Bush, Boake Allen Inc.

Gerald J Ferber

Graham J Smith

Peter J Goddard

The invention relates to compositions for cleaning a wide range of soil types from dirty articles, such as metal, ceramic or glass substrates. A first class of solvent compositions used for cleaning is an oxidative stable mixture of non-polar aromatic hydrocarbons (p-cymene) and an organic polar component (2-ethylhexanol) for cleaning of low and intermediate polar soils. Alternately, water and surfactant is added to the mixture to form a water-in-oil emulsion for cleaning high polarity soils. A second class of solvent compositions used for cleaning dirty articles is a hydrogenated or dehydrogenated analogue of a terpene compound. The solvent composition is used in a process wherein a dirty article is contacted with the solvent under conditions that result in cleaning the soil type from the article. Residual solvent contamination is removed from the article surface by contacting the contaminated article at an elevated temperature with an aqueous medium and/or a low-boiling solvent. The solvent residue is then removed by evaporation.

Compositions for cleaning articles with 2-ethylhexanol and p-cymene

The invention relates to methods and compositions for cleaning a wide range of soil types from dirty articles, such as metal, ceramic or glass substrates. A first class of solvent compositions used for cleaning is an oxidative stable mixture of non-polar aromatic hydrocarbons and an organic polar component for cleaning of low and intermediate polar soils. Alternately, water and surfactant is added to the mixture to form a water-in-oil emulsion for cleaning high polarity soils. A second class of solvent compositions used for cleaning dirty articles is a hydrogenated or dehydrogenated analogue of a terpene compound. The solvent composition is used in a process wherein a dirty article is contacted with the solvent under conditions that result in cleaning the soil type from the article. Residual solvent contamination is removed from the article surface by contacting the contaminated article at an elevated temperature with an aqueous medium and/or a low-boiling solvent. The solvent residue is then removed by evaporation.

Methods for cleaning articles

The reaction between particular styrenes and particular alkenes to produce alkyl substituted indanes has been discovered to give improved yields when phosphoric acid is used as the catalyst. The catalyst is readily separated from the organic products at the end of the reaction and can be used repeatedly to catalyze further reactions. The product further comprises novel adducts of the alkene and styrene which are converted into the desired isochroman products when the indanes are used as intermediates in the production of isochromans.

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Gerald J Ferber