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Quaternary ammonium salt mixtures

Assignee: LILACHIM SA A CORP OF KINGDOM OF BELGIUM
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Filing: 1981-09-28
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Granted: 1982-07-27
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Expires: 2001-09-28
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Abstract

Abstract Quarternary ammonium salts compositions comprising a mixture of quaternary ammonium salts of general formula ##STR1## wherein R 1 and R 2 are aliphatic radicals having from 10 to 22 carbon atoms and in which the aliphatic radicals are saturated aliphatic straight chains, unsaturated aliphatic chains and branched aliphatic chains, and wherein R 3 and R 4 are alkyl radicals having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and X is a quaternary anion.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yvan Bisschops
  • 👤 Emmanuel Draguez Tripels de Hault
  • 👤 Aleksef Jnoff
  • 👤 Alain Delaby

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 23:09
CPC Classifications
D; D06; D06M; D06M13/00; D06M13/322; D06M13/46; D06M13/463; D06M2200/00; D06M2200/50

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim 127 words
Quaternary ammonium salt compositions comprising a mixture of quaternary ammonium salts having the general formula ##STR3## wherein R 1 and R 2 are aliphatic radicals having from 10 to 22 carbon atoms, and wherein (a) from 40 to 75% by weight of the entirety of these radicals are saturated aliphatic straight chains, and (b) from 5 to 45% by weight of the entirety of these radicals are unsaturated aliphatic chains, and (c) from 3 to 55% by weight of the entirety of these radicals are branched aliphatic chains, the sum of a+b+c being equal to 100, and wherein R 3 and R 4 , which may be identical or different, are alkyl radicals having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and X is a conventional quaternary anion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 127 words
Quaternary ammonium salt compositions comprising a mixture of quaternary ammonium salts having the general formula ##STR3## wherein R 1 and R 2 are aliphatic radicals having from 10 to 22 carbon atoms, and wherein (a) from 40 to 75% by weight of the entirety of these radicals are saturated aliphatic straight chains, and (b) from 5 to 45% by weight of the entirety of these radicals are unsaturated aliphatic chains, and (c) from 3 to 55% by weight of the entirety of these radicals are branched aliphatic chains, the sum of a+b+c being equal to 100, and wherein R 3 and R 4 , which may be identical or different, are alkyl radicals having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and X is a conventional quaternary anion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 89 words
The compositions of claim 1 wherein the saturated aliphatic straight chains of radicals R 1 and R 2 comprise 20 to 35% by weight of chains having from 12 to 15 carbon atoms and 80 to 65% by weight of chains having from 16 to 18 carbon atoms, with a major proportion of chains having from 16 to 18 carbon atoms, when the branched aliphatic chains of said radicals amount to 3 to 9% by weight and when the unsaturated aliphatic chains amount to 5 to 45% by weight.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 56 words
The compositions of claim 1, wherein the total amount of saturated aliphatic straight chains of less than 16 carbon atoms of radicals R 1 and R 2 , does not exceed 10% by weight of the total amount of aliphatic chains, when the branched aliphatic chains of said radicals amount to 12 to 55% by weight.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 32 words
The compositions of claim 1 wherein X is selected from the group comprising chlorine, bromine, the radical CH 3 So 4 - , and nitrate radicals, acetate radicals or an ethylsulfate radical.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 79 words
The compositions of claim 1 wherein said compositions comprise from 80 to 20% by weight of a quaternary ammonium salt prepared from a mixture of alcohols comprising straight chain aliphatic alcohols having from 16 to 22 carbon atoms and oxo alcohols having chains of from 10 to 16 carbon atoms, and from 20 to 80% by weight of a quaternary ammonium salt prepared from a fatty acid whose saturated and unsaturated chains have from 12 to 22 carbon atoms.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 15 words
The compositions of claim 5 wherein the fatty acid is an unhydrogenated tallow fatty acid.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 87 words
The compositions of claim 5 wherein said compositions comprise a quaternary ammonium salt prepared from a mixture comprising (A) from 80 to 20% by weight of an amine resulting from a mixture of alcohols comprising straight chains aliphatic alcohols having from 16 to 22 carbon atoms and oxo alcohols whose chains have from 10 to 16 carbon atoms, and (B) from 20 to 80% by weight of an amine resulting from a fatty acid whose saturated and unsaturated aliphatic chains have from 12 to 22 carbon atoms.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 82 words
The compositions of claim 1 which comprise a quaternary ammonium salt resulting from a mixture of fatty acids whose composition comprises from 40 to 75% by weight of fatty acids containing saturated aliphatic straight chains having from 12 to 22 carbon atoms, from 5 to 45% by weight of fatty acids containing unsaturated aliphatic chains from 12 to 22 carbon atoms and from 3 to 55% by weight of fatty acids containing branched aliphatic chains having from 12 to 22 carbon atoms.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 143 words
A textile softener composition comprising a quaternary ammonium salt mixture disposed in an aqueous medium, said quaternary ammonium salt mixture comprising a mixture of quaternary ammonium salts having the general formula ##STR4## wherein R 1 and R 2 are aliphatic radicals having from 10 to 22 carbon atoms, and wherein (a) from 40 to 75% by weight of the entirety of these radicals are saturated aliphatic striaght chains, and (b) from 5 to 45% by weight of the entirety of these radicals are unsaturated aliphatic chains, and (c) from 3 to 55% by weight of the entirety of these radicals are branched aliphatic chains, the sum of a+b+c being equal to 100, and wherein R 3 and R 4 , which may be identical or different, are alkyl radicals having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and X is a conventional quaternary anion.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 143 words
A textile softener composition comprising a quaternary ammonium salt mixture disposed in an aqueous medium, said quaternary ammonium salt mixture comprising a mixture of quaternary ammonium salts having the general formula ##STR4## wherein R 1 and R 2 are aliphatic radicals having from 10 to 22 carbon atoms, and wherein (a) from 40 to 75% by weight of the entirety of these radicals are saturated aliphatic striaght chains, and (b) from 5 to 45% by weight of the entirety of these radicals are unsaturated aliphatic chains, and (c) from 3 to 55% by weight of the entirety of these radicals are branched aliphatic chains, the sum of a+b+c being equal to 100, and wherein R 3 and R 4 , which may be identical or different, are alkyl radicals having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and X is a conventional quaternary anion.

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