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 2 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. -2-2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007