PROCESS FOR INCREASING THE COALESCENCE RATE FOR AMINE-INITIATED POLYETHERS

PROCESS FOR INCREASING THE COALESCENCE RATE FOR AMINE-INITIATED POLYETHERS

Disclosed is an improvement to a polyether preparation process that includes a coalescing step. Amine-initiated polyethers prepared using a mixed alkylene oxide feed tend to coalesce significantly more slowly than glycerin-initiated polyethers, particularly in processes that include a holding step a...

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Hauptverfasser: COSMAN, JAMES, CHAUDHARY, SUNIL, MCCRERY, DAVID, CHAUVEL, JEAN, FISCHER, KATIE, WESTON, JOHN, CHRISTENSON, CHRISTOPHER, LENGYEL, ISTVAN
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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CHEMISTRY
COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONSONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS
METALLURGY
ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS
THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP
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Zusammenfassung:Disclosed is an improvement to a polyether preparation process that includes a coalescing step. Amine-initiated polyethers prepared using a mixed alkylene oxide feed tend to coalesce significantly more slowly than glycerin-initiated polyethers, particularly in processes that include a holding step and/or elevated temperature following an initial alkoxylation to form a pre-polymer. This improvement is to perform a remedial end-capping of the pre-polymer, which may include amine degradation products, using an alkylene oxide which contains at least (3) carbons, prior to the molecular weight-building alkoxylation with the mixed alkylene oxide feed. The rate and performance of coalescing thereafter may be substantially enhanced.