Sulfonate compound process for producing the same, and bleach composition comprising the same

A process for producing a sulfonate which comprises reacting an ether carbonyl compound represented by the following general formula (2) with a hydroxyalkanesulfonate represented by the following general formulas (3A) or (3B):

• ##STR32## in the formula (2), R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a linear or branched alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms or a linear or branched acyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 represents a linear or branched alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or a phenylene group which may be substituted by a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R.sup.4 represents a linear or branched alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, p represents a number of 0 or 1, A represents an alkylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, n represents a number of 1 to 100, each A may be the same or different from one another, and Y represents a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom or an alkoxy group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms;
• and,
• HO--R.sup.3 --SO.sub.3 Ma (3A)
• or
• [HO--R.sup.3 --SO.sub.3 ].sub.2 Mb (3B),
• in the formulas (3A) and (3B), R.sup.3 represents a linear or branched alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, Ma represents an alkali metal atom, an ammonium, an alkylammonium or an alkanolammonium, and Mb represents an alkaline earth metal atom.