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Synthesis and Surface Active Properties of 1,1,1,1-Tetra-(2-oxypropyl Sulfonate-3-alkylether-propoxy)neopentanes

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Tetrameric sulfonate surfactants 1,1,1,1-tetra-(2-oxypropyl sulfonate-3-alkylether-propoxy)neopentanes were prepared with raw materials containing epichlorohydrin, pentaerythritol, long-chain alcohols, 1,3-propane sultone and sodium hydroxide by esterification, a ring opening reaction, and a sulfonation reaction. The chemical structures of the prepared compounds were confirmed by FTIR, 1H-NMR and element analysis. With the increasing length of the carbon chain, the values of their CMC initially decreased. The longer the alkyl chain, the higher the melting point. The Krafft point of all these tetrameric sulfonate surfactants was below 0 °C and they had excellent water solubility. These compounds were superior in surface active properties to general sulfonate surfactants SDS. The efficiency of adsorption at the water/air interface (pC20) of these surfactants was very high. Their foaming properties, their wetting ability of a felt chip, and their lime-soap dispersing ability was investigated.

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Projects No. 51074133 and 51074136) and Major Special Technological Programmes Concerning China Petroleum (No.2008ZX05049-04-007HZ).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, 610500, Sichuan, China

    Ming Zhou & Jinzhou Zhao

  2. School of Material Science and Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, 610500, Sichuan, China

    Ming Zhou, Xiang Zhong & Xu Wang

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Zhou, M., Zhong, X., Zhao, J. et al. Synthesis and Surface Active Properties of 1,1,1,1-Tetra-(2-oxypropyl Sulfonate-3-alkylether-propoxy)neopentanes. J Surfact Deterg 16, 285–290 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11743-012-1420-6

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