Alkyl glycosides (APG) have excellent performance and my country’s market is developing rapidly

Alkyl glycoside (APG) is a mild nonionic surfactant generated by dehydration of natural renewable resources fatty alcohol and glucose under an acidic catalyst. At room temperature, alkyl glycosides appear as white solid powder or light yellow oily liquid. Alkyl glycosides have the characteristics of strong detergency, good solubility, easy biodegradation, and excellent thickening properties. They can be combined with various ionic and non-ionic Surfactants are used in combination and are widely used in detergents, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, textile auxiliaries, papermaking, biochemicals, building materials, petroleum and other fields.

Alkyl glycosides have been studied for a long time in Europe and the United States, and were the first to realize industrial production. Up to now, alkyl glycosides have a development history of more than a hundred years. In the past ten years, due to its unique properties, research on alkyl glycosides has become increasingly popular in domestic scientific research institutes and universities, and the development of the alkyl glycoside market has accelerated. At the same time, under the concept of green and environmentally friendly consumption, the demand for green surfactants in cosmetics, detergents, biochemicals, pesticides and other fields has increased, and the market demand for alkyl glycosides has been released.

The synthesis process of alkyl glycosides is divided into enzyme catalysis method, direct glycoside method, exchange method (transglycoside method), original lipid method, group protection method and sugar ketal alcoholysis method, etc. The current industrial synthesis process is mainly direct glycoside method. method and exchange method. In the analysis of alkyl glycoside synthesis mixtures, commonly used techniques are high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), gas chromatography (GC), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), thin layer chromatography (TLC), etc.

According to the “2022-2026 Alkyl Glycoside Industry In-depth Market Research and Investment Strategy Suggestions Report released by the Industrial Research Center, alkyl glycosides Alkyl glycosides are a new type of nonionic green surfactant. In recent years, driven by consumption upgrades, technological progress, policy support and other factors, my country’s alkyl glycosides market has developed rapidly. By the end of 2021, my country’s alkyl glycosides production capacity will reach About 180,000 tons.

Alkyl glycosides have attracted great attention from the market due to their unique properties, and the number of companies engaged in research and production of alkyl glycosides continues to increase. At this stage, my country’s alkyl glycoside manufacturers include Fakai Chemical, Wanqi Biotechnology, Huage New Materials, Chenhua Co., Ltd., Haining Yuanyuan Textile Auxiliaries, BASF (Shanghai), Zhongqing Daily Chemical Technology, Jiangsu Wanqi, etc. While the alkyl glycoside market is developing rapidly, problems existing in the market are also becoming increasingly apparent, such as serious product homogeneity, overcapacity in mid- and low-end production, lack of awareness of intellectual property rights, etc. In the future, the alkyl glycoside market is in urgent need of high-end and new development. .

Industry analysts said that alkyl glycosides have the characteristics of green, mild, and environmentally friendly, which are in line with the current market consumption concept, and future market demand will further release. my country’s alkyl glycoside industry started late, but it has developed rapidly. The industry has made great progress in scale, technology, application and other aspects. With consumption upgrading, my country’s alkyl glycoside companies still need to increase research and development of new products and new technologies, expand business scope and downstream application scenarios, and then compete for more market shares.