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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2000
Filed:
May. 10, 1999
Lowell J Lawrence, Lexington, KY (US);
Stephan Kwiatkowski, Lexington, KY (US);
SRM Chemical, Ltd, Co., League City, TX (US);
Abstract
A simple and inexpensive process is described for reducing the concentration of N-nitroso-containing compounds in compositions comprising N-nitroso-containing compounds and other desired compounds wherein the N-nitroso-containing compounds thermally decompose at a temperature below the decomposition temperature of the desired compounds. For compositions comprising dinitroaniline herbicides wherein the N-nitroso compound is a N-nitroso derivative of a precursor in the manufacture of the herbicide, for example Flumetralin, N-ethyl-N-(2-chloro-6-fluorobenzyl)-2,6-dinitro-4-trifluoromethylaniline, the process requires heating the mixture to a temperature greater than about 120.degree. C., and holding the composition at that temperature for a time effective to decompose the N-nitroso compound present in the mixture. Volatile decomposition products are advantageously removed from the composition.