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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2008
Applicants:
Mark B. Erman, Atlantic Beach, FL (US);
Joe W. Snow, Kingsland, GA (US);
Inventors:
Mark B. Erman, Atlantic Beach, FL (US);
Joe W. Snow, Kingsland, GA (US);
Assignee:
Millennium Specialty Chemicals, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 69/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for stabilizing menthyl lactate is disclosed. The method comprises combining water with a solution comprising menthyl lactate and a water-miscible organic solvent in amounts effective to precipitate menthyl lactate from the resulting aqueous mixture. The aqueous precipitation method is simple to practice, and it provides menthyl lactate having remarkably improved storage stability.