Talk:Narrow-range ethoxylate

• This article is valuable for providing the ethoxylation reaction mechanism(s). But it does not explain polymerizarion. Presumably on the first cycle, Nu is OH-, then on subsequent cycles Nu is the O- group of the polymer generated in the previous cycle? It would be nice to show this figure on the polyethylene glycol page where the reaction is described under "production".Eaberry (talk) 15:09, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

• This is a very specialized page, and the ethoxylation reaction is more general. I would like to see a page Polyoxyethylene-based surfactants with this reaction mechanism and links from polyethylene glycol, detergent, classification of surfactants and linking to narrow range ethoxylate, PEG-150 Jojoba, PEG-120 Jojoba, PEG-16 macadamia glycerides, and PEG-10 Sunflower Glycerides Brij- series, Triton, Tween, etc. This would resolve the issue on the polyethylene glycol page regarding merging all those surfactants into that page. Eaberry (talk) 15:09, 11 June 2012 (UTC)