Otto Bayer
Encyclopedia
Otto Bayer was a German
industrial chemist
at IG Farben
who was head of the research group that discovered the polyaddition for the synthesis of polyurethane
s out of polyisocyanate
and polyol
. It may be noted that although Dr. Bayer shared the name of his venerable employer, he was not actually related to the founding family of Bayer Corp. Today polyurethanes are ubiquitous throughout modern life.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
industrial chemist
Chemist
A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
at IG Farben
IG Farben
I.G. Farbenindustrie AG was a German chemical industry conglomerate. Its name is taken from Interessen-Gemeinschaft Farbenindustrie AG . The company was formed in 1925 from a number of major companies that had been working together closely since World War I...
who was head of the research group that discovered the polyaddition for the synthesis of polyurethane
Polyurethane
A polyurethane is any polymer composed of a chain of organic units joined by carbamate links. Polyurethane polymers are formed through step-growth polymerization, by reacting a monomer with another monomer in the presence of a catalyst.Polyurethanes are...
s out of polyisocyanate
Isocyanate
Isocyanate is the functional group of elements –N=C=O , not to be confused with the cyanate functional group which is arranged as –O–C≡N or with isocyanide, R-N≡C. Any organic compound which contains an isocyanate group may also be referred to in brief as an isocyanate. An isocyanate may have more...
and polyol
Polyol
A polyol is an alcohol containing multiple hydroxyl groups. In two technological disciplines the term "polyol" has a special meaning: food science and polymer chemistry.- Polyols in food science :...
. It may be noted that although Dr. Bayer shared the name of his venerable employer, he was not actually related to the founding family of Bayer Corp. Today polyurethanes are ubiquitous throughout modern life.