摘要 |
PCT No. PCT/JP96/01315 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 17, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 17, 1997 PCT Filed May 17, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/36583 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 21, 1996To provide a novel ether compound which is useful such as an oil agent and a surfactant having the formula (I): R1-O-(AO)n-R2, wherein R1 is an alpha-branched alkyl group or an alkyl group having two or more branched chains or a cycloalkyl having 5 to 7 carbon atoms, R2 is an alkyl or alkenyl each being either branched or straight, each having 10 to 30 carbon atoms, A is an alkylene having 2 to 12 carbon atoms, n is a number from 0 to 30, A's being same as or different from one another. |