Alkanolamine Sulfate Water Conditioners

• US 20170202215A1
• Filed: 09/16/2015
• Published: 07/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Indorama Ventures Oxides, LLC
• Original Assignee: Huntsman Petrochemical LLC (Huntsman Corporation)
• Inventors: STERN, Alan J, MEREDITH, Matthew T
• Granted Patent: US 11,096,389 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 25/02 containing liquids as carriers, diluents or solvents
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 25/30 characterised by the surfactants
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 37/40 having at least one carboxylic group or a thio analogue, or a derivative thereof, and one oxygen or sulfur atom attached to the same aromatic ring system
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 39/02 Aryloxy-carboxylic acids; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 39/04 Aryloxy-acetic acids; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 43/40 six-membered rings
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 57/20 containing acyclic or cycloaliphatic radicals

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure include an agricultural composition containing an agriculturally active ingredient and a water conditioning agent. The water conditioning agent is an alkanolammonium sulfate. Embodiments of the present disclosure further include a method of conditioning water while maintaining comparable volatility in an agricultural formulation by adding at least one water conditioning agent to an agriculturally active ingredient, wherein the water conditioning agent comprises at least one alkanolamine sulfate.

Claims

1. An agricultural composition comprising:

at least one agriculturally active ingredient; and

at least one water conditioning agent, wherein the water conditioning agent comprises an alkanolammonium sulfate.

2. The composition of claim 1, wherein the alkanolammonium sulfate is a sulfate of Formula I:

3. The composition of claim 1, wherein the alkanolammonium sulfate is selected from the group consisting of:

di(2-hydroxylethylammonium) sulfate, di(bis-(2-hydroxylethyl)ammonium) sulfate, di(tris-(2-hydroxylethyl)ammonium) sulfate, di(2-hydroxylethoxyethylammonium) sulfate and a combination thereof.

4. The composition of claim 1, wherein the alkanolammonium sulfate is a sulfate of Formula II:

5. The composition of claim 1, wherein the alkanolammonium sulfate comprises a sodium or potassium alkanolammonium sulfate.

6. The composition of claim 5, wherein the potassium alkanolammonium sulfate is selected from the group consisting of:

potassium hydroxyethylammonium sulphate, potassium tris(2-hydroxylethyl)ammonium sulphate and a combination thereof.

7. The composition of claim 1, wherein the alkanolammonium sulfate comprises hydroxyethylmorpholine sulfate, diglycolammonium sulfate, aminoethylethanolammonium sulfate, N-methylethanolammonium sulfate, N,N-dimethylethanolammonium sulfate, N-methyldiethanolammonium sulfate, 3-hydroxypropanolammonium sulfate and a combination thereof.

8. The composition of claim 1, wherein the alkanolammonium sulfate comprises a reaction product of at least one alkanolamine and sulfuric acid.

9. The composition of claim 8, wherein the at least one alkanolamine is selected from the group consisting of:

monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, triethanolamine, N,N-Bis-(3-aminopropyl)methylamine, hydroxyethylmorpholine, diglycolamine, aminoethylethanolamine, and a combination thereof.

10. The composition of claim 1, wherein the at least one agriculturally active ingredient is at least one synthetic auxin herbicide.

11. The composition of claim 10, wherein the at least one synthetic auxin herbicide is selected from the group consisting of:

dicamba and its salts, 2,4-D and its salts, fluroxypyr acid and its salts, and combinations thereof.

12. The composition of claim 1, wherein the at least one agriculturally active ingredient is selected from the group consisting of:

dicamba, salts thereof and a combination thereof.

13. The composition of claim 1, wherein the at least one agriculturally active ingredient is selected from the group consisting of:

2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, salts thereof and a combination thereof.

14. The composition of claim 1, wherein the at least one agriculturally active ingredient is selected from the group consisting of:

MCPA acid and its salts, MCPP acid and its salts, MCPB acid and its salts, triclopyr acid and its salts, clopyralid acid and its salts, picloram acid and its salts, fluroxypyr acid and its salts, and quinclorac acid and its salts, and a combination thereof.

15. The composition of claim 1, wherein the at least one agriculturally active ingredient is selected from the group consisting of:

glyphosate acid and its salts, glufosinate acid and its salts, and a combination thereof.

16. The composition of claim 1, further comprising a surfactant.

17. The composition of claim 16, wherein the surfactant is a fatty amine ethoxylate.

18. A method of conditioning water while maintaining comparable volatility in an agricultural formulation comprising adding at least one water conditioning agent to an agriculturally active ingredient, wherein the water conditioning agent comprises at least one alkanolammonium sulfate.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the agricultural formulation is a tank mix or a spray mix.