Dow Global Technolgoies LLC

Andre B Argenton

Wanglin Yu

Jerzy Klosin

Daniel J Arriola

Michael Leo Tulchinsky

Brad C Bailey

Paul R Elowe

Edward D Daugs

Cynthia L Rand

Yang Cheng

Irina V Graf

Kari S Phillipson

Jerzy J Klosin

Processes to prepare lightly branched surfactant products comprise combining at least one olefin and a coordination-insertion catalyst under conditions such that at least one oligomer product is formed. The surfactant products comprise a main carbon chain containing an average of between 0.5 and 2.5 branches, wherein more than 50% of the branches are ethyl branches, wherein the branches are located more than one carbon away from each end of the main carbon chain in more than 20% of surfactant product molecules.

Process for the preparation of lightly-branched hydrophobes and the corresponding surfactants and applications thereof

Provided are new anionic surfactants and methods of their preparation and use. The surfactants are compounds of the formula I: wherein R, R, R, R, R, R, and Rare as defined herein.

Sulfonate surfactants and methods of preparation and use

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