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US 10,091,994 B2Granted
Formulation additives, production and use thereof
AssigneeBayer Intellectual Property GmbH
InventorGerhard Schnabel
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Abstract
The invention relates to novel formulation additives of formula 1 and to the production and use thereof, in particular as adjuvants and additives for agrochemical formulations. A novel combination of known ether sulfates and cations allows products with superior characteristics to be obtained, such as pesticides with improved strength.
Claims15
A liquid agrochemical formulation or plant protection composition in the form of an aqueous or non-aqueous solution comprising
- (a) at least 15 percent by weight of the formulation or composition of one or more surfactants of formula 1,
- R—O-Ax-SO3−M+ (1)
- wherein
- R denotes an aliphatic radical which is n-dodecyl, n-tetradecyl, isotridecyl, or n-hexadecyl;
- A denotes a polyalkoxylene group which is built up from ethoxylene and/or propoxylene radicals and which has the formula
- (BO)s(PO)u(EO)z(PO)w(BO)v
- in which
- BO denotes a butenyloxy unit,
- PO denotes a propylenoxy unit,
- EO denotes an ethylenoxy unit,
- s denotes 0,
- u denotes 0 to 10,
- z denotes 1 to 50,
- w denotes 0 to 10, and
- v denotes 0,
- M denotes a potassium cation, and
- x denotes 1,
- (b) at least 15 per cent by weight of at least one herbicide which is a leaf-active active substance selected from the group consisting of glyphosate, salts derived from glyphosate, glufosinate, and salts derived from glufosinate,
- (c) optionally one or more further agrochemicals, and
- (d) at least one further formulation auxiliary, wherein at least one formulation auxiliary is selected from the group consisting of an organic solvent and water and forms an aqueous or non-aqueous solution of the formulation or composition.
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