| abstract |
The present invention relates to the use of diblock copolymers as surfactants, and to a method for producing diblock copolymers, containing a hydrocarbon-containing block A and a polyether carbonate-containing block B, by attaching alkylene oxide and carbon dioxide to H-functional starters in the presence of a double metal cyanide catalyst, characterized in that the H-functional starter has an OH functionality of 1, and the H-functional starter is selected from one or more compounds of the group of monofunctional alcohols having 10 to 20 carbon atoms, and no further catalyst is used in addition to the DMC catalyst. |