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US 6,444,619 B1Granted
Delivery system for cyclopropenes
AssigneeRohm and Haas Company
InventorEdward Charles Kostansek
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Abstract
The present invention relates to complexes formed from molecular encapsulation agents such as cyclodextrin, and cyclopropene and its derivatives such as methylcyclopropene, which are capable of inhibiting the ethylene response in plants, wherein the complex is pressure agglomerated.
Claims10
A composition comprising:
- a) a cyclopropene of the formula:
- wherein R is hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, phenyl, or naphthyl group;
- wherein the substituents are independently halogen, alkoxy, or substituted or unsubstituted phenoxy;
- b) a molecular encapsulation agent within which the cyclopropene is encapsulated;
- and
- c) optionally one or more adjuvants;
- wherein the composition is pressure agglomerated.
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A method for preparing a composition of an encapsulated cyclopropene comprising pressure agglomerating a composition comprising:
- a) a cyclopropene of the formula:
- wherein R is hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, phenyl, or naphthyl group;
- wherein the substituents are independently halogen, alkoxy, or substituted or unsubstituted phenoxy;
- b) a molecular encapsulation agent within which the cyclopropene is encapsulated;
- and
- c) optionally one or more adjuvants.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.