Giovanni Bozzetto S.p.a.

Massimo Paladini

Maurizio Bellotto

Francesco Spini

Alessandro Scalvedi

Jean Claude Valle

Daniele Tarallo

Angela Rozzoni

Marco Marchesi

Disclosed is a process for the preparation of compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 is C1-C4 alkoxy; R2 is hydrogen or a group of formula &#x2014;CH&#x2014;POHor is a group of formula R1-O&#x2014;(CH&#x2014;CHO)&#x2014;CH&#x2014;CH&#x2014;; R3 is an alkylene, optionally substituted with one or more &#x2014;NR2-groups; R4 and R5 are both a group of formula &#x2014;CH&#x2014;POHor one of them is a group of formula &#x2014;CH&#x2014;POHand the other is a group of formula R1-O&#x2014;(CH&#x2014;CH&#x2014;O)-CH-CH-; n is an integer between 4 and 50; which comprises: a) reacting a compound of formula R1-O&#x2014;(CH&#x2014;CH&#x2014;O)&#x2014;CH&#x2014;CH&#x2014;OH with SOClor a similar reagent to give a compound of formula R1-O&#x2014;(CH&#x2014;CH&#x2014;O)&#x2014;CH&#x2014;CH&#x2014;Cl; b) reacting the compound obtained in a) with an amine of formula NH&#x2014;R3'-NHwherein R3&#x2032; is an alkylene optionally substituted with one or more &#x2014;NH-groups; c) reacting the compound obtained in b) with formaldehyde and phosphorous acid.

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A method of use of polyaminomethylenephosphonates as dispersing, wetting, and/or stabilizing agents in formulations for cements, detergents, ceramic materials, dyes, synthetic resins, rubbers, drilling fluids, and for reverse osmosis includes the step of adding a polyaminomethylenephosphonate having the formula: wherein n is an integer higher than 2, M is an alkaline metal or the ammonium ion, and R is: &#x2014;CHPOM; &#x2014;CHZ, wherein Z is &#x2014;CHOH, &#x2014;CHOHCH, &#x2014;CHOHCHCl, or &#x2014;CHOHCHOH; &#x2014;(CH)SOM, m being 3 or 4; &#x2014;CHCHT, wherein T is &#x2014;CONH, &#x2014;CONH, &#x2014;CHO, &#x2014;COOQ, &#x2014;COOX, CN, wherein Q is &#x2014;CHor &#x2014;CHand X is an alkaline metal ion or the ammonium ion; and wherein the polyaminomethylenephosphonate is present in a weight quantity of over 0.01% with respect to the total weight of the formulation.

Use of polyaminomethylenephosphonates as dispersing agents

In one embodiment, a scale inhibitor comprising at least one polymethylenephosphonate derivative having the following formula: wherein n is a number, wherein M is hydrogen or a cation, wherein R, R, and Rare each independently selected from the group consisting of CHPOM, CHR, wherein Ris CHOHCH, CHOHCHCl, or CHOHCHOH, (CH)SOM, wherein m is 3 or 4, and CHCHR, wherein Ris CONH, CHO, COOR, COOX, or CN, wherein Ris CHor CH, and wherein X is an alkali metal or ammonium, and wherein at least one of R, R, and Ris not CHPOM. In another embodiment, a method for inhibiting scale formation in water, and in still another embodiment, a method for sequestering iron ions in a water systems, each of the methods comprising the step of providing the water with the above described polymethylenephosphonate derivative.

Polyaminomethylenephos phonate derivatives

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Massimo Paladini