Ethoxylation of detergent-range oxo alcohols derived from fischer-tropsch α-olefins
Tóm tắt
Detergent-range alcohols currently are produced from a variety of basic raw materials including natural fats and oils, natural gas, and petroleum. Joining this list of basic raw materials is coal. Olefins are formed in the conversion from coal via the Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) process and are then converted to alcohol via the oxo process. This paper describes the characteristics of Fischer-Tropsch oxo alcohol and its ethoxylation properties in comparison with other common detergentrange alcohols. This work shows that oxo 1213 alcohol (i.e., a mixture of primary fatty alcohols containing both 12 and 13 carbons in their hydrocarbon backbone) reacts with ethylene oxide similarly to linear alcohol, yielding low levels of unethoxylated alcohol. Substitution at the C2 position has more impact on the ethoxylation of an alcohol than the degree of linearity.
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