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US 4,285,866 AGranted
Cyclic perketals and their use for cross-linking high density polyethylene
AssigneeArgus Chemical Corporation
InventorsRonald L. Pastorino, Roger N. Lewis
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Abstract
High density polyethylene is cross-linked with certain cyclic perketals including a group of novel cyclic perketals. Typical of the novel molecules is 3,6,6,9,9-pentamethyl-3-ethylacetate-1,2,4,5-tetraoxy cyclononane.
Claims5
An organic peroxide of the formula:
- ##STR29## wherein each of R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 is selected from methyl and ethyl and R.sub.1 is an alkyl carboxylate ester group of up to about 10 carbon atoms in which the acid moiety of the ester is bonded to the ring carbon atom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.