| abstract |
The present invention relates to certain alcohol alkoxylates of the amphiphilic type, to agrochemical agents comprising them, and to the use of the alcohol alkoxylates as activity-improving adjuvants in the agrochemical field and particularly in the field of plant protection. The alcohol alkoxylates are alkoxylated alcohols of the formula (I) R-O-[(C m1 H 2m1 O) x -(C m2 H 2m2 O) y -(C m3 H 2m3 O) z ] co -[(C 2 H 4 O) p -(C 3 H 6 O) q ] co -Z (l) or the formula (II) R-O-(C n1 H 2n1 O) o -[(C 2 H 4 O) p -(C 3 H 6 O) q ] co -[(C m1 H 2m1 O) x -(C m2 H 2m2 O) y -(C m3 H 2m3 O) z ] co -Z (II), where R is an aliphatic linear or branched radical with 1 to 30 carbon atoms; n1 is 2 or 3; o is 0, 1, 2, or 3; m1, m2, m3 independently from each other are integers from 4 to 16; x is a value from 0 to 100; y is a value from 0 to 100; z is a value from 0 to 100; the sum of x, y, z is greater than zero; the sum of (m1 • x), (m2 • y), (m3 • z) and the number of carbon atoms in R in formula (I) or the sum of (m1 • x), (m2 • y), (m3 • z) and the number of carbon atoms in z in formula (II) is 15 to 60; p is a value of 0 to 100; q is a value from 0 to 100; the sum of p and q is greater than zero; z is hydrogen or an aliphatic linear or branched radical with 1 to 13 carbon atoms, wherein the radical R-O-[(C m1 H 2m1 O) x -(C m2 H 2m2 O) y -(C m3 H 2m3 O) z ] co - in formula (I) or the radical -[(C m1 H 2m1 O) x -(C m2 H 2m2 O) y -(C m3 H 2m3 O) z ] co -Z in formula (II) comprises 2 to 12 total branches und 0.1 to 0.3 branches per carbon atom. |