Patent ID: 9580571
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: C07C,C08K

Claim:
1. A process for making non-phthalate plasticizers, comprising acylating an aromatic compound with a succinic anhydride to form a keto-acid, and esterifying the keto-acid with C 4 -C 13 OXO-alcohols to form a plasticizer compound; wherein the aromatic compound is of the formula: wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of H, C 1 -C 9 linear or branched alkyl, cycloalkyl, or C 1 -C 4 ether, and wherein there may be 1 or 2 R 1 groups present on the aromatic or saturated ring which may be the same or different, and the plasticizer compound is of the formula: wherein R further comprising hydrogenating the keto-group(s) of the plasticizer compound to form alcohol groups, and esterifying the alcohol groups with C