Ionic Liquid Catalysis in Cyclic Carbonate Synthesis for the Development of Soybean Oil-Based Non-Isocyanate Polyurethane Foams.
Molecules
; 29(16)2024 Aug 18.
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ABSTRACT
A method for obtaining non-isocyanate polyurethane (NIPU) foams from cyclic carbonate (CC) based on soybean oil was developed. For this purpose, cyclic carbonate was synthesized from epoxidized soybean oil and CO2 using various ionic liquids (ILs) as catalysts. Among the tested ILs, the highest selectivity (100%) and CC yield (98%) were achieved for 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ([emim]Br). Without any purification, the resulting cyclic carbonate was reacted directly with diethylenetriamine as a model crosslinking agent to produce NIPU foams. It was found that the soybean oil-based CC synthesized with bromide imidazolium ionic liquids exhibited significantly shorter gelling times (8 min 50 s for [emim]Br and 9 min 35 s for [bmim]Br) compared to those obtained with the conventional TBAB catalyst (26 min 15 s). A shorter gelling time is a crucial parameter for the crosslinking process in foams. The obtained foams were subjected to mechanical tests and a morphology analysis.
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Molecules
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BIOLOGIA
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2024
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