"VERFAHREN ZUR VEREINFACHTEN GEWINNUNG VON HELLFARBIGEN WASCHAKTIVEN (ALPHA)-SULFOFETTSAEUREESTERN"

• Main Authors: STEIN,WERNER,.DR, BAUMANN,HORST,.DR, SCHMID,KARL,.DR
• Format: Patent
• Language: German
• Published: 15.07.1982
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; CANDLES; CHEMISTRY; DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; DETERGENTS; FATS, OILS OR FATTY ACIDS BY CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF FATS,OILS, OR FATTY ACIDS OBTAINED THEREFROM; FATTY ACIDS FROM FATS, OILS OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL; RESIN SOAPS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS

This invention is directed to the preparation of alpha -sulfofatty acid esters. More particularly, this invention is directed to a process for the simplified preparation of light-colored, wash-active esters of alpha -sulfofatty acids with monovalent C1 to C8 alcohols or their salts from fats and oils of vegetable and/or animal origin comprising re-esterification with the monovalent alcohols or saponification and esterification with the monovalent alcohols, separation of the fatty acid ester formed, hydrogenation of the fatty acid ester, sulfonation, and bleaching, wherein a fatty acid ester fraction from which accompanying fatty acid glycerides have been removed to the extent of about 1 percent by weight or less, based upon the weight of the material to be sulfonated, is introduced into the sulfonation stage.