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Process for preparing nonionic surfactants-oxyalkylation with promoted barium catalysts
Assignee: Union Carbide Corp
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Filing: 1982-12-30
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Granted: 1984-06-05
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Expires: 2002-12-30
Abstract
Abstract The process for preparing nonionic surfactants wherein a narrower molecular weight distribution is obtained by the use of a barium catalyst which comprises reacting a reactive hydrogen compound selected from the group consisting of monohydric alcohols having from about 8 to about 20 carbon atoms and a difunctional polypropylene oxide polymer having an average molecular weight in the range of 1000 to 5000 with an alkylene oxide having 2 to 4 carbon atoms at a temperature at which the reaction proceeds in the presence of at least a catalytic amount of a barium salt selected from the group consisting of barium hydroxide, barium alkoxides, barium phenoxides, hydrates thereof or mixtures thereof and a catalytic amount of an oxyalkylation catalyst promoter.
Inventors
- 👤 James H. McCain
- 👤 Louis F. Theiling, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-29 10:26
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08G; C08G65/00; C08G65/02; C08G65/26; C08G65/2642; C08G65/2645; C08G65/2651; C07; C07C; C07C41/00; C07C41/01; C07C41/02; C07C41/03
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
149 words
The method for the alkoxylation of a reactive hydrogen compound, selected from the group consisting of monohydric alcohols having between about 8 to about 25 carbon atoms and a difunctional poly(propylene oxide) polymer having an average molecular weight in the range of 1,000 to 5,000, comprising contacting said hydrogen compound with an alkylene oxide having between 2 and 4 carbon atoms in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of barium alkoxides, barium phenoxides, barium hydroxides, hydrates thereof or mixtures thereof and an oxyalkylation catalyst promoter selected from the group consisting of superphosphoric acid, phosphoric acid, alkali metal and alkaline earth metal dihydrogen phosphates and dihydrogen diphosphates, alkyl, aryl, araalkyl and alkyaryl dihydrogen phosphates, phosphorous trioxide, and carbon dioxide at a temperature between about 50° C. and about 400° C. employing about 2 to about 80 moles of alkylene oxide per mole of reactive hydrogen compound.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
149 words
The method for the alkoxylation of a reactive hydrogen compound, selected from the group consisting of monohydric alcohols having between about 8 to about 25 carbon atoms and a difunctional poly(propylene oxide) polymer having an average molecular weight in the range of 1,000 to 5,000, comprising contacting said hydrogen compound with an alkylene oxide having between 2 and 4 carbon atoms in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of barium alkoxides, barium phenoxides, barium hydroxides, hydrates thereof or mixtures thereof and an oxyalkylation catalyst promoter selected from the group consisting of superphosphoric acid, phosphoric acid, alkali metal and alkaline earth metal dihydrogen phosphates and dihydrogen diphosphates, alkyl, aryl, araalkyl and alkyaryl dihydrogen phosphates, phosphorous trioxide, and carbon dioxide at a temperature between about 50° C. and about 400° C. employing about 2 to about 80 moles of alkylene oxide per mole of reactive hydrogen compound.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the catalyst is a barium alkoxide.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the reactive hydrogen compound is a product of a hydroformlation/hydrogenation reaction.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the reaction is carried out at a pressure between about 10 psig and 100 psig.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the catalyst is present in an amount between about 0.1 and about 1.0 percent by weight based upon the weight of alcohol.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the reactive hydrogen compound is an alkanol which is a linear alcohol containing between about 7 and about 20 carbon atoms, the alkylene oxide is ethylene oxide, the catalyst is a barium alkoxide and the oxyalkylation promoter is phosphoric acid.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the oxyalkylation catalyst promoter is selected from the group comprising superphosphorus acid, phosphoric acid, oxides of phosphorus and phosphorus acid.
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