A process for the preparation of acylated secondary alcohol alkoxylates, said process comprising : (i) reaction of one or more internal olefins with one or more carboxylic acids in the presence of a catalyst composition in order to form one or more carboxylic acid esters; (ii) reaction of one or more carboxylic acid esters from step (i) with one or more alkylene oxide reactants, in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of a catalyst composition comprising: (a) one or more alkaline earth metal salts of carboxylic and/or hydroxycarboxylic acids and/or hydrates of the former; (b) an oxy-acid selected from sulphuric acid and ortho-phosphoric acid; (c) an alcohol and/or an ester; and/or products of the reciprocal reactions of (a), (b) and/or (c) in order to form one or more acylated secondary alcohol alkoxylates; and optionally (iii) hydrolysis or transesterification of one or more acylated secondary alcohol alkoxylates from step (ii) in order to form one or more secondary alcohol alkoxylates; and a process for making secondary alcohol alkoxy sulphates comprising the steps of: preparing secondary alcohol alkoxylates by the afore-mentioned process; and sulphating the secondary alcohol alkoxylates.
一种制备酰化二次醇烷氧基化物的方法,该方法包括:(i)在催化剂组成物的存在下,将一种或多种内部烯烃与一种或多种
羧酸反应,以形成一种或多种
羧酸酯;(ii)在催化剂组成物的存在下,将步骤(i)中的一种或多种
羧酸酯与一种或多种烷基氧化物反应,其中催化剂组成物包括:(a)一种或多种碱土
金属
羧酸和/或羟基
羧酸盐和/或其
水合物;(b)从
硫酸和正
磷酸中选择的氧酸;(c)一种醇和/或一种酯和/或(a),(b)和/或(c)的互反作用产物,以形成一种或多种酰化二次醇烷氧基化物;可选地(iii)
水解或酯交换步骤,以形成一种或多种二次醇烷氧基化物。制备二次醇烷氧基
硫酸盐的方法包括以下步骤:通过上述方法制备二次醇烷氧基化物;并对二次醇烷氧基化物进行
硫酸化。