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In to days market, custom formulated surfactants are offered for a wide range of applications. The need for surfactants in detergents, cleaning agents, cosmetics & toiletries is second only to an expanding demand in industrial applications. But even within the non-industrial areas the demands have undergone significant changes in recent years. For example, washing and cleaning temperatures have substantially decreased with increased energy conservation attitudes, and more stringent regulatory requirements in the area of ecology and toxicology are leading to new product profiles. New manufacturing technologies and an increased utilization of natural raw materials also factor into this continuing evolution. These changes and trends have been described in numerous publications. However, a summary and survey of these developments is currently missing. The book presented here "Surfactants in Consumer Products" is intended to close this gap. The editor and authors dedicate this work to Dr. Dr. h.c. Konrad Henkel on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Dr. Henkel, himself a scientist and industrialist, contributed signifi­ cantly to developments in the surfactant field. In the nineteen-fifties, he initiated the change from soap based detergents to synthetic detergents within Henkel. At the same time, dishwashing detergents utilizing various synthetic surfactants were also developed, and became the basis for modem manual and mechanical dishwashing.

This book reviews some important reactions of carbon monoxide in organic chemistry: hydroformylation, metal carbonyl- and acid catalyzed carbonylation and ring closure reactions with carbon monoxide. It is not merely a translation of the German edition which appeared in 1967 but the text has been completely revised. This was necessary because this chemistry is rapidly developing in research as well as in technical application, which is underlined by the increase of production of e. g. oxo chemicals from about 1.4 million tons in 1967 to 2.7 million tons in 1969, nearly a doubling within 2 years. Quite a number of new research results were published during the last two years, and these additional references have been cited in the English edition. Most of the new papers cited deal with hydroformylation reactions: however, a number of the papers reviewed also report important new aspects in carboxylation and ring closure reactions. The author is indebted to a number of colleagues who helped to collect these new data and have given him valuable hints and would like to thank Miss 1. Forster, Dr. B. Cornils, Dr. D. Hahn, Dr. P. Schneller, Dr. H. Tummes, and Dr. J. Weber for their cooperation, and to Prof. Dr. F. Piacenti (University of Pisa, Italy) for discussions on reaction mecha­ nisms. The author is especially grateful to Dr. Charles R. Adams of the Shell Development Company, Emeryville, California, for his cooperation in translating the German text.

Die Kohlenmonoxyd-Chemie hat sich infolge der technischen Bedeutung einiger ihrer Produkte im letzten Jahrzehnt kräftig entwickelt. Eine Reihe ausgezeichneter Darstellungen über Einzelgebiete liegen bereits mehrere Jahre zurück [1-10], und so scheint es an der Zeit, die Ergeb­ nisse von Forschung und Entwicklung zusammenzufassen. Ich habe des­ halb die an mich herangetragene Anregung des Springer Verlages zur Ab­ fassung einer Monographie über die wichtigsten Synthesen mit Kohlen­ monoxyd in der organischen Chemie gern aufgegriffen. Es kann und soll nicht Zweck dieses Buches sein, einen erschöpfenden Überblick über alle Reaktionen des Kohlenmonoxyds zu geben. Bewußt werden seine der anorganischen Chemie zuzurechnenden Reaktionen aus­ geklammert, sofern sie nicht zum Verständnis der Mechanismen oder der Katalysatorwirkungen notwendig sind. Auch sollen schon ausführlich behandelte Gebiete wie die Fischer-Tropsch-Synthese [11, 12] und die Reaktionen von Kohlenmonoxyd mit Derivaten des Ammoniaks ausge­ lassen werden [13]. Auf diese Arbeiten sei hiermit verwiesen. Anregungen für spätere Auflagen sind willkommen. Ich möchte an dieser Stelle nicht versäumen, einer Reihe von Kollegen, die sehr wesentliche Beiträge zu dem vorliegenden Buch geliefert haben, herzlich zu danken. Zu besonderem Dank bin ich den Herren Dr. H. KRÖPER, Dr. N. Y.