Fatty acid derivatives and their use as surfactants in detergents and cleaners

US6004923A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Alfred Oftring · Bad Dürkheim, DE
• Martin aus dem Kahmen · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Christian Ott · Speyer, DE
• Günter Oetter · Bischofswerda, DE
• Richard Baur · Mutterstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 27, 1998
• Grant date: Dec 21, 1999
• Expiry date: Apr 27, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D1/528
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Fatty acid derivatives based on epoxidized unsaturated fatty acid esters or triglycerides and reacted with amines such as hydroxy- and/or amino-substituted hydrophilic amines or amino acids and/or with alkanols or with water on the epoxy group and/or the carboxylic ester groups are described. These fatty amides are suitable as surfactants in detergents and cleaners.