Liquid oxyalkylation products of highmelting polyols and compositions utilizing same

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IN A METHOD OF OBTAINING A NORMALLY LIQUID OXYALKYLATION PRODUCT OF A HIGH-MELTING POLYOL, SAID HIGH-MELTING POLYOL HAVING A MELTING POINT OF AT LEAST 200*C. AND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF MANNITOL, ERYTHRITOL, PENTAERYTHRITOL, DIPENTAERYTHRITOL, TRIPENTAERYTHRITOL AND HIGHER PENTAERYTHRITOLS, TRIMETHYLOLETHANE, AND 1,3-PROPANE-DIOL-2-HYDROXY-METHYL-2-METHYL, SAID OXYALKYLATION PRODUCT CONTAINING FROM 10 TO 22 MILLI-EQUIVALENTS, PER GRAM, OF HYDROXYL GROUPS, THE STEPS WHICH COMPRISE ADMIXING SAID HIGH-MELTING POLYOL WITH A LOWER MELTING POLYOL, SAID LATTER POLYOL BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF GLYCEROL, SORBITOL, DIGLYCEROL AND HIGHER POLYGLYCEROLS, ETHYLENE GLYCOL, DIETHYLENE GLYCOL, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, 1,3-BUTYLENE GLYCOL, 1,5-PENTANEDIOL, AND TRIMETHYLOLPROPANE, THE HIGH-MELTING POINT POLYOL BEING SOLUBLE IN SAID LOWER MELTING POINT POLYOL TO PRODUCE A MIXTURE OF POLYOLS WHICH CONTAINS AT LEAST 20% BY WEIGHT OF SAID HIGH-MELTING POLYOL AND WHICH MIXTURE IS AN ESSENTIALLY CLEAR LIQUID AT A TEMPERATURE NOT EXCEEDING 170*C., AND OXYALKYLATING SAID MIXTURE IN A LIQUID STATE BY ADMIXING THE SAME, UNDER A PRESSURE IN EXCESS OF ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AND AT A TEMPERATURE NOT EXCEEDING 170*C., WITH AN OXYALKYLATING AGENT IN AN AMOUNT TO PRODUCE A FINAL NORMALLY LIQUID OXYALKYLATION PRODUCT OF SAID MIXTURE OF POLYOLS CONTAINING FROM 10 TO 22 MILLI-EQUIVALENTS, PER GRAM, OF HYDROXYL GROUPS.