Novel detergent molecules and methods for producing such detergent molecules by dimerizing and alkoxylating butadiene with one or more reactant alkanol selected from the group consisting of a primary alkanol and an α, ω-diol, hydrogenating the alkoxydimerization product to produce a hydrogenation product selected from the group consisting of primarily 1-alkoxy substituted 2-octene and primarily 1-hydroxy-alkoxyoctane, and hydroxylating the 1-alkoxy substituted 2-octene to produce primarily 1-hydroxy-9-alkoxy nonanes.
                            新型洗涤剂分子和生产这种洗涤剂分子的方法,其方法是将
丁二烯与一种或多种反应物烷醇进行二聚和烷氧基化,这些反应物烷醇选自由伯烷醇和α,ω
-二醇组成的组、将烷氧基二聚产物氢化,生成一种氢化产物,该氢化产物选自由 1-烷氧基取代的 
2-辛烯和 1-羟基-烷氧基
辛烷组成的组,并将 1-烷氧基取代的 
2-辛烯羟化,生成 1-羟基-9-烷氧基
壬烷。