Dialkyl amino ethyl amides as anti-ripening agents

• US 4,148,926 A
• Filed: 10/04/1977
• Issued: 04/10/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: ICI Americas Inc (Astrazeneca PLC)
• Original Assignee: Stauffer Chemical Company (Nouryon BV)
• Inventors: Baker, Don R., Hyzak, Daniel L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Raymond, Richard
• Application Number:
  US05/839,482
• Time in Patent Office: 553 Days
• Field of Search: 260/347.3, 260/404.5 PA, 260/557 B, 260/558 R, 260/559 B, 260/561 R, 260/561 B, 260/501.17, 260/501.18, 426/321, 426/333
• US Class Current: 426/333
• CPC Class Codes: A23B 7/14 Preserving or ripening with chemicals not covered by groups A23B7/08 or A23B7/10
• CPC Class Codes: C07D 307/68 Carbon atoms having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen

Abstract

Compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R is alkyl, phenoxymethyl, furanyl, norbornenyl, phenethyl, hydroxy alkyl, R¹ and R² are alkyl or their amine salts and their use in retarding the ripening of picked fruits, vegetables and other merchantable materials of plant origin.

Claims

1. A method for retarding the ripening of picked fruits, vegetables and other merchantable materials of plant origin comprising contacting said fruits, vegetables and other merchantable material of plant origin with an amount effective to retard ripening of a compound having the structural formula ##STR14## in which R is alkyl having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, phenoxymethyl, furanyl, norbornenyl, phenethyl, hydroxy alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R¹ and R² are independently alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and their salts wherein the anion is chloride, bromide, acetate, sulfate or phosphate.

2. A method of claim 1 wherein R is alkyl having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, phenoxymethyl, 2-furanyl, 5-norbornen-2-yl, phenethyl, 2-hydroxypropyl and R¹ and R² are both methyl or both ethyl.

3. A method of claim 1 wherein R is n-decyl, R¹ is ethyl and R² is ethyl.