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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1993
Filed:
May. 04, 1992
Kim R Smith, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Y-D. Mark Chen, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Rebecca F Smith, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
James E Borland, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Joe D Sauer, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Ethyl Corporation, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
A solid amine oxide is prepared by reacting a tert-amine with at least a stoichiometric amount of an aqueous hydrogen peroxide having a concentration of at least 50% by weight in the presence as the reaction medium of a normally gaseous material which (a) has a critical temperature <160.degree. C. and a critical pressure <12 MPa, (b) is in a liquefied, densified, or supercritical state in which it has a density of at least 0.1 g/cc, and (c) is present in an amount sufficient to maintain the reaction mixture stirrable throughout the reaction.