Dow Global Technolgoies LLC

Rohm and Haas Company

Michael Leo Tulchinsky

Cynthia L Rand

Wanglin Yu

Stephen W King

Xue Chen

Asghar Akber Peera

Clark H Cummins

Stephen J Donovan

Robert E Hefner, Jr

Jerzy Klosin

Daniel J Arriola

David Craig Molzahn

Barry B Fish

Brad C Bailey

Thomas H Kalantar

Paul R Elowe

Andre B Argenton

Michael J Mullins

William Jack Kruper, Jr

John Robert Briggs

John N Argyropoulos

Eric P Wasserman

Mark F Sonnenschein

Edward D Daugs

David J Brennan

Anthony G Abatjoglou

Daniel A Hickman

William J Kruper

Erich J Molitor

Shawn D Feist

Sze-Sze Ng

Mladen Ladika

Jin Zhao

Derrick W Flick

Christian Piechocki

Kiran K Baikerikar

J Keith Harris

Abraham D Schuitman

Ronald R Peterson

Tzu-Chi Kuo

Michael P Tate

Ernesto Occhiello

Aslin Izmitli

Sze S Ng

Adam H Xiong

Erich Molitor

Stephen Donovan

Jerzy J Klosin

Sze Sze Ng

Frederic De La Torre

Disclosed is the use a polyalkoxylated amino alcohol to solubilize active compounds that are poorly soluble in water, including particularly agricultural actives or pharmaceutical actives. Also disclosed are compositions comprising such actives, water and the polyalkoxylated aminoalcohol.

Aqueous solutions of poorly soluble active ingredients using polyalkyoxylated amino alcohols

A liquid laundry detergent formulation for household use is provided, comprising: a liquid carrier; a cleaning surfactant; and a cleaning booster of Formula (I) wherein each Ris independently a chain of Formula (II) wherein each Ris independently selected from the group consisting of a Calkyl group and a chain of Formula (II); wherein Rand Rare independently an aliphatic Calkanediyl group; wherein each Ris independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen and a —Calkyl group; wherein n is an average of 0 to 8; wherein m is an average of 5 to 50; and wherein the cleaning booster has a weight average molecular weight of ≤10,000 Daltons.

Liquid laundry detergent with cleaning booster

A liquid laundry additive is provided, comprising a cleaning booster, wherein the cleaning booster is of formula (I), wherein Ris a Calkylidene group; wherein each occurrence of Ris independently selected from a Calkylene oxide group; and wherein the sum v+x+y+z is >40.

Cleaning booster

A liquid laundry detergent formulation is provided, comprising: a liquid carrier; a cleaning surfactant; and a cleaning booster, wherein the cleaning booster is of formula (I) wherein Ris a Calkylidene group; wherein each occurrence of Ris independently selected from a Calkylene oxide group; and wherein the sum v+x+y+z is 4 to 1,600.

Liquid laundry detergent formulation

Cyclic ketal compounds provide excellent foam protection when having at least one moiety of a threshold size (comprising 4 or more carbon atoms) pendant from a ketal carbon. The carbons in such moieties may be present in one or more chains. The cyclic ketal compounds of the present invention are compatible with foodstuff manufacturing. In particular, it has been discovered that the cyclic ketal compounds of the present invention exhibit excellent foam control performance in both potato and sugar beet processing systems.

Cyclic ketal compounds having long side chains useful as foam control agents in the manufacture of food and beverage products

A method for controlling foam comprising providing food composition comprising a foam control agent and a foodstuff, the foam control agent comprising a Mono glycidyl ether adduct or a Diglycidyl ether adduct. A composition useful for foam control comprising a mono glycidyl ether adduct, a diglycidyl ether adduct or combination thereof.

Foam control

A method for controlling foam comprising providing a food composition comprising a foam control agent and a food-stuff, and processing the food composition, wherein the foodstuff comprises potato derivatives or beet derivatives. A food composition comprising a foodstuff and a foam control agent, and wherein the foodstuff comprises potato derivatives or beet derivatives.

Processes to prepare lightly branched surfactant products comprise combining at least one olefin and a coordination-insertion catalyst under conditions such that at least one oligomer product is formed. The surfactant products comprise a main carbon chain containing an average of between 0.5 and 2.5 branches, wherein more than 50% of the branches are ethyl branches, wherein the branches are located more than one carbon away from each end of the main carbon chain in more than 20% of surfactant product molecules.

Process for the preparation of lightly-branched hydrophobes and the corresponding surfactants and applications thereof

A process for at least partially reactivating the catalytic activity of at least a partially deactivated catalyst following a reaction cycle, the catalyst having been used in a catalytic reaction process for hydrogenating an aromatic epoxide to produce a hydrogenated aliphatic epoxide; said process including contacting the at least partially deactivated catalyst with an oxygen-containing source at a temperature of less than about 100&#xb0; C. and in the presence of a reactivation solvent for a pre-determined period of time sufficient to at least partially re-oxidize and reactivate the catalyst for further use; and a catalytic reaction process for hydrogenating an aromatic epoxide to produce a hydrogenated aliphatic epoxide including the above reactivating process step; and optionally including a step for washing the deactivated catalyst with a solvent prior to re-oxidizing the deactivated catalyst.

Catalyst regeneration process

A novel byproduct compound having the following chemical formula B: wherein R is hydrogen or CH; a composition including an admixture of: (A) a product having the following chemical formula A: wherein R is hydrogen or CH; and (B) the above novel byproduct compound having the chemical formula B; and a composition including a reaction product of: (a) an aromatic epoxy resin; (b) hydrogen; (c) a catalyst; and (d) a solvent; wherein the reaction product produced is a cycloaliphatic epoxy resin admixture of the combination of (i) the above product having the chemical formula A and (ii) the novel byproduct compound having the chemical formula B; wherein the above product having the chemical formula A includes at least a cis-cis isomer, a cis-trans isomer, and a trans-trans isomer; and the novel byproduct compound having the chemical formula B includes at least a cis isomer and a trans isomer.

Epoxy resin compositions

Polyol ether compounds and processes for their preparation. A representative process comprises melting a polyol, and reacting the molten polyol, a carbonyl compound, and hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst to provide the polyol ether. The polyol ether has surfactant properties.

Renewable surfactants derived from sugar alcohols

The present invention relates to the use of polyalkoxylated alcohols of the formula R&#x2014;O-(AO)&#x2014;H, wherein R is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl or heterocyclic group having 7 to 25 carbon atoms, (AO) is a polyoxyalkylene moiety of the composition (BO)m(EO)n(DO)r with random or blockwise arrangement of the constituting oxyalkylene units, wherein m, n and r represent the average number of oxybutylene (BO) units, oxyethylene (EO) units and oxyalkylene units derived from at least one epoxide selected from styrene oxide and alkylene oxides having from 5 to 10 carbon atoms (DO) per molecule of the polyalkoxylated alcohol, respectively, m being a number greater than or equal to 1, n being a number greater than or equal to 1 and r being a number in the range from 0 to 50 under the proviso that (m+n+r) is less than or equal to 200 and the ratio n/(m+r) is in the range of 1 to 20, as excipients in pharmaceutical compositions. Said polyalkoxylated alcohols enable very effective solubilization of poorly soluble active pharmaceutical ingredients in aqueous media. Solid or semi-solid pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more such polyalkoxylated alcohol combined with at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient are further long term stable under typical storage conditions and can be readily provided in various dosage forms such as tablets and filled capsules.

Polyalkoxylated alcohols as excipients for pharmaceutical compositions

The instant invention provides cycloaliphatic diamines and a method of making the same. The cycloaliphatic diamines according to the instant invention comprise the reaction product of one or more cycloaliphatic cyanoaldehydes selected from the group consisting of 1,3-cyanocyclohexane carboxaldehyde, 1,4-cyanocyclohexane carboxaldehyde, mixtures thereof, and combinations thereof, hydrogen, and ammonia fed into a continuous reductive amination reactor system; wherein the one or more cycloaliphatic cyanoaldehydes, hydrogen, and ammonia are contacted with each other in the presence of one or more heterogeneous metal based catalyst systems at a temperature in the range of from 80&#xb0; C. to about 160&#xb0; C. and a pressure in the range of from 700 to 3500 psig; and wherein one or more cycloaliphatic diamines are formed; and wherein said one or more cycloaliphatic diamines are selected from the group consisting of 1,3-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane, 1,4-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane, combinations thereof, and mixtures thereof.

Cycloaliphatic diamines and method of making the same

Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I): wherein n, R, and Rare defined herein. Methods of oligomerizing/polymerizing the compounds of formula (I) and methods of making the compounds of formula (I) are also disclosed.

Liquid 1,3/1,4-alkoxylated cyclohexanedimethanol based diacrylates

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Midland, MI, United States of America

Michael Leo Tulchinsky