Interface chemically active compounds from renewable raw materials

摘要

The invention pertains to a mixture of surface active compounds that are produced from microbial biomasses and natural fats and/or oils as well as low-molecular organic compounds that regulate the chain length as well as the HLB value of the individual components of the mixture, the reaction being carried out in an aqueous medium and in the presence of a catalytic agent. These mixtures can be used as essentially nonionic surfactants having an anionic portion, for example as cleaning or foaming agents; as emulsifiers for a wide variety of organic substances in water, thus for oil-in-water emulsions, and furthermore as wetting agents in the broadest sense.