Lonza Inc.

Hans Althaus

Theodor Volker

Andreas Schmidt

Chain-lengthening agents based on chlorinated 4,4'-methylenebisanilines for p-phenylene-methylenediisocyanate prepolymer are used for the preparation of cast polyurethane elastomers.

Chain-lengthening agents for

2,2'-Dichloro-6,6'-diethylmethylene-bis-aniline or mixtures thereof with compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are the same or different and are straight-chained or branched alkyl radicals having 2 to 4 C atoms, or R.sub.1 and/or R.sub.3 are chlorine and the remaining R's have the above-mentioned significance, as chain-extension means or cross-linkage means for polyurethanes or epoxide resins. Process for the production of 2,2'-dichloro-6,6'-diethylmethylene-bis-aniline or such mixtures. 2-ethyl-6-chloroaniline is condensed with itself or an aniline having the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are the same or different and are straight-chained or branched having 2 to 4 C atoms, with the proviso that R.sub.5 can also be chlorine, in acidic medium with formaldehyde or compounds which form formaldehyde. The compounds in the mixture can be condensation products of two molecules of such aniline derivatives.

Substituted P,P'-methylene-bis-aniline

New methylenebis(metachloro)anilines which are chain-lenghtening agents or cross-linking agents for polyurethanes.

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Hans Althaus