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Low-irritant surfactant composition
Assignee: INOLEX CHEMICAL Co
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Filing: 1977-02-14
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Granted: 1979-01-30
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Expires: 1997-02-14
Abstract
Abstract A low irritant surfactant composition particularly adapted for shampoos and other light duty cleansing applications, comprising substantially equimolar amounts of a betaine surfactant and an amine fatty alcohol sulfate or sulfonate in a high boiling water miscible, polar, organic liquid. Preferably, the betaine is of the formula: <IMAGE> wherein R1 is a long chain alkyl group and R2 is a short chain alkylene group, and n is an integer from 1 to 3; and the betaine is prepared in a reaction system containing the organic liquid. The alkanolamine fatty alcohol sulfate or sulfonate is then added to the system in an equimolar amount, or preferably prepared in situ in the reaction medium by the reaction of an amine with a long chain alkyl monoester of sulfuric acid.
Inventors
- 👤 John W. Lohr
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-29 09:25
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61Q; A61Q5/00; A61Q5/02; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/30; A61K8/40; A61K8/44; A61K8/46; A61K8/463; C; C11; C11D; C11D1/00; C11D1/88; C11D1/94; A61K2800/00; A61K2800/40; A61K2800/59; A61K2800/596; A61K2800/74; A61K2800/75
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
145 words
A method for preparing a low irritant surfactant composition which comprises preparing a betaine surfactant compound having at least one long chain aliphatic radical attached to a positively charged nitrogen atom by reacting, in a non-aqueous liquid medium, a chloroacetic acid salt with a tertiary amine having at least one long chain aliphatic radical attached to the amino nitrogen atom, said non-aqueous liquid medium comprising a water-miscible, polar, organic liquid having a boiling point of at least 180° C., and adding to said betaine product, while still dispersed in said non-aqueous medium, a substantially equimolar amount of an amine fatty alcohol sulfate in which the fatty alcohol moiety contains from 8 to 18 carbon atoms, the amount of said non-aqueous liquid medium being selected so that said betaine and said amine fatty alcohol sulfate together comprise at least 40 percent by weight of said composition.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
145 words
A method for preparing a low irritant surfactant composition which comprises preparing a betaine surfactant compound having at least one long chain aliphatic radical attached to a positively charged nitrogen atom by reacting, in a non-aqueous liquid medium, a chloroacetic acid salt with a tertiary amine having at least one long chain aliphatic radical attached to the amino nitrogen atom, said non-aqueous liquid medium comprising a water-miscible, polar, organic liquid having a boiling point of at least 180° C., and adding to said betaine product, while still dispersed in said non-aqueous medium, a substantially equimolar amount of an amine fatty alcohol sulfate in which the fatty alcohol moiety contains from 8 to 18 carbon atoms, the amount of said non-aqueous liquid medium being selected so that said betaine and said amine fatty alcohol sulfate together comprise at least 40 percent by weight of said composition.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said amine fatty alcohol sulfate is added by production in situ from the separate addition of an amine and a fatty alcohol monoester of sulfuric acid.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
66 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said betaine has the formula ##STR5## wherein R 1 is an alkyl group having 8 to 18 carbon atoms and R 2 and R 3 are independently selected from alkyl and hydroxyalkyl groups having up to 3 carbon atoms; and said tertiary amine has the formula: ##STR6## in which R 1 and R 2 have the meanings set forth above.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
162 words
A method for preparing a low irritant surfactant composition which comprises preparing a betaine of the formula ##STR7## wherein R 1 is an alkyl group having from 7 to 17 carbon atoms and R 2 is an alkylene group having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, by reacting, in a non-aqueous liquid medium, an alkali metal chloroacetate with a compound of the formula ##STR8## in which R 1 and R 2 have the meanings set forth above, said non-aqueous liquid medium comprising a water-miscible, polar, organic liquid having a boiling point of at least 180° C., and adding to said betaine product, while still dispersed in said non-aqueous medium, a substantially equimolar amount of an amine fatty alcohol sulfate in which the fatty alcohol moiety contains from 8 to 18 carbon atoms, the amount of said non-aqueous liquid medium being selected so that said betaine and said amine fatty alcohol sulfate together comprise at least 40 percent by weight of said composition.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
162 words
A method for preparing a low irritant surfactant composition which comprises preparing a betaine of the formula ##STR7## wherein R 1 is an alkyl group having from 7 to 17 carbon atoms and R 2 is an alkylene group having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, by reacting, in a non-aqueous liquid medium, an alkali metal chloroacetate with a compound of the formula ##STR8## in which R 1 and R 2 have the meanings set forth above, said non-aqueous liquid medium comprising a water-miscible, polar, organic liquid having a boiling point of at least 180° C., and adding to said betaine product, while still dispersed in said non-aqueous medium, a substantially equimolar amount of an amine fatty alcohol sulfate in which the fatty alcohol moiety contains from 8 to 18 carbon atoms, the amount of said non-aqueous liquid medium being selected so that said betaine and said amine fatty alcohol sulfate together comprise at least 40 percent by weight of said composition.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said amine fatty alcohol sulfate is added by production in situ from the separate addition of an amine and of a fatty alcohol monoester of sulfuric acid.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said water-miscible, polar, organic liquid is a polyol of a group consisting of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, glycerine, hexylene glycol, hexamethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, and other water-miscible ether or polyether polyols, or mixtures thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said amine fatty alcohol sulfate is diethanolamine lauryl sulfate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
11 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said betaine is N-cocoamidopropyl-N,N-dimethyl-N-carboxymethylammonium betaine.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said sulfate is added in a molar proportion from about 0.8:1 to about 1.0:1 based upon the mols of betaine.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
99 words
A method of preparing a low irritant surfactant composition which comprises preparing N-cocoamidopropyl-N,N-dimethyl-N-carboxymethylammonium betaine by reacting in a non-aqueous liquid medium comprising propylene glycol and N-cocoamidopropyl-N,N-dimethylamine with sodium chloroacetate, thereafter adding to said betaine product, while still dispersed in said non-aqueous medium, diethanolamine and lauryl sulfuric acid in quantities sufficient to produce diethanolamine lauryl sulfate in an amount substantially but not in excess of equimolar to the amount of said betaine, the amount of said propylene glycol being selected so that said betaine and said diethanolamine lauryl sulfate together comprise at least 40 percent by weight of said composition.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
99 words
A method of preparing a low irritant surfactant composition which comprises preparing N-cocoamidopropyl-N,N-dimethyl-N-carboxymethylammonium betaine by reacting in a non-aqueous liquid medium comprising propylene glycol and N-cocoamidopropyl-N,N-dimethylamine with sodium chloroacetate, thereafter adding to said betaine product, while still dispersed in said non-aqueous medium, diethanolamine and lauryl sulfuric acid in quantities sufficient to produce diethanolamine lauryl sulfate in an amount substantially but not in excess of equimolar to the amount of said betaine, the amount of said propylene glycol being selected so that said betaine and said diethanolamine lauryl sulfate together comprise at least 40 percent by weight of said composition.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method of claim 5 wherein said amine fatty alcohol sulfate produced in situ contains a minor amount of an amine sulfate and wherein an additional 1.0 to 3.0 equivalents of said betaine are utilized in said composition to neutralize each equivalent of said amine sulfate.
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