PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SURFACTANT ALCOHOLS AND SURFACTANT ALCOHOL ETHERS, THE PREPARED PRODUCTS AND THEIR USE

摘要

THE INVENTION DESCRIBED A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SURFACTANT ALCOHOLS AND SURFACTANT ALCOHOL ETHERS WHICH ARE, INNER ALIA, HIGHLY SUITABLE AS SURFACTANT OR FOR THE PREPARATION OF SURFACTANT. THE PROCESS, STARTUNG FROM OLEFIN MIXTURES WHICH COMPRISE LESS THAN 30% BY WEIGHT OF LINEAR HEXENE ISOMERS AND UTILIZING A CATALYST WHICH CONTAINS NICKEL, PREPARES OLEFIN MIXTURE ARE SUBSEQUENTLY DERIVATIVED TO GIVE SURFACTANT ALCOHOLS AND THEN OPTIONALLY ALKOXYLATED.THE INVENTION FURTHER RELATES TO THE USE OF THE SURFACTANT ALCOHOLS AND SURFACTANT ALCOHOL ETHERS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SURFACTANT BY GLYCOSIDATION OR POLYGLYCOSIDATION, SULFATION OR PHOSPHATION.