Claims
- 1. A composition comprising a mixture of sulfonate compounds of formulas (I), (I-A), and (I-B) ##STR20## wherein i is an integer from 0 to 10; M is selected from the group consisting of lithium, sodium, potassium and ammonium cations and mixtures thereof;
- R.sup.1 is (ALK--O).sub.p H or H, wherein p is an integer from 1 to 10, each ALK is independently ethyl or propyl; and R is straight or branched alkyl or alkenyl containing 8 to 18 carbon atoms and 0 to 3 carbon-carbon double bonds,
- wherein the mixture contains compounds of formula (I) wherein d is 1, 2, 3 and 4 and optionally 5, wherein the mole average value of d in the mixture is 1.8 to 2.2;
- the composition produced by a process comprising:
- (a) forming a mixture of glyceryl halides of formulas (II), (II-A), and (II-B) ##STR21## by reacting epichlorohydrin with an alcohol or alcohol ethoxylate of the formula R--O--(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O)--H to form the mixture of glyceryl halides of formulas (II), (II-A), and (II-B), and optionally alkoxylating the pendant hydroxyl group on the compounds of formula (II); and then
- (b) replacing the chloro substituents on the compounds of formulas (II), (II-A), and (II-B) with --SO.sub.3 M, thereby forming the mixture of sulfonate compounds.
- 2. A composition of matter comprising a mixture of sulfonate compounds of formulas (I), (I-A), and (I-B) ##STR22## wherein i is an integer from 0 to 10; M is selected from the group consisting of lithium, sodium, potassium and ammonium cations and mixtures thereof;
- R.sup.1 is (ALK--O).sub.p H or H, wherein p is an integer from 1 to 10, each ALK is independently ethyl or propyl, and R is straight or branched alkyl or alkenyl containing 8 to 18 carbon atoms and 0 to 3 carbon-carbon double bonds,
- wherein the mixture contains compounds of formula (I) wherein d is 1, 2, 3 and 4 and optionally 5, wherein the mole average value of n is 1.8 to 2.2.
- 3. The composition according to claim 1, wherein i is zero.
- 4. The composition according to claim 1, wherein each ALK group is ethyl.
- 5. The composition according to claim 1, wherein each ALK group is propyl.
- 6. The composition according to claim 1, wherein M is sodium.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/997,663, filed Dec. 23, 1997, which application is a division of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/655,992, filed May 31, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,919,975, issued Jul. 6, 1999.
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