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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2014
Basf SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Uwe Storzum, League City, TX (US);
Boris Breitscheidel, Waldsee, DE;
Kevin Scott Todd, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Jason David Veinot, Ontario, CA;
BASF CORPORATION, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Abstract
A plasticizer composition is disclosed that includes di(2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate, and which is substantially free of a di-ester according to Formula I: where Ris a straight-chain or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 13 carbon atoms, and where Ris different than 2-ethylhexane. The plasticizer composition may be used in a plastisol composition, a powder coating composition, a molding composition, and various other compositions. A method of preparing an aromatic di-ester is also disclosed. The method may prepare the plasticizer composition.