US 4,542,241 AGranted

Mercaptohydroxy alkanes

AssigneePhillips Petroleum Company

InventorsRoy A. Gray, Gary D. Macdonell

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Dimercaptodihydroxy alkanes, such as 1,10-dimercapto-2,9-dihydroxydecane, are used as a curing agent for epoxide resins and as ore flotation agents.

Dependent claims

1,10-Dimercapto-2,9-dihydroxydecane.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

C08G 59/66
Characterised by the curing agents used: mercaptans
C07C 323/00
Thiols, sulfides, hydropolysulfides or polysulfides substituted by halogen, oxygen or nitrogen atoms
C08G
Macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds
C07C
Acyclic or carbocyclic compounds

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