2117. MÄRKISCHE SEIFEN-INDUSTRIE. [Alcohol Sulfonates.] German Patent 722,591, July 23, 1942; appl. M 134,700, filed June 5, 1936 (Cl. 12 o-23.02). Chem. Abs., vol. 37, 1943, p. 5081.

As parent materials are used, the alcohol-containing oxidation products obtained as byproduct in the hydrogenation of C oxides by the Fischer-Tropsch process. These oxidation products or the alcohols separated from them are sulfonated. The compounds formed show desirable emulsifying and cleansing characteristics.