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. 2015 Feb 23;11(15):2916–2923. doi: 10.1039/c5sm00218d

Table 1. Relative polyurea microencapsulation rates k E(W/O)rel and k E(O/W)rel of different monomer combination and reaction rate constants of conversions of n-butyl alcohol a with isocyanates and primary isocyanates with primary and secondary amines taken from ref. 30–32 .

Amine Isocyanate k E(W/O)rel k E(O/W)rel
En TDI 1 1
HMDA 4.98 36.47
TEPA 5.99 50.94
(En)n 10.21 244.21
Secondary AM Primary isocyanate 1 (ref. 30–32)
Primary AM 2–5 (ref. 30–32)
HMDA HDI 1 1
HDI3 6.52 0.72
TDI 9.07 40.83
HDI n-Butyl alcohol 1 a 3032
TDI 66.4 a 3032

aThere is no reliable information on absolute reaction rate constants of HDI and TDI with amines. However, trends in conversions of isocyanates with alcohols can be directly compared even though that they react slower than the conversion with amines by a factor of 100–1000. The values correspond to the reaction with the second isocyanate function of the molecule.