abstract |
Fatty acid polyethylene glycol esters of the formula (I):R1CO(CH2CH2O)nH(I)wherein R1CO is a linear or branched, aliphatic, saturated and/or unsaturated acyl group having from about 6 to about 22 carbon atoms and n is a number from 0.5 to 1.5 are made by reacting ethylene oxide and a fatty acid in the presence of an alkanolamine in a homogeneous reaction medium. |