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Because diisocyanates are highly reactive chemicals, you might wonder how they behave in the environment. Diisocyanates react rapidly with water in a process called hydrolysis. Learn more about what happens during the diisocyanate hydrolysis reaction for these incredible chemical building blocks for many of the products we use every day.
Fate of Methylenediphenly Diisocyanate and Toluene Diisocyanate in the Aquatic Environment
Yoshikuni Yakabe, Karen M. Henderson, William C. Thompson, Denis Pemberton, Bernard Tury, and Robert E. Bailey (1999), Environmental Science & Technology, 33 (15), 2579-2583. Available at https://doi.org/10.1021/es981350c
Homogenous Hydrolysis of 4,4’-methylenediphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) in Water
Michael Neuland, Hans Allmendinger, Hans-Georg Pirkl, Robert J. West & Patrick M. Plehiers (2021), Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry. Available at https://doi.org/10.1080/02772248.2021.2009480