US 12,415,904 B2
Biobased glyceryl heptanoate ester compositions and methods of making and using the same
Michael J. Fevola, Belle Meade, NJ (US); Gary B. Mosser, Tabernacle, NJ (US); and Zongyu Zhang, Mount Laurel, NJ (US)
Assigned to INOLEX INVESTMENT CORPORATION, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by INOLEX INVESTMENT CORPORATION, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/518,822.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/109,657, filed on Nov. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0135769 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. C08K 5/11 (2006.01); A01N 1/12 (2025.01); C08K 5/053 (2006.01)
CPC C08K 5/11 (2013.01) [A01N 1/12 (2025.01); C08K 5/053 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A biobased monoglyceryl monoester preservation composition comprising:
a mixture including one or more compounds of Formula (I):

OG Complex Work Unit Chemistry
wherein R1, R2, and R3 are independently —H or —C(O)—C6 alkyl;
wherein the composition comprises greater than about 65 wt % and less than about 75 wt % glyceryl monoheptanoate;
wherein the composition comprises glyceryl diheptanoate, glyceryl triheptanoate, or a combination thereof in a concentration of about 2 wt % to about 35 wt %;
wherein the composition comprises less than about 30 wt % glycerol;
wherein at least 98% of the —C(O)—C6 alkyl groups present in the composition are n-heptanoyl; and
wherein the carbon present in the one or more compounds of Formula (I) is biobased.