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Abstract

Surfactant concentrates containing the following components: I) at least one base-catalyzed reaction product of reactants comprising: A) at least one compound of formula I R.sup.1(X).sub.3 (I) wherein each X group is a halogen atom or one X group is a halogen atom and two X groups represent an epoxy oxygen atom, which is attached to two adjacent carbon atoms in the R.sup.1 group to form an epoxy group, and R.sup.1 is an alkanetriyl group containing from 3 to 10 carbon atoms; and B) at least one compound having the formula II R.sup.2X(AO).sub.nY (II) wherein R.sup.2 is a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, organic group having from 1 to 36 carbon atoms; X is --O--, --S--, or --NR.sup.3-- where R.sup.3 is hydrogen or a C.sub.1-C.sub.18 alkyl group; each AO group is independently an ethyleneoxy, 1,2-propyleneoxy, or 1,2-butyleneoxy group, n is a number of from 0 to 200, preferably from 1 to 100, more preferably from 2 to 20; and Y is hydrogen, or Y can be a mercapto group or an amino group (amino or C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino group) in place of the terminal --OH group, provided that when Y is mercapto, amino, or a C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkylamino group, n is at least 1; and II) at least one nonionic surfactant other than nonionic surfactants of component I).

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