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Polyurethane latexes from NCO prepolymers chain extended with polyepoxides, polyanhydrides or polyaldehydes, and layered products

Assignee: Witco Corp
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Filing: 1976-12-14
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Granted: 1979-07-03
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Expires: 1996-12-14
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Abstract

Abstract A latex suitable for forming improved water-resistant polyurethane products. The latex is prepared in an aqueous system by reacting an NCO-terminated, quaternized, preferably linear, polyurethane prepolymer with water and chain-extending the resulting polyurethane-urea with a difunctional or polyfunctional reagent containing groups reactive with primary amino groups, such as epoxy groups, anhydrides and aldehydes, thus increasing the molecular weight of said polyurethane-urea. The latex thus formed can be dried into highly water-resistant films, coatings, and the like.

Inventors

  • 👤 Peter Loewrigkeit
  • 👤 Kenneth A. Van Dyk
  • 👤 Thomas T. McGimpsey

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 02:31
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B25/00; B32B25/04; B32B7/00; B32B7/04; B32B7/12; C; C08; C08G; C08G18/00; C08G18/06; C08G18/08; C08G18/0804; C08G18/0809; C08G18/0814; C09; C09J; C09J175/00; C09J175/04; B32B2250/00; B32B2250/03; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31551; Y10T428/31565

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 29
Claim 1
Independent Claim 66 words
A storage-stable latex of a quaternized polyurethane-urea comprising the chain-extended product of an isocyanate terminated quaternized polyurethane prepolymer, a chain-extending reagent and water, said chain-extending reagent having at least two groups reactive with primary amines, said groups selected from terminal epoxides, aldehydes and cyclic anhydrides said prepolymer being the reaction product of a polyol, a tertiary alkanolamine and a polyisocyanate quaternized with a di-lower alkyl sulfate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 66 words
A storage-stable latex of a quaternized polyurethane-urea comprising the chain-extended product of an isocyanate terminated quaternized polyurethane prepolymer, a chain-extending reagent and water, said chain-extending reagent having at least two groups reactive with primary amines, said groups selected from terminal epoxides, aldehydes and cyclic anhydrides said prepolymer being the reaction product of a polyol, a tertiary alkanolamine and a polyisocyanate quaternized with a di-lower alkyl sulfate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 39 words
The latex of claim 1, wherein the polyol is selected from the group consisting of diols, triols, and mixtures thereof, said polyol or mixtures thereof, having a hydroxyl number in the range of from about 10 to about 200.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 12 words
The latex of claim 2, wherein the polyol is a polyether polyol.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 12 words
The latex of claim 2, wherein the polyol is a polyester polyol.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 11 words
The latex of claim 2, wherein the polyisocyanate is a diisocyanate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 20 words
The latex of claim 5, wherein the chain-extending reagents are poly-epoxides selected from the group consisting of di-epoxides and tri-epoxides.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 12 words
The latex of claim 6, wherein the polyepoxides comprise glycidyl ether groups.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 64 words
The latex of claim 1, wherein the prepolymer is the reaction product formed by reacting a polyol, a diisocyanate and an N-alkyl dialkanolamine in the proportion of equivalents in the range of from about 0.8 to about 1.2: about 3 to about 5: about 0.8 to about 1.2, respectively, and quaternized by reaction with from about 0.4 to 0.6 equivalent of the dialkyl sulfate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 27 words
The latex of claim 8, wherein the prepolymer contains an amount of free isocyanate groups in the range of from about 0.5 to about 10% by weight.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 26 words
The latex of claim 9, wherein the chain-extending reagent is present in an amount of from about 1 to about 15% by weight of the prepolymer.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 15 words
The latex of claim 1, containing up to about 65% by weight of polymer solids.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 98 words
In the process for the preparation of a storage-stable latex, conprising reacting a mixture of a polyol with a tertiary alkanolamine and an excess of a polyisocyanate under anhydrous conditions to form an isocyanate terminated polyurethane prepolymer, quaternizing the polyurethane prepolymer by further reaction under anhydrous conditions with a quaternizing agent, the improvement of simultaneously chain-extending and dispersing the quaternized isocyanate-terminated polyurethane prepolymer in an excess of water in the presence of an emulsifying surfactant and a chain-extending reagent having at least two groups reactive with primary amines, said groups selected from terminal epoxides, aldehydes and cyclic anhydrides.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 98 words
In the process for the preparation of a storage-stable latex, conprising reacting a mixture of a polyol with a tertiary alkanolamine and an excess of a polyisocyanate under anhydrous conditions to form an isocyanate terminated polyurethane prepolymer, quaternizing the polyurethane prepolymer by further reaction under anhydrous conditions with a quaternizing agent, the improvement of simultaneously chain-extending and dispersing the quaternized isocyanate-terminated polyurethane prepolymer in an excess of water in the presence of an emulsifying surfactant and a chain-extending reagent having at least two groups reactive with primary amines, said groups selected from terminal epoxides, aldehydes and cyclic anhydrides.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 23 words
The process of claim 12, comprising, in addition, the presence of an N-lower alkyl dialkanolamine, in combination with the polyol and polyisocyanate compounds.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 21 words
The process of claim 13, wherein the diisocyanate is selected from the group consisting of tolylene diisocyanate and methylene bis-(cyclohexyl isocyanate).
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 12 words
The process of claim 12, wherein the polyol is a polyoxyalkylene polyol.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 25 words
The process of claim 15, wherein the polyol comprises a diol having a hydroxyl number in the range of from about 20 to about 80.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 11 words
The process of claim 16, wherein the diol is a polyoxypropyleneglycol.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 24 words
The process of claim 17, wherein the polyol comprises in addition, up to 10% of an alkyl triol, based on the weight of diol.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 12 words
The process of claim 18, wherein the alkyl triol is trimethylol propane.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 11 words
The process of claim 18, wherein the alkyl triol is glycerol.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim 12 words
The process of claim 13, wherein the quaternizing agent is dimethyl sulfate.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim 32 words
The process of claim 12, wherein the quaternization is carried out in a nonaqueous, organic solvent medium, and wherein the organic solvent is removed after the quaternized prepolymer is dispersed in water.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim 42 words
The process of claim 12, wherein the water and prepolymer are reacted in the presence of a catalyst to form a chain-extended polyurethane-urea, being dispersed in an aqueous medium, and wherein the chain-extending reagent is subsequently added to form the resultant latex.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim 19 words
The process of claim 23, wherein the chain-extending reagent comprises a polyaldehyde containing from two to three aldehyde groups.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim 10 words
A film produced by drying the latex of claim 1.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim 71 words
A laminated product comprising a lower substrate and upper substrate and an intermediate adhesive film, adhesively connected to the upper substrate and the lower substrate, the film being formed by applying a layer of the latex of claim 1 to at least one of said substrates and juxtaposing the second substrate adjacent the first substrate in contact with the latex layer, and drying the latex to form the desired adhesive film.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim 39 words
A laminated product comprising a substrate and an adherent film, adhesively connected to a surface of the substrate, the film being formed by applying a layer of the latex of claim 1 to said surface and drying the layer.

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