Claims
- 1. A method preparing a surfactant comprising the steps of:
- (i) reacting an alcohol of the formula R.sub.1 OH, where R.sub.1 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl group, with epichlorohydrin in order to form a compound of the formula ##STR13## (ii) reacting said compound of formula (II) of step (i) with an alcohol of the formula R.sub.2 OH, where R.sub.2 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl group, in order to form a compound of the formula ##STR14## (iii) reacting said compound of formula (III) of step (ii) with 2-6 moles of ethylene oxide in order to form a compound of the formula ##STR15## and (iv) reacting said compound of formula (IV) of step (iii) with sodium and ##STR16## in order to form a surfactant of the formula ##STR17##
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a division of Ser. No. 583,513, filed Feb. 24, 1984, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,515,701 which in turn is a division of Ser. No. 413,591, filed Aug. 31, 1982, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,446,079.
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