Vertellus offers an extensive line of Alkenyl Succinic Anhydrides (ASA’s) with a variety of different alkyl chain lengths-both linear and branched. These products find applications as modifiers for all types of starch, engine oil lubricant additives, plasticizers, chemical intermediates, epoxy curing agents, viscosity and Pour-point modifiers, moisture control additives for leather goods and corrosion inhibitors.
ASA's are made by reacting an olefin with maleic anhydride. Alkenyl succinic anhydrides are produced from petroleum based raw materials; therefore no animal derived raw materials are used in the production of ASA’s
General reaction Scheme:
