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Ether alcohol sulfates from oleyl alcohol
Author(s) -
Weil J. K.,
Stirton A. J.,
Leardi Eileen B.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02679239
Subject(s) - oleyl alcohol , ethylene oxide , alcohol , ether , chemistry , sulfuric acid , organic chemistry , fatty alcohol , propylene oxide , polymer , copolymer
Oleyl alcohol was caused to react with ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and 1,2‐butylene oxide in the presence of an alkaline catalyst. The first and second derivatives from each reaction were isolated by fractional distillation. Sulfation with dioxane‐SO 3 gave high‐purity oleyl ether sulfates, easily soluble, with good detergent and lime soap‐dispersing properties. The use of chlorosulfonic acid or sulfuric acid as the sulfating agent for oleyl ether alcohols resulted in about 60% retention of the double bond, compared with oleyl alcohol, which under the same conditions retained only about 25% unsaturation. Oleyl ether alcohols sulfated with chlorosulfuric acid or sulfuric acid are easily sobuble and have good lime soap‐dispersing properties. They are able to solubilize less soluble soaps and saturated ether alcohol sulfates.