CATALYST FOR PIR/PUR FOAM PRODUCTION

The present disclosure is related to a catalyst for PIR/PUR foam production comprising a compound having the general formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from a C1-C18 straight-chain or branched alkyl group, unsubstituted or substituted with one or more hydroxyl, amino or aminoalkyl groups, or R1 and R2, taken together, form a 5- or 6-membered ring or 7-membered bicyclic structure, one of the members of the ring or bicyclic structure being X, wherein X is selected from CH2, O, S, NCH3 or NCH2COOM, wherein R3 and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen or a C1-C4 straight-chain or branched alkyl group and wherein M is an alkali metal ion or a quaternary ammonium ion, as well as to a process for production of said compound and uses thereof and to a process for the production of PIR/PUR foam or flexible foam in the presence of the catalyst of the present disclosure.