Alkaline earth metal salts of vicinally hydroxy, alkoxy-substituted C.sub.16 -C.sub.22 fatty acids, a process for their production and their use as alkoxylation catalysts

US5164124A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien · DE

Inventors

• Fritz Lange · Neumünster, DE
• Bert Gruber · Goldkronach, DE
• Alfred Meffert · Monheim, DE
• Ansgar Behler · Bottrop, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 24, 1988
• Grant date: Nov 17, 1992
• Expiry date: Feb 24, 2008

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C59/125
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Alkaline earth salts of vicinally hydroxy, alkoxy-substituted C.sub.16 -C.sub.22 fatty acids corresponding to the following general formula ##STR1## in which R represents linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl groups or hydroxyalkyl groups optionally alkylated with a C.sub.16 -C.sub.22 fatty acid, process for their preparation, and their use as catalysts. These salts give a narrow homolog distribution of the polyalkoxylation products in the catalysis of the polyalkoxylation of compounds containing active hydrogen atoms.