Certain polyepoxide-modified oxyalkylation derivatives being obtained in turn by oxyalkylation of certain polyols having at least three hydroxyls

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THE PRODUCT RESULTING FROM MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF REACTING UNDER OXYALKYLATION CONDITIONS (A) HIGH MOLAL OXYPROPYLATION DERIVATIVES OF MONOMERIC POLYHYDRIC COMPOUNDS (A) THE INITIAL POLYHYDRIC REACTANT HAVING 4 TO 9 HYDROXYL RADICALS AND BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYGLYCEROLS, PENTAERYTHRITOLS, SUGARS, SUGAR ALCOHOLS AND THEIR ETHYLENE GLYCOL, POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL, GLYCEROL AND POLYGLYCEROL ETHERS, (B) THE INITIAL POLYHYDRIC REACTANT HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF ABOUT 136 TO ABOUT 455 (C) THE INITIAL POLYHYDRIC REACTANT BEING WATER-SOLUBLE AND XYLENE-INSOLUBLE, (D) THE OXYPROPYLATION END-PRODUCT BEING WATER-INSOLUBLE AND XYLENE-SOLUBLE, (E) THE OXYPROPYLATION END-PRODUCT BEING WITHIN THE MOLECULAR WEIGHT RANGE OF 1300 TO 10,000 ON AN AVERAGE STATISTICAL BASIS, (F) THE SOLUBILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OXYPROPYLATION END-PRODUCT IN RESPECT TO WATER AND XYLENE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY THE RESULT OF THE OXYPROPYLATION STEP, (G) THE RATIO OF PROPYLENE OXIDE PER HYDROXYL IN THE INITIAL POLYHYDRIC REACTANT BEING WITHIN THE RANGE OF 7 TO 70, (H) THE INITIAL POLYHYDRIC REACTANT REPRESENTING UP TO 12 1/2% BY WEIGHT OF THE OXYPROPYLATION END-PRODUCT ON A STATISTICAL BASIS, (I) THE PRECEDING BEING BASED ON COMPLETE REACTION INVOLVING THE PROPYLENE OXIDE AND THE INITIAL POLYHYDRIC REACTANT, AND (B) A NON-ARYL HYDROPHILE DIEPOXIDE CONTAINING TWO TERMINAL 1,2-EPOXY RINGS OBTAINED BY REPLACEMENT OF TWO OXYGEN LINKED HYDROGEN ATOMS IN A WATER-SOLUBLE POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOL BY THE RADICAL