PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF ACYLATED SECONDARY ALCOHOL ALKOXYLATES AND SECONDARY ALCOHOL ALKOXYLATES

摘要

A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF ACYLATED SECONDARY ALCOHOL ALKOXYLATES, SAID PROCESS COMPRISING:- (I) REACTION OF ONE OR MORE INTERNAL OLEFINS WITH ONE OR MORE CARBOXYLIC ACIDS IN THE PRESENCE OF A CATALYST COMPOSITION IN ORDER TO FORM ONE OR MORE CARBOXYLIC ACID ESTERS; (II) REACTION OF ONE OR MORE CARBOXYLIC ACID ESTERS FROM STEP (I) WITH ONE OR MORE ALKYLENE OXIDE REACTANTS, IN THE PRESENCE OF A CATALYTICALLY EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF A CATALYST COMPOSITION COMPRISING: - (A) ONE OR MOE ALKALINE EARTH METAL SALTS OF CARBOXYLIC AND/OR HYDROXYLIC ACIDS AND/OR HYDRATES OF THE FORMER; (B)AN OXY-ACID SELECTED FROM SULPHURIC ACID AND ORTHOPHOSPHORIC ACID; (C) AN ALCOHOL AND/OR AN ESTER; AND/OR PRODUCTS OF THE RECIPROCAL REACTIONS OF (A) , (B) AND/OR (C) IN ORDER TO FORM ONE OR MORE ACYLATED SECONDARY ALCOHOL ALKOXYLATES; AND OPTIONALLY (III) HYDROLYSIS OR TRANSESTERIFICATION OF ONE OR MORE ACYLATED SECONDARY ALCOHOL ALKOXYLATES FROM STEP (II) IN ORDER TO FORM ONE OR MORE SECONDARY ALCOHOL ALKOXYLATES; AND A PROCESS FOR MAKING SECONDARY ALCOHOL ALKOXY SULPHATES COMPRISING THE STEPS OF:- -PREPARING SECONDARY ALCOHOL ALKOXYLATES BY THE AFORE-MENTIONED PROCESS; AND -SULPHATING THE SECONDARY ALCOHOL ALKOXYLATES.