Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for sulfonation of oleo-furan compounds derived from a furan moiety and either an individual fatty acid or a mixture of fatty acids representative of those yielded from one or more plant oils. Additionally, this disclosure describes tuning sulfonation conditions to produce oleo-furan sulfonate blends which can demonstrate beneficial surfactant characteristics and improvements in various applications.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for sulfonation of oleo-furan compounds derived from a furan moiety and either an individual fatty acid or a mixture of fatty acids representative of those yielded from one or more plant oils. Additionally, this disclosure describes tuning sulfonation conditions to produce oleo-furan sulfonate blends which can demonstrate beneficial surfactant characteristics and improvements in various applications.

Abstract: Methods and systems for computationally solving problems are disclosed. A problem can be specified using a computing device. The problem can include at least an initial state and a plurality of operators. Each operator of the plurality of operators can be configured to transform an input state to an output state. The computing device can set a current state of the problem to the initial state. The computing device can generate a display of at least the current state and at least one operator of the plurality of operators. The computing device can receive an input specifying a first operator of the plurality of operators. After receiving the input, the computing device can use the first operator to transform the current state to a transformed state. The computing device can store the transformed state.