US 7,563,748 B2
Alcohol alkoxylate carriers for pesticide active ingredients
Michael P. Pompeo, Mason, Ohio (US); and Benoit Abribat, Saint Fargeau Ponthierry (France)
Assigned to Cognis IP Management GmbH, Henkelstrasse 67, Duesseldorf (Germany)
Filed on May 18, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/848,182.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/480786, filed on Jun. 23, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2005/0009708 A1, Jan. 13, 2005
Int. Cl. A01N 37/24 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 504—149  [424/405] 3 Claims
 
1. A pesticidal concentrate composition comprising:
(a) from about 20 to about 99% by weight of a solvent corresponding to formula I:
R1-(EO)x-(PO)y-R2  (I)
wherein R1 is an alkyl group having from about 6 to about 18 carbon atoms, x is a number from 1 to about 20, y is a number up to about 10, R2 is either OH or COCH, (EO) is an ethylene oxide residue and (PO)is a propylene oxide residue; and
(b) a pesticidally active ingredient comprising 3,4-dichlorophenyl propanamide.