Quaternary ammonium compounds

US4339391A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Erich Hoffmann · Memphis, US
• Wolfgang Wagemann · Tremsbüttel, DE
• Gunther Tauber · Koblenz, DE
• Adolf May
• Hans-Walter Bucking · Kelkheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 9, 1980
• Grant date: Jul 13, 1982
• Expiry date: Jul 9, 2000

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D1/62
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Quaternary ammonium compounds of the formula 1 ##STR1## in which R is C.sub.8 -C.sub.30 -alkyl or alkenyl; R.sub.1 is alkyl, 2-hydroxyalkyl or alkenyl each having from 8 to 30 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or benzyl; A is a group of the formulae ##STR2## B is A or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylene, X and Y are hydrogen or methyl with the proviso that X and Y are not simultaneously methyl; m is 1 or 2; n is a number of from 1 to 20; and A.sup.(-) is an anion; a process for the preparation thereof, and their use as fabric softeners.