Polyurethane anionomers synthesised with aromatic, aliphatic or cycloaliphatic diisocyanates, polyoxyethylene glycol and 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)propionic acid

Taking advantage of the step-growth polyaddition method, which has been developed earlier, and applying it in the reaction of aromatic, cycloaliphatic and aliphatic diisocyanates with polyoxyethylene glycol, 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)propionic acid and 1,6-hexamethylene-diamine, a few polyurethane anionomers were synthesised, which were recovered from aqueous dispersions in the form of thin polymeric films. Analytical chemistry methods, like gel permeation chromatography with N,N-dimethylacetamide as the polar eluent and high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance and IR spectroscopy, were employed to confirm their chemical structures, to find molecular weights and their distribution and to characterise the polarity of the chemical structure of the polyurethane chain formed.