US 12,460,155 B2
Sugar/gluconoamide alkoxylate compositions and uses thereof
Ashish Dhawan, Aurora, IL (US); Keith Allen Monk, New Braunfels, TX (US); Carter Martin Silvernail, Lakeville, MN (US); and Pradeep Cheruku, Bolingbrook, IL (US)
Assigned to Ecolab USA Inc., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed by Ecolab USA Inc., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/817,817.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/203,958, filed on Aug. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0044300 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. C11D 1/00 (2006.01); C11D 1/28 (2006.01); C11D 1/72 (2006.01)
CPC C11D 1/72 (2013.01) [C11D 1/28 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surfactant composition comprising a sugar alkoxylate, wherein the sugar alkoxylate is obtained by the process of:
reacting a sugar lactone with a polyamine, alkanolamine, or combination thereof to form a sugar amide; and
alkoxylating the sugar amide in the presence of an alkoxylating agent to form the sugar alkoxylate.