Patent 7709680 was granted and assigned to Bayer MaterialScience on May, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The invention provides a process for isocyanate dimerization (uretdione formation) and a process for preparing polyisocyanates having a high content of uretdione groups, using specific phosphines as catalysts. The phosphines have one or two tertiary alkyl radicals bound directly to phosphorus.