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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2003
Charles Lee Edwards, Houston, TX (US);
Kirk Herbert Raney, Houston, TX (US);
Paul Gregory Shpakoff, Houston, TX (US);
Charles Lee Edwards, Houston, TX (US);
Kirk Herbert Raney, Houston, TX (US);
Paul Gregory Shpakoff, Houston, TX (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A detergent composition having cold water solubility and exhibiting high calcium tolerance can be produced from biodegradable branched ether derivative compositions derived from a branched ether primary alcohol represented by the formula:wherein Rrepresents hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl radical having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, Rrepresents a hydrocarbyl radical having from 1 to 7 carbon atoms, x is a number ranging from 0 to 16, preferably from 3 to 13, wherein the total number of carbon atoms in the alcohol ranges from 9 to 24.