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AssigneeClariant International Ltd.
InventorsKlaus Poellmann, Anton Strasser, Guido Scholz, Reinhard Vybiral
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The present invention provides a process for preparing polyalkylene glycols by reacting a mixture of a mono- or polyhydric alcohol and a polyalkylene glycol prepolymer with a C2- to C4-alkylene oxide or a mixture of such alkylene oxides in the presence of a catalyst which comprises Zn3[Co(CN)6]2, the mono- or polyhydric alcohol having a molecular weight of up to 500 g/mol and containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and from 1 to 10 hydroxyl groups, and the polyalkylene glycol prepolymer being the addition product of a C2- to C4-alkylene oxide or of a mixture of such alkylene oxides in an amount of at least 500 g/mol to a mono- or polyhydric alcohol having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and from 1 to 10 hydroxyl groups.
A process for preparing polyalkylene glycols by reacting in an alkoxylation reaction a mixture of a mono- or polyhydric alcohol and a polyalkylene glycol prepolymer with a C2- to C4-alkylene oxide or a mixture of such alkylene oxides in the presence of a DMC catalyst which comprises Zn3[Co(CN)6]2, the mono- or polyhydric alcohol having a molecular weight of up to 500 g/mol and containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and from 1 to 10 hydroxyl groups, and the polyalkylene glycol prepolymer being the addition product of a C2- to C4-alkylene oxide or of a mixture of such alkylene oxides in an amount of at least 500 g/mol to a mono- or polyhydric alcohol having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and from 1 to 10 hydroxyl groups.
A polyalkylene glycol prepared by a process comprising:
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