Patent ID: 6610215
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: A23L,C08K,C09K,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of initiating oxygen scavenging, comprising:providing an oxygen scavenging composition that comprises an oxidizable organic compound and a transition metal catalyst, wherein the oxidizable organic compound commprises an ethylenic backbone and at least one cyclic olefinic group that is a pendant group having the structure (I): wherein q1, q2, q3, q4, and r are independently selected from hydrogen, methyl, or ethyl; m is â€”(CH2)nâ€”, wherein n is an integer from 0 to 4, inclusive; and, when r is hydrogen, at least one of q1, q2, q3, and q4 is also hydrogen; andheating the oxygen scavenging composition to an extent sufficient to initiate oxygen scavenging.