Claims
- 1. A process for reducing AOX content of a starting water-soluble wet-strength resin comprising azetidinium ions and tertiary aminohalohydrin, wherein the starting water-soluble wet-strength resin is selected from the group consisting of polyaminopolyamide-epichlorohydrin resins, polyalkylene polyamine-epichlorohydrin resins, and mixtures thereof, comprising:treating said resin in aqueous solution with base to form treated resin, wherein at least about 20% of the tertiary aminohalohydrin present in the starting resin is converted into epoxide, the level of azetidinium ion is substantially unchanged, and the effectiveness of the treated resin in imparting wet strength is at least about as great as that of said starting wet-strength resin.
- 2. The process of claim 1 wherein the base comprises alkali metal hydroxides, alkali metal carbonates, alkali metal bicarbonates, alkaline earth metal hydroxides, trialkylamines or tetraalkylammonium hydroxides.
- 3. The process of claim 1 wherein the starting water-soluble wet-strength resin additionally comprises at least one of secondary aminohalohydrin and quaternary ammonium halohydrin.
- 4. The process of claim 1 wherein up to about 100% of the aminohalohydrin present in the starting resin is converted into epoxide.
- 5. The process of claim 1 wherein the concentration of starting water-soluble wet-strength resin is at least about 1% by weight.
- 6. The process of claim 1 wherein the concentration of starting water-soluble wet-strength resin is up to about 40% by weight.
- 7. The process of claim 1 wherein the amount of base is at least about 0.5 millimoles per gram of starting resin on a dry basis.
- 8. The process of claim 1 wherein the amount of base is up to about 10 millimoles per gram of starting resin on a dry basis.
- 9. The process of claim 1 wherein the temperature is up to about 100° C.
- 10. The process of claim 1 wherein the starting water-soluble wet-strength resin is treated with base for at least about 1 minute.
- 11. The process of claim 1 wherein the starting water-soluble wet-strength resin is treated with base for up to about 24 hours.
- 12. The process of claim 1 wherein:the base comprises alkali metal hydroxides, alkali metal carbonates, alkali metal bicarbonates, alkaline earth metal hydroxides, trialkylamines or tetraalkylammonium hydroxides, up to about 100% of the tertiary amino halohydrin present in the starting resin is converted into epoxide, the concentration of starting water-soluble resin is from about 1% to about 40% by weight, the amount of base is from about 0.5 to about 10 millimoles per gram of starting resin on a dry basis, the temperature is up to about 100° C., and the starting water-soluble wet-strength resin is treated with base for a period of time from about 1 minute to about 24 hours.
- 13. The process of claim 12 wherein:(a) the polyaminopolyamide-epichlorohydrin resin comprises the reaction product of epichlorohydrin and polyamide derived from polyalkylene polyamine and dibasic carboxylic acid or ester containing from about 3 to 10 carbon atoms, (b) the polyamine-epichlorohydrin resin comprises the reaction product of epichlorohydrin and polyalkylene polyamine; and wherein the polyalkylene polyamine comprises at least one of polyethylene polyamines, polypropylene polyamines, polybutylene polyamines, polypentylene polyamines, and polyhexylene polyamines.
- 14. The process of claim 13 wherein:the base comprises sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, the tertiary aminohalohydrin is tertiary aminochlorohydrin, from about 50 to about 100% of the tertiary aminohalohydrin present in the starting resin is converted into epoxide, the concentration of the starting water-soluble wet-strength resin is from about 2% to about 25% by weight, the amount of base is from about 1.5 to about 8 millimoles per gram of starting resin on a dry basis, the temperature is from about 20° C. to about 80° C., and the starting water-soluble wet-strength resin is treated with base for a period of from about 3 minutes to about 4 hours.
- 15. The process of claim 14 wherein:(a) the polyaminopolyamide-epichlorohydrin resin comprises the reaction product of epichlorohydnin and polyamide derived from polyalkylene polyamine comprising at least one of diethylenetriamine, triethylenetetramine, and tetraethylenepentamine and dibasic carboxylic acid or ester comprising at least one of glutaric acid, adipic acid, and their esters; and (b) the polyamine-epichlorohydrin resin comprises the reaction product of epichlorohydrin and polyalkylene polyamine comprising at least one of hexamethylenediamine, and bishexamethylenetriamine.
- 16. The process of claim 15 wherein the starting water-soluble wet-strength resin is treated with base for up to about 1 hour.
- 17. The process of claim 15 wherein:the base comprises at least one of sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide, from about 90 to about 100% of the tertiary aminohalohydrin present in the starting resin is converted into epoxide, the concentration of starting water-soluble wet-strength resin is from about 5% to about 15% by weight, the temperature is from about 40° C. to about 60° C. and the starting water-soluble wet-strength resin is treated with base for a period of from about 5 minutes to about 1 hour.
- 18. The process of claim 14 wherein the base comprises at least one of sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide.
- 19. The process of claim 14 wherein at least about 90% of the tertiary aminochlorohydrin present in the starting resin is converted into epoxide.
- 20. The process of claim 14 wherein the concentration of the starting water-soluble wet-strength resin is at least about 5% by weight.
- 21. The process of claim 14 wherein the concentration of the starting water-soluble wet-strength resin is up to about 15% by weight.
- 22. The process of claim 14 wherein the temperature is at least about 40° C.
- 23. The process of claim 14 wherein the temperature is up to about 60° C.
- 24. The process of claim 14 wherein the starting water-soluble wet-strength resin is treated with base for at least about 5 minutes.
- 25. The process of claim 12 wherein the base comprises sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide.
- 26. The process of claim 12 wherein the tertiary aminohalohydrin is tertiary aminochlorohydrin.
- 27. The process of claim 12 wherein at least about 50% of the tertiary aminohalohydrin present in the starting resin is converted into epoxide.
- 28. The process of claim 12 wherein the concentration of starting water-soluble wet-strength resin is at least about 2% by weight.
- 29. The process of claim 12 wherein the concentration of starting water-soluble wet-strength resin is up to about 25% by weight.
- 30. The process of claim 12 wherein the amount of base is at least about 1.5 millimoles per gram of starting resin on a dry basis.
- 31. The process of claim 12 wherein the amount of base is up to about 8 millimoles per gram of starting resin on a dry basis.
- 32. The process of claim 12 wherein the temperature is at least about 20° C.
- 33. The process of claim 12 wherein the temperature is up to about 80° C.
- 34. The process of claim 12 wherein the starting water-soluble wet-strength resin is treated with base for at least about 3 minutes.
- 35. The process of claim 12 wherein the starting water-soluble wet-strength resin is treated with base for up to about 4 hours.
- 36. The process according to claim 1, wherein at least about 50% of the tertiary aminohalohydrin present in the starting resin is converted into epoxide.
- 37. The process according to claim 36, wherein at least about 90% of the tertiary aminohalohydrin present in the starting resin is converted into epoxide.
- 38. The process according to claim 37, wherein about 100% of the tertiary aminohalohydrin present in the starting resin is converted into epoxide.
- 39. The process according to claim 38, comprising a treatment temperature of about 40° C. to about 60° C.
- 40. The process according to claim 37, comprising a treatment temperature of about 40° C. to about 60° C.
- 41. The process according to claim 36, comprising a treatment temperature of about 40° C. to about 60° C.
- 42. A process comprising treating a starting water-soluble wet-strength resin comprising azetidinium ions and tertiary aminohalohydrin in aqueous solution with base to form treated resin, the starting water-soluble wet-strength resin is selected from the group consisting of polyaminopolyamide-epichlorohydrin resins, polyalkylene polyamine-epichlorohydrin resins, and mixtures thereof, and at least about 20% of the tertiary aminohalohydrin present in the starting resin is converted into epoxide, the treated resin has at least about 80 mole % of the azetidinium functionality of the untreated resin, and the effectiveness of the treated resin has at least 80% of the wet strength effectiveness of the starting resin.
- 43. The process of claim 42 wherein:up to about 100% of the tertiary aminohalohydrin present in the starting resin is converted into epoxide, the concentration of starting water-soluble resin is from about 1% to about 40% by weight, the amount of base is from about 0. 5 to about 10 millimoles per gram of starting resin on a dry basis, the temperature is up to about 100° C., and the starting water-soluble wet-strength resin is treated with base for a period of time of from about 1 minute to about 24 hours.
- 44. The process according to claim 42 wherein the base comprises alkali metal hydroxides, alkali metal carbonates, alkali metal bicarbonates, alkaline earth metal hydroxides, trialkylamines, tetraalkylammonium hydroxides, ammonia, organic amines, alkali metal sulfides, alkaline earth sulfides, alkali metal alkoxides or alkaline earth alkoxides.
- 45. The process according to claim 42, wherein the treated resin has at least about 90 mole % of azetidinium functionality of the untreated resin.
- 46. The process according to claim 45, wherein the treated resin has at least about 95 mole % of azetidinium functionality of the untreated resin.
- 47. The process according to claim 46, wherein the treated resin has about 100 mole % of azetidinium functionality of the untreated resin.
- 48. The process according to claim 45, wherein at least about 50% of the tertiary aminohalohydrin present in the starting resin is converted into epoxide.
- 49. The process according to claim 48, wherein at least about 90% of the tertiary aminohalohydrin present in the starting resin is converted into epoxide.
- 50. The process according to claim 49, wherein about 100% of the tertiary aminohalohydrin present in the starting resin is converted into epoxide.
- 51. The process according to claim 42, wherein the treated resin has at least about 90 mole % of azetidinium functionality of the untreated resin.
- 52. The process according to claim 42, wherein the wet strength effectiveness of the resin is at least about 95% of the starting resin.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of 09/001,787, filed Dec. 31, 1997, now abandoned.
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