Patent ID: 7470735

Claim:
A process for reducing phenol emissions from a polymer resin comprising the step of adding at least one phosphite additive of formula (I) to said resin, wherein said formula (I) comprises: wherein R 1 is R 2 is selected from the group consisting of C 8-16 alkyls; R 3 is selected from the group consisting of C 1-4 alkylenes; m is 1; a is an integral value ranging from 1 to 4 inclusive; b is an integral value ranging from 1 to 2 inclusive; and R 4 and R 5 are independently selected from the group consisting of C 1-3 alkyls; R 6 is selected from the group consisting of C 8-12 alkyls and C 8-12 alkoxy compounds; c is an integral value ranging from 0 to 4 inclusive; and d is equal to m.