METHOD FOR SULFONATING ACYLOXYBENZENES AND NEUTRALIZATION OF RESULTING PRODUCT

A method is provided for sulfonating an acyloxy substituted benzene ring to obtain high yields of desired sulfonated compounds that are useful as cleaning, bleaching, or fabric treating additives. A particularly preferred additive so prepared has the structure where R is a branched or unbranched alk...

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Hauptverfasser: LISA M. KUHNER, DALE S. STEICHEN, KEVIN J BRODBECK, SUZANNE THOMPSON, CRIS TINA SPILLETT, LEONARDO SINISI, ALFRED G. ZIELSKE, THOMAS B OTTOBONI, GREGORY T. MARTIN
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Zusammenfassung:A method is provided for sulfonating an acyloxy substituted benzene ring to obtain high yields of desired sulfonated compounds that are useful as cleaning, bleaching, or fabric treating additives. A particularly preferred additive so prepared has the structure where R is a branched or unbranched alkyl with about 5 to 9 carbons and M is an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, or ammonium. The benzene ring is sulfonated by contacting with a molar excess of sulfur trioxide source and then irreversibly reacting the sulfur trioxide excess with a quenching agent. A neutralization process for preparing peracid precursors in high yield by neutralizing sulfonated aryl esters is also provided.