Process for preparing ether-capped poly(oxyalkylated) alcohol surfactants

US6506945B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Bernard William Kluesener · Cadiz, US
• Mark Robert Sivik · Lancaster, US
• Glenn Thomas Jordan, IV · Indian Springs, US
• Paul W. Huber · Lancaster, US
• Philippe Neyraval · Shanghai, CN
• Christian Priou · Clermont-Ferrand, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 8, 2000
• Grant date: Jan 14, 2003
• Expiry date: Dec 8, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08K5/06
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for preparing an ether-capped poly(oxyalkylated) alcohol surfactant is provided. The alcohol has the formula:RO(R1O)xCH(CH3)OR2 wherein R is selected from the group consisting of linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon radicals having from about 1 to about 30 carbon atoms; R1 may be the same or different, and is independently selected from the group consisting of branched or linear C2 to C7 alkylene in any given molecule; x is a number from 1 to about 30; and R2 is a six membered substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, cyclic or aromatic hydrocarbon radical.