Low sudsing polyhydroxy fatty acid amide detergents

US5318728A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Athanasios Surutzidis · Hamilton, US
• Jean-Pol Boutique · Gembloux, BE
• Yi-Chang Fu · Wyoming, US
• Bruce Prentiss Murch · Cincinnati, US
• Daniel Stedman Connor · Cincinnati, US
• Jeffrey John Scheibel · Loveland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 30, 1992
• Grant date: Jun 7, 1994
• Expiry date: Nov 30, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D1/14
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Low-sudsing detergent compositions comprise an N-alkyl polyhydroxy fatty acid amide surfactant, wherein the N-alkyl substituent is at least C.sub.2, preferably C.sub.3 -C.sub.8. Such compositions are useful under cleaning conditions where excessive sudsing may be problematic.