Quantitative assessment of alkyl chain branching in alcohol-based surfactants by nuclear magnetic resonance |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">J?P?M?van?DuynhovenEmail author A?Leika P?C?van der?Hoeven |
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Affiliation: | (1) Unilever Research and Development, P.O. Box 114, 3130 AT Vlaardingen, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Surfactants with branched hydrophobes have gained considerable interest, since these can be used in formulations for laundry
cleaning at a wide range of conditions. The claims range from improved dissolution rate to hardness tolerance and stain removing
efficacy. In contrast to the historically known heavily branched surfactants, novel branched surfactants are less compromised
by increased biodegradability. These properties find their basis in the structural characteristics of the hydrophobe, such
as number, position, and type of alkyl chain branches. Our current understanding of structure-property relations, however,
is hampered by the lack of generic methodology needed to obtain structural data on hydrophobe branching. A nuclear magnetic
resonance (NMR) approach was developed by which we could obtain a comprehensive set of quantitative hydrophobe branching parameters
in alcoholbased surfactants. The 13C and 1H NMR spin systems of hydrophobe branched species were assigned by means of twodimensional NMR techniques. These assignments
allowed the quantitative assessment of these branched species by straight-forward signal integration in the 1H and 13C NMR spectra. The quantified NMR data can be used to understand product performance and the biodegradation of surfactants
with branched hydrophobes. |
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Keywords: | Alcohol alkyl chain branching feedstocks hydrophobe branching mid-chain branching NMR nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy |
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