Detergent composition comprising an anionic or amphoteric surface active agent and a branched quaternary ammonium salt

Abstract

Abstract A detergent composition is disclosed, which comprises (A) 0.1 to 40% by weight of at least one kind of anionic or amphoteric surface active agents and (B) 0.05 to 4% by weight of at least one kind of quaternary ammonium salts represented by the following formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein R 1 represents a mixture of (a) a branched alkyl group represented by ##STR2## and (b) a linear alkyl group represented by CH 3 --(CH 2 ) n -- wherein R 7 represents a methyl or ethyl group, m is an integer to make the carbon atom content of the branched alkyl group to 8 to 16, and n is an integer of 7 to 15), with a ratio (a)/(a)+(b) being 0.1 to 1, R 2 and R 3 independently represent a benzyl group, an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or a hydroxyalkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R 4 and R 5 independently represent an alkyl group having 2 to 12 carbon atoms, R 6 represents a group ##STR3## or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and X - represents a halogen ion or an organic anion. The detergent composition provides a shampoo with superb hair conditioning effects; softness and smoothness after washing, less sticky feeling, easy passage of comb through the hair, less hard or rough feeling as well as easy hair-set performance after drying. The detergent composition also provides a liquid detergent suitable for washing cloths made of wool or made of fine denier fibers.

Inventors

• 👤 Sahoko Igarashi
• 👤 Hidekazu Ogino
• 👤 Hajime Hirota

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