Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing polyol alkyl ethers by reacting compounds comprising at least three hydroxyl functionalities with olefins in the presence of acidic catalysts at temperatures of from 20 to 250° C. and pressures of from 0.5 to 10 bar, wherein the olefins correspond to the general formula (I) in which R1 is hydrogen and R2 is a linear or branched carbon radical having from 7 to 28 carbon atoms, or R1 and R2 are each linear or branched carbon radicals having from 1 to 27 carbon atoms, the sum of the carbon number of R1 and R2 being at most 28, to polyol alkyl ethers derived from compounds having at least three hydroxyl functionalities, not more than all but one hydroxyl functionality being replaced by a moiety of the general formula (VIII) to the use of these polyol alkyl ethers as surfactants and to laundry detergents and cleaning compositions comprising these polyol alkyl ethers.

Abstract: A phosphate-free detergent formulation for machine dishwashing is provided. The formulation contains as main components: copolymers of a monoethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acid and/or of a salt thereof, and an alkoxylated, monoethylenically unsaturated monomer, wherein the copolymer has a mean molecular weight Mw of from 30 000 to 500 000 g/mol and a K value of from 40 to 150, measured at pH 7 in 1% by weight aqueous solution at 25° C.; complexing agents; low-foaming nonionic surfactants; bleaches and, optionally, bleach activators; further builders; enzymes; and one or more further additives.

Abstract: Phosphate-free detergent formulations for machine dishwashing, comprising, as components: a) from 1 to 20% by weight of a mixture of a1) from 5 to 95% by weight of hydrophobically modified polycarboxylates I formed from a11) from 20 to 80 mol % of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated C3-C10-mono- or -dicarboxylic acid or anhydrides thereof, a12) from 0 to 80 mol % of at least one monomer of the general formula (I) ?in which R1, R2 and R3 are each independently H, CH3 or C2H5, and R4 is a linear, branched or cyclic radical having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an aromatic radical having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and a13) from 0 to 20 mol % of at least one further monomer selected from the group consisting of olefins having 10 or more carbon atoms or mixtures thereof and reactive polyisobutenes having an average of from 12 to 100 carbon atoms, a2) from 5 to 95% by weight of hydrophilically modified polycarboxylates II formed from a21) from 50 to 99 mol % of acrylic acid or acrylic acid s

Abstract: A phosphate-free detergent formulation for machine dishwashing is provided. The formulation contains as main components: copolymers of a monoethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acid and/or of a salt thereof, and an alkoxylated, monoethylenically unsaturated monomer, wherein the copolymer has a mean molecular weight Mw of from 30 000 to 500 000 g/mol and a K value of from 40 to 150, measured at pH 7 in 1% by weight aqueous solution at 25° C.; complexing agents; low-foaming nonionic surfactants; bleaches and, optionally, bleach activators; further builders; enzymes; and one or more further additives.

Abstract: The invention relates to a phosphate-free cleaning formulation for machine dishwashing, comprising as components: a) 1 to 20% by weight of copolymers of a1) 50 to 93 mol % acrylic acid and/or of a water-soluble salt of acrylic acid, a2) 5 to 30 mol % of methacrylic acid and/or of a water-soluble salt of methacrylic acid and a3) 2 to 20 mol % of at least one nonionic monomer of the formula (I), b) 1 to 50% by weight of complexing agents chosen from the group consisting of glycine-N,N-diacetic acid derivatives and glutamic acid-N,N-diacetic acid and salts thereof, c) 1 to 15% by weight of low-foaming nonionic surfactants, d) 0 to 30% by weight of bleaches and optionally bleach activators, e) 0 to 60% by weight of further builders, f) 0 to 8% by weight of enzymes, g) 0 to 50% by weight of one or more further additives, such as anionic or zwitterionic surfactants, bleach catalysts, alkali carriers, corrosion inhibitors, antifoams, dyes, fragrances, fillers, organic solvents and water, where the sum of components

Abstract: The present invention relates to a phosphate-containing machine dishwasher detergent comprising 0.01-20% by weight of at least one alcohol alkoxylate, 0.01-10% by weight of at least one alcohol ethoxylate, 0-15% by weight of at least one sulfonate-containing polymer, 0-15% by weight of at least one hydrophilically modified polycarboxylate, 0-8% by weight of at least one polycarboxylate, 1-70% by weight of at least one phosphate and 0.1-60% by weight of at least one further additive, where the sum of components (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) is 100% by weight, to a process for rinsing surfaces of articles by treating these surfaces with the composition, and to the use of the composition for increasing the rinsing performance in the machine washing of articles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to low-foam surfactant mixtures of the general formula (I) where R, Ra, R1 and R2, l, n and m have the meaning given in the description and the claims, and to the production thereof. For example, R=C13-alkyl, Ra=H, l=5, m=22, n=1, R1=methyl and R2=C6-C14-alkyl. The surfactants are suitable for detergent and cleaner formulations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of surfactants of the general formula (I) R—O-(A)n-(B)m-H??(I) where R is a C8-alkyl radical, A is propylenoxy, B is ethylenoxy, n is an average value of from 0.8 to 2.0 and m is an average value of from 2.0 to 5.0 as a wetting agent for hydrophobic polymer surfaces, and to a wetting agent comprising a) from 0.5 to 50% by weight of at least one surfactant of the general formula (I) according to claim 1, b) from 1.0 to 10% by weight of a C8-alcohol and c) from 0.5 to 30% by weight of a compound of the general formula (IV) R—O-(A)n-H??(IV) ?where R is a C8-alkyl radical, A is propylenoxy and n is an average value of from 0.8 to 2.0.

Abstract: A surfactant composition includes a first surfactant, a second surfactant, and a polyalkylene glycol. The first surfactant is of the general formula R1—O—(A)mH, wherein R1 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon having 10 carbon atoms, A is an alkyleneoxy group having from 2 to 5 carbon atoms, and m is a positive number. The second surfactant is of the general formula R2—O—(B)nH, wherein R2 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon having from 12 to 14 carbon atoms, B is an alkyleneoxy group having from 2 to 5 carbon atoms, and n is a positive number. The polyalkylene glycol is present in the surfactant composition in an amount of from 3 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the surfactant composition.

Abstract: The alkoxylate mixtures comprise alkoxylates of the formula (I) C5H11CH(C3H7)CH2O(A)n(B)mH ??(I) where A is ethyleneoxy, B is C3-10-alkyleneoxy or mixtures thereof, where groups A and B may be present in random distribution, alternately or in the form of two or more blocks in any order, n is a number from 0 to 30, m is a number from 0 to 20 n+m is at least 1 where 70 to 99% by weight of alkoxylates A1 in which C5H11 has the meaning n-C5H11, and 1 to 30% by weight of alkoxylates A2 in which C5H11 has the meaning C2H5CH(CH3)CH2 and/or CH3CH(CH3)CH2CH2, are present in the mixture.

Abstract: An alkoxylate mixture containing; at least one alkoxylate of the formula CnH2n+1O(A)x(B)yH where A is ethyleneoxy, B is C3-C10-alkyleneoxy or mixtures thereof, n is an integer in the range from 8 to 11, x is a number in the range from 1 to 20, y is a number in the range from 0 to 10, and (ii) at least one alkoxylate of the formula CmH2m+1O(A)v(B)wH where A is ethyleneoxy, B is C3-C10-alkyleneoxy or mixtures thereof, m is an integer in the range from 12 to 24, v is a number in the range from 1 to 50, w is a number in the range from 0 to 10.

Abstract: The invention describes a process for the preparation of novel surfactant alcohols and surfactant alcohol ethers by derivatization of olefins having from about 10 to 20 carbon atoms or of mixtures of such olefins to give alkanols, and optional subsequent alkoxylation, which comprises subjecting a C4-olefin mixture to metathesis, dimerizing the resulting olefins, and then derivatizing them to give surfactant alcohols, and optionally alkoxylating said alcohols. The olefin mixture obtained in the dimerization has a high proportion of branched components and less than 10% by weight of compounds which contain a vinylidene group. invention further describes the use of the surfactant alcohols and surfactant alcohol ethers to give surfactants by glycosylation or polyglycosylation, sulfation or phosphation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an alcohol mixture which substantively comprises alcohols having 13 or 15 carbon atoms, to a process for its preparation, to a process for functionalizing these alcohol mixtures, and to the resultant functionalized alcohol mixtures and their use.

Abstract: The invention describes detergents and cleaners comprising an effective proportion of one or more surfactants of the formula I in which a is one of the numbers 11, 12, or 13, R1 and R2 are different and are each hydrogen or alkyl radicals R3 is hydrogen, or a sulfato or phosphate radical, x and y are each a number from 0 to 200, and further known auxiliaries and additives customary in detergents and cleaners and optionally in addition further surfactants.

Abstract: The invention relates to secondary C10 to C18 surfactant alcohols of the general formula (I), wherein R represents methyl or ethyl and R? represents a linear or branched alkyl group with 6–13 C atoms, excepting 5-ethyl-2-nonanol and 6-ethyl-3-decanol, in addition to fatty alcohol alkoxylates, alkyl phosphates, alkyl sulphates, alkyl ether phosphates and alkyl ether sulphates. The secondary C10 to C18 surfactant alcohols can be produced by a simple aldol condensation of linear or branched saturated or unsaturated C7–C14 aldehyde excepting 2-ethyl hexanal, with acetone or methyl ethyl ketone and the subsequent hydrogenation of the condensation product.

Abstract: A process for preparing a C13-alcohol mixture comprises a) bringing a butene-containing C4-hydrocarbon stream containing less than 5% by weight, based on the butene fraction, of isobutene into contact with a nickel-containing heterogeneous catalyst at elevated temperature, b) isolating a C12-olefin fraction from the reaction mixture, c) hydroformylating the C12-olefin fraction by reaction with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a cobalt catalyst and d) hydrogenating the product from c). The alcohol mixture is suitable for preparing surfactants by alkoxylation, glycosidation, sulfation, phosphation, alkoxylation and subsequent sulfation or alkoxylation and subsequent phosphation.

Abstract: The invention describes a process for the preparation of surfactant alcohols and surfactant alcohol ethers which are, inter alia, highly suitable as surfactants or for the preparation of surfactants. The process, starting from olefin mixtures having a defined minimum content of linear hexenes, gives mixtures having a predominant fraction of branched dodecenes, which are subsequently derivatized to give surfactant alcohols and then optionally alkoxylated. The surfactant alcohol mixture obtained in the process has a degree of branching of from 2.0 to 3.0 and in particular exhibits advantageous properties as regards ecotoxicity and biodegradability. A description is also given of the use of the surfactant alcohols and surfactant alcohol ethers as surfactants by glycosidation or polyglycosidation, sulfation or phosphation.

Abstract: An oligomerization catalyst for olefins is obtainable from a) a chromium compound CrX3 and the at least equimolar amount, based on the chromium compound CrX3, of a ligand L or from an existing chromium complex CrX3L, in which the groups X are, independently of one another, abstractable counterions and L is a 1,3,5-triazacyclohexane of the formula I ?where the groups R1 to R9 are, independently of one another: hydrogen or organosilicon or substituted or unsubstituted carboorganic groups having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, where two geminal or vicinal radicals R1 to R9 may also be joined to form a five—or six-membered ring, and b) at least one activating additive and also a process for preparing oligomers of olefins using these catalysts, the oligomers thus obtainable, and the oxo alcohols obtainable from these oligomers.

Abstract: The invention describes a process for the preparation of novel surfactant alcohols and surfactant alcohol ethers by derivatization of olefins having from about 10 to 20 carbon atoms or of mixtures of such olefins to give alkanols, and optional subsequent alkoxylation, which comprises subjecting a C4-olefin mixture to metathesis, dimerizing the resulting olefins, and then derivatizing them to give surfactant alcohols, and optionally alkoxylating said alcohols. The olefin mixture obtained in the dimerization has a high proportion of branched components and less than 10% by weight of compounds which contain a vinylidene group. The invention further describes the use of the surfactant alcohols and surfactant alcohol ethers to give surfactants by glycosylation or polyglycosylation, sulfation or phosphation.

Abstract: The invention describes a process for the preparation of surfactant alcohols and surfactant alcohol ethers which are, inter alia, highly suitable as surfactants or for the preparation of surfactants. The process, starting from olefin mixtures which comprise less than 30% by weight of linear hexene isomers and utilizing a catalyst which contains nickel, prepares olefin mixtures having a predominant fraction of branched dodecenes, which are subsequently derivatized to give surfactant alcohols and then optionally alkoxylated. The invention further relates to the use of the surfactant alcohols and surfactant alcohol ethers for the preparation of surfactants by glycosidation or polyglycosidation, sulfation or phosphation.