Patent ID: 8734637

Claim:
A method for scavenging hydrogen sulfide and/or mercaptans from a liquid or gaseous stream which comprises bringing the stream into contact with a scavenging effective amount of at least one triazine of the formula: wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are each independently selected from the group consisting of R 4 and R 5 , R 4 is a C 1 -C 20 straight or branched chain alkyl group, R 5 is —[(CH) m —NH] p —(CH 2 ) n OH, n and m are independently an integer from 2 to about 6, p is from 1 to about 6; and further wherein at least one of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 is R 4 and at least one of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 is R 5 .