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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2019, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (3): 174-177.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-1803.2019.03.007

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Synthesis of fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether with narrow distribution

Jing-cheng TIAN1,Yong-qiang SUN1,2,Jian-guo GUO1   

  1. 1. Sinolight Surfactants Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai 201512, China
    2. China Research Institute of Daily Chemistry Co., Ltd., Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, China
  • Received:2018-06-19 Revised:2019-02-14 Online:2019-03-22 Published:2019-04-04

Abstract:

KOH and a homogeneous catalyst were respectively used in the syntheses of fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether (AEO) with two degrees of polymerization of ethylene oxide (EO). The theoretical EO degrees was caculated with EO consumption. The product composition was analysed by gas chromatography. The EO distribution of these two kinds of AEO and effects of EO degrees on molecular weight distribution were studied. The results show that in the gas chromatogram of narrow-distribution AEO, the peak area of C12 (EO)7 is very small and the chromatographic peak of C14(EO)7 is barely observable. As to conventional AEO and narrow-distribution AEO, the mass fraction of free fatty alcohol in AEO2 is lower than in AEO1.85, and the total mass fraction of components with EO degrees 1~4 is slightly higher in AEO2 than in AEO1.85. On the other hand, the mass fraction of free fatty alcohol and components with EO degrees above 4 are significantly lower in narrow-distribution AEO than in conventional AEO, while the mass fraction of components with EO degrees 1~4 are much higher in narrow-distribution AEO than in conventional AEO. The components of narrow-distribution AEO show Poisson distribution, indicative of an obvious characteristic of narrow distribution.

Key words: fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether, narrow distribution, degree of polymerization of EO

CLC Number: 

  • TQ423