Vista Chemical Company

Condea Vista Company

Janet L Watson

Upali Peter Weerasooriya

John Lin

Paul A Filler

K Lee Matheson

Donald T Robertson

Elida G Partain

Kelly D Knouse

LeAnn M Rowe

Dewey L Smith

A process for alkoxylating an organic carbonate wherein an alkylene oxide is reacted with an organic carbonate such as a dialkyl carbonate in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of a calcium-containing catalyst to produce alkoxylated carbonates.

Process for preparing alkoxylated dialkyl carbonate compounds

A process for producing a surfactant composition by partially saponifying an alkoxylated triglyceride having the formula: ##STR1## with an alkali metal hydroxide such as sodium hydroxide and recovering a surfactant composition comprising soap and moisturizing agents comprised of alkoxylated monoglycerides and unreacted alkoxylated triglycerides.

Method for producing surfactant compositions

A process for producing alkali metal isethionate ethoxylates by reacting an alkali metal isethionate and a polyol, the mole ratio of polyol to alkali metal isethionate being greater than about 7:1, the reaction mixture produced being neutralized with a non-oxidizing inorganic acid to produce a neutralized reaction mixture from which the alkali metal isethionate ethoxylate is recovered.

Process for preparing isethionate ethoxylates

A process for sulfonating internal olefins wherein a dilute solution of the internal olefins in an inert hydrocarbon solvent is sulfonated to produce a reaction mixture containing intermediate sulfonated compounds, the intermediate sulfonated compounds in the reaction mixture being neutralized under conditions to form neutralized sulfonated compounds, the neutralized sulfonated compounds in the reaction mixture being hydrolyzed to form a product mixture containing hydroxy alkane sulfonates and alkene sulfonates that are then recovered.

Process for sulfonating internal olefins

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