| abstract |
A procedure for preparing new hydroxy ether sulfonic compounds of the following formula and salts thereof: ** (see formula) ** where N is zero, one or two, RA is a monovalent hydrocarbon, RB is hydrogen or monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon and -OR-OH is the radical of an alcohol polyvalent of formula HO-R-OH, said compounds having up to about 40 carbon atoms, which comprises reacting a sultone with a polyvalent alcohol under conditions for the etherification of a hydroxyl group of said alcohol by opening the ring of said sultone, said sultone and said polyvalent alcohol having together, up to about 40 carbon atoms. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) |