Example 4
In a 3-necked flask equipped with an overhead stirrer, thermocouple, and a vacuum adapter, 335 g (2.55 equivalents) of 4,4′-dicyclohexylmethanediisocyanate (available from Bayer as Desmodur W) was charged into the reactor and stirred at ambient temperature. 664.8 g (1.33 equivalents) of a polycaprolactone diol having an OH number of 112 mg KOH/g (available from Dow Chemical as Tone™ 2221) was preheated in an oven to 80° C. and added to the reactor. The mixture was allowed to stir for about 15 minutes, before adding 2.5 g of dibutyltin dilaurate catalyst (available from Air Products as T-12). The reaction flask was evacuated (<0.1 mm HG) and held at 80° C. for 3 hours and cooled down. The resulted product was titrated and resulted in NCO content of 5.10%.