ALKYLENE OXIDE-CAPPED SECONDARY ALCOHOL ALKOXYLATES USEFUL AS SURFACTANTS

• Main Authors: WEBER KARA S, VARINEAU PIERRE T, RAND CYNTHIA L, YU WANGLIN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.10.2010
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; ADHESIVES; ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; CANDLES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMISTRY; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; CORRECTING FLUIDS; DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; DETERGENTS; DYES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; FILLING PASTES; FUELS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; INKS; LUBRICANTS; LUBRICATING COMPOSITIONS; MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FORELSEWHERE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PAINTS; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PAPER-MAKING; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; PEAT; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; POLISHES; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE; PULP COMPOSITIONS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL; RESIN SOAPS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; TEXTILES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; USE OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES EITHER ALONE OR AS LUBRICATINGINGREDIENTS IN A LUBRICATING COMPOSITION; USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ASCOMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; WOODSTAINS

Disclosed are compositions of the formula wherein R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen or a linear or branched alkyl group containing from (1) to about (18) carbon atoms, provided that R1 and R2 together contain from about (8) to about (18) carbon atoms, and further provided that less than about 10 mole percent of R1 or R2 is hydrogen; R3 is hydrogen or an alkyl radical containing from (1) to about (6) carbon atoms; R4 and R5 are each independently hydrogen or an alkyl radical containing from (2) to about (6) carbon atoms, provided that R4 and R5 together contain from (2) to about (6) carbon atoms; m is an average value ranging from (0) to about (10), and n is an average value ranging from about (3) to (about 40), provided that the group containing m and the group containing n may be exchanged with one another as to position; and z is an average value ranging from about (0.5) to about (5). These compositions are conveniently prepared by a process including at least two steps and are useful as surfactants.