Patent ID: 8357306

Claim:
A process for removing a sulfur species from a stream selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbon stream, an aqueous stream, and mixtures thereof; which comprises introducing a treating mixture into the stream where the treating mixture comprises a compound of the general formula selected from the group consisting of: where: R 1 is a C 1 -C 30 hydrocarbyl group that is saturated, unsaturated, cyclic or branched, or contains a heteroatom(s) other than C and H; where: R 1 is as above, where A is an oxygen atom or a methylene group, where R 2 is a C 1 -C 30 hydrocarbyl group that is saturated, unsaturated, cyclic or branched, or contains a heteroatom(s) other than C and H; and combinations of compound (I) and compound (II).