Patent 7678729 was granted and assigned to Bayer MaterialScience on March, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention provides a process for conditioning double metal cyanide (DMC) catalysts, which are employed in the preparation of polyether polyols based on starter compounds having active hydrogen atoms, the preparation of polyether polyols using the conditioned catalysts and the use of the polyether polyols prepared in this way for the preparation of polyurethane materials.