PROCESS FOR PRODUCING alpha -SULFO-FATTY ACID ALKYL ESTER SALT

• Main Authors: MIYAWAKI, YOZO, YOSHIYA, MASAHISA, TANO, TETSUO, NISHIO, TAKU, MATOBA, SEIJI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; Japanese
• Published: 04.01.2001
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; CANDLES; CHEMISTRY; DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; DETERGENTS; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL; RESIN SOAPS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS

A process which comprises: the step of contacting a fatty acid alkyl ester with a sulfonating gas in the presence of a discoloration inhibitor to sulfonate the ester; the step of esterifying the product of the sulfonation step with a lower alcohol; the step of neutralizing the system resulting from...