Modified polyamines and a process for their production

摘要

Modified polyamines containing carbamates, urethane and/or urea and/or thiourethane groups and having a primary amine content of from 0.1 to 20.2 wt % are produced by (a) mixing an organic isocyanate with a base in the presence of at least one hydrogen-active compound and water and (b) converting the carbamate, urethane and/or urea and/or thiourethane groups to amino groups. The isocyanate starting material has an isocyanate content of from 0.5 to 40 wt. %. The hydrogen-active compound contains a hydroxy and/or amino and/or thiol group. Water is used in a quantity such that one mol of water is present for each isocyanate equivalent. Conversion to form the amino groups is accomplished by treatment with a proton donor and/or thermal decomposition and/or solvent extraction. The polyamines thus-produced are particularly useful in the production of polyurethanes.