USRE37313EExpiredUtility
Homogeneous, essentially nonaqueous adjuvant compositions with buffering capability
Est. expiryJul 19, 2010(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Johnnie R. Roberts
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Abstract
A homogeneous, essentially nonaqueous adjuvant composition containing at least one spray oil selected from the group consisting of: (a) vegetable oils; (b) fatty acids and blends thereof; (c) esterified fatty acids or blends thereof; (d) saponified fatty acids or blends thereof; (e) N,N-dimethylamide of the formula R CON(CH 3 ) 2 (f) polybutenes of the following formula a surfactant in an effective amount to emulsify said composition and a buffering agent in amount sufficient to reduce the pH to below about 7.
Claims
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1. A homogeneous, essentially nonaqueous adjuvant composition comprising at least one spray oil selected from the group consisting of:
(a) vegetable oils;
(b) fatty acids and blends thereof;
(c) esterified fatty acids or blends thereof;
(d) saponified fatty acids or blends thereof;
(e) N,N-dimethylamide of the formula
R CON(CH 3 ) 2
wherein R is an alkyl chain derived from fatty acids having about 6 to about 18 carbon atoms; and
(f) polybutenes of the following formula
where n is a number from about 1 to about 50;
at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of
(a) fatty alkanolamides of the formula
wherein R is an alkyl group having from about 6 to about 25 carbon atoms; R and R″ are the same or different and are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, —CH 2 CH 2 OH and
(b) PEG esters of the formula
wherein R 2 is C 2 -C 25 fatty alkyl having from about 2 to about 25 carbon atoms, R 3 is a fatty alkyl having from about 2 to about 25 carbon atoms or hydrogen and m is a number from 1 to about 100,
(c) silicone surfactants of the formula
wherein x is a number from 0 to about 5, y is a number from 1 to about 5, a is a number from about 3 to about 25, b is a number from 0 to about 25, n is a number from about 2 to about 4 and R 6 is hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to about 4 carbon atoms or an alkyl ester group having 1 to about 4 carbon atoms,
(d) ethoxylated fatty acids
wherein R 7 is an alkyl group having from about 6 to about 25 carbon atoms, p is a number from 1 to about 100,
(e) alkyl ethoxylates
R 8 O(CH 2 CH 2 O) q H
wherein R 8 is an alkyl group having from 1 to about 50 carbon atoms and q is a number from 1 to about 100,
(f) alkylphenol ethoxylates
wherein R 9 is hydrogen or an alkyl having from about 1 to about 20 carbons atoms, R 10 is hydrogen or an alkyl having from about 1 to about 20 carbon atoms and n is a number from 1 to about 100,
(g) polypropylene glycols
wherein t is a number from 1 to about 100,
(h) amine ethoxylates
wherein g and h independently of one another are numbers from 1 to about 100 and R″ is an alkyl having from 1 to about 25 carbon atoms and
(i) tristyrylphenol alkoxylate, and a buffering agent is in an amount sufficient to reduce the pH to below about 7.
2. A composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the buffering agent is selected from the group consisting of alkylaryl polyethoxy phosphate ester, C 1 -C 6 carboxylic acids, C 1 -C 6 dicarboxylic acids, phosphoric acid, citric acid, glutaric acid, gluconic acid, lactic acid, glycolic acid, acrylic acid, and carboxylated alcohol ethoxylate.
3. A composition according to claim 2 , wherein the spray oil further comprises a paraffin oil having a distillation range of about 400° F. to about 450° F. at 10 mm Hg.
4. A composition according to claim 2 , wherein the spray oil further comprises a paraffin oil having a distillation range of about 460° F. to about 470° F. at 10 mm Hg.
5. A composition according to claim 2 , comprising 80 to 85% by weight spray oil and about 5 to about 20% by weight of the surfactant based on the total weight of the composition.
6. A composition as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the buffering agent is about 0.5 to about 10% by weight based on the total weight of the composition.
7. A composition as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the buffering agent to 0.5 to 5% by weight based on the total weight of the composition.
8. A composition according to claim 1 , wherein the surfactant further comprises nonyl phenol ethoxylate.
9. A composition according to claim 8 , wherein the nonyl phenol ethoxylate is in an amount of about 18%.
10. A composition according to claim 7 , wherein the buffering agent is acetic acid.
11. A composition according to claim 7 , wherein the buffering agent is propionic acid.
12. A composition according to claim 8 6 , wherein the buffering agent is acetic acid.
13. A composition according to claim 8 7 , wherein the buffering agent is a mixture of carboxylated alcohol ethoxylate and acetic acid.
14. A composition according to claim 1 , wherein the surfactant consists of stearyl alcohol ethoxylate and the buffering agent is a mixture of acetic and lactic acid.
15. A composition according to claim 1 , wherein the homogeneous, essentially nonaqueous adjuvant composition comprising at least one spray oil selected from the group consisting of:
( a ) vegetable oils;
( b ) fatty acids and blends thereof;
( c ) esterified fatty acids or blends thereof;
( d ) saponified fatty acids or blends thereof;
( e ) N,N - dimethylamide of the formula
RCON ( CH 3 ) 2
wherein R is an alkyl chain derived from fatty acids having about 6 to about 18 carbon atoms; and
( f ) polybutenes of the following formula
where n is a number from about 1 to about 50 ; and a surfactant consists consisting essentially of the mixture of nonyl phenol ethoxylate and a silicone surfactant and a buffering agent is in an amount sufficient to reduce the pH to below about 7 .
16. A composition according to claim 15 , wherein the buffering agent is a mixture of acetic acid and carboxylated alcohol ethoxylate.
17. A composition according to claim 1 , wherein the homogeneous, essentially nonaqueous adjuvant composition comprising at least one spray oil selected from the group consisting of:
( a ) vegetable oils;
( b ) fatty acids and blends thereof;
( c ) esterified fatty acids or blends thereof;
( d ) saponified fatty acids or blends thereof;
( e ) N,N - dimethylamide of the formula
RCON ( CH 3 ) 2
wherein R is an alkyl chain derived from fatty acids having about 6 to about 18 carbon atoms; and
( f ) polybutenes of the following formula
where n is a number from about 1 to about 50 ; and a surfactant which is a mixture of nonyl phenol ethoxylate and PEG ester ethoxylate and a buffering agent is in an amount sufficient to reduce the pH to below about 7 .
18. A composition according to claim 17 , wherein the buffering agent is a mixture of acetic acid, citric acid, glutaric and carboxylated alcohol ethoxylate.
19. An insecticide comprising the adjuvant composition as claimed in claim 1 .
20. A homogeneous, essentially nonaqueous adjuvant composition comprising at least one spray oil selected from the group consisting of:
(a) vegetable oils;
(b) fatty acids and blends thereof;
(c) esterified fatty acids or blends thereof;
(d) saponified fatty acids or blends thereof;
(e) N,N-dimethylamide of the formula
R CON(C 3 ) 2
wherein R is an alkyl chain derived from fatty acids having about 6 to about 18 carbon atoms;
(f) polybutenes of the following formula
where n is a number from about 1 to about 50;
at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of
(a) fatty alkanolamides of the formula
wherein R is a C 6 -C 25 alkyl group; R′ and R″ are the same or different and are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen,
—CH 2 CH 2 OH
and
(b) PEG esters of the formula
wherein R 2 is a fatty alkyl having from about 2 to about 25 carbon atoms, R 3 is a fatty alkyl having from about 2 to about 25 carbon atoms or hydrogen and m is a number from 1 to about 100,
(c) silicone surfactants of the formula
wherein x is a number from 0 to about 5, y is a number from 1 to about 5, a is a number from about 3 to about 25, b is a number from 0 to about 25, n is a number from about 2 to about 4 and R 6 is a hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to about 4 carbon atoms or an alkyl ester group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms,
(d) ethoxylated fatty acids
wherein R 7 is an alkyl group having from about 6 to about 25 carbon atoms, p is a number from 1 to about 100,
(e) alkyl ethoxylates
R 8 O(CH 2 CH 2 O) q H
wherein R 8 is alkyl group having from about 1 to about 50 carbon atoms and q is a number from 1 to about 100,
(f) alkylphenol ethoxylates
wherein R 9 is hydrogen or an alkyl having from 1 to about 20 carbons atoms, R 10 is hydrogen or an alkyl having from 1 to about 20 carbon atoms and n is a number from 1 to about 100,
(g) polypropylene glycols
wherein t is a number from 1 to about 100,
(h) amine ethoxylates
wherein g and h are numbers from 1 to about 100 and R 11 is an alkyl having from 1 to about 25 carbon atoms, and
(i) tristyrylphenol alkoxylate, and a buffering agent is in an amount sufficient to reduce the pH to below about 7, and wherein said surfactant is mixed with sorbitan fatty acid ester and/or a polyethoxylated derivative of a sorbitan fatty acid ester.
21. A homogeneous, essentially nonaqueous adjuvant composition comprising:
(1) at least one spray oil selected from the group consisting of:
(a) vegetable oils;
(b) fatty acids and blends thereof;
(c) esterified fatty acids or blends thereof;
(d) saponified fatty acids or blends thereof;
(e) N,N-dimethylamide of the formula
R CON(CH 3 ) 2
wherein R is an alkyl chain derived from fatty acids having about 6 to about 18 carbon atoms;
(f) polybutenes of the following formula
where n is a number from about 1 to about 50;
(2) a surfactant in an effective amount to provide emulsification of said composition and
(3) a buffering agent in an amount sufficient to reduce the pH to below 7.
22. The composition according to claim 21 , wherein at least one of said spray oil is selected from the group consisting of:
(b) fatty acids and blends thereof;
(c) esterified fatty acids or blends thereof;
(d) saponified fatty acids or blends thereof;
(e) N,N-dimethylamide of the formula
R CON(CH 3 ) 2
wherein R is an alkyl chain derived from fatty acids having about 6 to about 18 carbon atoms; and
(f) polybutenes of the following formula
where n is a number from about 1 to about 50;
a surfactant in an effective amount to provide a emulsification of said composition and a buffering agent in an amount sufficient to reduce the pH below about 7.
23. The composition according to claim 21 , wherein said spray oil contains vegetable oils and said vegetable oils are cotton seed oil, canola, rapeseed, peanut oil, sunflower oil, linseed oil, safflower oil, soybean oil, corn oil, olive oil, coconut oil, or tall oil, or mixtures thereof.
24. The composition according to claim 21 , wherein said spray oil contains fatty acids and blends thereof and said fatty acids and blends thereof are saturated and unsaturated fatty acids of about 6 to about 18 carbon atoms.
25. The composition according to claim 21 , wherein said spray oil contains said esterified fatty acids or blends thereof and said esterified fatty acids or blends thereof are saturated and unsaturated esters of about 6 to about 18 carbon atoms.
26. The composition according to claim 21 , wherein said spray oil contains said saponified fatty acids or blends thereof and saponified fatty acids or blends thereof are saturated and unsaturated soaps of about 6 to about 18 carbon atoms.
27. The composition according to claim 24 23 , wherein said spray oil contains a vegetable oil in an amount of about 50% to about 99% and the surfactant is a silicone surfactant in an amount of about 5 to about 19.5%.
28. The composition according to claim 21 , wherein said spray oil contains fatty acids in an amount of about 50%.
29. A homogeneous, essentially nonaqueous adjuvant composition comprising a spray oil having a minimum of 85% of unsulfonated residue value, at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of
(a) fatty alkanolamides of the formula
wherein R is a C 6 -C 25 alkyl group; R and R″ are the same or different and are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, —CH 2 CH 2 OH and —CH 2 —CH—OH,
(b) PEG esters of the formula
wherein R 2 is a C 2 -C 25 fatty alkyl, R 3 is a C 2 -C 25 fatty alkyl or hydrogen and m is a number from 1 to 100,
(c) silicone surfactants of the formula
wherein x is a number from 0 to 5, y is a number from 1 to 5, a is a number from 3 to 25, b is a number from 0 to 25, n is a number from 2 to 4 and R 6 is hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an alkyl ester group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms,
(d) ethoxylated fatty acids
wherein R 7 is a C 6 -C 25 alkyl group, p is a number from 1 to 100,
(e) alkyl ethoxylates
R 8 O(CH 2 CH 2 O) q H
wherein R 7 is alkyl group and q is a number from 1 to 100,
(f) alkylphenol ethoxylates
wherein R 9 is hydrogen or C 1 -C 20 alkyl, R 10 is hydrogen or C 1 -C 20 alkyl and n is a number from 1 to 100,
(g) polypropylene glycols
wherein t is a number from 1 to 100,
(h) amine ethoxylates
wherein g and h are numbers from 1 to 100 and R″ R 11 is a C 1 -C 25 alkyl and
(i) tristyrylphenol alkoxylate, and a buffering agent in an amount sufficient to reduce the pH to below about 7.
30. The composition as claimed in claim 29 , A homogeneous, essentially nonaqueous adjuvant composition comprising a spray oil having a minimum of 85 % of unsulfonated residue value, at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of
( a ) fatty alkanolamides of the formula
wherein R is a C 6 -C 25 alkyl group; R and R″ are the same or different and are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, —CH 2 CH 2 OH and
( b ) PEG esters of the formula
wherein R 2 is a C 2 -C 25 fatty alkyl, R 3 is a C 2 -C 25 fatty alkyl or hydrogen and m is a number from 1 to 100 ,
( c ) silicone surfactants of the formula
wherein x is a number from 0 to 5 , y is a number from 1 to 5 , a is a number from 3 to 25 , b is a number from 0 to 25 , n is a number from 2 to 4 and R 6 is hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an alkyl ester group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms,
( d ) ethoxylated fatty acids
wherein R 7 is a C 6 -C 25 alkyl group, p is a number from 1 to 100 ,
( e ) alkyl ethoxylates
R 8 O ( CH 2 CH 2 O ) q H
wherein R 8 is an alkyl group and q is a number from 1 to 100 ,
( f ) alkylphenol ethoxylates
wherein R 9 is hydrogen or C 1 -C 20 alkyl, R 10 is hydrogen or C 1 -C 10 alkyl and n is a number from 1 to 100 ,
( g ) polypropylene glycols
wherein t is a number from 1 to about 100 ,
( h ) amine ethoxylates
wherein g and h are numbers from 1 to about 100 and R″ is a C 1 -C 25 alkyl and
( i ) tristyrylphenol alkoxylate, and a buffering agent in an amount sufficient to reduce the pH to below about 7 ,
wherein said surfactant is mixed with sorbitan fatty acid ester and/or a polyethoxylated derivative of a sorbitan fatty acid ester.
31. A homogeneous, essentially nonaqueous adjuvant composition comprising at least one spray oil selected from the group consisting of:
( a ) vegetable oils;
( b ) fatty acids and blends thereof;
( c ) esterified fatty acids or blends thereof;
( d ) saponified fatty acids or blends thereof;
( e ) N,N - dimethylamide of the formula
RCON ( CH 3 ) 2
wherein R is an alkyl chain derived from fatty acids having about 6 to about 18 carbon atoms; and
( f ) polybutenes of the following formula
where n is a number from about 1 to about 50 ;
at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of
( a ) fatty alkanolamides of the formula
wherein R is an alkyl group having from about 6 to about 25 carbon atoms; R and R″ are the same or different and are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, —CH 2 —CH 2 OH and
( b ) PEG esters of the formula
wherein R 2 is C 2 -C 25 fatty alkyl having from about 2 to about 25 carbon atoms, R 3 is a fatty alkyl having from about 2 to about 25 carbon atoms or hydrogen and m is a number from 1 to about 100 ,
( c ) silicone surfactants of the formula
wherein x is a number from 0 to about 5 , y is a number from 1 to about 5 , a is a number from about 3 to about 25 , b is a number from 0 to about 25 , n is a number from about 2 to about 4 and R 6 is hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to about 4 carbon atoms or an alkyl ester group having 1 to about 4 carbon atoms,
( d ) ethoxylated fatty acids
wherein R 7 is an alkyl group having from about 6 to about 25 carbon atoms, p is a number from 1 to about 100 ,
( e ) polypropylene glycols
wherein t is a number from 1 to about 100 ,
( f ) amine ethoxylates
wherein g and h independently of one another are numbers from 1 to about 100 and R 11 is an alkyl having from 1 to about 25 carbon atoms and
( g ) tristyrylphenol alkoxylate, and a buffering agent is in an amount sufficient to reduce the pH to below about 7 .
32. The composition according to claim 31 , wherein said spray oil contains fatty acids in an amount of about 50 %.Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
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