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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8173825 | Method of making fatty acid ester derivatives Fatty acid ester derivatives and a process for their production from unsaturated fatty acids are disclosed. The process comprises: a) reacting an unsaturated fatty acid or an ester thereof having one or more sites of unsaturation, with an epoxidation re... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7332548 | Process for production of a polyester product from alkylene oxide and carboxylic acid A process to produce polyester product from alkylene oxide and carboxylic acid. More specifically this process relates to a process to produce polyethylene terephthalate where terephthalic acid and ethylene oxide are reacted to form a partially esterified terephthal... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7291582 | Liquid laundry detergent with an alkoxylated ester surfactant An aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition comprising an alkoxylated carboxylic acid surfcatant and a free radical scavenger in the mole ratio of from about 500:1 to about 20:1. The composition substantially prevents the degradation of the alkoxylated ester sur... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7279448 | Poly(hydroxy thioether) vegetable oil derivatives useful as lubricant additives A novel class of chemically-modified vegetable oils is prepared by reacting epoxidized triglyceride oils with thiols. The resultant poly(hydroxy thioether) derivatives have utility as antiwear/antifriction additives for environmentally-friendly industrial oils and a... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7247684 | Network polymers comprising epoxy-terminated esters The present invention provides network polymers obtained by curing compositions that comprise an ester with at least two terminal epoxy groups. Preferred esters include those represented by the formula (1), wherein each R1 independently represents a subst... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7247606 | Branched reaction products A compound of formula: wherein each R group independently is C6-C10 arylene group, a straight or branched chain C2-C°alkylene group optionally containing an arylene gr... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7220712 | Compositions and methods for cleaning and conditioning Compositions including a degreaser, a dispersant, a fatliquor (for example a combination of sulfited synthetic spermwhale oil, neatsfoot oil, and coconut oil), and optionally Myrtaceae oil (for example the oil from a plant in the Melaleuca genera, such as ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7205268 | Low-foaming liquid laundry detergent A low-foaming aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition comprising from about 0.05% to about 6%, by weight of the composition, of certain carboxylic acid ester and/or low-degree alkoxylated derivatives thereof having HLB below about 10; from about 8% to about 80%... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7098175 | Aqueous detergent composition containing ethoxylated fatty acid di-ester Aqueous laundry detergent compositions comprising a solubilized ethoxylated fatty acid diester as a detergency booster and/or a defoamer. Preferred compositions include a nonionic surfactant, preferably ethoxylated fatty acid monoester, as at least part of the surfa... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6927299 | FATTY ACID ESTERS COMPOSITION OF A POLYGLYCERINE, A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF, A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A HIGHLY-PURIFIED FATTY ACID ESTERS COMPOSITION OF A POLYGLYCERINE, A HIGHLY-PURIFIED FATTY ACID ESTERS COMPOSITION OF A POLYGLYCERINE, AN ADDITIVE FOR FOOD-STUFFS, A RESIN COMPOSITION, AND A COMPOSITION FOR COSMETICS OR DETERGENTS Disclosed are a fatty acid esters composition of a polyglycerine containing more than 70% of a fatty acid monoester which is defined by a specified analysis method, a process for the preparation thereof, a process for the preparation of a highly purified fatty ester... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6797753 | Plasticizers derived from vegetable oils Compositions and methods for plasticizing polyvinyl chloride polymers where the plasticizers contain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils and the fatty acids are substantially fully esterified with an alcohol (monool or polyol), the fatty acids having unsaturated... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6765116 | Process of preparing a fluid rare earth alkoxylation catalyst A process to prepare an improved fluid rare earth phosphate catalyst composition useful in preparing alkylene oxide adducts of organic compounds having active hydrogen atoms is provided. The catalyst is prepared by dissolving a rare earth salt in a C9-C | 07/20/2004 |
| 6706768 | Production and use of novel alkoxylated monoesters Described is an alkoxylated composition that comprises a family of trans carbon-carbon double bond free compositions that generally have melting points that range from 30-80° C., preferably with melting points between 55-58° C. and with a solubility ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6646145 | Processes for preparing alkoxylated nonionic surfactants using hydrotalcite catalysts Processes for preparing alkoxylated nonionic surfactants are disclosed, wherein a compound having at least one active hydrogen atom, a carboxylic acid ester or mixtures thereof are reacted with an alkylene oxide in the presence of a hydrotalcite catalyst ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6583302 | Chemically modified vegetable oil-based industrial fluid Triglyceride oils having unsaturated fatty acid substituents are modified to convert sites of unsaturation to C-2 to C-10 diesters. The resulting derivatives are characterized by thermal and oxidative stability, have low temperature performance properties... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6548609 | Process for the production of oleochemical polyols The present invention is related to an improved process for obtaining oleochemical polyols from oils, principally of a vegetable origin. The polyols obtained consist of a mixture of ethers, esters, primary and secondary alcohols and have the characteristi... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6531443 | Alkanolamides Improved modified monoethanolamide composition mixtures are provided which may be represented by the formula ##STR1## Wherein: R is an optionally substituted or unsubstituted, branched or straight chain, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radical of 3-2... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6429324 | Method for producing alkoxylated dimer fatty acids Processes for preparing alkylene glycol esters of dimer fatty acids according to the general formula (I): H--(OR)n --O(O)C--R1 --C(O)O--(RO)n --H (I) wherein R1 represents a hydrocarbon radical of a dimer fatty acid ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6380410 | Fatty acid derivatives and their use as surfactants in detergents and cleaners Fatty acid derivatives based on epoxidized unsaturated fatty acid esters or triglycerides and reacted with amines such as hydroxy- and/or amino-substituted hydrophilic amines or amino acids and/or with alkanols or with water on the epoxy group and/or the ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6372927 | Process for preparing alkylene oxide adducts The process for preparing an alkylene oxide adduct, including the steps of feeding an organic compound having active hydrogen and an alkylene oxide to a reaction column packed with a solid catalyst, and carrying out addition reaction of the organic compou... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6300508 | Thickened aqueous surfactant solutions Fatty acid esters of alkylene glycols corresponding to the formula R1 COO(AlkO)n H are thickeners for aqueous surfactant solutions, particularly for personal care products.... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6274750 | Dimer and trimer acid esters from epoxidized compounds and methods for their preparation Mixtures of dimeric and trimeric fatty acid C1-4 alkyl esters and processes for their preparation comprising either A) epoxidizing an unsaturated or partially hydrogenated fatty acid glyceride; B) transesterifying the epoxidized glyceride with a C | 08/14/2001 |
| 6201144 | Preparation of secondary ether fatty acids and esters from their hydroxy fatty acid equivalents Fatty ether compounds and a process for their production is disclosed. The compounds possess low viscosity and low temperature melting point properties and may be used as viscosity modifiers in the creation of cosmetics and complete vegetable oil based bi... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6060627 | Polyol purification A water and allylic compound containing propoxylated glycerin stream is reduced in water content by evaporation and flashed at reduced pressure and elevated temperature to reduce the water content to 1000 ppm or less, and thereafter stripping allylic impu... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6046344 | Process for the preparation of hydroxypropylated quaternary ammonium compounds containing an ester functional group A process for the preparation of hydroxypropylated quaternary ammonium compounds containing an ester functional group, preferably a fatty acid ester functional group, of formula (I): ##STR1## in which: R denotes a saturated or unsaturated, linear or ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6008392 | Process for preparing alkoxylated fatty acid alkyl esters A process for making alkoxylated fatty acid alkyl esters involving: (a) providing a fatty acid alkyl ester; (b) providing an alkylene oxide component; (c) providing a primary catalyst; (d) providing a co-catalyst selected from the group consisting of lith... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6008391 | Process for preparing alkoxylated fatty acid alkyl esters A process for making alkoxylated fatty acid alkyl esters involving: (a) providing a fatty acid alkyl ester; (b) providing an alkylene oxide component; (c) providing a catalyst component containing a mixture of: (i) a primary catalyst; and (ii) an alkylene... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6002030 | Esterified propoxylated polyol process A process is provided for the fatty acid esterification of propoxylated glycerin wherein fatty acids stripped from the esterifier and/or fatty acids stripped from the esterification product are scrubbed by contact with a scrubbing liquid which is maintain... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5986117 | Process for the preparation of fatty acid-esterified propoxylated glycerin A convenient method of obtaining useful esterified propoxylated glycerin fat substitutes from readily available triglycerides such as fats and oil is provided wherein a triglyceride is reacted with a propoxylated glycerin under conditions effective to rem... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5936107 | Process for the production of fatty acid polyethylene glycol esters Fatty acid polyethylene glycol esters of the formula (I): R1 CO(CH2 CH2 O)n H (I) wherein R1 CO is a linear or branched, aliphatic, saturated and/or unsaturated acyl group having from about 6... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5872269 | Esterification process heat recovery Economics of heat are achieved in a process for batch fatty acid esterification of alkoxylated polyol by transferring the reaction mixture to a holding vessel and subsequently heating fresh feed to the batch reaction by indirect heat exchange with the tra... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5849935 | Method for the development of δ-lactones and hydroxy acids from unsaturated fatty acids and their glycerides An improved process for the production of high yields of δ-lactones and 5-hydroxy fatty acids from unsaturated fatty acids which are free or esterified with glycerol is disclosed. The δ-lactones may be produced by reacting one or more Ɗ5 or ... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5817844 | Method of manufacturing a fatty acid ester of polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether A method of manufacturing a fatty acid ester of polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether wherein a fatty acid ester of polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether represented by the following formula (I) is produced through a reaction between a fatty acid alkyl ester with an alkylene... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5741947 | Preparation of alkoxylation products in the presence of mixed hydroxides modified with additives Alkoxylation products are prepared by reacting compounds having active hydrogen atoms with C2 -C4 -alkylene oxides in the presence of a mixed hydroxide built up of polycations and modified with additives and having the general formul... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5646320 | Process for making isethionate ester salts Fatty acid esters of isethionate salts are made by reacting ethylene oxide and a bisulfite salt, that may be made in situ, in aqueous ammonia while maintaining (1) the pH in the range of about 5.5 to about 6.5 and (2) the temperature in the range of 25° ... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5576451 | Esters of fatty acids with ethoxylated polyols Esters of fatty acids with ethoxylated polyols are prepared by (a) ethoxylating polyols in the presence of basic catalysts at high temperatures with 80 to 150 moles ethylene oxide per mol polyol and then (b) reacting the reaction product with 1 to 1.3 mol... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5571935 | Process for producing esterified alkoxylated polyols with improved stability Esterified alkoxylated polyols, particularly a fatty acid-esterified propoxylated glycerol, which exhibit improved flavor and oxidative stability by the addition of antioxidants to the alkoxylated polyols, either prior to or subsequent to steam stripping,... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5539135 | Process for producing hydrophobicized double-layer hydroxide compounds Hydrophobicized double-layer hydroxide compounds may be produced if double-layer hydroxide compounds of the general formula (I): [M.sup.(II)1-x M.sup.(III)x (OH)2 ] Ax.n H2 O, in which M.sup.(II) is a... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5523431 | Method of producing an amide product mixture, an amide product mixture and the use thereof The present application relates to a method of producing an amide product mixture having a low content of secondary amines by reacting an amide product mixture having a high secondary amine content with an aliphatic alkylene oxide in the absence of an ess... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5519154 | Ethoxylated ester surfactants and a process therefor A process for producing ethoxylated ester surfactants in high yield has been discovered which employs no halogen-containing reactants or intermediates. Allyl alcohol is reacted with ethylene oxide to give an allyl alcohol ethoxylate; the ethoxylate in tur... | 05/21/1996 |
