Repsol Quimica, S.a.

Mariano Malaga Mellado

Dolores Blanco Gonzalez

Beatriz Montalvo Barroso

Julian Gonzalez Rivero

The invention relates to a process to produce high-purity, low-odour polyether polyols, with very low levels of catalytic residues, by means of alkene oxide polyaddition reactions to substances that contain active hydrogens in the presence double metal cyanides as catalysts. The process is characterized in that the reaction is carried out in the presence of sepiolites and/or by subsequent treatment with sepiolites of the polyether polyols produced with double metal cyanides in the absence of sepiolites.

Process to produce polyether polyols

The process consists of making react (i) an alkylene oxide polyether polyol, (ii) an organic compound which has an ethylenic unsaturation and a hydroxyl, carboxyl, anhydride, isocyanate or epoxy group and (iii) an alkylene oxide selected from ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and mixtures thereof, in the presence of an effective quantity of a potassium naphthenate catalyst. The unsaturated polyester polyols produced have a reduced degree of unsaturation and are useful in the synthesis of polymeric polyols with good viscosity, filterability and particle size properties, suitable for the production of cellular polyurethane compounds.

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