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Mixtures of fatty ethers of polyhydric alcohols and their anhydrides and process for producing said mixtures
Assignee: Zeneca Inc
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Filing: 1969-09-17
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Granted: 1972-06-20
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Expires: 1989-09-17
Abstract
Abstract Ether compositions of fatty epoxides and polyhydric alcohols and a process for preparing said ethers are disclosed. These ether compositions are represented by the general formula:
Inventors
- 👤 Albert H Sherman
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-27 10:41
CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10M; C10M1/00; C10M1/08; C07; C07C; C07C323/00; C07C43/00; C07C43/02; C07C43/03; C07C43/04; C07C43/13; C07C43/135; C10M2207/00; C10M2207/02; C10M2207/023; C10M2207/024; C10M2207/026; C10M2207/027; C10M2207/028; C10M2207/04; C10M2207/046; C10M2207/10; C10M2207/12; C10M2207/125; C10M2207/129; C10M2207/14; C10M2207/144; C10M2207/146; C10M2207/26; C10M2207/262; C10M2207/28; C10M2207/282; C10M2207/34; C10M2209/00; C10M2209/10; C10M2209/101; C10M2209/103; C10M2209/104; C10M2209/105; C10M2209/108; C10M2209/12; C10M2211/00; C10M2211/02; C10M2215/00; C10M2215/02; C10M2215/04; C10M2215/06; C10M2215/064; C10M2215/065; C10M2215/067; C10M2215/08; C10M2215/082; C10M2215/18; C10M2215/182; C10M2215/24; C10M2215/26; C10M2215/28; C10M2219/00; C10M2219/02; C10M2219/024; C10M2219/04; C10M2219/044; C10M2219/046; C10M2219/06; C10M2219/062; C10M2219/066; C10M2219/068; C10M2219/08; C10M2219/082; C10M2219/084; C10M2219/087; C10M2219/088; C10M2219/089; C10M2219/10; C10M2219/102; C10M2219/104; C10M2219/106; C10M2219/108; C10M2221/00; C10M2221/04; C10M2221/043; C10M2223/00; C10M2223/02; C10M2223/04; C10M2223/045; C10M2223/06; C10M2223/061; C10M2223/065; C10M2223/12; C10M2225/00; C10M2225/04; C10M2229/00; C10M2229/02; C10M2229/04; C10M2229/05; C10N; C10N2010/00; C10N2010/04; C10N2030/00; C10N2030/12; C10N2040/00; C10N2040/04; C10N2040/042; C10N2040/044; C10N2040/046; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S516/00; Y10S516/905; Y10S516/917
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
175 words
(R - X - R2 - O)y - R1 wherein R is a radical selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkaryl, and alkenaryl; y is a number from 1-4; X is selected from the group consisting of sulfur, oxygen, and methylene; R2 is selected from a group of radicals represented by the formulae: R3 is a radical which remains when y hydroxyl groups are removed from a polyhydric alcohol anhydride containing at least one hydroxyl group and at least four carbon atoms; R1 is a radical which remains when y hydroxyl groups are removed from a polyhydric alcohol which contains at least three hydroxyl groups and at least three carbon atoms; and R - X - R2 - contains a saturated or ethylenically unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon chain of at least eight carbon atoms; wherein said composition contains at least 10 weight percent of a fatty ether represented by formula (1) and wherein said fatty ethers derived from polyhydric alcohols containing three carbon atoms are no more than 10 weight percent of said composition.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
50 words
A composition of claim 1 wherein said R3 is a radical which remains after from one to four hydroxyl groups are removed from an anhydride of a polyhydric alcohol selected from the group consisting of hexitol, alkanetriols, alkanetetrols, alkanepentols, and oxyalkylene derivatives thereof containing from one to 30 oxyalkylene units.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A composition of claim 1 wherein the alkyl or alkenyl moiety represented by the radical R - X - R2 - is from 10 to about 25 carbon atoms long.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
74 words
A composition of claim 1 wherein R1 and R3 are derived from a distillation fraction of a hydrogenolytic product of sugar, starch or a mixture of sugar and starch, wherein said distillation fraction is comprised of polyhydric alcohols and their anhydrides which boil at or above the boiling point of glycerin or an anhydrized product of said distillation product wherein up to 2 mols of water per mol of polyhydric alcohol has been removed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
A composition of claim 4 wherein the alkyl or alkenyl moiety contains from 10 to 25 carbon atoms.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
85 words
A composition of claim 1 wherein X is either oxygen or a methylene radical, R - X - R2 contains an alkyl or alkenyl group of from 10 to 25 carbon atoms, said polyhydric alcohols are selected from the group consisting of alkanetriols, alkanetetrols, alkanepentols, hexitols, mixtures thereof and oxyalkylene derivatives thereof containing from one to 30 oxyalkylene units, and said polyhydric alcohol anhydrides are selected from anhydrized alkanetriols alkanetetrols, alkanepentols, hexitols, mixtures thereof and oxyalkylene derivatives thereof containing from one to 30 oxyalkylene units.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
134 words
A process for the production of the composition of claim 1 which comprises reacting an epoxide containing a saturated or ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon chain of at least eight carbon atoms and represented by the formula R - X - R4 wherein R and X are as defined in claim 1 and R4 is a oxYranylmethyl radical, with a mixture of an anhydrized polyhydric alcohol containing at least four carbon atoms and at least one hydroxyl group and non-anhydrized polyhydric alcohols containing at least three hydroxy groups and at least three carbon atoms and oxyalkylene derivatives thereof containing one to 30 oxyalkylene units, in the presence of an epoxide addition catalyst and a mutual solvent, and in a ratio to provide from about one to about six mols of epoxide per mol of polyhydric alcohol.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
69 words
A process according to claim 7 wherein the anhydrized polyhydric alcohol is the anhydrized product of a polyhydric alcohol selected from the group consisting of hexitan, pentitan, alkanetriols, alkanetetrols, alkanepentols, and oxyalkylene derivatives thereof containing from one to 30 polyoxylakylene units and wherein the non-anhydrized polyhydric alcohol is selected from the group consisting of alkanetriols, alkanetetrols, alkanepentols, hexitols and oxyalkylene derivatives thereof containing from one to 30 oxyalkylene units.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process according to claim 8 wherein the radical R- X - of said epoxide contains an ethylenically unsaturated or saturated hydrocarbon chain of from 10 to 25 carbon atoms.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
100 words
A process according to claim 7 wherein said epoxide contains a saturated or ethylenically unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon chain of from 10 to 25 carbon atoms and wherein said mixture is selected from the group consisting of (1) a distillation fraction of a hydrogenolytic product of sugar, starch or a mixture of starch and sugar, wherein said distillation fraction is comprised of polyhydric alcohols and their anhydrides which boil at or above the boiling point of glycerine and (2) an anhydrization product of said distillation product wherein up to two mols of water per mol of polyhydric alcohol has been removed.
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