Adducts of alcohols and olefin oxides as biodegradable and low-foaming tensides useful in detergents

US4303544A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Chemische Werke Huels, A.G. · DE

Inventors

• Kurt Kosswig · Marl, DE
• Ekkehard Wienhoefer · Marl, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 5, 1980
• Grant date: Dec 1, 1981
• Expiry date: May 5, 2000

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D1/8255
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is alkyl of 8-22 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain or hydroxyalkyl of 2-22 carbon atoms; and R' and R" each independently is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl provided that R' and R" are not simultaneously hydrogen, and R' and R" in total have 8-20 carbon atoms; and PA1 in I, x is 0.5-5 and y is 5-50; and PA1 in II, z is freely selectable with the proviso that the sum total of all x for a given z is 0.5-5 and the sum total of all y for a given z is 5-50; PA1 and m is 1 or 2.