Oil soluble scavengers for sulfides and mercaptans
AssigneeSurface Chemists of Florida, Inc.
InventorAlice P. Hudson
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Abstract
This invention provides oil soluble sulfhydryl compound scavengers which are salt compositions of the formula: Mn+(R—CO2−)x(OH)n−x wherein M is a metal ion whose sulfide salt is less than 0.1% soluble in water, n is 2 or 3, x is an integer from 1 to n, and R a hydrocarbyl radical containing from about 4 to about 19 carbon atoms, or mixture of these compositions. A method is also provided to control odors produced by sulfhydryl compounds wherein the he said sulfhydryl compounds are contacted with the metal salts described above.
Claims13
A composition comprising
- a. hydrocarbon oil soluble metal carboxylates chosen from the group consisting of
- Zn++(R—CO2−)x(OH)2−x
- wherein x is 1 or 2, and R a hydrocarbyl radical containing from about 4 to about 19 carbon atoms and mixtures of said oil soluble metal carboxylates, and
- b. sulfhydryl compounds.
A method for controlling odors produced by sulfhydryl compounds wherein the compositions containing the said sulfhydryl compounds are contacted with metal carboxylates chosen from the group consisting of
- Zn++(R—CO2−)x(OH)2−x
- wherein x is 1 or 2, and R a hydrocarbyl radical containing from about 4 to about 19 carbon atoms and mixtures of said compositions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.