BASF has announced it is adding a modern amine catalyst, Lupragen N 208, to its portfolio of Lupragen amine catalysts for the production of polyurethane (PU) foams.
Lupragen N 208 (chemical name: N,N,N’-trimethyl-N’-hydroxyethyl-bisamino ethylether, HE-TMAEE, CAS 83016-70-0) will be produced at BASF’s Ludwigshafen Verbund site and marketed worldwide.
As a reactive catalyst, Lupragen N 208 is firmly integrated into the PU polymer network during foam production; thus, it cannot escape from the foam afterwards. This prevents the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which can cause unwanted effects such as odor. Overall, this property makes Lupragen N 208 particularly suitable for the manufacture of PU products for applications in which stringent low VOC standards must be met.
“We welcome Lupragen N 208 as new member in our portfolio of Lupragens to complement our existing blowing catalyst Lupragen N 205 (Bis(2-dimethylamino-ethyl)ether, BDMAEE). With this development we are responding to an increasing demand for low-VOC solutions from our customers,” said Gereon Altenhoff, product manager, PU catalysts, intermediates Europe, BASF.
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