Abstract:
Organic sulfonyl semicarbazides are prepared by reacting a salt of a sulfinic acid with azodicarbonamide in the presence of water. E.g., reaction of sodium p-toluene sulfinate with azodicarbonamide in water yields p-toluene sulfonyl semicarbazide, useful as a blowing agent.
Abstract:
Certain hydrazodicarboxylates, namely polymers or oligomers made by reacting hydrazine with polyfunctional haloformates, especially difunctional haloformates, cyclized forms of said oligomers and condensation products of hydrocarbyl carbazates with polyfunctional, especially difunctional, haloformates are useful as chemical blowing agents for expanding gas-expandable polymeric materials. These compounds are novel.
Abstract:
Sulfonyl carbazates containing at least one group of: -SO2-NHNHCOOwherein the oxygen and the sulfur atoms attach to various organic groups are useful as high temperature blowing agents for gas-expandable polymers. Additionally, novel polyfunctional and secondary-alkyl substituted sulfonyl carbazates have been discovered.
Abstract:
Disclosed is the gas expansion or blowing of gas-expandable polymers with a particular class of dihydrocarbyl hydrazodicarboxylates, namely those wherein at least one of the two hydrocarbyl groups is a secondary or tertiary C3 to C5 alkyl group, especially isopropyl, secondary butyl, or tertiary butyl, while the other hydrocarbyl group is a primary, secondary or tertiary straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl radical having from 5 to 8 carbon atoms, an aryl radical having from 6 to 10 carbon atoms, or an alkaryl or aralkyl radical having from 7 to 10 carbon atoms, and preferably is a C1 to C4 alkyl group. Of the di C1 to C4 alkyl hydrazodicarboxylates, those wherein both alkyl groups are secondary or tertiary such as diisopropyl, isopropyl secondary butyl, di-secondary butyl, and tertiary butyl hydrazodicarboxylates evolve the greatest volumes of gas upon decomposition and are therefore deemed to be the most effective for use in practicing the invention.