Shell Oil Comapny

Jan Hermen Hendrik Meurs

Arie Van Zon

Harry Van Der Heijden

Eugene Marie Godfried Andre Van Kruchten

Quoc An On

Michiel Barend Eleveld

Renata Helena Van Der Made

Jozef Jacobus Titus Smits

Henricus Petrus Bernardus Duijghuisen

Judith Johanna Berendina Walhof

Dirk Michiel Boele

Peter Alexander Schut

A process for the preparation of acylated secondary alcohol alkoxylates and a process for making secondary alcohol alkoxy sulfates comprising the steps of:&#x2014;

Process for the preparation of acylated secondary alcohol alkoxylates and secondary alcohol alkoxylates

A process for the conversion of an alkylene oxide to the corresponding alkylene glycol in the presence of carbon dioxide, water and a catalytic composition comprising a mixture of an organic base present in an amount in the range of from 10 to 90 mol % (based on the mixture) and a salt of the organic base and a hydrogen halide the salt being present in an amount in the range of from 10 to 90 mol % (based on the mixture), wherein the organic base comprises a carbon-based compound comprising one or more nitrogen atoms with at least one free electron pair and/or one or more phosphorous atoms with at least one free electron pair, and has a pKa high enough that it is capable of binding carbon dioxide under the reaction conditions.

Process for the preparation of alkylene glycols

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of polyether polyols, which process involves:

Process for the preparation of polyether polyols

Process for the manufacture of epoxy compounds having the formula

Process for the manufacture of epoxy compounds

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Jan Hermen Hendrik Meurs