Fatty acid and amide wetting agents for pesticide formulations
AssigneeWestvaco Corporation
InventorPhilip L. Robinson
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Abstract
Disclosed are pesticide formulations containing oil-free chemical compositions as wetting agents and the oil-free wetting agents produced by reacting a tall oil fatty acid or ester with an anhydride compound and an amino sulfonic acid compound in water alone to produce an acid amide salt, an imide salt, or the adduct thereof.
Claims9
In an aqueous pesticide formulation comprising a dry solid pesticide, a water-soluble dispersant, and an oil-free wetting agent, the improvement comprising, as the oil-free wetting agent, a fatty acid salt produce by reacting a fatty acid anhydride with an animo sulfonic acid salt selected from the group consisting of an organic alkyl salt, an organic aryl salt, and sulfamic acid slat, wherein the fatty acid anhydride is prepared as the reaction product of maleic anhydride and a mixture of tall oil fatty acids comprising oleic acid and linoleic acid.
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