Patent number: 7485745
Abstract: The invention relates to mixtures composed of dialkylphosphinic esters and of further components, which comprise A) from 98 to 100% by weight of monocarboxy-functionalized dialkylphosphinic esters of the formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are identical or different and, independently of one another, are H, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, tert-butyl, and/or phenyl, Y is methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, tert-butyl, phenyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, 2,3-dihydroxypropyl, 2-hydroxypropyl, 3-hydroxypropyl, 4-hydroxybutyl, 3-hydroxybutyl, 2-hydroxybutyl, and/or 6-hydroxyhexyl, allyl, and/or glycerol, X is H, Li, Na, K or NH4, or X is defined as for Y, and then X and Y are two identical radicals or two different radicals of the above organic radicals, and B) from 0 to 2% by weight of halogens, where the entirety of the components always amounts to 100% by weight.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 6, 2007
Date of Patent:
February 3, 2009
Assignee:
Clariant International Ltd.
Inventors:
Wiebke Maas, Werner Krause, Harald Bauer