Syria has produced cotton oil with large quantity like many other
countries.This position provides an impetus to develop oleochemical industries,
such as: fatty acids, fatty methylester, and fatty alkyl ester. These products can
be sulfonated with
SO٣ or HSO٣Cl. As a result, the obtained products have
interesting properities due to their good detergency, lower sensitivity to water
hardness, rapid degradability, and good skin mildness properties. Therefore,
they can be used when mixed with other detergents or soaps for house hold
purposes.
