Comparison of EI and metastable atom bombardment ionization for the identification of polyurethane thermal degradation products

Polyurethanes are widely used in the manufacture of commercial products such as foams and paints. During combustion, these polymers can generate isocyanates, which induce adverse health effects. Polymer pyrolysis (Py) hyphenated with mass spectrometry (MS) allows the investigation of polymer thermal degradation over time/temperature. A diphenylmethanediisocyanate (MDI) polyurethane foam was analyzed with electron ionization (EI) and metastable atom bombardment (MAB) ionization at a pyrolysis temperature of 400 °C. The recently introduced MAB ionization source uses discrete energy stored in metastable atoms of gases to ionize the analytes. This characteristic allows modulation of the ionization energy by simply changing the ionization gas. The extensive fragmentation of molecular ions observed using EI 70 eV is not totally eliminated with EI 10 eV. However, only molecular ions are observed with MAB using N₂ as the ionization gas. Temperature gradients were used to separate the products generated during the thermal degradation of a 1,6-hexamethylenediisocyanate (HDI) polyurethane paint. The analysis of mass spectra was facilitated owing to a selective desorption of pyrolysis products. Furthermore, changing the MAB ionization gas allows elucidation of the structure of the pyrolysis products by controlling the extent of their fragmentation. During these experiments, isocyanic acid, methyleneisocyanate, ethyleneisocyanate, propylisocyanate and butylisocyanate were detected.     

1,6-六亚甲基二异氰酸酯自聚产物的结构表征

用IR与NMR表征了用醋酸钾为催化剂时 1,6 六亚甲基二异氰酸酯 (HDI)自聚产物的结构 .结果表明 ,自聚主产物是三聚体异氰脲酸酯 ,主要含有三聚体异氰脲基、异氰酸根 ,同时含有由杂质带来的微量氨基甲酸酯、脲基甲酸酯基、取代脲基、缩二脲基 .一维核磁谱及二维化学位移相关谱分辨出 7种羰基 ,一种NCO基 ,确定了氮上 8种不同取代结构的分子链连接情况 .通过建立理论模型 ,定量地描述了自聚产物的结构 .     

双端羟基预聚物扩链制备高分子量聚对二氧环己酮

以1,4-丁二醇(BD)为引发剂, 辛酸亚锡为催化剂, 引发对二氧环己酮(PDO)开环聚合, 得到双端羟基型聚对二氧环己酮预聚物, 再以六亚甲基二异氰酸酯(HDI)为扩链剂制备高分子量的聚对二氧环己酮. 采用核磁共振谱对预聚物和扩链产物的结构进行了确认, 并详细考察了各种因素对扩链反应的影响. 研究结果表明, 加入适量的HDI, 于150 ℃反应60 min, 扩链效率在预聚物基础上可提高52倍, 而扩链产物的粘均分子量可达到25.7×104 g/mol.