Patent ID: 8568846

Claim:
A plasticizer comprising a triglyceride according to the formula wherein the sum of the carbons for the neoalkyl ester groups, defined as R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 plus the 3 carbons for the quaternary carbons bearing R 1 -R 9 and the 3 carbons for the three carbonyl groups, and not including the 3 glycerol backbone carbons, ranges from 20 to 25; wherein the neoalkyl ester groups, defined as —C(R 1 )(R 2 )(R 3 ), —C(R 4 )(R 5 )(R 6 ), and —C(R 7 )(R 8 )(R 9 ) groups, comprise C 4 to C 12 neoalkyl groups; and wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 and R 9 comprise C 1 -C 9 alkyl groups.