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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2005
Shiming Wo, Monroe Township, NJ (US);
Floryan DE Campo, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);
Shiming Wo, Monroe Township, NJ (US);
Floryan De Campo, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);
Rhodia Inc., Cranbury, NJ (US);
Abstract
In a process for the production of dialkylphosphinic acids, especially branched, dialkylphosphinic acids in high purity via the reaction of an alpha olefin with a hypophosphorous acid or a salt thereof, the improvement comprising conducting the reaction in the presence of a stoichiometric excess of the olefin and isolating and purifying the desired dialkylphosphinic acid product by neutralizing the monoalkylphosphinic acid by-product with an aqueous base; removing the aqueous phase in which the neutralized monoalkylphosphinic acid is preferentially solubilized; acidifying the dialkyl product in the organic phase; and isolating the purified product.