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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark L Listemann, Whitehall, PA (US);
Lisa A Mercando, Pennsburg, PA (US);
Ann C Savoca, Bornville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J / ; C08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
521103 ; 521105 ; 521115 ; 521116 ; 521118 ; 521129 ; 521166 ; 521170 ;
Abstract
A method for catalyzing the blowing reaction and making polyurethane foams employing a catalyst composition consisting essentially of a hydroxy-functional imidazole of the following formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl; R.sup.2 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl and R.sup.3 is hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 organic group optionally having an ether functionality, provided that when R.sup.1 is methyl, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are not both hydrogen or a hydrogen and a methyl, in combination with a boron compound of the formula