PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF LIQUID, STORAGE-STABLE, PARTLY CARBODIIMIDATED DIISOCYANATE DIPHENYL METHANE AND ITS APPLICATION AS ISOCYANATE COMPONENT IN THE ISOCYANATE-POLYADDITION PROCESS

摘要

The instant invention is directed to storage stable liquid, partially carbodiimidized methylenebis(phenyl isocyanate) and to the method of manufacture thereof. The products of the instant invention are produced by heating methylenebis(phenyl isocyanate) at a temperature of from 150 DEG to 300 DEG C. in the presence of from 1 ppb to 10 ppm of a phospholine oxide catalyst. The reaction mixture is then cooled once the desired isocyanate content has been reached. The resultant product can be used to produce a variety of isocyanate-addition reaction products, including polyurethanes, polyureas and the like.