Henkel Ag & Company, Kgaa

Carsten Stobbe

Christian Kropf

Anna Klemmer

Benoit Luneau

Danuta Bedrunka

Regina Palkovits

Peter Hausoul

Lukas Kipshagen

The invention relates to surfactants of general formula (I) or general formula (II) or a mixture thereof, in which R represents a linear or branched alkyl, alkenyl, alkylaryl or alkenylaryl group having 5-25 C atoms and Xrepresents a charge-balancing cation. The surfactants can be incorporated into detergents or cleaning agents, have excellent technological application properties and can be produced based on renewable raw materials.

Anionic surfactants and detergents and cleaning agents containing same

The invention relates to surfactants of general formula (I) in which Rand Rrepresent independently of one another represent H and SOwith the proviso that at least one of Rand Ris not H, n and m represent independently from each other numbers from 0-21 under the proviso that 4&#x3c;n+m&#x3c;26, and Xrepresents a charge-balancing anion. The surfactants can be incorporated into detergents or cleaning agents, have excellent technological application properties and can be produced based on renewable raw materials.

Surfactants with tetrahydrofuranyl system

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Aachen, Germany

Carsten Stobbe