Alkyl(en)ylglycerinether carboxylic acids

摘要

Alk(en)yl glycerol ether carboxylic acids which are prepared by reacting, in the presence of alkali, (a) an alk(en)yl glycerol ether compound of the general formula (I): R<1>O(A)nCH2CH[(A)mOR<2>]CH2(A)pOH (I) wherein R<1 >and R<2 >each independently represents a hydrogen or an alk(en)yl group having from 4 to 22 carbon atoms, with the proviso that at least one of R<1 >and R<2 >represents an alk(en)yl group having from 4 to 22 carbon atoms, each A independently represents a C2H4O and/or C3H6O group and n, m and p each independently represents a number of from 0 to 10; and (b) an alpha-halocarboxylic acid of the general formula (II): XCR<3>R<4>COOH (II) wherein R<3 >represents a hydrogen or a -CH3 group, R<4 >represents a hydrogen or an alk(en)yl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and X represents a halogen; are described along with various uses for the same.