METHOD FOR PRODUCING C13-ALCOHOL MIXTURES

• Main Authors: DROSTE, WILHELM, BUESCHKEN, WILFRIED, TOETSCH, WALTER, ROETTGER, DIRK, WIESE, KLAUS-DIETHER, KAIZIK, ALFRED
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 08.10.2008
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; ACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAININGELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN,SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM; ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; APPARATUS THEREFOR; CANDLES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; DETERGENTS; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; GENERAL METHODS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL; RESIN SOAPS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; SUGARS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ASCOMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS

The present invention relates to a process for preparing a C13-alcohol mixture which is suitable, in particular, as precursor for the preparation of compounds having surfactant properties and of plasticizers.