US 11,730,166 B2
Stable 1-methylcyclopropene compositions and uses thereof
Andrzej Jan Wolan, Torun (PL); Lucyna Czajkowska, Kwidzyn (PL); Katarzyna Anna Guranowska, Grebocin (PL); Marcin Rakowiecki, Torun (PL); Joanna Andrusiak, Badkowo (PL); and Mariusz Jan Bosiak, Torun (PL)
Assigned to Fresh Inset S.A., Torun (PL)
Filed by Fresh Inset S.A., Torun (PL)
Filed on Jan. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/162,652.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/969,260, filed on Feb. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0235692 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. A01N 3/02 (2006.01); A01N 3/00 (2006.01); A01G 7/02 (2006.01); B65D 83/14 (2006.01); B65B 25/04 (2006.01)
CPC A01N 3/02 (2013.01) [A01G 7/02 (2013.01); A01N 3/00 (2013.01); B65B 25/041 (2013.01); B65D 83/14 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
 
1. A composition comprising:
1-methylcyclopropene; and
a stabilizer selected from the group consisting of: a lower alkane, a lower alkene, a lower dialkyl ether, and combinations thereof;
wherein the concentration of the 1-methylcyclopropene does not change substantially after at least 4 hours;
with the proviso that the 1-methylcyclopropene is not complexed to another molecule;
wherein the composition comprises from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of the stabilizer; wherein the composition comprises from about 0.1% to about 10% by volume of the 1-methylcyclopropene;
and wherein the composition comprises substantially no water.