Ex parte FLOOD et al. - Page 2




             Appeal No. 1997-3045                                                                                 
             Application 08/286,835                                                                               


                                                THE INVENTION                                                     
                    Appellants claim a process for making a carboxylated                                          
             amino-1,3,5-triazine by reacting an amino-1,3,5-triazine                                             
             having a recited formula with carbon dioxide in the presence                                         
             of a base.  Claim 21 is illustrative and reads as follows:                                           
                    21. A process for preparing a carboxylated amino-1,3,5-                                       
             triazine comprising the step of contacting:                                                          
                    (i) an amino-1,3,5-triazine having at least one NH  group                                     
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             or an oligomer thereof, the amino-1,3,5-triazine being                                               
             represented by the general formula                                                                   









             wherein Z and Z  are independently selected from the group1                                                                                
             consisting of hydrogen, a hydrocarbyl, a hydrocarbyloxy and a                                        
             group represented by the formula - N(Q) , and                                                        
                                                                 2                                                
                    each Q is independently selected from the group                                               
             consisting of hydrogen and a hydrocarbyl;                                                            
             (ii)  carbon dioxide; and                                                                            
             (iii)  a base,                                                                                       
             under reaction conditions sufficient to produce a                                                    
             corresponding carboxylated amino-1,3,5-triazine.                                                     

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