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US 8,541,344 B2Granted
Compositions with cyclopropenes and metal-complexing agents
AssigneeRohm and Haas Company
InventorsEdward Charles Kostansek, Bridget Marie Stevens
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Abstract
A composition is provided that contains a cyclopropene and a metal-complexing agent. Also provided is a method that includes contacting such compositions to plants or plant parts.
Claims22
A sprayable liquid composition comprising:
- at least one cyclopropene of the formula (1)
- wherein R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, phenyl, or naphthyl group, and a substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, phenyl, or naphthyl group having as a substitutent a halogen, alkoxy, substituted phenoxy, or unsubstituted phenoxy group;
- at least molecular encapsulating agent that encapsulates the cyclopropene;
- at least one metal complexing agent selected from the group consisting of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), hydroxyethylethylenediaminetriacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid, N-dihydroxyethylglycine, and ethylenebis(hydroxyphenylglycine);
- and
- water.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.