Importance

Loading Importance Indicators...

Abstract

Disclosed herein is mixed fertilizer according to the process comprising: reacting isobutyraldehyde with an aqueous solution of urea in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst to form isobutylidene diurea, wherein the phase transfer catalyst is a quaternary ammonium salt; and mixing the isobutylidene diurea with at least one of another fertilizer, a secondary nutrient, a trace element, a plant protection agent, a filler, and other fertilizer ingredients, to form the mixed fertilizer. Also disclosed is isobutylidene diurea produced by the process comprising: reacting isobutyraldehyde with an aqueous solution of urea in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst to form isobutylidene diurea; wherein the phase transfer catalyst is a quaternary ammonium salt.

Loading the Abstract Image...

First Claim