Derivatives of alcohols and olefins

Derivatives of branched or linear olefins and alcohols made by halogenation of branched or n-alkanes of the same carbon number, preferably to make primary mono-haloalkanes, which may then be oxidized with metal oxides. The derivatives of primary alcohols of this invention include alcohol ethoxylates, alcohol sulfates, alcohol sulfated ethoxylates, surfactants, including those made with these ethoxylates and/or sulfated ethoxylates, detergents made with these surfactants, oxyalkylated alcohols, oxyalkylated alcohol sulfates, polymethacrylate esters, alkyl amines and their derivatives, linear phthalates, linear adipates, alcohol ether amines, alkyl glycerol ether sulfonates, thioproprionate esters, alkyl polyglucosides, alcohol phosphates, alcohol ether phosphates, esters of fatty acids, alcohol phosphites, and benzophenones. Secondary alcohol derivatives include secondary alcohol ethoxylates, secondary alcohol sulfates, secondary alcohol sulfated ethoxylates, surfactants, including those made with these ethoxylates and/or sulfated ethoxylates, and detergents made with these surfactants. Internal olefins derivatives included within the scope of this invention include alkylbenzene, alkylxylene, detergent alcohols, plasticizer alcohols, alkenyl succinates, ether secondary alcohols, and diols and polyols produced by catalytic dihydroxylation of internal olefins with the use of hydrogen peroxide. Alpha olefin derivatives included within the scope of this invention include internal olefins, alkylbenzene, alkylxylene, alkylphenol, alkylnaphthalene, detergent alcohols, plasticizer alcohols, alkylates of phenylbenzo compounds, alkyl ammonium salts of unsaturated fatty acids, alkyl amines and their derivatives, alpha olefin sulfonates, alkenyl succinates, polyalphaolefins, linear mercaptans, synthetic acids such as based on 1-butene, 1-hexene, or 1-octene, chlorinated alpha olefins, aluminum alkyls, alkyl diphenylether disulfonates, fatty acids, lubricant additives, and ether primary alcohols.