Process for the preparation of sulphoalkyl quaternary salts

US4539408A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Agfa-Gevaert NV · BE

Inventors

• Helmut Kampfer · Idar-Oberstein, DE
• Marie Hase · Wittlich, DE
• Max Glass · Cologne, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 28, 1978
• Grant date: Sep 3, 1985
• Expiry date: Apr 28, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03C1/12
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Quaternary sulfoalkyl or sulfoalkenyl salts of tertiary amine bases are prepared by reacting the tertiary amine bases at elevated temperatures with a hydroxy alkane sulfonic acid or a hydroxyalkene sulphonic acid.