SOLID, PHYTOACTIVE COMPOSITIONS METHODS OF USE AND METHODS OF PREPARATION

• Main Authors: JIMMY HUA-HIN CHAN, ROGER RACHID DJAFAR
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.02.1992
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; ACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAININGELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN,SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMISTRY; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; TRAPPING

DISCLOSED ARE SOLID, PHYTOACTIVE,N-PHOSPHONOMETHYL-N-CARBOXY- METHYL COMPOSITIONS. ALSO DISCLOSED ARE PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SUCH COMPOSITIONS BY:(A) FORMING AN INITIAL MIXTURE COMPRISING A PHYTOACTIVE N-PHOSPHONOMETHYL-N-CARBOXYMETHYL COMPOUND, A SOLVENT AND A MOLTEN SURFACTANT, THE SURFACTANT BEING SOLID AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURES;(B)REMOVING SOLVENT FROM THE INITIAL MIXTURE TO FORM A FINAL MIXTURE AT A TEMPERATURE ABOVE THE MELTING POINT OF THE SURFACTANT;(C)COOLING SAID FINAL MIXTURE TO A TEMPERATURE BELOW THE MELTING POINT OF THE SURFACTANT TO FORM A N-PHOSPHONOMETHYL-N-CARBOXYMETHYL COMPOSITION WHICH IS SOLID WHICH IS SOLID AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; AND(D)PROCESSING SAID COMPOSITION INTO PARTICULATE FORM, SUCH AS PELLETS, FLAKES ,GRANULES, OR POWDERS.