Patent ID: 7667080
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: C07C,C08K,C11D

Abstract:
1. A mixture comprising branched primary alcohols having from 8 to 10 carbon atoms and unbranched primary alcohols having from 8 to 10 carbon atoms, which mixture comprises from 21 to 60 wt % unbranched molecules, the balance being branched molecules and having an average branchiness of at most 2.00 branches per molecule, at least 80% of the branches being methyl branches and at least 75 mole % of the branched molecules being mono-methyl branched, said mixture further characterized in that at most 5 mole % of branched molecules have a branch located on the third carbon atom counting from the hydroxyl group of the alcohol function, said mixture produced by the hydroformylation of C 7 -C 9 olefins and if necessary followed by hydrogenation.