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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2013
Dow Global Technologies Llc, Midland, MI (US);
XiaoHua Sam Qiu, Midland, MI (US);
Steven D. Jons, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Joseph D. Koob, Jordan, MN (US);
Martin H. Peery, Bloomington, MN (US);
Steven Rosenberg, Shorewood, MN (US);
Abhishek Roy, Edina, MN (US);
Ian A. Tomlinson, Midland, MI (US);
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for increasing the solubility of a hydrocarbon compound comprising an aliphatic or arene moiety substituted with at least one acyl halide and at least one carboxylic acid functional group within a hydrocarbon solvent, wherein the method includes the step of preparing a solution comprising: at least 80 v/v % of the hydrocarbon solvent, the hydrocarbon compound, and a tri-hydrocarbyl phosphate compound, wherein the concentration of the hydrocarbon compound is greater than its solubility limit within the solvent but less than its solubility limit in the solution and the hydrocarbon.