Surfactants which are polyhydric alcohol partial esters of adducts of maleic anhydride with an unsaturated carboxylic acid

US4376789A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Grillo-Werke AG · DE

Inventors

• Norbert Lowicki · Duisburg, DE
• Natvarlal B. Desai · Dinslaken, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 4, 1981
• Grant date: Mar 15, 1983
• Expiry date: Mar 4, 2001

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61Q19/10
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed are novel polyhydric alcohol partial esters of polycarboxylic acids from Diels-Alder adducts of maleic anhydride and a straight chain unsaturated carboxylic acid having ten to twenty-five carbon atoms. The partial esters can be subsequently sulfated. The polyhydric alcohol can be a mono- or disaccharide such as sucrose or mannose. The partial esters are surfactants which are dermatologially acceptable and useful in personal products and skin-care products.