Secondary alcohol phosphate ester

Abstract

The invention relates to a compound of following formula (I), and also to the addition salts thereof with an organic or mineral base, the solvates such as hydrates and the mixtures thereof; to the use thereof as a surfactant, wetting agent, detergent, emulsifier, dispersant, corrosion inhibitor, plasticizer, sequestering agent, ionic liquid, stabilizer, lubricant, bitumen additive, gelling agent in oils, flotation collector for ores, adjuvant in the manufacture of plastic objects, anti-static agent, additive for fertiliser coverings and for enhanced oil recovery, and also to the compositions comprising at least one compound of formula (I) and/or a salt thereof, alone or as a mixture.

I claim: 
     
         1 .- 8 . (canceled) 
     
     
         9 . A compound of formula (I) below, and addition salts thereof with an organic or mineral base, solvates, and mixtures thereof: 
       
         
           
           
               
               
           
         
         wherein:
 the groups R 1  and R 2  are each independently a linear, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon-based group comprising from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, where the sum of the carbon atoms of the groups R 1  and R 2  ranges from 2 to 7, and where R 1  and R 2  may form, together with the carbon atom that bears them, a 6-, 7- or 8-membered ring; 
 n is an integer between, limits inclusive, 1 and 100; 
 A represents a sequence of one or more units chosen from ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, butylene oxide units, and mixtures thereof; 
 G represents —O—[B] p -R 5 ; 
 R 5  represents a group chosen from a hydrogen atom or a linear, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon-based group comprising from 1 to 30 carbon atoms; 
 B represents a sequence of one or more units chosen from ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, butylene oxide units, and mixtures thereof; 
 p is an integer ranging from 0 to 100; 
 J respresents —O—[E] S -R 6 ; 
 R 6  represents a group chosen from a hydrogen atom or a linear, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon-based group comprising from 1 to 30 carbon atoms; 
 E represents a sequence of one or more units chosen from ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, butylene oxide units, and mixtures thereof; 
 s is an integer ranging from 0 to 100; 
 m is an integer ranging from 1 to 3; 
 q and r are integers ranging from 0 to 2; and 
 m+q+r=3. 
 
       
     
     
         10 . The compound as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the group formed by R 1 , R 2  and the carbon atom to which R 1  and R 2  are attached is chosen from a 2-octyl radical and a 4-methyl-2-pentyl radical. 
     
     
         11 . The compound as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein n is between, limits inclusive, 1 and 75. 
     
     
         12 . The compound as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein p and s, independently of each other, are between, limits inclusive, 0 and 75. 
     
     
         13 . The compound as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the compound is in ammonium salt form or in organic amine salt form, the organic amine being chosen from alkylamines, alkyldiamines, cycloalkylamines, alkylamido(poly)amines, aromatic amines and alkanolamines, the amines possibly being primary, secondary or tertiary, and also possibly being alkoxylated, and also from heterocyclic amines, urea, and also mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         14 . The compound as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the compound is in the form of an inorganic salt chosen from the elements from column 1 of the Periodic Table of the Elements (alkali metals); the elements from column 2 of the Periodic Table of the Elements (alkaline-earth metals), the elements from columns 3 to 12 of the Periodic Table of the Elements (transition metals), the elements from column 13 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, rare earths (lanthanides and actinides), and mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         15 . A composition comprising at least one compound of formula (I) and/or a salt thereof, alone or as a mixture, as defined in  claim 9 , with one or more aqueous, organic or aqueous-organic solvents, and optionally one or more additives and fillers.