Exxonmobil Research and Engineering Company

Peter Stokes James

Jihad Mohammed Dakka

Edmund John Mozeleski

Allen David Godwin

Francisco Manuel Benitez

Lisa Saunders Baugh

Karla Schall Colle

Jon Edmond Randolph Stanat

Carl Robert Beck

Provided are compositions, processes for making, and processes for using neoalkyl polyol esters and triglycerides as plasticizers. In one form, a neoalkylester triglyceride plasticizers can be produced by (i) drying a polyol feedstream; (ii) contacting in a reactor the dried polyol feedstream with a neoacid feedstream under effective temperature, pressure and time to form a neoalkylester plasticizer effluent stream, and (iii) purifying the neoalkylester plasticizer effluent stream to remove unreacted polyol and unreacted neoacid to form a neoalkylester plasticizer. Such plasticizers can be phthalate-free and provide outstanding properties including a suitable melting or pour point, glass transition temperature, low volatility, increased compatibility, increased hydrolytic stability, and excellent low temperature properties in a range of polymeric resins.

Process for making polyol neoalkylester plasticizers from neo acids

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