Philip Morris Inc.

Roger A Comes

Douglas D McRae

Stephen A Haut

Randall K Greene

Bobby W Francis

Leonard E Brown, Jr

Methods and apparatus for continuously and instantaneously measuring sidestream smoke are provided. A hood assembly is provided to fit over the ports of a conventional smoking machine. Sidestream smoke produced by test cigarettes is continuously drawn through the hood by an exhaust system. A laser beam is passed through the smoke one or more times before the beam is sensed by a photodiode detector. An electrical signal from the detector, representing the light transmission, is received by a strip recorder or computer system. The transmission measurements are used to calculate the extinction coefficient of the smoke for comparison purposes.

Methods and apparatus for measuring sidestream smoke

This invention provides an improved process for synthesizing carboxamides which involves reacting 3-p-menthyl halide with magnesium to form 3-p-menthylmagnesium halide Grignard reagent, and reacting the Grignard reagent with hydrocarbyl isocyanate at a temperature below about -20.degree. C. to form N-hydrocarbyl-p-menthane-3-carboxamide product. The product comprises a mixture of geometric isomers in which the 3-p-menthyl:3-p-neomenthyl weight ratio is at least 4:1 and can be as high as 9:1 under optimal conditions. This invention also provides a novel process for producing acylurea compounds such as N-(3-p-menthylcarbonyl)-N-t-butyl-N'-t-butylurea.

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Midlothian, VA, United States of America

Roger A Comes