Acid-cleavable surfactants based on alkylglycosides

US5723590A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Huels Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Herbert Koch · Dorsten, DE
• Wulf Ruback · Dülmen, DE
• Wolfgang Schroeder · Aachen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 23, 1996
• Grant date: Mar 3, 1998
• Expiry date: May 23, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D1/662
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) herein which are reaction products of alkylglycosides with aldehydes and/or diacetals of short-chain alcohols and aldehydes, the acetals obtained being alkoxylated. The invention further relates to a process for producing the above-mentioned compounds and to the use of these compounds for preparing surfactants, especially for industrial detergents and cleaners.