Liquid phosphite compositions having different alkyl groups
View Patent ↗A composition comprising a mixture of at least two different alkylaryl phosphites, wherein some alkyl groups have a different number of carbon atoms than other alkyl groups and wherein the mixture is a liquid at ambient conditions.
1. A composition comprising a mixture of alkylaryl phosphites and from 0 to 10% by weight of one or more free phenol based on the combined weight of all phosphites and said free phenol in the composition,
said mixture of alkylaryl phosphites comprising;
one or more phosphites of structure
one or more phosphites of structure
and one or more phosphites of structure
wherein
a, b, c, and d are independently selected from 0, 1, 2, and 3, provided that a+b=3 and c+d=3,
e, f, g and h are independently selected from 0, 1 and 2, provided that e+f+g+h=3, e+f=1 or 2, and g+h=1 or 2,
each Ar is phenyl,
each R 8 is a straight or branched C 1 -C 18 alkyl group having the same number of carbon atoms,
each R 9 is a straight or branched C 1 -C 18 alkyl group having the same number of carbon atoms, provided that R 8 has a different number of carbon atoms than R 9 , and the molar ratio of R 8 groups to R 9 groups in the phosphite mixture is from 1:10 to 10:1,
which mixture of alkylaryl phosphites comprises
one or more tris(monoalkylaryl) phosphites in an amount from 20 to 80 weight percent
one or more bis(monoalkylaryl)dialkylaryl phosphites in an amount from 15 to 60 weight percent,
one or more bis(dialkylaryl)alkylaryl phosphites in an amount from 2 to 20 weight percent,
one or more tris(dialkylaryl) phosphites in an amount from 0.1 to 20 weight percent based on the total weight of all phosphites in the phosphite composition,
and said one or more free phenol is selected from the group consisting of
wherein R 8 and R 9 are as defined above,
wherein the composition consisting of the mixture of alkylaryl phosphites and free phenol is a liquid at ambient conditions.
2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein R 8 and R 9 are selected from n-butyl, sec-butyl, t-butyl, n-amyl, sec-amyl, neo-amyl and t-amyl.
3. The composition of claim 2 , wherein R 8 is t-butyl and R 9 is t-amyl.
4. The composition of claim 3 , comprising from 0.01 to 5 weight percent of said free phenol.
5. The composition of claim 3 , comprising less than 1 weight percent of said free phenol.
6. The composition of claim 1 , comprising from 0.01 to 5 weight percent of said free phenol.
7. The composition of claim 1 , comprising less than 1 weight percent of said free phenol.
8. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said mixture of alkylaryl phosphites comprises
one or more tris(monoalkylaryl) phosphites in an amount from 37 to 54 weight percent
one or more bis(monoalkylaryl)dialkylaryl phosphites in an amount from 31 to 50 weight percent,
one or more bis(dialkylaryl)alkylaryl phosphites in an amount from 5 to 10 weight percent,
one or more tris(dialkylaryl) phosphites in an amount from 0.3 to 5 weight percent based on the total weight of all phosphites in the phosphite composition.
9. The composition of claim 8 , wherein R 8 and R 9 are selected from n-butyl, sec-butyl, t-butyl, n-amyl, sec-amyl, neo-amyl and t-amyl.
10. The composition of claim 9 , wherein R 8 is t-butyl and R 9 is t-amyl.
11. The composition of claim 10 , comprising from 0.01 to 5 weight percent of said free phenol.
12. The composition of claim 10 , comprising less than 1 weight percent of said free phenol.
13. The composition of claim 8 , comprising from 0.01 to 5 weight percent of said free phenol.
14. The composition of claim 8 , comprising less than 1 weight percent of said free phenol.
15. A stabilized polymer composition comprising a polymer and the phosphite composition of claim 1 .
16. The stabilized polymer composition according to claim 15 wherein the polymer comprises a polyolefin, polyalkylene terephthalate, polyphenylene ether, styrenic polymer, polycarbonate or ABS.
17. The stabilized polymer composition according to claim 16 wherein the polymer comprises a polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polyphenylene ether or high impact polystyrene.
18. The stabilized polymer composition according to claim 17 wherein the polymer comprises a high density polyethylene, low density polyethylene or linear low density polyethylene.