roland Klein


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
260 KB
Volume
32
Category
Article
ISSN
1022-1336

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Abstract

This paper reports on the synthesis of a new highly reactive diisocyanate monomer based on hydroxymethylfurfural. It further describes its catalyst‐free conversion to linear‐chain thermoplastic polyurethanes as well as to cross‐linked polyurethane foams. In addition, a novel strategy for the synthesis of polyurethane foams without the necessity of using water is developed. Nitrogen is utilized herein as blowing agent which is formed during Curtius rearrangement of a new furan based carboxylic azide into its corresponding diisocyanate.

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