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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2007
Chunping Xie, Boiling Springs, SC (US);
Lee R. Rieth, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Todd D. Danielson, Moore, SC (US);
Chunping Xie, Boiling Springs, SC (US);
Lee R. Rieth, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Todd D. Danielson, Moore, SC (US);
Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to dibenzylidene sorbitol ('DBS')-based compounds. The compounds of this invention are particularly advantageous in that they are characterized by one or more of improved transparency (reduced haze), reduced yellowing and/or improved organoleptics (taste). According to one embodiment, the present invention provides a disubstituted DBS-based compound having an allyl group or a propyl group substituted on the first carbon of the sorbitol chain. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising such DBS-based compounds and methods for using them.