Claims
- 1. A composition comprising
(A) an amine oxide; and (B) a boron compound selected from the group consisting of boric acid, diboron tetrahydroxide, a borate, a boron oxide, a borane, and any combination of any of the foregoing.
- 2. A composition as defined in claim 1, wherein said amine oxide is selected from the group consisting of
(i) a trialkylamine oxide; (ii) an alkylcyclicamine oxide; (iii) a dialkylpiperazine di-N-oxide; (iv) an alkyldi(ethoxylated oxyalkyl)amine oxide; (v) a dialkylbenzylamine oxide; (vi) a fatty dimethylaminopropylamine oxide; (vii) a diamine oxide; (viii) a triamine oxide; and (ix) any combination of any of the foregoing.
- 3. A composition as defined in claim 2, wherein said trialkylamine oxide has the formula R1R2R3N→O, wherein R1 is a linear, branched, cyclic or any combination thereof C8 to C40 saturated or unsaturated group; and R2 and R3 independently are linear, branched, or any combination thereof C1 to C40 saturated or unsaturated groups.
- 4. A composition as defined in claim 3, wherein R1 is a linear, branched, cyclic or any combination thereof C8 to C22 saturated or unsaturated group; and R2 and R3 independently are linear, branched, or any combination thereof C1 to C22 saturated or unsaturated groups.
- 5. A composition as defined in claim 4, wherein R2 and R3 independently are linear, branched, or any combination thereof C8 to C22 saturated or unsaturated groups.
- 6. A composition as defined in claim 3, wherein said trialkylamine oxide is a dialkylmethylamine oxide having the formula R1R2CH3N→O, wherein R1 is a linear, branched, cyclic or any combination thereof C8 to C40 saturated or unsaturated group; and R2 is a linear, branched, or any combination thereof C1 to C40 saturated or unsaturated group.
- 7. A composition as defined in claim 6, wherein R1 is a linear, branched, cyclic or any combination thereof C8 to C22 saturated or unsaturated group; and R2 is a linear, branched, or any combination thereof C1 to C22 saturated or unsaturated group.
- 8. A composition as defined in claim 3, wherein said trialkylamine oxide is an alkyldimethylamine oxide having the formula R1(CH3)2N→O, wherein R1 is a linear, branched, cyclic or any combination thereof C8 to C40 saturated or unsaturated group.
- 9. A composition as defined in claim 8, wherein R1 is a linear, branched, cyclic or any combination thereof C8 to C22 saturated or unsaturated group.
- 10. A composition as defined in claim 8, wherein said alkyldimethylamine oxide is selected from the group consisting of a C10 alkyldimethylamine oxide, C12-C14 alkyldimethylamine oxide, C16-C18 alkyldimethylamine oxide, and any combination of any of the foregoing.
- 11. A composition as defined in claim 2, wherein said alkylcyclicamine oxide has the formula R4R5R6N→O wherein R4 is a linear, branched, cyclic, or any combination thereof C8-C40 saturated or unsaturated group and R5 and R6 are linked to form a cyclic group.
- 12. A composition as defined in claim 11, wherein R4 is a linear, branched, cyclic, or any combination thereof C8-C22 saturated or unsaturated group.
- 13. A composition as defined in claim 11, wherein the cyclic group contains from about 4 to about 10 carbon atoms.
- 14. A composition as defined in claim 11, wherein the ring of the cyclic group contains oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, or any combination of any of the foregoing.
- 15. A composition as defined in claim 2, wherein said alkylcyclicamine oxide is selected from the group consisting of an alkylmorpholine N-oxide, a dialkylpiperazine di-N-oxide, and any combination of any of the foregoing.
- 16. A composition as defined in claim 15, wherein said alkylmorpholine N-oxide has the formula
- 17. A composition as defined in claim 16, wherein R7 is a linear, branched, cyclic or any combination thereof C8 to C22 saturated or unsaturated group.
- 18. A composition as defined in claim 2, wherein said dialkylpiperazine di-N-oxide has the formula
- 19. A composition as defined in claim 18, wherein R8 is a linear, branched, cyclic or any combination thereof C8 to C22 saturated or unsaturated group; and R9 is is a linear, branched, cyclic or any combination thereof C1 to C22 saturated or unsaturated group.
- 20. A composition as defined in claim 2, wherein said alkyldi(ethoxylated oxyalkyl)amine oxide has the formula
- 21. A composition as defined in claim 20, wherein R10 is a linear, branched, cyclic or any combination thereof C8 to C22 saturated or unsaturated group.
- 22. A composition as defined in claim 2, wherein said dialkylbenzylamine oxide has the formula R13R14R15N→O, wherein R13 is a linear, branched, cyclic or any combination thereof C8 to C40 saturated or unsaturated group; R14 is a linear, branched, cyclic or any combination thereof C1 to C40 saturated or unsaturated group; and R15 is benzyl.
- 23. A composition as defined in claim 22, wherein R13 is a linear, branched, cyclic or any combination thereof C8 to C22 saturated or unsaturated group; and R14 is a linear, branched, cyclic or any combination thereof C1 to C22 saturated or unsaturated group.
- 24. A composition as defined in claim 2, wherein said dialkylbenzylamine oxide is an alkylbenzylmethylamine oxide having the formula R13R15CH3N→O, wherein R13 is a linear, branched, cyclic or any combination thereof C8 to C40 saturated or unsaturated group; and R15 is benzyl.
- 25. A composition as defined in claim 24, wherein R13 is a linear, branched, cyclic or any combination thereof C8 to C22 saturated or unsaturated group.
- 26. A composition as defined in claim 2, wherein said fatty dimethylaminopropylamine oxide has the formula
- 27. A composition as defined in claim 26, wherein R16 is a linear, branched, cyclic or any combination thereof C8 to C22 saturated or unsaturated group.
- 28. A composition as defined in claim 2, wherein diamine oxide has the formula
- 29. A composition as defined in claim 28, wherein R17 is a linear, branched, cyclic or any combination thereof C8 to C22 saturated or unsaturated group.
- 30. A composition as defined in claim 2, wherein triamine oxide has the formula
- 31. A composition as defined in claim 30, wherein R18 is a linear, branched, cyclic or any combination thereof C8 to C22 saturated or unsaturated group.
- 32. A composition as defined in claim 1, wherein said borate is selected from the group consisting of a perborate, a metaborate, a tetraborate, an octaborate, a borate ester, and any combination of any of the foregoing.
- 33. A composition as defined in claim 1, wherein said borate is a metallic borate.
- 34. A composition as defined in claim 1, wherein said borate is selected from the group consisting of disodium tetraborate decahydrate, disodium octaborate tetrahydrate, sodium metaborate, sodium perborate monohydrate, disodium octaborate, sodium tetraborate pentahydrate, sodium tetraborate, copper metaborate, zinc borate, barium metaborate, bis(2-aminoethyl) borate and any combination of any of the foregoing.
- 35. A composition as defined in claim 34, wherein said borate is disodium octaborate tetrahydrate.
- 36. A composition as defined in claim 1, wherein said boron oxide is boric oxide.
- 37. A composition as defined in claim 1, further comprising a solvent.
- 38. A composition as defined in claim 37, wherein said solvent is water.
- 39. A composition as defined in claim 37, wherein said solvent is selected from the group consisting of alcohols, glycols, esters, ethers, polyethers, and any combination of any of the foregoing.
- 40. A composition as defined in claim 39, wherein said solvent comprises ethylene glycol.
- 41. A composition as defined in claim 1, wherein said composition comprises a biocidally effective amount of said boron compound.
- 42. A composition as defined in claim 1, wherein said composition comprises an insecticidal, herbicidal, fungicidal, or plant growth regulating effective amount of said boron compound.
- 43. A composition as defined in claim 1, wherein said composition comprises a preservative enhancing and/or waterproofing effective amount of amine oxide.
- 44. A composition as defined in claim 1, wherein said composition comprises an insecticidal, herbicidal, fungicidal, or plant growth regulating enhancing effective amount of amine oxide.
- 45. A composition as defined in claim 1, wherein the weight ratio of said amine oxide to said boron compound ranges from about 1:50 to about 50:1.
- 46. A composition as defined in claim 45, wherein said weight ratio ranges from about 1:5 to about 5:1.
- 47. A composition as defined in claim 1, wherein said composition comprises from about 0.01 to about 10% by weight of amine oxide and from about 0.01 to about 5% by weight of boron compound based upon 100% weight of total composition.
- 48. A composition as defined in claim 1, wherein said composition comprises from about 0.5 to about 2% by weight of amine oxide and from about 0.5 to about 2% by weight of boron compound based upon 100% weight of total composition.
- 49. A method for preserving a wood substrate, said method comprising contacting said wood substrate with a composition as defined in claim 1.
- 50. A method for waterproofing a wood substrate, said method comprising contacting said wood substrate with a composition as defined in claim 1.
- 51. A method for controlling plants, insects, or fungi or regulating the growth of plants comprising applying an insecticidal, herbicidal, fungicidal, or plant growth regulating effective amount of a composition as defined in claim 1 to the plants, fungi, insects, the seeds of the plants, or the area on which the plants or fungi grow.
- 52. An article comprising
(A) a wood substrate; and (B) a composition as defined in claim 1.
Parent Case Info
[0001] The present application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/215,571, Jun. 30, 2000, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
Provisional Applications (1)
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