Detergent compositions containing amines and anionic surfactants

US5916862A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Joseph Paul Morelli · Kirkland, US
• Dimitris Lappas · Strombeek-Bever, BE
• Sherri Lynn Randall · Hamilton, US
• Rajan K. Panandiker · Sharonville, US
• Jean-Pol Boutique · Gembloux, BE
• Chris Efstathios Housmekerides · Brussels, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 22, 1997
• Grant date: Jun 29, 1999
• Expiry date: Dec 22, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D1/75
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A liquid detergent composition comprising anionic surfactants selected from the group of alkyl alkoxy sulfates and alkyl sulfates, characterized in that said detergent composition further comprises a tertiary amine having formula (1), wherein R.sub.1 is C.sub.4 -C.sub.10, preferably C.sub.8 -C.sub.10 alkyl; n is 2-4, preferably n is 3; R.sub.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 or formula (2), whereby x is 1-5, R.sub.3 is H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkyl. ##STR1##