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A process for hydrolyzing alkyl monohalides comprises using activated carbon impregnated with alkali metal hydroxide or alkaline earth metal hydroxide in the presence of water and converting the alkyl monohalides virtually quantitatively into the corresponding alcohols. Apparatus for carrying out the process comprises at least one, preferably two, especially three, reactors (2), especially tubular reactors. The process is also particularly useful for preparing alcohols.

Hydrolysis of alkyl monohalides

Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## where R is C.sub.8 -C.sub.20 -alkyl and A is a polyalkylene oxide radical composed of from 4 to 30 alkylene oxide units, of which from 100 to 60 mole % are ethylene oxide units and from 0 to 40 mole % are 1,2-propylene oxide units or 1,2-butylene oxide units or a mixture of these.

Oxyalkylated fatty alcohols having end groups blocked by reaction with

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